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Bachelors of Arts and Undergraduates are obliged by the statutes to wear their academical costume constantly in public, under a penalty of 6s. 8d. for every omission. Very few of the University Officers have distinctive dresses:-The Chancellor's gown is of a black damask silk, very richly embroidered with gold. It is worn with a broad, rich lace band, and square velvet cap with large gold tassels.

The Vice-Chancellor dresses merely as a Doctor, except at Congregations in the Senate-House, when he wears a cope. When proceeding to St. Mary's, or elsewhere, in his official capacity, he is preceded by the three Esquire Bedells with their silver maces, which were the gift of Queen Elizabeth.

The Regius Professors of the Civil Law and of Physic, when they preside at Acts in the Schools, wear copes, and round black velvet caps with gold tassels.

The Proctors are not distinguishable from other Masters of Arts, except at St. Mary's Church, and at Congregations, when they wear cassocks and black silk ruffs, and carry the Statutes of the University, being attended by two servants, dressed in large blue cloaks, ornamented with gold-lace buttons.

The Yeoman-Badell, in processions, precedes the Esquire Bedells, carrying an ebony mace, tipped with silver; his gown, as well as those of the Marshal and School-keeper, is made of black prince's stuff, with square collar, and square hanging sleeves.

Most of the College, with the Town itself, are situated on the east side of the Cam, a small stream navigable for coal barges. The buildings, comprising each college, are erected in a quadrangular form, having an open court in the center.

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Nevile's Court, Trinity College, Cambridge.

The annexed engraving shows the appearance of Nevile's Court, one of the three connected with Trinity College. These courts are generally beautiful grass plots. After passing through the courts of the colleges nearest the Cam, you pass into grounds situated on both sides of the stream, connected by eight or ten tastefully arched bridges, constructed of stone. The venerable trees, standing in rows or in clusters, the graceful winding paths, the silvery stream, the beautiful verdure of the foilage, the velvet-like appearance of the grass, and the general tranquility of the place, renders the scene one of surpassing beauty.

The Colleges in which Milton, and Oliver Cromwell were educated, are on the east side of the populous part of the town. in which Milton was educated, has pleasant gardens, a neat summer Christ's College,

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house surrounded by a little wilderness. In the garden is a large mulberry tree, which was planted by Milton when a student here. Cromwell was a student at Sidney, Sussex College. The time of his admission is thus noticed in the register,-" Aprilis 26, 1616 14J. I. Oliverus Cromwell, Huntingdoniensis, admissus ad commitatum sociorum, Aprilis vicesimo sexto, 1616, Tutore Mro. Ricardo Howlet." After this entry in another and smaller hand, is written-"Hic fuit grandis impostor, carnifex perditissimus, qui pientissimo, Rege Carolo II nefaria cede sublato ipsum usurpavit thronum, et tira Regna per quinque ferne anorum spatium sub Protectoris nomine indomito Tyrannic vexavit."

The University Library contains about 200,000 printed books, and 2,000 MSS. of almost every age and language. A valuable collection of MSS., among which, there is a most valuable MS. of the Four Gospels and Acts of the Apostles, in uncial letters, on vellum, in Greek and Latin, claims especial notice. It was presented to the University by the celebrated Theodore Beza, in 1581: it had been in his possession about nineteen years, and was found in the monastery of Saint Irenæus at Lyons, where it had lain concealed for a long time. It is considered by all critics to be one of the most ancient manuscrips extant. A splendid and most accurate fac-simile of it was published at the expense of the University, in 1793, under the editorial care of Dr. Thomas Kipling.

This class was greatly enriched some years since by several valuable clasical MSS., purchased at the sale of Dr. Askew's collection. Here is a cabinet given by the late Rev. Archdeacon Lewis, which contains some valuable Oriental manuscripts, and other curiosities; in the lower part is a Chinese Pagod. In the drawers are a book written on reed, (supposed to be the ancient Papyrus,) with a Stylus; a pack of Persian playing-cards on tortoise-shell, consisting of six suites; two medals of the King and Queen of Denmark, &c. In the upper part of the cabinet is a beautiful copy of the Koran, remarkable for the excellence of the writing; also a splendid Persian MS. written in 1388, entitled "The Wonders of the Creation;" being a treatise on Astronomy and Natural History. This elegant manuscript is embellished with drawings of beasts, birds, reptiles, and other figures, to illustrate the descriptions. Some of these are finely executed, the paintings are ornamented with gold, intermixed with the most beautiful colors, and the volume is enveloped in a remarkably superb binding. This book cost in Persia £100. The collection of manuscripts has lately been considerably enriched by some which are probably among the most ancient that the East can produce. Part were presented to the University by Dr. Claudius Buchanan, late Provost of the College of Fort William, in Bengal; and the rest were the bequest of the celebrated traveller, Burckhardt. In this square are the portraits of the Rev. Henry Martyn, translator of the New Testament into the Persian, and of Professor Porson.

