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and Norman mouldings could be found on the same stone. The 

 stalls in the chancel, Mr. Fuller said, were constructed after the 

 fragments of the original ones found in the chancel. All the paint- 

 ing, he said, was re-executed after the original models, and the figure 

 of St. Christopher, in St. Catherine's chapel, was touched up by- 

 Professor Church, the old colours remaining, and the Professor, like 

 a true Conservative restorer, had refused to paint what was not dis- 

 covered. Mr. Fuller described at great length the various tombs, 

 monuments, &c., exhibiting for inspection a beautiful blue velvet 

 cope, which belonged to a chantry priest, named Ralph Parsons, in 

 1470, and which was still in good preservation. The vesture was 

 adorned with devices of pomegranates and six-winged seraphim, in 

 gold, which were very vivid, testifying to the good qualities of the 

 gold. An interesting description of the Trinity chapel was then 

 given, in the course of which Mr. Fuller remarked that he would 

 submit to the consideration of the Vicar, Dr. Millar, (who had been 

 present during the whole of the proceedings at the church,) and to 

 Mr. Anderson, whether Lord Bathurst could not be persuaded to 

 have re-painted the series of shields bearing the various quarterings 

 of the family of Sir John Dan vers, which were now very erroneously 

 coloured, and the right tinctures for which he could supply. 



This concluded the survey of the church, and the Members then 

 left the sacred building, and proceeded through Dyer Street, and the 

 Beeches, under the guidance of Professor Church, to make 



A Tour of the Roman Wall, 

 existing under the local name of the " City Bank." Before com- 

 mencing the tour, Professor Chuuch said the wall was now reduced 

 to what he might term a mound, about two miles in circumference, 

 in an oblong shape. The entombments, and sepulchral remains, 

 were found chiefly just outside the wall, and the villas, household 

 remains, tesserae, &c., were discovered mostly within the wall. The 

 party then proceeded round the boundary, the only certain existing 

 trace of the Roman wall, in a field adjoining the New Mills, being duly 

 pointed out. The impression seemed to be that there was no doubt 

 as to this being the site of the wall, but the present walling existing 

 in a field near the Watermoor end of the bank was more modern. 



