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TREVALGA CHURCH.—Dr. BARHAM read a letter, dated 11th 
November, which he had received from Sir John Maclean: 
‘A few weeks ago, I visited the ancient church of Trevalga, in the 
Deanery of Trigg Minor. On the north side of the chancel is a small 
Chapel, 11 ft. by 10 ft., of the First-Pointed period. It is now in a sad con- 
dition though untouched, materially, since the date of its erection. It is 
lighted by an elegant double-lancet in the Hast, and by a single-lancet in the 
North wall. In the South-Hast angle is a small round-headed piscina, and 
at the angle of the splay of the Hastern window is a large bracket, on which 
formerly stood the image of the saint to whom the chapel is dedicated. 
There remains also what appears to be a ledge at the bottom of the window, 
which would lead one to suppose it to be the remains of the old Altar-slab, 
except that an external examination shews that the window has been walled 
up about a foot above its original base. 
My design, however, in writing is to call attention to another feature in 
this interesting Chapel, which is, perhaps, unique, at least in Cornwall. 
Observing that some part of the whitewash, with which the walls are thickly 
coated, had been peeled away, shewing colouring underneath, the Rector, 
the Rey. W. P. Roberts, courteously gave me permission to examine it 
further, and finding that the whitewash of ages easily separated from the 
wall, aided by the hard surface underneath, in large flakes, with the assist- 
‘ance of a long screw-driver I soon stripped off sufficient to disclose the whole 
design of the ornamentation. It is undoubtedly co-eval with the building, 
and the colours are as bright as when laid on some 600 years ago. The 
design is exceedingly simple, and very effective. The Arches of the windows 
are painted in masonry, in Indian red and bright orange, the divisions being 
white jointed with black lines. This ornamentation of the arches is sup- 
ported by a column painted at the angles in red lines, with an orange capital 
foliated with black. The Eastern window is further enriched by a foliated 
coronal in red. The walls are ornamented throughout their whole surface, 
in masonry, with red lines, the horizontal lines being single and the perpen- 
dicular double, whilst the divisions are enriched alternately by red scroll- 
work and black cinquefoils. The head of the Hast window is ornamented 
with a quatrefoil within a striped border of black, white, and orange. The 
whole surface of the walls is of a pale grey colour. 
The church, which is of considerable antiquity, is, generally, in a very 
dilapidated condition; and an effort is being made to raise funds for its. 
restoration. It is a work which commends itself to all who love our ancient 
churches; and if that restoration be carried out in the spirit of a real 
restoration, viz., replacing what is decayed, stone for stone and wood for 
wood, in all their details, and replacing what is lost, so that it may be re- 
stored, as nearly as possible, to the condition in which it left the ancient 
builder’s hands, it should receive the cordial support of all Cornish men. 
At all events, the ancient and interesting work of art which I have above 
described, ought to be replaced in the restored Chapel.” 
MoRTALITY AMONGST MInERS.—Dr. BARHAM explained a num- 
ber of diagrams which he had prepared to show the relative mor- 
tality amongst miners compared with that of the general popula- 
tion of the country, a subject which he had lately dealt with at 
Plymouth. The diagrams conveyed to the eye an accurate notion 
of the mortality at various ages, compared with persons engaged 
in other occupations. He considered it a subject fairly within the 
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