In a case which is preserved with great care and under strict regulations, there is also a collection of about thirty books and other documents relating to the Papacy, presented to the Library by the Rev. Robert James M'Ghee, in 1840. Some curious drawings and prints are also preserved here: among the letters is a large folio of Rembrandt's Etchings, extremely rare and valuable. In the library are portraits of Queen Elizabeth, Charles II, and Archbishop Abbot, together with an admi.

rable collection of colored shells, presented to the University by the King of Denmark, in 1771; a cast of the face of Charles XII of Sweden, taken a few hours after his death; a cast of Sir Isaac Newton; and also casts of Pitt, Fox, and Perceval, by Nollekens. King George I, bought for 6,000 guineas, and presented to the Library, the collection of Dr. Moore, Bishop of Ely, amounting to 30,000 printed volumes, with a considerable number of MSS. which are deposited chiefly in this compartinent.*

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The Library of Trinity College is considered one of the best specimens of classical architecture in Great Britain. Among the curiosities preserved in it is an antique statue of Esculapius, found at Samoe, near the river called Speculum Dianæ, about fourteen miles from Rome, and given to the Society by Sir Charles Wintringham, Bart. M.D. Here are also the globe, universal ring dial, quadrant, and compass, which formerly belonged to Sir Isaac Newton, and a lock of his hair; a quiver of arrows employed by Richard III against Henry VII, at the battle of Bosworth Field; a beautiful skeleton of a man in miniature, cut by a shepherd's boy; a Calculus taken from the intestines of a locksmith's wife at Bury St. Edmund's; it originally weighed thirty-three ounces, three dwts., This noble donation gave rise to the following witty Epigrams: the first is by Dr. Trapp, the Poet, an Oxford man, and zealous Tory:

"Our royal master saw, with heedful eyes,

The wants of his two Universities:

Troops he to Oxford sent, as knowing,-why
That learned, body wanted loyalty:

But books to Cambridge gave, as well discerning
That that right loyal body wanted learning."

The answer by Sir William Brown, of St. Peter's College, a staunch Whig, is gene

rally admired:

"The King to Oxford sent his troop of horse,
For Tories own no argument but force;
With equal care to Cambridge, books he sent,
For Whigs allow no force, but argument."

but a piece was broken off to gratify the curiosity of Charles II when at Newmarket ;-an Egyptian mummy, in very fine preservation, the outside being curiously gilt and painted; and the dried body of one of the aboriginal inhabitants of the Madeira islands, in appearance like dried seal-skin. There are also some other curiosities, brought from the South Sea Islands, by Captain Cook, and presented to the College by the late Earl of Sandwich.

There is also preserved here, a Babylonian Brick, presented by Gen. Sir John Malcolm, and mounted on a marble pedestal, and inclosed in a revolving glass case; a copy of Magna Charta; an Indulgence granted by Pope Clement XII to one Nathan Hickman, an Englishman, for himself, all his kindred for two generations, and twenty-five other persons; plans of the Pantheon and St. Peter's at Rome, St. Sophia at Constantinople, the Cathedral at Florence, and St. Paul's at London

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The King's Chapel, 316 feet in length, with a breadth of 84 feet, has four corner turrets 146 feet in height. By common consent it ranks among the first edifices of the kingdom: and exhibits the perfection of the style in which it is built.

The terms of admission into these several colleges we understood to be more difficult than those of America. As we passed round the town, we looked into several windows where prints of various kinds were exhibited for sale. Among them we observed a kind of carricature, entitled "The Wolf and the Lamb." On one side was a freshman undergoing the customary examination, previous to entering college. He was represented as having a kind of lamb's head, looking as harmless and innocent as the lamb in Esop. He was looking up to his examiner, who, though in his proper robes, had a wolf's head. Other examiners were in attendance, having on their official dresses. These beast-like personages, their various attitudes, their features, &c., probably had a local meaning perfectly understood by all connected with the University

DUKE OF WELLINGTON.

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Wellington's Signature.

ARTHUR, DUKE of Wellington, was the third son of Viscount Wellesley, Earl of Mornington, and was born May 1st, 1769. When very young he was placed at Eaton, whence, having received his classical education, he was sent to the military school of Algiers, in France, where he was for some time under the able tuition of Pignerol, the celebrated tactician. The first commission he held was in the 41st, and being in time of peace he gave his whole attention to the theory of war. In 1792, he obtained the rank of captain in the Light Dragoons, the next year he was appointed Lieut. Colonel of the 33d regiment of foot. In 1794 he accompanied the Duke of York in his unsuc cessful expedition into Flanders. In 1797 he accompanied his brother the Earl of Mornington into India.

He was engaged in the storming of Seringapatam, and for his services on that occasion, was made governor of that place. The next important event in his history was the battle of Assaye, in which he defeated an army ten times greater than his own. For this achievement he was made a knight-companion of the Bath. He returned to England in 1805, and took his seat in parliament as member for Newport. In July, 1808, with about 12,000 men, he sailed to Corunna, and soon after defeated the French general, Junot, with great loss. In 1809, he was invested with the supreme command in Portugal. Here he had to encounter Soult and Victor, two of the ablest marshals of France. For the victory he achieved at the sanguinary battle of Talavera, he was raised to the peerage, by the title of Lord Wellington, and received an annuity of £2,000. By the victory at Salamanca, he was made a grandee of the first order by the Spanish government, and a Marquis by his own, with a grant of £100,000. On June 23d, 1813, he made a grand and victorious attack on the French armies of the South and Center, which had united near Vittoria.

The Convention of Paris having put an end to hostilities, Lord Wellington returned to England in June, 1814. Taking his seat in the House of Lords, he received, for the twelfth time, the thanks and congratulations of Parliament. He was created Marquis of Douro, and Duke of Wellington, and received a grant of £400,000, for the purchase of a splendid estate. The return of Bonaparte from Elba prepared the way for the victory at Waterloo, where the Emperor of France and the Duke of Wellington met to decide the peace of Europe. The news of the victory produced the most rapturous expressions of joy throughout the United Kingdom. Thanksgivings were offered in the churches, and a subscription, amounting to upwards of £100,000 was made for the widows and orphans of the slain. The Duke also generously relinquished, for the same purpose, half the parliamentary compensation due him for the Peninsular prize property. All the regiments which had been in the battle were permitted to inscribe " Waterloo" on their banners, and every surviving soldier was presented with a silver medal, and was allowed to reckon that day as two years service.

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