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window for the east end of the chancel ; ifc is of three lights , with circular head . The large circle in the head of the window contains a representation of the Saviour walking on the Sea of Galilee , with the legend , " It is I : be nofc afraid . " Ifc was Avished that this should be the prominent subject in the AvindoAA ' , and hence the unusual shape of fche head , where tracery Avould haA'e othenvise been inserted . Belowand

, extending across the three lights , is represented the Feeding of thc Five Thousand , the miracle which immediately preceded the above-named event . The lower compartments are occupied by the Last Supper , the Crucifixion , and the Breaking of Bread at Eminaus . The window Avas designed by the ' architect , as also Avere two smaller windows in the aisle , the one representing Moses and Joshua , this being a

memorial to the late Captain Preedy , and the other containing the figure of Elias , the gift of the architect . The chancel has been laid with encaustic tiles . Oak stalls with carved ends are placed in the chancel , and the nave and aisle are filled with seats of stained deal . There is an alabaster pulpit , of an elongated graduated shape , supported by small shafts of red Devonshire marble , with carved caps .

The parish of Sfc . Michael , Dundry , has been re-opened , after having been to a great extent rebuilt . The tower , which is a celebrated landmark—as , from , a great height ( being built on the summit of a high hill ) , it can be seen for a considerable distance out on the Atlantic—has been allowed to stand , and has been restored internally , and a new ringing loft | provided . The church , which Avas in a

ruinons state , has been entirely taken down and rebuilt on an extended scale . The Rev . D . BloutfloAver , chaplain R . N ., gave , ifc is said , £ 600 toAvards the rebuilding ; and the remainder ( except about £ 100 , which has yet to be procured ) , has been raised by rate and by voluntary contributions . The cost entailed has been £ 1500 . During the demolition of the old church some interesting relics Avere discovered .

The ancient stone pulpit was found embedded in the wall ; and a statue , 3 ft . high , supposed to be a statue of St . Michael , much discoloured , Avas buried in plaster ; some old coins Avere also picked up , among which Avas a Bath farthing of ancient date . The old church Avas supposed to have been erected in the twelfth or thirteenth century . A new aisle has been added on the south side , with piers aud arches corresponding Avith the old ones ones on the north side , which have also been taken doAvn and rebuilt . Such

of the old windows as Avere m good character have also been repaired and reinserted in new walls , Avith a new east windo AV in the chancel . The floor of the church has been raised 2 ffc . The roofs are open , and of red deal , stained and varnished , with carved ribs and principals , filled in with tracery , and supported on carved brackets , representing . angels Avith different musical instruments . Open benches

of pitch pine , varnished , have been substituted for the old sleeping boxes . The west gallery has been removed , and the fine tower archway restored and thrown open to the church . A new vestry has been builfc on the north side . The pupit is octagonal , and of Bath stone , Avith red Devonshire marble detached shafts , and carved brackets representing two archangels . The roof of the chancel is polygonal ,

of red deal hoarding , stained and varnished , with moulded ribs and bosses at intersection , the latter facsimiles of some old ones found in taking doAvn the old roof . The font has been cleansed of innumerable coats of AvhiteAvash , and is placed near the south porch . A new organ has been placed afc the east end of the north aisle , and the church warmed by Messrs . Haden ' s apparatus . The altar rails , brackets , and standards for candles , are of wrought iron and brass foliage .

Previous to the recent reopening of the Market Oneston Church , Lincolnshire , the gallery at the Avest end of the church against the toAver Avas taken doAvn , and the Norman arch throAvn open ; the door in the toAver closed up , and a small two-li ght Second Pointed window inserted , the gallery in south transept swept away , so as to throAV open the south transept AvindoAV ( Middle Pointed ) a new Decorated AvindoAV

; put in south transept in lieu of the old one , which was much mutilated by having all the cusps cut off ; a IIOAV roof of oak oyer the south transept ; the interior of the church refitted with pitch pine bench ends ; a neAv pulpit and reading-desk

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of oak , the former on a stone base ; a new roof over porch , and the masons' work restored . The Avorks , without the heating apparatus , Avill cost between £ 500 and £ 600 . The Rev . T . A . Maberly has issued notice , urging the necessity of erecting a new church afc HayAvard's Heath , Ouckfield , stating that the accommodation afforded in the schoolroomwhich was never intended to be more than of a

, temporary character , is nofc sufficient ; and that the time has come to extend it . He states that Mr . Sevgison . will give the site for the church , and he will himself subscribe £ 100 towards the building . The sum required , he says , will be £ 3 , 000 ; and as soon as thafc sum is promised ifc shall be commenced .

Sfc . Mary's church , South Luffenham , was reopened last week , after having been closed about six months for repairs . The church consists of a chancel , nave , tivo aisles , a tower at the west end , and a south porch . The north aisle , which is the oldest part of the present structure , has Norman pillars , with rich capitals . The south aisles are early first Pointedeach capital being emdched Avith a band of the

nail-, head ornament . The chancel was repaired by the Rev . Dr . Scott , Master of Balliol , the late rector of tho parish , about nine years ago , when a Decorated easfc window was placed there , Mr . Street being the architect . At the same time the chancel Avails Avere repaired and the roof raised , by Messrs . Roberts , of Stamford . The alterations made lately consist mainly of a new arch cut through a block of masonry

Avhich had been builfc round the old staircase of the rood loft . The church has been reseated Avith open benches of Memel pine , stained and varnished ; a new circular pulpifc of Clipsham stone has been erected , the old altar table has been enlarged and repaired , the chancel floor raised and laid Avith Mintqn's encaustic tiles , and the chancel supplied Avith oak fittings and prayer-desks . The bases of fche pillars have been repaired , the tower arch thrown open , the Avails of the church cleared of plaster and pointed .

The ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of a new church near the Tyne Docks , South Shields , was performed on Tuesday afternoon . The edifice , Avhich is to be called St . Mary's Church , is built for fche use ofthe seamen and others frecmenting the Tyne Docks ; and ifc will be the church of a neiv parish which has been formed by the division of the parish of Holy Trinity , South Shields . The church , which

is in the Gothic style , was commenced in May last , and is IIOAV nearly ready for being covered in . Ifc will be the largest in South Shields , except St . Hilda ' s , and Avill be 102 ft . 6 in . in length , 49 ft . 4 in . in Avidth ; the superficial area , exclusive of the area of the toAver , being 5 , 862 ft . It Avillhave middle and side aisles , a Avest or organ gallery , and 400 sittings are to be entirelfree . The present lans leave the toAA'er to be

y p finished at a future time , but there is no doubt that funds Avill speedily be raised to complete the work . The subscriptions amount at the present time to £ 2 , 525 ; and it is calculated that to defray the cost of lighting , warming , enclosing the church , aucl finishing the toAver , a total sum of £ 4 , 000 will be required , leaving about £ 1 , 500 yet to be obtained .

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GLOUCESTER PASCHAL CANDELABUU 3 I AT THE BRISTOL EXHIBITION . There has been going round the country papers the following account , which originally appeared , in a Bristol neAVspaper . Before offering a comment thereon I Avill give the extract entire : — "The above candelabrum lias just been sent from the South exhibition

Kensington Museum as an additional attraction to the at the Fine Arts Academy , Clifton . This renowned Avork , after the vicissitudes of centuries , noiv returns afc length , in this city , to the episcopal diocese Avhere it Avas originally produced . It Avas executed in the reign of our Henry I ., surnamed Beauclerc , about the year 1115 , by the command of Peter , then abbot of the nunnery or monastery of St . Peter , the site of the present Gloucester Cathedral . Dugdale , in his great Avork , says , ' The church of