OXFORD. 
nd other t perfons conne& ith the univerfity 
The {chools are governed by three mafters, who cannot hold 
their office two n ublic 
fo the fcholars of the univerfity are obliged, by ftatute, to 
erferm the exercifes required of them, before t can ob- 
tain their , he moral philofophy le@ure room 
delian marbles, together with numerous oth 
Grecian antiquity, collected by Selden, — and pie 
and prefented or bequeathed to the univerfi 
The Bodleian or Public Library was and by fir Thomas 
Bodley at the clofe of the fixteenth century, on the remains 
of that which was eftablifhed by the duke of Gloucefter 
above-mentioned, but had been divefted of all its valuable 
books and illuminated MSS. by the commiffioners of Ed- 
war This library occupies three extenfive rooms, dif- 
pofed in “the form of the letter H, and probably contains 
- moft valuable collection [ books and MSS. in Europe, 
he donations in aid of fir Thomas’s contribution have 
bea flendi and liberal beyoul precedent. Among thofe 
who whole libraries to the original colle€tion, are 
the earl of Pe ace oke, . Selden, archbifhop Laud, fir 
Thomas Roe, fir Kenelm Digby, is soa ea Dr. Mar- 
fhall, Dr. Barlow, Dr. Ra Say pa “ 
Tanner, Mr. Wi itis, T. Hearn "Mr. odw 
Gough. The laft contributed all his cpogrepicl ol: 
le&tions, books, prints, copper plates, and dra 
The ftatutes by which this library? is Noone were drawn 
up by fir Thomas Bodley, who, befides his books, left an 
eftate to the univerfity for the provifion of fuitable falaries to 
its officers, and for the repair of the buildings. Thefe fta- 
utes are preferved in the founder’s own hand writing, in the 
archives of the library, and contain, among other claufes, one 
appointing the vice-chancellor, proGtors, and the regius profef- 
fors of oe = medicine, Hebrew and Greek, vifitors or 
oF 8. v. Bulkley Bandinel, M.A. is librarian, 
ne ee or “Selden Theatre, in which are held all the 
ats called the Enceenia, and Comitia, alfo lord Crewe’ 8 an- 
. archbifhop — a befides, gave the fum of 20 ool, 
a fund for re i 
an ingenious difpofition of its 
parts he has contrived to render it capable of holding nearly 
four thoufand perfons, though its dimenfions feem alto- 
gether inadequate for that purpofe. The roof is eighty feet 
by feventy, and refts entirely on the fide walls, without any 
central fupport. The exterior elevation on the fide oppofite 
to the divinity fchool is adorned with columns of the Corin- 
thian order, ak ftatues, in niches, of the founder, and the 
uke of Orm 
The aa. Printing-houfe was ereGted in 1711, with 
a — aera from the fale of lord Clarendon’s Hiftory 
e Rebellion, the copyright of which was prefented - 
the "niverty by his lordfhip’s fon. It is a maffive ftruc- 
» two ftories high, adorned in front nas a portico of the 
Doric peng nd so a ftatue of the noble author over 
the fouthern entran he bufinefs of this houfe is fuper- 
intended by perfors i. ermed delegates of the un who are 
appointed by the vice-chancellor and proétors 
The Radchfe Library, — is certainly one of the moft im- 
pofing architectural ornamen of the univerfity, was founded 
by Dr. R 
ranged in co bay ee between w 
A baluitrade, finifhed wi 
e whole elevation is terminated by a 
hi igh, which renders this building a ftriking feature in every 
diftant view of the city. ‘The contributions to this library 
topher Wren. 
e chief of them were Dr. t, Mr. Llwyd, 
afe, and iad Reinhold Fofter. a ba of 
this laft confifts c . 
Aftronomical Obfervatory was built at the ie ae of 
coe os ed by the truftees of Dr. Rade liffe. It is 
ted at the of the north fuburb, ona very ap- 
prose “feit © with at tached grounds, which were pre- 
fented to the tive ty by the duke of Marlborough. The 
central elevation of this edifice is upwards of 100 feet, and 
its third ftory confifts of an oétangular tower, with fculp- 
tural reprefentations of the eight winds on the entablature, 
fic Cardin comprifing about five acres of 
ground, is ficuated oppofite to Magdalen college, on th 
fouth, and is encompafied by a lofty wall, with a handfome 
n four quarters, ana is provided with fuitable green-houles, 
erie hot-houfe for the reception of the more tender and 
exotic plants. f contributor to "this arden was 
Dr. Sherard, who in 1728 left three thoufand pounds for the 
endowment of a profeflorfhip of botany; and in 1793 
Regius profeffor in that f{cience was likewife appointed by 
his prefent majefty. 
Government and Civil Hiftory of Oxford.—The corpo. 
ration of this any eras both by charter and by 
prefcription, is gove mayor. igh fteward, re- 
oe four siieenens eight affiftants, a6 bailiffs, a - 
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