THE ROYAL FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL OF KING EDWARD VI.

founded by that monarch by letters patent, dated 10th February, 1552, and endowed with portions of the estates of the late dissolved Colleges of St. Mary and St. Chad, in this town. The original endowment, on the request of the learned, estimable, and ever to be venerated Thomas Ashton, the first Schoolmaster, was considerably enlarged by Queen Elizabeth, in the 13th year of her reign, by a donation of other portions of the properties of those ecclesiastical institutions. Mr. Ashton himself left by will a handsome legacy; and Dr. John Taylor, the learned editor of Demosthenes, bequeathed the greater part of his valuable library.

The amount of the present annual revenue is £3086. 15s. 1d. which is appropriated in the payment of the Salaries of the Masters and Bailiff, the maintenance of scholarships and exhibitions in the Universities, the stipends of the Vicar of Chirbury, and the Curates of St. Mary, Clive, and Astley, the necessary repairs, &c. of the school-buildings and estate, the Library, Rewards, Prizes, &c., providing residences for the Incumbents of the School livings, and a Play-ground. The surplus is applied to the formation of a Reserved Fund, not exceeding £5000, to be applied from time to time, under the direction of the Court of Chancery, for repairs, &c. of the School buildings and Estate.

The head-master receives a salary of £425, including £100 for Mathematical instruction, and a further sum of £40 as catechist and reader; the second master £200, and the third master £100, with the use of dwelling-houses, free from rent, taxes, and repairs; the French and German master £50, and the writing master £50.

The exhibitions and scholarships from this school to both Universities, are numerous and valuable, and are mostly confined to the sons of burgesses, (who have attended the school for two years), born in the town or suburbs, or in the Abbey Foregate; or in default of such, to persons born in the parish of Chirbury; or in default of such, to those born in the county of Salop.

Advantages open to all boys educated at Shrewsbury School.

Four scholarships of £63 per annum each, on the foundation of John Millington, D.D. at Magdalen College, Cambridge, tenable during residence till M.A. Electors, the Master and Fellows of the College.

One Fellowship of £126 per annum, on the same foundation, in the same College. Electors, the same.

One Exhibition of £23 per annum, on the foundation of John Taylor, D.D. open to any College. Electors, the Head and Second Masters, and the Mayor of Shrewsbury.

One Exhibition of £10 per annum, on the foundation of Mrs. Nonnely, for a boy proceeding to the University of Oxford.

One Exhibition of £30 per annum, on the foundation of Mr. Podmore, for a boy nominated by the Head Master, and proceeding to Trinity College, Cambridge.

Prizes for Composition in the Greek, Latin, and English Languages, are awarded annually, with a Gold Medal to the best Scholar leaving School for the University. There are also Exhibitions for which Shrewsbury School has a preference, at Balliol College, Oxford, and at St. John’s College, Cambridge.

Advantages limited in point of qualification.

Five Exhibitions of £50 per annum each, tenable for four years. Electors, the Trustees of the School.

Two Exhibitions founded by Mr. James Millington, for sons of burgesses born in Frankwell, and proceeding from the School in Millington’s Hospital to Shrewsbury School, and thence to Magdalen College, Cambridge. Electors, the Trustees of Millington’s Hospital. Value £40 per annum each.

Two Exhibitions, founded by Oswald Smith, of £25 per annum each, for sons of burgesses. Electors, the Head and Second Masters, and the Incumbent of St. Mary’s, Shrewsbury.

Four Exhibitions to Christ Church, Oxford, founded by Mr. Careswell, for natives of Shropshire. Examiners, the Dean of Christ Church, or his Deputy. Electors, two or more Justices of the Peace for the County. Present value £60 per annum each.

The whole management of the school and revenue, was, by Act of Parliament, 38 George III. vested in the Bishop of Lichfield as Visitor, and Thirteen Governors and Trustees. The election of the head and second masters rests solely in the Master and Fellows of St. John’s College, Cambridge. The under-master is appointed by the head-master.

