The CHAPTER HOUSE, which opens into the east cloister, is a fine room, and is embellished with the following portraits, &c.: The COMMON ROOM, which is under the Hall, contains portraits of Henry VIII., of Drs. Busby, Freind, Nicoll, and Archbishop Markham, of Dean Aldrich, and Dr. Frewin; and a bust of Dr. Busby, by Rysbrach. In the Court, to which we enter by a narrow passage, in the southern part of the Great Quadrangle, and adjoining the Common Room, is the GRAMMAR SCHOOL, where the Choristers and other boys are educated. Opposite the Grammar School is the new ANATOMICAL THEATRE, which was begun in 1776, and finished partly with the benefaction of Dr. Freind, who died in 1728, leaving £1000 towards promoting the study of anatomy; and partly with the legacy of Dr. M. Lee, who by his will endowed the Lectureship, and was in other respects a great benefactor to the College. This is a handsome convenient building, and is well furnished with subjects to illustrate the study of anatomy, preserved in spirits. Lectures are de livered here by Dr. Lee's Reader in Anatomy, who is appointed by the Dean and Chapter.— Mr. J. S. and Mr. P. B. Duncan, Fellows of New College, lately presented to this Theatre some very elegant wax models, formed with great accuracy. They were purchased at Florence by these gentlemen: No. 1. is a full-grown human female figure, in which are represented the following points, namely: the whole of the absorbent system, the viscera of the thorax, of the abdomen, and of the pelvis, together with the arteries and veins belonging to them; the brain and its membranes, and numerous muscles of the head and other parts of the body. No. 2. Two models, representing sections of the human head, together with six smaller models. The whole completely illustrating the anatomy of the eye, with its nerves and blood-vessels. No. 3. and 4. Two models, representing with minute accuracy not only the external form and character, but also the whole of the interior anatomy of the male and female crayfish. Proceeding from the Chapel, down the cloisters, and passing by the old Library, the Chaplains' Quadrangle, and Fell's Buildings; or, from the Anatomical Theatre into the lane in which are the College stables, the stranger is invited to take a view of the beautiful Walks, called Christ Church Meadow and the Wide Walk. The meadow is bounded on the east by the Cherwell, on the south by the river Isis, on the west by a branch of the same river, and on the north by the Wide Walk. It is a mile and a quarter round; the Wide Walk is upwards of a quarter of a mile in length. These walks are kept in excellent order, at the sale expense of Christ Church, and are filled with company in the fine evenings of unmer, during term, when the scene is enlivened by the continual passing and repassing of pleasure boats of every description, from the skiff to the eightoared cutter. In order to complete the view of this College, we must return into the Great Quadrangle, pass under the north-east arch, which is opposite the Hall entrance, and proceed to the quadrangle, called PECKWATER, which derives its name from an ancient hall or inn which stood on the south-west corner of the present court, and was the property of Richard Peckwater, who gave it to St. Frideswide's priory, in the reign of Henry III. About the middle of the reign of Henry VIII., another inn, called Vine Hall, was added to it, which, with other buildings, were formed into a quadrangle, in the time of Dean Duppa and Dr. S. Fell, which remained until 1705, when the east, west, and north sides were rebuilt after a plan given by Dean Aldrich, at the expense of the Dean, Canons, and nobility and gentry educated in this Society. Anthony Radcliffe, Canon, bequeathed £3000. for this purpose. This munificent benefaction is commemorated in the following Latin inscription, under the cor nice of the north side, which was built with his money:-" Atrii Peckwateriensis quod spectas latus extruxit Antonius Radcliffe, S.T.P. hujusce ædis primo Alumnus, deinde Canonicus." The three sides are in a chaste Ìonic style; all superfluity of ornament has been judiciously rejected, and it may be said to be one of the most correct examples of the Palladian architecture in this kingdom. The LIBRARY, which forms the south-side of Peckwater quadrangle, was begun in 1716, after a design of Dr. George Clarke, of All Souls', and was not completed until 1761. The elevation consists of one order of three-quarter Corinthian columns, of considerable height and diameter. It was originally intended that the lower story should have consisted of an open piazza of seven arches, with an ascent of three steps along the front of the building; but it was afterwards enclosed, and forms the rooms which contain some books, and the collection of paintings left to the College by Brigadier-General Guise, who had received a part of his education in it. The following is a List of the Paintings, Busts, &c. placed in these lower rooms: At the Entrance are the following | Hugh Boulter, Primate of Ireland Busts: R. Freind, D.D. Master of West- Dr. Markham, Archbishop of York, Dr. Robinson, Primate of Ireland, George II. Rysbrach Dr. Frewen, a Physician of Oxford, and Student of Ch. Ch. Roubillac RIGHT HAND ROOM. On the left hand: An emperor on horseback, Giulio The slaughter of the Innocents, Bor- A sketch Our Saviour's Resurrection Story of Ericthonius, Salvator Rosa The Sybils, Raphael A sketch on each side, Castiglione A Madona and Child, with St. John, St. Sebastian, Guido The vision of Constantine, A copy from Raphael's picture in the Va- The binding of the crown of thorns Two heads of St. Andrew and St. A sketch A head of Christ with the crown of thorns Cupid shaving his bow On each side, two figures at full A woman with a dove, representing A sketch, representing the resurrec-A Diana and Actæon, Nic. del Abbate Our Saviour praying on the mount, Rape of the Sabines, Andrea, Man- A Descent from the Cross, Corregio Two sketches of Jupiter and Juno, A small head of a Child, Leonardo. Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, in chiaro oscuro, Paolo Veronese A small head of a Woman, Leonardo Apollo and Marsyas, Midas sitting in The sketch of a capital picture pre- Two sketches, representing Cybele An assembly of the Gods A small figure of Ceres Four portraits, with a book of music before them, Titian dead Christ fore-shortened, Ludo- Two heads in one picture, Murillo + Second Compartment. East side, Rebecca at the well, and Abrahara's servant presenting her with bracelets, Guido. A head, The dying Magdalene, Domenichino The figure of St. Catharine, with one Our Saviour, Titian A Bacchanalian piece, with Silenus men The Good Samaritan, Pisto Bada- Rinaldo and Armida, a sketch The brazen age A sketch, Titian Some philosophers with a globe, old A "Noli me tangere," Pietro Perugino |