houses was partially washed out of it. The shipping in the harbour, unusually large at the time, sustained much injury; and the pier on the south side of the entrance to the outer harbour, also received great damage. At night, the town was again visited with a severe hurricane, by which the roofs and chimneys of several houses were blown off, occasioning, as may be supposed, no small alarm to the inmates. A. D. 1852 The Parish Church, which was formerly a spacious and magni- Churches. ficent structure, with three noble towers, sustained considerable damage during the time of the Civil war, and now retains but few portions of its ancient character. There are two other churches, one called Christ's, and the other St. Thomas's Church; the former is a handsome edifice, erected in 1828, at a cost of £8000, and the latter, built in 1840, by private subscription, aided by a grant of £300. A place of worship is provided for fishermen; and there are chapels for the Methodists, and for the various denominations of dissenters. The educational institutions of Scarborough consist of a Free Grammar School, a National school, and an Amicable society, which provides clothing in addition to instruction. There are hospitals for maimed and disabled seamen, or their widows, and aged and infirm persons, besides several charitable bequests for distribution among the poor. Scarborough gives the title of Earl to the family of Lumley. tion. The town received its first charter from Henry II., in 1181, Charter of which was subsequently confirmed and extended by various sove- Incorporareigns; but the borough is now divided into two wards, and the corporation consists of a mayor, six aldermen, and eighteen councillors. The municipal boundaries are co-extensive with those for parliamentary purposes; and the number of magistrates is eight. The following gentlemen have filled the office of mayor since the passing of the Municipal Act : The inhabitants first exercised the elective franchise in the 23rd of Edward I., since which time time it has regularly returned two members to parliament. The right of election is now extended to the £10 householders. A. D. 1852 Population. The representatives since the passing of the Reform Bill have been as follows: The election of 1851 was occasioned by the Earl of Mulgrave having accepted office, as Comptroller of Her Majesty's household, vacant by the death of the Right Hon. William Sebright Lascelles. Mr. Young came forward as a decided "protectionist," and the noble earl, who is a free trader, was defeated. The Poor Law Union of Scarborough comprises thirty-three parishes or places; and the population, in 1851, was 24,611; comprising 11,679 males, and 12,932 females; and the number of houses at the same period was 5,473. HACKNESS, six miles north-west of Scarborough, is a small village in a most romantic situation, in a delightful vale, from which several others run in various directions of the country. The principal road thither from Scarborough, lies over Haybrow, a lofty eminence, from the summit of which is a noble view of the castle, the coast, and the ocean: the subjacent country, and the village of Scalby, also form a picturesque landscape. In the descent from this hill to the vale of Hackness, the road lies along the precipitous edge of a glen, of which the sides are adorned with lofty trees. This deep and picturesque ravine, which lies to the left of the road, meeting at length with another from the right, which is equally romantic, their junction forms the commencement of the valley of Hackness. On proceeding a little way farther are two other glens, of which the declivities to the bottom are covered with a profusion of wood. At the western extremity, the valley divides itself into two branches; one of these, in which the village of Hackness is seated, runs into the moors; through the other the Derwent pursues its course towards the village of Ayton. The hills which surround the vale of Hackness, are from one hundred to one hundred and twenty yards in perpendicular height, and their steep declivities are profusely adorned with lofty trees of the richest foliage. The hand of nature, indeed, has here been lavish of her embellishments, and has moulded these sylvan scenes into such different forms and projections, as render them at once sublime and beautiful. Springs of water bursting from the sides of the hills in natural cascades, or falling with gentle murmurs, contribute to enliven the scenery; and the Derwent, which has its source in the mountainous country to the north, glides with a gentle stream past the village, to the westward of which the bleak and barren moors form a striking contrast to the luxuriant scenes of Hackness. The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a very ancient structure; the living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Marquis of Annandale. Here was formerly a cell, belonging to Whitby Abbey; which at the dissolution, contained four monks of the order of Benedictines. The very elegant mansion at this place was built by the late Sir Richard Vanden Bempde Johnstone, Bart. SEAMER, four miles from Scarborough, is remarkable for a rebellion, which broke out in the year 1549, in the third of Edward VI., the leaders were, Thomas Dale, the parish clerk, John Stephenson, and William Ombler; their absurd claims were, the restoration of the old religion, the abolition of monarchy, and the extinction of all the different ranks of society. These infatuated men were soon joined by others equally desperate, and, in a few days, their number amounted to upwards of 3000; after having greatly alarmed the country, and murdered several persons, a sudden stop was put to their proceedings, by the arrival of a proclamation from the King, offering pardon to the repentant, but denouncing punishment upon the contumacious; on which the greater number were wise enough to accept the proferred clemency, and to lay down their arms but the leaders were apprehended and executed at York, on the 21st of September, 1549. The Percies were anciently lords of Seamer; it afterwards belonged to the Duke of Leeds, who sold it to William Joseph Denison, Esquire, an eminent banker, in London, through whom it descended to his grandson, the Lord Londesborough. There is here an elegant Church, dedicated to St. Martin, which has the appearance of a collegiate building; the