All the sons of burgesses of Shrewsbury, who are not under eight nor more than twenty years of age, may be admitted on the foundation, on application to the head-master, provided they are able to write and read English. Any boys not sons of burgesses may be admitted on payment of certain fees,—viz. two guineas admission, and fifteen guineas yearly.

The instruction in the schools is “in the Holy Scriptures, the Church Catechism, the Liturgy, Doctrine and Discipline of the Church of England, the Greek, Latin, English and French languages, Reading, Writing, and Grammar, in Ancient and Modern History, sacred as well as profane, and Geography, in Arithmetic and Mathematics, and also in such other modern Languages, Arts and Sciences, as the Governors, with the consent of the Visitor, shall think proper.”

The head-master is Rev. B. H. Kennedy, D.D.; the second master is Rev. W. Burbury, M.A.; the third master, H. Greenwood, Esq. M.A.; the assistant classical master, Edward Calvert, Esq. M.A.; Mathematics and Arithmetic, Rev. A. T. Paget, M.A.; Modern Languages, T. A. Bentley, Esq.; Latin Accidence and Writing, Mr. T. N. Henshaw.

Among the many persons of eminence who have received their education at this school we may enumerate Sir Philip Sidney; his friend, Sir Fulke Greville, Lord Brook; the son of Edwyn Sandys, Archbishop of York; the cruel Judge Jeffries; Lord Chief Justices Jones and Price; Dr. Bowers, Bishop of Chichester; Dr. John Thomas, Bishop of Salisbury; Dr. John Taylor, editor of Lysias and Demosthenes; Dr. Edward Waring, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics; James Harrington, the author of “Oceana;” Wycherley, the Dramatist; Ambrose Phillips, the Poet; and the Venerable Archdeacon Owen, and the Rev. J. B. Blakeway, the learned and estimable Historians of Shrewsbury.

Through the indefatigable exertions and learning of the late venerated head-master, (The Right Reverend Samuel Butler, D.D. F.R.S. &c. late Lord Bishop of Lichfield,) the institution attained to an unrivalled celebrity and repute, most deservedly ranking among the first public schools in England. And as an earnest of continued prosperity, we cannot do better than refer to the words of the venerable Bishop, who, on resigning his arduous duties to his learned and talented successor, stated “that he considered Dr. Kennedy, as the most brilliant scholar he had ever sent forth, as the brightest star in that galaxy of distinguished pupils whose names adorn the ‘Boards’ of Shrewsbury School.—That from Dr. Kennedy’s experience of his system, both as a pupil and assistant master at Shrewsbury School, from his constant practice as a lecturer and private tutor at College, and as an assistant master for six years or more at Harrow, as well as from his own unrivalled talents and high literary distinctions, from his fine taste and sound learning, there was not a shadow of doubt but that he would fully maintain the reputation which Shrewsbury School had already acquired, and would add, at least as many distinguished names to its Boards, during his superintendence of this important foundation, as had been inscribed there by himself in any equal period.” These bright anticipations of the venerated Bishop have been already, and are daily more and more fully realized.

More than 100 gentlemen educated at Shrewsbury School have during the present century been elected Fellows of various Colleges in both Universities, and nearly 250 Scholars and Exhibitioners; of whom more than forty have subsequently been Tutors or Lecturers in their several Colleges.

