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of the church bears the stamp of extraordinary 

 freshness the walks of the church-yard, 

 the different gates opening into it, have the 

 same renovated appearance ; and we have been 

 assured, that all this is to be attributed chiefly 

 to the exertions of the person, who has for 

 several successive years filled with laudable 

 zeal the office of what is termed " the vicar's 

 churchwarden." The name of the gentleman 

 alluded to is Lister, who, now that he has 

 accumulated by his own industry an ample 

 fortune, and raised himself to the enviable 

 post of being one of the most wealthy and 

 respectable tradesmen in the town, shows his 

 gratitude to God by devoting much time and 

 much labour to beautifying and strengthening 

 that God's house of prayer. We hope, that 

 in a future edition we shall have to record, that 

 the interior of the church has undergone a new 

 arrangement under the directions of that clever 

 architect Mr. Cottingham. We know that Mr. 

 Lister for one is endeavouring to bring about 

 so desirable a consummation. 



In the sepulchral chapel, belonging to the 

 Boothby family, situated on the northern side 

 of the chancel, is a monumental statue of very 

 wide celebrity. Rhodes's description of it 

 being brief, we shall quote that author : " It 

 is in memory of Miss Boothby (a lovely little 



