Mr. Tylney, Lady Elizabeth Hastings, and Dr. Holmes. Eight Fellowships, four Scholarships, and four Exhibitions have been established by the late Mr. Michell, of Richmond; and this institution is called the New Foundation in Queen's College. Several very liberal donations were received by the Society in the year 1779, for the purpose of rebuilding the west wing of the front quadrangle, which had been destroyed by fire; and in particular the sum of a thousand pounds from her present Majesty, Patroness of the College.

The members in this College are, a Provost, sixteen Fellows, two Chaplains, eight Taberdars, (so called from taberdam, a short gown which they formerly wore,) sixteen Scholars, two Clerks, and forty Exhibitioners; together with Mr. Michell's establishment, and a great number of Masters, Bachelors, Gentlemen Commoners, Commoners, and other Students; in all about 200.

They have here some extraordinary customs. They are called to dinner by the sound of a trumpet. On Christmas-day a boar's head is ushered very solemnly into the common hall or refectory, with a celebrated monkish song. And on New Year's day the Bursar of the College gives to each member a needle and thread, addressing him in these terms, Take this, and be thrifty. This practice of distributing the needle and thread, aiguille et fil, had, perhaps, in its

origin, some allusion to the name of the Founder, Egglesfield.

Visitor. The Archbishop of York.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.

OPPOSITE to Queen's, on the south side of the High-street, stands University College, with an extensive front, more than 260 feet in length. It has two gateways, with a tower over each, at equal distances from the extremities of the building. That on the west leads into the old court, a handsome Gothic quadrangle, 100 feet square; and above the gateway are two statues; one on the outside, of Queen Anne; another within, of King James II. Above the other gateway on the outside is a statue of Queen Mary, daughter of James II. and another within, of Dr. John Radcliffe. This entrance leads into a smaller court of three sides, each about 80 feet in length, open to a garden on the south. The east and part of the north side are occupied by the lodgings of the Master.

On the south side of the western quadrangle stand the Chapel and Hall. That part of the building has lately undergone a considerable alteration, under the directing taste of Dr. Griffith, the present Master, by the lengthening of the windows, the addition of buttresses,

battlements, and pinnacles, and the changing of the former clumsy centre into an elegant Gothic bow window, and pediment.

The windows of the Chapel are of fine old painted glass, done by Abraham Van Linge in 1641. The eastern window, by Henry Giles, a glass-painter of York, was given by Dr. Radcliffe in 1687. The ceiling, which was formerly of wood, having been removed for the purpose of repairing the timbers of the roof, has been replaced by a handsome Gothic groined ceiling. In the Chapel are some fine specimens of carving in wood by Gibbons, particularly on the screen, which is enriched with Corinthian pillars, and other architectural ornaments, and is justly entitled to attention both on account of its form, and the excellence of the work. The altar-piece is a copy of the Salvator Mundi, a celebrated painting of Carlo Dolce, burnt in wood and presented by the present Master. The Wainscot in the Ante-chapel has been removed, and an arch formed in the west end, which contains a fine monument, erected by his widow, to the memory of Sir William Jones, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court in Bengal, and formerly a Fellow of this Society. The bas-relief of this monument, which was executed by Flaxman, represents Sir Wm. Jones making the translation and forming the digest of Hindoo laws from the sacred books or Vedas, which the Bramins are

reading before him. The Epitaph is surmount ed by the Grecian and Hindoo Lyres and the Caduceus, the emblem of eloquence.

The Tigers' heads, by which the bas-relief is supported, are the emblems of Bengal.

The Hall, which was fitted up some years since in the Gothic style, has lately received considerable improvements, and is now one of the most beautiful rooms in Oxford.

In the Common Room is an excellent bust of King Alfred, the Founder of the College, executed by Wilton, from a model by Rysbrack, and presented to the College by the present Earl of Radnor, then Viscount Folkstone. The bust of the Founder stands between the portraits of King Henry IV. and Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, two Benefactors to the College, burnt in wood, and given to the Society, by Dr. Griffith.

No part of the buildings of this College can boast of any antiquity. The present spacious and uniform structure was begun in 1634, by the Rev. Charles Greenwood, formerly a Fellow. The work was carried on by Sir Simon Benet, and by the assistance of succeeding patrons the western quadrangle was finished in 1665. Dr. John Radcliffe gave by will 5000l. for building the north and east sides of the other quadrangle, and also left his Yorkshire estate in trust to the Society, charged with the payment of 6ool. to two travelling Fellows,

students in Medicine, to whom he ordered apartments to be appropriated in that part of the building.

King Alfred, in the year 872, is usually supposed to have erected certain halls in Oxford, near, or on the spot, where this College stands, and to have given the students small pensions issuing from the Exchequer. But the actual Founder of this College appears to be William, Archdeacon of Durham, who purchased A. D. 1219 one of the old halls which stood near the spot, endowed it with land, and founded ten or more Fellowships for natives of the county of Durham, which were soon reduced to two. Succeeding Benefactors improved the revenues and buildings of the Society. Of these the most considerable are Walter Skirlaw, Bishop of Durham, who procured lands from King Henry IV. and founded three Fellowships for the dioceses of York and Durham Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, Lord of the Honour of Cockermouth, in 1442 added three Fellowships for the dioceses of Durham, York, and Carlisle, with a preference to natives of the county of Northumberland: and Sir Simon Benet established four Fellow

ships and four Scholarships, to which all persons born in the province of Canterbury are eligible.

The present Society consists of a Master, twelve Fellows, and seventeen Scholars, with

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