thy debter for the doctrine of the Lord's Supper." On the other side of his initials, a firebrand and crozier are laid cross-wise upon a boss of foliage.

At the west end of the cornice, the singlehearted devotedness of the aged Latimer to his holy cause, and the recompense of his reward, are memorialized by the interlacing of a crown of thorns with a crown of glory on one side of his initials, H. L., and by the Martyrs' palm of victory laid cross-wise over a firebrand on the other side of them.

This Aisle was opened for Divine Service, on Thursday, May 19th, 1842, the anniversary of laying the foundation-stone of the Memorial, when an appropriate Sermon was preached by Dr. Gilbert, Bishop of Chichester.

In this Aisle is placed the door of the cell that confined these martyred Prelates, which has been before alluded to. We will now pro

ceed to notice

ST. MARY MAGDALEN CHURCH,

The new Aisle of which we have described so amply; it is a Vicarage, under the patronage of Christ Church, and held by a Student of that Society. Itis a neat, stone edifice, about 88 feet in length, and of a proportionate width. In both the northern and southern sides are attached chantry chapels; the former supposed to have been built by the Lady Dervorguilla, Foundress of Balliol College, and the latter to have been originally founded about the year 1194, by Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, but refitted by Edward III. Three uniform pointed windows, belonging to the latter Chapel, are great ornaments to the southern front of the Church. A parapet of open trefoil work adds to the beauty of this part of the building. The tower contains five bells.

The interior of this old Church has lately been entirely refitted, and many seats added for the accommodation of the numerous parishioners. A new gallery has also been erected, in which is a fine-toned organ. There are two beautiful windows of stained glass, executed by Mr. Wailes, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, which well deserve notice: also a superbly embroidered cloth for the Communion Table, and a carpet in imitation of tesselated Pavement to surround the Table, both of which were worked and presented by young Ladies residing in the Parish.

This Church was built by the permission of St. Frideswide, and, soon after the Norman Conquest, came into the hands of Robert D'Oiley, who, upon the erection of his College of St. George, gave it to the Secular Canons thereof, in whose possession it continued fifty-five years, after which it was translated to Osney, and at the Reformation was presented to Christ Church by Henry VIII. The tower was built in the

22d year of Henry VIII.

We pass this Church, and pursue our walk southerly by the Three Goats' Inn, leaving Broad-street on the left, and George-street on the right, (close to this spot stood Bocardo Prison, and the North Gate beneath it,) and come to

SAINT MICHAEL'S CHURCH,

a Curacy, in the patronage of the Rector and Fellows of Lincoln College, and held by a Fellow of that Society. Its division is into a nave, two aisles, and a chancel: the very ancient embattled tower contains six bells. The windows of this Church are large and pointed. Peshall says it belonged to the Canons of St. Frideswide, long before the Norman Conquest.

We now continue our walk down the Corn-Market-street, but must digress some what by pointing out the street opposite the Church, which leads to

NEW INN HALL.

This Hall, for many years, had no other member than the Principal; it has now about fifty members, for the accommodation of whom, one wing of the new buildings was finished in 1832, from the plans and under the direction of Mr. Greenshields, an ingenious architect of Oxford. For rendering the Hall fit for the reception of Students, the public are indebted to Dr. Cramer, who was appointed Principal in 1831.

This Hall, situated on the west side of the North Bailey, on the place called "The Seven Deadly Sins," was formerly known by the name of Trilleck's Inn, from the circumstance of its belonging to John Trilleck, Bishop of Hereford. Trilleck dying intestate in 1360, it became, together with two other tenements adjoining, the property of his brother Thomas, who six years after (he being then Bishop of Rochester) conveyed them to Mr. Hugh Pembridge, Mr. Roger Ottery, and Walter Brown, Rector of the Church of St. Magnus, in London; and they to William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester. William of Wykeham gave them, with three gardens adjoining on the west side, also a messuage called Rose Hall, and a garden adjoining, to the Warden and Fellows of New College, in 1392. The first Principal

on record occurs in 1438.

In the time of the civil war, from 1642 to 1646, this Hall was used as a mint for Charles I. to which the different Colleges and Halls sent their plate to be melted down for his Majesty's use.

In

About the centre of Corn-Market-street is that large and handsome HOTEL, The STAR. 1832, a very large and splendid room for Assemblies, Concerts, Exhibitions, Public Dinners, &c. was erected in this Hotel, which, for many years, was a desideratum in Oxford. On the

opposite side is the ROEBUCK Inn, a very commodious and most respectable house, and from whence, as well as from the STAR, are Omnibusses to and from every train. A little further on is the CROSS Inn, a very comfortable and much-frequented Inn by commercial and other travellers.

A few paces beyond is the meeting of the four principal streets, commonly called Carfax, where the new Church of

SAINT MARTIN, or CARFAX,

has been recently erected. Its architects and builders were Messrs. Harris and Plowman, of Oxford. This Church was built by general subscription and parochial rates: the University, as a body, and most of the Colleges, contributed liberally. The Corporation of the City gave, as a first subscription, 6007.; nearly all its members subscribed individually. The late Sir Edward Hitchings, during whose Mayoralty the edifice was completed, gave (in addition to a previous donation) fifty guineas towards the reparation and improvement of the Organ, and another fifty was given by the Corporation for the same purpose. The funds were not adequate to the proposed improvement of the Tower, which still retains its antique appearance.

St. Martin's, or Carfax, is also the City Church, where the Mayor and Corporation attend divine service on Sundays, at eleven in the morning, and at half past six in the evening. There are four Lecturers, who preach on alternate Sundays. St. Martin's is a rectory of very small value, in the gift of the Crown. The first stone of the new Church was laid October 23rd, 1820, and it was opened for divine service on Sunday, June 16th, 1822. The former Church was a very ancient structure, and no record of the time of its erection now remains.

It is conjectured, that at an early period it was much larger; the tower, it is certain, was once considerably higher; but by command of Edward III. it was taken down as it now appears, because," upon complaint of the scholars, the townsmen could, in time of combat with them, retire to the tower as to their castle, and thence gall and annoy them with arrows and stones.' The tower contains six bells.

To continue our walk through the University, we must pursue our progress southerly, into St. Aldate's-street, at the extremity of which is the RAIL-ROAD STATION and FOLLY BRidge; these are noticed in the preliminary account of the City and Borough of Oxford; observing that on the left is the High-street, and on the right Queen-street. This latter leads to the Canal Wharf, the County Gaol and New County Hall, also to the newly projected RAIL-ROAD STATION in Ruley meadow; and conducts onwards to the roads to Witney and Cheltenham, Wantage and Faringdon; and to Wytham Abbey, the seat of the Earl of Abingdon, which is about two miles from Oxford. A few paces down St. Aldate'sstreet bring us to

THE TOWN HALL,

where the Assizes were formerly held, but since the erection of a County Hall close to the site of the County Gaol, it is used for civic purposes only; underneath are offices for the Town Clerk and the Post Office. This Hall was built at the sole cost of Thomas Rowney, Esq. the City Representative, in 1754, and has since been considerably improved, at the joint expense of the County and City. Its dimensions are 135 feet by 31. In November, 1844, a splendid Statue of Alderman Thomas Rowney was placed in the niche that had been left from the time of its erection; it was executed by Mr. Grimsley