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inner Court, consisting of 15 sets of rooms and the Common Room. These buildings were erected at the expense of Dr. John Wilkinson, in 1620.

When the buildings at Hertford College are completed, the Principal and other members of this Hall will remove to it, and be there established, and that dissolved College will then take the name of Magdalene Hall; after which the present Hall will be taken down, by virtue of an Act of Parliament, in order to enable the society of Magdalene College to carry their intended improvements into effect.

On leaving Magdalene Hall, we proceed under the elms into the High-street; pass the Angel Inn (which is on the left), whence coaches go to all parts of the kingdom; and arrive at

QUEEN'S COLLEGE.

** The Porter's Lodge of this College is at the further right-hand corner of the first quadrangle, at the narrow entrance opposite to St. Edmund's Hall.

This splendid structure is on the right hand of the High-street, and opposite to University College. The whole area on which it is built forms an oblong square of three hundred feet in length, and two hundred and twenty in breadth, which is divided by the Chapel and Hall into two spacious courts. The foundation-stone of the south court or quadrangle (the front of which produces a striking effect in the View of the High-street,) was laid February 6, 1710, being

the birth-day of Queen Anne, by Dr. William Lancaster, Provost. It is one hundred and forty feet in length, by one hundred and thirty in breadth, having a lofty cloister supported by square pillars on the east, west, and south sides. Over the west cloister are two stories, containing the apartments of the Fellows, the Provost's Lodgings, and a gallery communicating with the Hall and Common Room. In the east are also apartments for the different Members of the Society; and on the north are the Chapel and Hall. The south part presents to the street the lateral fronts of the east and west sides, with their pediments and statues, which are connected by a decorated wall, enriched with a central gateway, or grand entrance; above whose arch rises an open cupola, containing the statue of Queen Caroline, the consort of George II. The north side is occupied by a grand Doric elevation. It consists of an enriched central pediment, supported by four lofty columns, with their appropriate entablatures, flanked by the Chapel and Hall, with large windows, finishing in a circle, and pilasters between them. The whole is crowned with a balustrade and an elegant cupola of the Ionic order. This quadrangle possesses, when viewed from the High-street, a general resemblance to the Palace of the Luxembourg in Paris. On the front of this College are six figures; the two on pediments are Jupiter and Apollo; the remaining four are subjects which

we conceive to be emblematical of Mathematics, Geography, Medicine, and Religion.

Hawksmoor is the nominal architect of this College; but, from its superiority to his other works, the design has been referred to his great master, Sir Christopher Wren. The interior Court, or north quadrangle, is one hundred and thirty feet in length, and ninety in breadth. The north, east, and south sides, contain apartments for the Society; and the Library occupies the west. The entrance to it is through a passage between the Hall and Chapel.

Very considerable sums had been given, and bequests made, towards the building of this College; but, from various causes, they were not found sufficient to complete it. To forward this object, Queen Caroline, who was herself an admirer of learning, gave, in the year 1733, £1000; and the east side was chiefly built by the bounty of John Michel, Esq. Early in the morning of December 18th, 1778, a fire broke out in the attic chamber in the staircase, No. 2, adjoining to the Provost's Lodgings; and, in a few hours, the west wing of the front quadrangle was destroyed, the shell only remaining. Towards the repairs of the loss sustained by this sudden and violent conflagration, Queen Charlotte was pleased to subscribe £1000. The Society also received voluntary contributions from many distinguished persons, collegiate bodies, and others, towards the reconstruction of the building.

The HALL is sixty feet long, and thirty broad, with an arched roof, of a proportionate height, and decorated with the Doric order. The chimney-piece is of marble, on which stands a bust of Aristotle, generally said to be a great likeness of Buonaparte. This room is furnished with various portraits in the windows and on the walls. Among the former are those of Edward III. and his Queen Philippa; Edward IV. and Henry V.; Sir Joseph Williamson; Provost Lancaster; the Founder; Charles I. and his Queen Henrietta; Charles II. with his Queen Catharine; with various heraldic decorations and other devices. On the walls are the portraits of Robert de Eglesfield, the Founder; Charles I. and his Queen; Queen Philippa and Queen Anne; Queen Caroline and Queen Charlotte; Edward the Black Prince, son of Edward III. and Henry V. both by Burnell; Dr. Lancaster, Dr. Smith, and Dr. Halton, Provosts; John Michel, Esq. second Founder; Sir Joseph Williamson; Lady Eliz. Hastings; Addison; Tickell; Edward IV; Cartwright, Bp. of Chester; Gibson, Bishop of London; and Dr. Crakanthorp. In the Gallery, at the west end of the Hall, are the portraits of six queens -Margaret, Queen of Scots; Queen Elizabeth; Mary, Queen of Scots; Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I.; Catharine, wife of Charles II.; and Queen Anne; all of which were given to the College by George Clarke, D.C.L. some time Fellow of All Souls' College, and one of

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