The wanderings of a pen and pencil . ast five of the next morning we were ridingthrough Rufford Park, where is an ancient seat of the Earls of Scarborough,upon the site of a monastic foundation, mentioned by Thoroton. Our con-ductor, who drove a spring-cart, was at our service for the next twelvemiles, in accordance with a secret bargain, agitated the preceding evening.We found him a shrewd fellow, full of wit and information, and an excellentguide through the country. By Bilsthorpe and Kirklington, and Normanton,he knew every ones mill, and farm, and sheep, and could any where nodover a coupl

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The wanderings of a pen and pencil . ast five of the next morning we were ridingthrough Rufford Park, where is an ancient seat of the Earls of Scarborough, upon the site of a monastic foundation, mentioned by Thoroton. Our con-ductor, who drove a spring-cart, was at our service for the next twelvemiles, in accordance with a secret bargain, agitated the preceding evening.We found him a shrewd fellow, full of wit and information, and an excellentguide through the country. By Bilsthorpe and Kirklington, and Normanton, he knew every ones mill, and farm, and sheep, and could any where nodover a couple of acres of turnips, to an intimate acquaintance in the coppiceor the fold-yard of the distance. He was passionately fond of society, andlooked into every larger bush or barn for some one to say Good morningto. We breakfasted him to the extent of his appetite in Southwell, givingmany thanks for his early conveyance. We took four sketches in this venerable ecclesiastical town. One of the SOUTHWELL PALACE. — COLLEGIATE CHURCH. 363. Southwell Gate. Palace, beautified formerly by Cardinal Wolsey for his own residence. Thisis in ruin, having been wofully dealt with in the troubles preceding theCommonwealth. It adjoins the collegiate church, which is in itself avenerable pile, and, with the exception of St. Augustines at Canterbury, the most ancient in England, offering a supreme object for antiquarianobservation. The church or minster has undergone many changes: it hasrepeatedly been restored in various portions, and has suffered dreadfullyfrom military violence. One of the ancient gateways is represented in theillustration. The church is said, by Sir Edward Coke, to have been founded, or erected, by Paulinus, first archbishop of York, who baptized King Edwardand his followers in the adjoining stream, on Easter Day, 627 A. D. Manyliberties in Sherwood were granted to it by early Norman kings. It issupposed to have been the Roman station Ad Pontem. A considerablefamily, named South