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Rh CAMI;I;M < A.MI'.KIDGE. composed t, CD fellows, anil 11: with a x. : liiliiliuns. The buil.l- 111X1 consist i.f three courts nil til' K .-ill. ot the 1 am,
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tone In-ill}?!-. Tin- ancient courts, whoso length li-"!ii K. 1" '. is about .joil I'.-i-t, in-!/ mostly of red Ijrii-k, ,i. 'I ii. IP v. conn : about 1830 from designs by Kickman, ami is partly in the per- pendicular and jiurtly in the Tudnr .style-. ( 'Inistors cx- ti-nd from wing tu wing. The lilirary i- .-pa iou.s, ami contains a MTV valuable collection ol books, including those bequeathed by Prim. : con- tain.- a ' -anopii d ln.i->, ami a monument t'i llaker, the antiquarian -scsscs portraits of the fmiii- . (Jin-en J-'.li/abi'th, .Mary (Jin . n of Scots, Lord Kalklanil, the Karl of Stnffind, Arc. The tw.. last mentioned, with linger A-oham, Ill-hops l-'i-her, Wat- son, ami liev. li'lu-i, Sir Ki-nelm Digby, Lord liui i-al l-'airfax, S>ame Jcnyns, Home Ti>oke, William Wilbeiforc. . l!i : -id the poets llerrii-k, Otwuy, Henry Kirkc White, and William Wordsworth vre students of St. John's. MAGUALEXK COLLEOE was founded byStafford Duke of Buckingham in 1619, nnd completed, his attainder, by Thomas Baron Audlcy, lord chan- cellor, in 1542. It is composed of a master, t foundation and 13 bye-fellows, and 43 scholars. This college stands atthcN.W. i ml nt 1 tin t"vn, on the site of an ancient liustel, and consist -of two r..nrt.s, in the second of which is the Pepysian library, containing a valuable coll> of MSS. and prints, anil a very large collection nl lish ballads. This library was'the gift nl 1 Saunu-l Pepys, author of the now well-known " Memoirs," the original MS. of which is preserved here. Among the pei: sed by this college are those of the founders, Chief Justin Yi_v. Samuel 1'cjiys. e. ; nnd among the eminent students were Archbishop Grindall, Bishop Cumberland, Pepys, and Dr. Waterland. TIIIMIY COLLIGE, which is the largest and most important in the University of Cambridge, was founded by Henry VIII., in IMS, on the site of two ancient eol- . St. Michael's Hall and King's Hall, and several Is. St. Michael's Hall was founded in 1324, and King's Hall in 1337, and their united endowments were given to Trinity, which was afterwards augmented by n Mary. The society is composed of a master, BO fel- lows, and 7 2 scholars. The mastership is in the gift of the n. The college buildings are of great extent, situ- ated between St. John's on thoN., and Cains College on the S., filling the space between Trumpington--tn -ct .-md the river. 1'hcy consist of Dine great courts, the first of which, nearly square, is about 1,900 feet in rin-uit. the largest quadrangle either at Cambridge or Oxford. The principal entrance to this college is from Trinity- t by a fine old turreted gateway. In this court an the chapel, the hall, and the master's lodge. The chapel, 200 feet in length, was built partly by Queen Mary ami partly by Queen Klizahclh. It is in the p'Tpcno . arid contains an nltar-picco by Benjamin Wi-st ; statues of Sir Isaac Newton, K- Ronbiliac : by Noble, of Professor Person, by Clianinv. and of liacnn. i .ipied I'lom that at St. Alban's; besides busts of Professor Porson, Dohrce, and others. The ante-i hai 1 contains also several good memorial windows of staim -d -. one of them tol)r. Mill. The hall is a noble build- ing, in the Tudor style, 100 feet in length and about 50 liigh, adorned with a very large number of portraits of eminent scholars. The master's lodge contains several spacious apartments, nnd is the residence of the nvieii;n on all royal visits to Cambridge. The second, or Neville's Court, is an elegant range of build- ings, ami ill. -llli le- the lil'l:ir . '. lor tin- fellows ami stii'leiits. The library, built Ii design by Sir ChriMopher Wren, is a nia^iiiliei nt . Th" ide some of Milton's pncms and many of l.