Permission having been kindly granted, we are enabled to give the following copy of the Boards alluded to:—

1806	Thomas Smart Hughes, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Browne Medal, LatinOde.
1807	Thomas Smart Hughes, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Browne Medal, GreekOde.
1807	John Turner, St. John’sCollege, Cambridge, Second Bachelor’s Prize.
1809	Thomas Smart Hughes, St.John’s College, Cambridge, First Bachelor’sPrize.
1810	Thomas Smart Hughes, St.John’s College, Cambridge, First Bachelor’sPrize.
1810	William Henry Parry, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Third Bachelor’sPrize.
1811	Robert Wilson Evans, TrinityCollege, Cambridge, Second Medallist.
1812	Marmaduke Lawson, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Browne Medal, LatinOde.
1812	Robert Wilson Evans, TrinityCollege, Cambridge, First Bachelor’s Prize.
1813	William Henry Parry, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Norrisian Prize.
1813	Robert Wilson Evans, TrinityCollege, Cambridge, First Bachelor’s Prize.
1814	Marmaduke Lawson, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Pitt University Scholar,(the first elected on that foundation.)
1816	Marmaduke Lawson, MagdalenCollege, Cambridge, Medallist.
1816	Richard P. Thursfield, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Second Bell’sScholar.
1817	Rev. T. Smart Hughes, Fellow ofEdmund College, Cambridge, and Proctor of the University, TheSeatonian Prize.
1819	Spencer Wilde, St. John’sCollege, Cambridge, Recorded Equal to Bell’sScholar.
1821	Edward Baines, Christ College,Cambridge, Second Bell’s Scholar.
1822	T. Williams, Oriel College,Oxford, First Class, Lit. Hum.
1823	John Price, St. John’sCollege, Cambridge, Recorded Equal to Bell’sScholar.
	Benjamin Hall Kennedy, St.John’s College, Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
	Benjamin Hall Kennedy, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Adjudged the BrowneMedal, Latin Ode.
1824	Benjamin Hall Kennedy, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Pitt UniversityScholar.
	Benjamin Hall Kennedy, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Browne Medal, GreekOde.
	Benjamin Hall Kennedy, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Browne Medal, LatinOde.
	Benjamin Hall Kennedy, St.John’s College, Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
1825	Thomas Williamson Peile,Trinity College, Cambridge, Davies University Scholar.
	John Hodgson, Trinity College,Cambridge, The Parson Prize.
	Benjamin Hall Kennedy, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Browne’s Medal,Epigram.
1826	John Hodgson, Trinity College,Cambridge, Second Medallist.
	Horatio Hildyard, Peterhouse,Cambridge, First Bell’s Scholar.
	Thomas Butler, St. John’sCollege, Cambridge, Recorded Equal to Bell’sScholar.
	Benjamin Hall Kennedy, St.John’s College, Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
1827	Benjamin Hall Kennedy, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Senior Medallist.
	George H. Johnson,Queen’s College, Oxford, Ireland UniversityScholar.
	Thomas Williamson Peile,Trinity College, Cambridge, Second Undergraduate’s LatinEssay.
1828	Charles Kennedy, TrinityCollege, Cambridge, First Bell’s Scholar.
	Thomas Williamson Peile,Trinity College, Cambridge, Second Medallist.
	Edward Massie, Wadham College,Oxford, Ireland University Scholar.
	Benjamin Hall Kennedy, St.John’s College, Cambridge, First Bachelor’sPrize.
	George H. Johnson,Queen’s College, Oxford, Double First Class.
1829	Charles Borrett, MagdalenCollege, Oxford, Ireland University Scholar.
	John Thomas, Wadham College,Oxford, Craven University Scholar.
