Francis Close was born in 1797, and was educated at St. John's, Cambridge. From 1826 till 1856 he held the living of Cheltenham. He was a liberal subscriber to societies for various philanthropic purposes whether in connection with the Established Church or not. In 1856 he was nominated Dean of Carlisle. Although a very popular preacher his theological views were far from broad. He was, also, a strenuous opponent of betting, theatre-going, indulgence in alcoholic liquors, and smoking. The poor people of Carlisle lost a good friend when he passed away. His failing health obliged him to give up the deanery in 1881, and at the end of the following year he died at Penzance, where he was wintering. The fourth window is filled with glass in memory of members of the Mounsey family, and Captain John Oswald Lambert. The following subjects are represented:-- Our Lord The Transfiguration. Pilate writing rebuking the title the Sea. for the Cross. The Adoration The entry into Our Lord of the Magi. Jerusalem. before Pilate. St. Paul St. Paul before St. Paul before the King Agrippa. on board Chief Priests. ship. At the back of the bishop's throne are some shelves containing a few standard devotional books for the use of the congregation before and after divine service. It would be a good thing if this custom could be generally adopted, and every church in the land furnished with a small library of the works of such men as Thomas a Kempis, St. Augustine, Taylor, Law, and Keble. The low doorway in the north-eastern angle of the retro-choir opens on a staircase leading to the upper part of the cathedral, and the tower. If we ascend to the clerestory we may pass along the ambulatory, and obtain a nearer view of the great east window (especially the old glass in the tracery), the choir roof, and the clerestory windows. At the end of the ambulatory we come to the belfry. There are six #Bells#, one of which, bearing the date 1396, was furnished by Bishop Strickland. It is inscribed as follows:-- In: voce: sum: munda: maria; sonando: secunda. Another bell bears the following sentence:-- "Jesus be our speed." Date 1608. A third has on the rim--"This ringe was made six tuneable bells at the charge of the Lord Howard and other gentree of the country and citie, and officers of the garrisson, by the advice of Majer Jeremiah Tolhurst, governor of the garrisson 1658." This bell was cracked while ringing during the rejoicings held in honour of the peace after Waterloo. On a bell dated 1657 can be read, "I warne you how your time doth pass away, Serve God therefore while life doth last, and say Glorie in excelsis Deo." Of the remaining bells, one is dated 1659, and the other 1728.