principally turned upon the means by which the great
measure of emancipation was carried--the conduct of Mr. Stanley and
Mr. Buxton. I was struck with Mr. Sturge's remark, that he
"believed such men as Sir A. Agnew, Sir Harry Inglis, and Lord
Ashley [now, in 1883, Lord Shaftesbury], were the most honest men
in the House of Commons."

_Sheffield, Sept. 17th._--Here I met with my old friends, Revs.
Messrs. Marsden, Grindrod, and Moss.

_Sept. 18th--Sunday._--Preached in Craven street Chapel in the
morning, and at Brunswick Chapel in the evening.

_Sept. 20th._--Attended the Financial District Meeting. It was
stated that 900 persons had seceded in Sheffield in the Kilhamite
schism, and yet the finances were better at the end of the quarter
than they had been the preceding one. Kind references were made to
myself, and the object of my mission.

Dr. Ryerson's Diary ends here. From his letters to Canada I make the
following extracts:--

_Sheffield, Oct. 5th._--I was in Barnsley on Friday and Saturday;
went to Wakefield on Saturday, and preached there on Sunday.
Addressed about 40 circulars to gentlemen in Wakefield on Monday
morning. Returned to Sheffield and spoke at the Missionary Meeting;
begged yesterday; spoke at the adjourned meeting last evening; have
been begging to-day. Spent Friday and Saturday in Wakefield; go to
Leeds on Saturday evening, and so on. The preachers and friends
shew me all possible kindness and attention. The Yorkshire people
are very warm-hearted and social. Methodism there presents an
aspect different in several respects from that which it presents in
London, or in any other part of England I have visited; more warm,
energetic, and unaffected--something like Hallowell Methodism in
Upper Canada. Oh! I long to get home to my circuit work. Amidst all
the kindness and interest that it is possible for piety,
intelligence, Yorkshire generosity and wit to impart, I feel like
an exiled captive here in England.

_Bradford, Oct. 10th._--The time I am here appears very dreary, as
I am from morning until midnight in public labours or society of
some kind. I have collected L83 last week, and for much of it I
have begged very hard--though some think that I do not beg hard
enough. It is, however, only one who has been a stranger and ha