	Charles Kennedy, TrinityCollege, Cambridge, Browne Medal, Greek Ode.
	Charles Kennedy, TrinityCollege, Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
	Herbert Johnson, WadhamCollege, Oxford, First Class, Lit. Hum.
1830	Charles Kennedy, TrinityCollege, Cambridge, Pitt University Scholar.
	Peter S. Payne, BalliolCollege, Oxford, Ireland University Scholar.
	James Hildyard, Christ College,Cambridge, Browne Medal, Greek Ode.
	Charles Kennedy, TrinityCollege, Cambridge, Browne Medal, Greek Ode.
	Robert Scott, Christ Church,Oxford, Craven University Scholar.
	Charles Kennedy, TrinityCollege, Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
1831	James Hildyard, Christ College,Cambridge, Battie University Scholar.
	Thomas Brancker, WadhamCollege, Oxford, elected Ireland University Scholar, whileyet in the Sixth Form of Shrewsbury School.
	George Kennedy, St.John’s College, Cambridge, First Bell’sScholar.
	George H. Johnson,Queen’s College, Oxford, Mathematical UniversityScholar, (the first elected on that foundation.)
	James Hildyard, Christ College,Cambridge, Browne Medal, Greek Ode.
	James Hildyard, Christ College,Cambridge, Browne Medal, Latin Ode.
	James Hildyard, Christ College,Cambridge, Browne Medal, Epigrams.
	George Kennedy, St.John’s College, Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
	Peter S. Payne, BalliolCollege, Oxford, First Class, Lit. Hum.
1832	George Kennedy, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Davies UniversityScholar.
	Horatio Hildyard, Peterhouse,Cambridge, Second Bachelor’s Prize.
	John Thomas, Trinity College,Oxford, Latin Verse Prize.
	James Hildyard, Christ College,Cambridge, Browne Medal, Greek Ode.
	James Hildyard, ChristCollege, Cambridge, Browne Medal, Latin Ode.
	James Hildyard, Christ College,Cambridge, Member’s Prize, Latin Essay.
1833	Robert Scott, Christ Church,Oxford, Ireland University Scholar.
	James Hildyard, Christ College,Cambridge, Second Medallist.
	George H. Marsh, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Bell’s Scholar.
	John Gibbons Longueville,Wadham College, Oxford, First Class, Lit. Hum.
	Robert Scott, Student of ChristChurch, Oxford, First Class, Lit. Hum.
	Thomas F. Henney, PembrokeCollege, Oxford, First Class, Lit. Hum.
	James Hildyard, Christ College,Cambridge, First Bachelor’s Prize.
	William Fletcher, TrinityCollege, Oxford, First Class, Lit. Hum.
1834	Alexander G. Hildyard, PembrokeCollege, Cambridge, Second Bell’s Scholar.
1834	Robert Scott, Student of ChristChurch, Oxford, Bachelor’s Latin Essay.
1835	William Gilson Humphry, TrinityCollege, Cambridge, Pitt University Scholar.
	George Augustus May, MagdalenCollege, Cambridge, Bell’s Scholar.
	Edward J. Edwards, BalliolCollege, Oxford, Kennicott Hebrew Scholar.
1836	William Dickenson, TrinityCollege, Oxford, Latin Verse Prize.
	W. G. Humphry, Trinity College,Cambridge, Latin Essay.
	W. G. Humphry, Trinity College,Cambridge, Second Medallist.
1837	Henry Holden, Balliol College,Oxford, First Class, Lit. Hum.
1838	James Fraser, Scholar ofLincoln College, Oxford, Recorded Second to Ireland UniversityScholar, with the words “proximeaccesssit.”
	Rev. R. Scott, M.A. Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, Denyer’s TheologicalEssay.
	Robert Middleton Dukes, Scholarof Lincoln College, Oxford, First Class, Lit.Hum.
	Thomas Evans, St. John’sCollege, Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
	William Dickenson, TrinityCollege, Oxford, Latin Essay.
1839	James Fraser, Lincoln College,Oxford, Ireland University Scholar.
	Edward M. Cope, Scholar ofTrinity College, Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
	James Fraser, Lincoln College,Oxford, First Class, Lit. Hum.
