Many other towns and villages in Derby shire carry on some or other of the industrial pursuits noticed in the above sketch.
Derbyshire has some peculiar laws and re gulations connected with the working of the lead mines. These laws and regulations are of very high antiquity. The principal part of the county where lead ore is found in any considerable quantity is called the King's Field,' and comprehends nearly all the wapen talc of Wirksworth and a considerable part of the High Peak hundred. The King's Field' has been from time immemorial let on lease. The lessees have each in his respective dis trict a steward and bar-masters. The steward presides as judge in the barmote courts, and with 21 jurymen, chosen every half year, deter mines all disputes which arise respecting the working of the mines. Debts incurred in working the mines are cognizable in these courts. These courts meet twice a year, or oftener if need be. The court for the High Peak district meets at Monyash, that for the wapentake district at the town of Wirksworth. The office of the barmaster is principally to put miners into the possession of veins that they have discovered, and to collect the pro portion of ore to which the lessee of the crown or the lord of the manor has a claim. When a miner has discovered a new vein of ore in 'the King's Field,' he may acquire a title to the exclusive possession of it, provided it be not in a garden, orchard, or high road, by a proper application to the barmaster of the liberty. Should the miner neglect to work
the vein, the barmaster may, after a certain time, dispose of it to any one who is willing to try it.
The cottons, the silks, the hosiery, the bob bing net, the iron, the marbles, the pottery, &c. of Derbyshire will all be represented at the Great Exhibition. The quarries in North Derbyshire possessed by the Dukes of Devonshire and Rutland, will be repre sented in their several products by Messrs. Lomas and Oldfield, the lessees respec tively of the marble works of Bakewell and Ashford -in-the-Water ; while the splendid amethystine fluor spar, locally designated Blue John,' and found exclusively at Castle ,on in the Peak, will find its way to the Crystal Palace in the elegant form of a colossal Gre cian vase, the finest and most important arti cle ever produced from this material. The vase was manufactured at Matlock by Mr. Vallance, who is preparing a number of inlaid' black marble tables, vases, candelabra, and other articles peculiar to the county. It is also the intention of Mr. Valiance to exhibit such a collection as will illustrate the peculiar mineralogical and geological character of Der byshire, as well as the applicability of its pro duets to ornamental purposes.