living is a vicarage. There is also a small but neat Methodist chapel. A school, for boys and girls, with a dwelling-house adjoining, was built and liberally endowed by the lord of the manor, in 1814. SCORTON. Scorton, in the parish of Catterick and liberty of Richmondshire, in the North-riding, is five miles east of Richmond. Here is a Free Grammar School, with an endowment of £200 per annum, left by Leonard Robinson, Esq. The school house was erected in the year 1760, and the Rev. W. Bowe, officiating curate at Bolton, is the master. There is in this township a noted spring, called St. Cuthbert's Well, (otherwise, Cuddy Kell;) it is supposed to derive its name from a monastery, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, said to have stood upon the same spot, but not a vestige of it now A. D. 1852 A. D. 1852 Manufac ture. Charities. remains. The water is useful in the cure of cutaneous diseases, and rheumatism; it flows into a brook, which empties itself into the Swale, below Ripling, and which brook is noted for large fine flavoured trout. The village is airy, and generally well built, in form rather irregular, but approaching to a square. In the centre is a spacious green, raised three or four feet from the level of the road; to the north side is a good inn, and an elegant building for the school; on the east the buildings are appropriated to the purposes of a Roman Catholic community, of the order of St. Clair. The persons forming this establishment came over from Normandy, in 1795, after the French Revolution, and settled first at Haggerston Castle, in Northumberland, but removed to Scorton in 1807. The house consists of thirty nuns and twenty boarders; and for the use of the community and others, a chapel has been built, dedicated to St. Clair. SEDBERGH. Sedbergh is a small market town pleasantly situated on the northwest extremity of the West-riding, near the river Rother, which falls into the Lune about three miles from the town. Sedbergh is a parish divided into three townships, viz. Sedbergh, Dent, and Garsdale, in the wapentake of Ewecross, and on the borders, though not in the district, of Craven; it is five miles from Dent, ten from Kendal, and eleven from Kirkby-Lonsdale. It is situated in a secluded and fertile vale among rugged mountains. The market is on Wednesday. The principal manufacture at Sedbergh is cotton, and there are two mills at which a considerable number of persons are employed. There are here a Parish Church, and various dissenting places of worship but the distinguishing public institution of Sedbergh, is its amply endowed Free Grammar School, which has produced many eminent men. This school was founded by Roger Lupton, D.D., provost of Eton. The appointment of master is in the Master and Fellows of St. John's, Cambridge. This school had fallen to decay, and the lands appropriated to its support had been sold and embezzled! but Sir Anthony Denny, Knight, a liberal patron of learning, caused the school to be repaired, and not only recovered, but also settled the estate so firmly as to prevent all future alienations. Provost Lupton, founded two fellowships and eight scholarships, in St. John's College, Cambridge, for students from this school; and Mr. Hebblethwaite also founded one fellowship at St. John's; besides which this is one of the schools which is entitled to send a candidate for Lady Elizabeth Hastings' Exhibitions. The produce of certain estates at Sedbergh is applied to the relief of poor householders belonging to the township, not receiving parochial assistance, towards clothes for twelve poor children of A. D. the township, above seven and under twelve years of age; to the purchase of bread to be given to poor people at the church yearly on St. John's day, and for an exhibition to a Sedbergh born scholar, 1852 while educating in St. John's College. SELBY. 1069 This place, anciently called Salebeia, was selected by William the Conqueror, in 1069, as the site of a magnificent Abbey for Benedictine monks. The establishment acquired, in process of time, such extensive possessions and immunities as to render it equal in rank to the Church of St. Peter at York; and the Superior of this place, with the Superior of St. Mary's, in that city, were the only mitred abbots north of the Trent. When the Conqueror came to Selby, accompanied by his queen, to settle the endowment of the Abbey, she was delivered of a son, subsequently King of England, by the title of Henry I. After a lapse of time, the manor came Henry I. into the family of Lord Petre, by marriage, with whose descendants born at it yet remains. During the Civil war, the town was taken by the Selby. royalists, but it was eventually re-captured by Sir Thomas Fairfax, when the majority of the king's party were made prisoners. The streets are well paved and lighted with gas; the houses are in general well-built, and many improvements have been made within the last few years, particularly by the formation of a new street called the Crescent, which consists of commodious houses, and adds considerably to the appearance of the town. A large quantity of woad, for the use of dyers, is produced in the vicinity; and flaxspinning is still carried on to some extent. There are two large mills of this description, several rope, sail cloth, and sacking factories, an iron foundry, two tanneries, breweries, &c. Selby, in common with other towns, possesses the advantages of railway communication. The Hull and Selby line of railway is carried over the river Ouse by a handsome swivel bridge, which opens with great facility for the admission of vessels to the quay, and there communicates with the Leeds and Selby, in conjunction with which, and with the Manchester and Leeds railway, it opens a direct communication between the Irish Sea and the German Ocean. A bridge of timber across the Ouse was completed in 1795, and is remarkable for the ease with which it can be turned round, being opened and closed within the space of a minute, though weighing seventy tons. A branch custom-house has been erected, belonging to the establishment at Goole. The chief article exported is stone, which is sent coastwise. Ships of 150 to 200 tons burthen navigate to Selby; steam-boats pass daily to and from Hull, and there are daily communications with London, and every port on the coast. There is also a ship-yard, in which many packets |