-tteis res]iietilil? I'l'lHi'i/ii'l. Tile b'i l{jiy, and Villoughby ai-- by Koubiliac. II. -ie. too, i> tin- fine statu 1-ymn, by' waldsen. The third, or King's ;.'[ IS'J.i from ill-signs by Wilkins, is a noble quadi iy English style of architecture, froi.- liver and lie It has a tine t Amw I. nit lins ),, en n '-.ntly built by I >r. - the present master, oppo-it.- ; teway. Amui tho portraits in I are those of the Jiarl ikspearc, Cowluy, Dr Harrow, A:c. ; all of whom, except Shaki" win- students of Trinity, as were also the foil ' mim nt mi n : Lord Bacon, Sir Kdward ' Kobert Cotton. Dr. t.'onyi is MiddlcUm, Profcs- Professor Dobree, and l>r. Mill ; the i I l.li'l e. Alldl'l V. and Vii'cent Kourm . KM MAM 1:1, ( 01 I.M.I; was founded in l.)M by Sir Walti-r .Mildmav, privy councillor to Kli/aheth, mi the site of a Dominican prior blished about 1 280. It consists of a master, 1 "> 1 about 100 scholars and exhibitioners. The building pleasantly situated in St. Amln w-gtreet, and comS^H a good view over tin They an chiefly of modern date, and form two courts with spafll^H and pleasant gardens. The present library was the chapel. The present chapi I. ile-ii;m .1 by Anhbis 'ft, was completed in 11177. Archbishop bishops Hall, Bedell, and Hind. Matthew 1 commentator, Dr. Wallis, Dr. Fanner, tho poet AJ^H .siib. and Dr. Parr, were educated at Emmanuel (-'olMH . COI.I.KOE was founded by Frances ^^H my, Countess of Sussex, who, by her will in l.'iSH, left property for that purpose. It is for divinity, and con- i a master. 12 fellows, and 26 scholars. The  student of Sidney College. I > w N ice-cut, was founded pursuant to tin; will of S: Downing, of (iamlingay Park, Cambri'i 1717. The erection "t the building^ v;> 1807, and the college was opi in 1 1 in 1S21. It master, 2 professors of Law and Mi-ilicim-, ]ci : C sclmlais. Tin- buildings will form a very ! of which two .siii,, are completed fv by Wilkins. Tho library contains tho books, MS antiquities, ,v.c .. bequeathed by John Bowtell. 1 various collegi-s hold the patronage of a ven- Ian liiiiL's in Fnglainl and Wales, and have also the appointment to tin public scht Tho diflerent ranks of members of tin University, tin several classes of students, wear a distim '-(unn iliflers slightly also for each college. Tin principal public- buildings belong!- and Library, the Pitt Press, tin- l-'it/william Mu tho Anatomical Mu-. i;m. and the Ob.-. l|ou-e. a lai-ire ami handsome stone building ! inthian "!'! r, I 1 between 17^2 176G, from a ile-i^n by Sir ,I:i' i;h. inti-rior is lul d i ; in leiiL'th ami S2 feel high. It gallern mil i oiitains statues, I ink' ol Somerset and William 1 Tl,' Public S, liools, where disputation exercises iH-rfornied, were commend .1 in ] II!!, and f a small court, and also tin W. -nle of a i r.ingle. which ha- tin- S. nad HOUM on tl Si. Mary's Church on the ];., ami King's Col! on the S. The apart!. rln M-honls t"nn library, which was rebuilt in 177-"i. Tin- large valuable colli'i -lion of books and MSS. 1 rniversity is jiartly kej.t here, and partly i:. building, erected in 1837 from a design 1"
 * nd the entrain. ti"in St. Johu's-strect is by H noble