bridge. The surrounding country is bleak and desolate. In the vicinity are rich and extensive lead mines. Eleven and a-quarter miles from Aldstone is Haltwhistle (Northumberland,) an ancient town containing two old border towers,—a church, adorned with old monuments, and a remarkable oval mound, called Castle Banks, in the centre of which is a fine spring. Two and a-half miles distant is Featherstonehaugh Castle, a noble edifice belonging to the Wallace family; and about 3 miles N. W. of the town are the remains of Thelwall Castle, formerly one of the boundary fortresses between England and Scotland.

CXIII. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY FROM YORK TO DARLINGTON,

45 Miles.

DARLINGTON.-Trains to and from Bishop-Auckland, Sunderland, Hartlepool, and Stockton-on-Tees, meet the arrival and departure of the trains at Darlington.

A Mail coach leaves Darlington every morning, on the arrival of No. 2 North Mail Train, by Barnard Castle, Brough, Appleby, and Temple-Sowerby, to Penrith, arriving at 6 P. M. It returns from Penrith at 7:45 A. M., and arrives in Darlington to meet No. 4 South Mail Train at 3:47.

The Nonpareil coach leaves Darlington for Barnard Castle every morning on the arrival of the North Mail Train; and returns from Barnard Castle in time for No. 5 South Train.

DARLINGTON to EDINBURGH.-The Mail leaves Darlington at 9:30 A. M. by Durham, Newcastle, Morpeth, Alnwick, Berwick, Dunbar, and Haddington, arriving in Edinburgh at 2 A. M.

COWTON.-A Mail coach leaves Richmond every day at 7·10 A. M., and 2.30

P. M., to meet the Mail Trains; returning to Richmond immediately on their arrival.

NORTHALLERTON.-A Mail coach leaves Northallerton every day on the arrival of the North Mail Train, for Bedale and Leyburn; and leaves Leyburn at a quarter past 12 at noon, to meet the South Mail Train. The Defiance leaves Leyburn at 12:30, by Middleham and Bedale, arriving at Northallerton at 4·10, returning at 4.30.

THIRSK.—A Mail coach leaves Ripon every morning at 10 minutes past 6, arriving at Thirsk at 7:35; and returns from Thirsk on the arrival of the South Mail, at 4:46.

A Mail coach leaves Thirsk, on the arrival of the North Mail Train, for Tontine, Stokesley, and Guisbro'.

A coach leaves Guisbro' at 11:45 A. M., arriving at Thirsk at 4 P. M. NEWCASTLE-A Coach leaves Newcastle every evening for Darlington at 8.15 P. M.

NEWCASTLE TO EDINBURGH.-The Mail from Darlington at 1·15 P. M.

The Union at 7 A. M., by Morpeth, Alnwick, Berwick, Dunbar, and Haddington.

The Highflyer at 8 A. M., by Morpeth, Wooler, Coldstream, and Kelso. SOUTH TRAINS.-No. 2 meets a coach at Eckington, for Lincoln, Boston, Newark, Worksop, &c.

Nos. 1, 2, and 4, are in connection with Trains from Birmingham to Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, and the West of England.

CXIV. LONDON TO SUNDERLAND BY BOROUGHBRIDGE, THIRSK, YARM, AND STOCKTON, 268) Miles.

Guisborough was the first place in England where alum-works were erected. Here are the ruins of an abbey which was once the burial-place of the nobility of the surrounding country. One mile south-east is a mineral spring. Four miles north-west is a lofty hill, commanding a very extensive prospect; and 4 miles south-west is Roseberry Topping, a peaked mountain, 1022 feet high, which also commands fine views. The country around Guisborough is very beautiful. 3 miles distant are Wilton Castle (Sir John Lowther, Bart.) and Skelton Castle (J. Wharton, Esq.), near which is Upleatham Hall. 5 miles distant is Kirkleatham Hall, surrounded by tasteful grounds. Near the hall is Turner's Hospital, founded, in 1676, by Sir W. Turner for 40 poor people. In Kirkleatham church is a splendid mausoleum. Beyond, is Marsh Hall, Earl of Zetland. 7 miles from Guisborough are Redear and Coatham, two small villages much frequented for sea-bathing. The sands extend 8 miles.

YARM stands on a narrow neck of land, washed on three sides by the river Tees. Owing to the extreme lowness of its situation, it has suffered severely by inundations. The town carries on a small trade in corn, hams, bacon, and butter. The church is ornamented with an elegant window of painted glass.

STOCKTON is situated on the left bank of the Tees. It is 242 miles from the General Post-Office, London, by the coach road through Barnet, Biggleswade, Stamford, &c., and 340 miles by railway through Birmingham, Warrington, Manchester, York, and Darlington. It is one of the handsomest and cleanest towns in the north of England. The bishops of Durham had, from an early period, a residence here, where Bishop Morton took refuge when the army of Charles I. was defeated by the Scots in the skirmish at Newburn, (A. D. 1640.) It was demolished by order of the Parliament in 1652. The traces of the moat and embankment still mark the site. Stockton possesses a spacious church, several meeting-houses, a town-hall, custom-house, a mechanics' institution, grammar, blue-coat, charity, and national schools; a news-room, assembly rooms, billiard-rooms, and a small theatre. There is a race-course on the opposite side of the Tees. The principal manufacture of the town is that of linen and sailcloth. There are also iron and brass founderies, breweries, and some corn-mills, and some ship-building, rope and sail making, and yarn and worsted spinning are carried on. There are extensive coal-works and some brick-yards near the town, and a salmon and other fishery in the Tees. The harbour of Stockton is formed by the river Tees. A considerable trade is carried on with the Baltic, Holland, Hamburgh, and British America, and coastwise, with London, Leith, Hull, Sunderland, &c. Communication is maintained with London and Newcastle by steam-packets, and with Darlington, York, Manchester, Birmingham, and London by railway. The Stockton and Darlington Railway has one terminus on the quay. It is the first railway on which locomotive engines were employed. A branch to Middleburgh, a port in Yorkshire, where the Stockton steamers stop, parts from the main line to the south of the town of Stockton, and is carried over the Tees by a suspension bridge. The Clarence Railway extends from the Teesmouth by Billingham, Whitton, Preston le Skern, West Auckland, to the coal-fields of Wilton and Cockfield, a distance of 30 miles. Pop. of township, 9825.

Four and a-half miles from Stockton is Wynyard, the seat of the Marquis of Londonderry.

Twelve miles from Stockton is HARTLEPOOL, situated on a small peninsula jutting out into the sea, a few miles from the mouth of the Tees. This peninsula, which is one of the most marked features of the eastern coast, is partly formed by a pool called the Slake, dry at low water. The name of the town was derived from Hart-le-pol, the Pool or Slake of Hart. A monastery, which is mentioned by Bede, was founded here at a very early period. St Hilda was the abbess of it. Mention is made of Hartlepool as a harbour of some consequence so early as 1171. In the thirteenth century it belonged to the Bruces