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velled the fame road before. Thefe hints 
are only intended to apply to the abufe of 
that which is good, and not by any means 
to revile the good itfelf. The faperiority 
of this univerfity, as a body, in mathe- 
matical and philofophical knowledge, 1s, 
the writer believes, univerfally allowed ; 
and in particular the Principia of its 
great ornament and boaft, Sir [aac New- 
ton, are, perhaps, no where in the world 
fo well known and underftood. 
The fir degree, of Bachelor of Arts, 
having been obtained, the others follow 
according tothe terms and conditions here 
fpecified. A Matter of Arts muft have 
been_.a Bachelor of three years’ ftanding ; 
a Bachelor of Divinity muft be A.M. 
of feven years’ ftanding; a Deétor of 
Divinity muft have been a Bachelor of 
Divinity of five, or an A.M. of twelve, 
years iftanding ; a Bachelor of Laws mutt 
be of fix years’ ftanding complete ; a Doc- 
tor of Laws muft be of five year’s from 
the degree of L.L.B. or a Mafter of Arts 
of feven years’ ftanding; a Bachelor of 
Phyfic may be admitted any time in his 
fixth year; a Doétor of Phyfic, the fame 
as L.L D. a Licentiate in Medicine is re- 
quired to be A.M. or M.B. of two years 
ftanding. Noblemen, Bithops, Privy- 
counfellors, &e. are entitled to honorary 
clegrees, at two years’ ftanding. 
Many of the buildings in this univer- 
fity are worthy of peculiar notice; and 
the walks belonging to feveral of the col- 
legesare highly beautiful: thofe at King’s, 
Trinity, and Si, John’s, colleges, and at 
Clare-hall, are public, and are felt asa 
general convenience by the ftudents, as 
well as a valuable accommodation by the 
inhabitants of the town: altogether it 
may be afhrmed, they are not inferior to 
any inthe kingdom. ‘The fenate-houle, 
in which the public bufimefs of the uni- 
verfiiy is’ traniacted, is a very elegant 
building, of the Corinthian order, in- 
cluding one fuperb rcom, highly finifhed, 
and furrounded with a commodious gal- 
Jery for the reception of ftrangers. On 
commencement Tuefday, the firlt in July, 
when the matters of arts, and fuperior 
degrees are conferred, this gallery is ge- 
nerally thronged with fpectators, to wit- 
nefS the ceremony, while the lower part 
is occupied by the vice chancellor and 
heads of houfes, gownfmen, and by their 
friends. Near the fenate-houfe, ftands 
the publie library, and behind this the 
fchools, where feveral of the lectures zre 
given, and difputations are held. The 
library confilts of four rooms, which con- 
tain more than 90,000 volumes; among 
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which are many curious and valuable 
manufcripts. Various other curiofities are 
alfo fhewn to ftrangers, From this hbrary 
all members of the fenate, and all ba-. 
chelors of law and phytic in the univerfi- 
ty, are entitled to have books at any 
time, not exceeding ten volumes, which 
is the greateft number any perfon may 
have in his pofleffion at once: under-gra~ 
duates may alfo be accommodated by ob- 
taining a note from a privileged perfon, 
The front of this library, the fenate- 
houie, 2nd the univerfity church, form 
three fides of a quadrangle, which it is 
the intention of the univerfity to complete 
by another building fimilar to the fenate- 
houfe, and tu be erected on the oppofite 
fide of the fquare. The boranic garden 
is extenfively fupplied with plants of all 
defcriptions, and from all countries. The 
green-houfe and the hot-houles, which 
are large and handfome, were built by 
fub{cription; and are furnifhed with a 
moft valuable collection of exotics. The 
whole is extremely weil managed, and the 
plants accurately arranged according te 
the fyftem of Linnzus: a catalogue of 
them has been publifhed, of which a new 
and enlarged edition has. appeared, 
by the prefent able curator, Mr. Down, 
In this garden are alfo convenient rooms, 
in which the profeflors of botany and 
chemiftry deliver their lectures. 
The largeft college in the univerfity is 
Trinity ; the great court is nearly a quar- 
ter of a mile in circuit, and has a very 
fine appearance, which would have been 
increafed if the buildings, particularly 
the mafter’s lodge, had not been fo low. 
In the middle of this court is an excellent 
conduit, which fupplies many of the 
town’s people with water, as well as the 
college: over this conduit, is a handforne 
ftone fountain, which has lately been re- 
paired, and permitted to play again; and 
if it had been reftored to its full proweis, 
inftead of dribbling,* as it now does, its 
effe&t would have been very pleafing. The 
chapel is large, and contains a very no- 
ble and excellent ftatue of Sir Ifaac New- 
ton, the chef d’e@uvre of Roubiliac; it 
has alfo an excellent organ, which has 
lately been much improved. ‘The library 
is the moft elegant ftruture of the kind 
in the kingdom ; its infide is very grand, 
and exquifitely finifhed. The conftruction 
of the building, however, does no credit 
to the architect: many threatening frac- 
* Does not a fight of this remind the _ 
Frefoman of his Corderius—-‘* Ivi redditum 
Urinam?” 
tures 
