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CHRIST CHURCH.

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The Library ', under Dean Smal-

ridge. The Anatomy School, now the

Laboratory, under Dean Gregory. Canterbury Quadrangle and Gate- way, under Deans Markham and

Bagot. Large Lecture Room by the Hall,

under Dean Smith.

Since 1858 Christ Church has been in a state of Heraclitean flux, having received two Ordinances and one set of Statutes within twenty- five years. One marked result of recent legislation has been to reduce the number of those on the Foun- dation, e.g. —

The Canonries formerly eight are now six ;

In place of a hundred and one Studentships tenable under certain conditions for life, are now thirty- four Studentships and thirty-nine scholarships tenable for periods varying from two to fifteen years ;

The Chaplaincies formerly eight are now six.

Much has been done under Dean Liddell as regards the fabric in the way of demolition, of renovation, of addition. The range of Fell's Buildings, the Organist's House, the South and East sides of the Chaplains' Quadrangle, all in a state of great disrepair, have been pulled down to make room for the Meadow Buildings.

The interior of the Cathedral has been carefully restored ; one of the Bays of the Nave destroyed by Wolsey has been rebuilt ; moreover, the end of the South Transept has been brought again within the Cathedral after having long been converted into a Verger's house.

The North side of the Cloister also has been thrown open again after having been for a century used as a Muniment Room.

The Chapter House has been entirely cleared of the partitions and raised floor which disfigured it, so that its pristine graceful proportions can now be admired.

Of the houses belonging to the two suppressed Canonries portions of each have been converted into College Rooms, and a new West entrance to the Cathedral has been made through one of them formerly the lodgings of the Regius Professor of Divinity.

The splendid peal of ten bells in Dfc has been moved from the Cathedral Tower, for which they were far too heavy, to Wolsey's Campanile over the Hall Stair-

1 The Books were previously in the Refectory of St. Frideswide's since divided into sets of rooms.

STATUE OF cardinal WOLSEY. — From Mackenzie and Pusin.