1840	Edward Bather, Merton College,Oxford, First Class, Lit. Hum.
1840	John Bather, St. John’sCollege, Cambridge, Reexamined with Craven’s UniversityScholar.
1841	Hugh A. Johnston Munro, TrinityCollege, Cambridge, Lord Craven’s UniversityScholar.
	George Druce, St. Peter’sCollege, Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
	George Nugee, Trinity College,Cambridge, Latin Essay.
1842	Edwin H. Gifford, St.John’s College, Cambridge, Pitt UniversityScholar.
	Hugh A. J. Munro, TrinityCollege, Cambridge, Senior Chancellor’sMedallist.
	George Druce, St. Peter’sCollege, Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
	William George Clark, TrinityCollege, Cambridge, Browne Medal, Epigrams.
	Thomas Ramsbotham, ChristCollege, Cambridge, Latin Essay.
	W. T. Basil Jones, TrinityCollege, Oxford, Ireland University Scholar.
1843	E. H. Gifford, St. John’sCollege, Cambridge, Senior Chancellor’sMedallist.
	George Druce, St. Peter’sCollege, Cambridge, Junior Chancellor’sMedallist.
	Rev. M. Bright, MagdalenCollege, Cambridge, Tyrwhitt’s Hebrew Scholar.
	W. G. Clark, Trinity College,Cambridge, Browne Medal, Greek Ode.
	W. G. Clare, Trinity College,Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
	G. Nugee, B.A. Trinity College,Cambridge, Latin Essay.
1844	W. G. Clark, Trinity College,Cambridge, Second Chancellor’s Medallist.
	George Osborne Morgan, BalliolCollege, Oxford, Craven University Scholar, while yet inthe Sixth Form of Shrewsbury School.
	J. G. Fussell, Trinity College,Cambridge, Browne Medal, Epigrams.
	J. G. Fussell, Trinity College,Cambridge, Latin Essay.
1845	James Riddell, Balliol College,Oxford, First Class, Lit. Hum.
	H. de Winton, Trinity College,Cambridge, Browne Medal, Greek Ode.
	George Nugee, Trinity College,Cambridge, Sir Peregrine Maitland’s Prize for ChristianEssay.
1846	George Osborne Morgan, BalliolCollege, Oxford, Sir R. Newdigate’s Prize for EnglishPoem.
1847	George Osborne Morgan,Worcester College, Oxford, First Class, Lit.Hum.
1848	H. C. Tayler, Trinity College,Cambridge, Browne Medal, Epigrams.
1849	William Owen, St. John’sCollege, Cambridge, Recorded Second to Craven UniversityScholar.
	William Owen, St. John’sCollege, Cambridge, The Marquis Camden’s Gold Medal forLatin Poem.
	Francis Kewley, St.John’s College, Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
1850	T. Clayton, Trinity College,Oxford, Hertford University Scholar.
	William Owen, St. John’sCollege, Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
	P. Perring, Trinity College,Cambridge, Browne’s Medal, Greek Ode.
	G.O. Morgan, Worcester College, Oxford,English Essay.
	G. B. Morley, St. John’sCollege, Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
	G. O. Morgan, UniversityCollege, Oxford, Eldon Law Scholarship.
	H. C. A. Tayler, TrinityCollege, Cambridge, Latin Essay.
1852	S. H. Burbury, St. John’sCollege, Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
	D. Trinder, Exeter College,Oxford, Mrs. Denyer’s Theological Essay.
	J. L. Balfour, Queen’sCollege, Oxford, Ellerton’s Theological Essay.
	Henry Parker, Fellow of OrielCollege, Oxford, Latin Essay.
	W. Inge, Worcester College,Oxford, First Glass Moderations.
1853	Edward L. Brown, TrinityCollege, Cambridge, First Bell’s Scholar.
	S. H. Burbury, St. John’sCollege, Cambridge, Craven University Scholar.
	S. H. Burbury, St. John’sCollege, Cambridge, The Porson Prize.
	W. Inge, Worcester College,Oxford, First Class, Lit. Hum.
	A. B. Rocke, Christ Church,Oxford, First Class, Moderations.
1855	E. L. Brown, Trinity College,Cambridge, The Porson Prize.

Cambridge First Class Classics.

1824	Edward Baines, Christ College	4th
1825	John Price, St. John’s College	3rd
	John Hodgson, Trinity College	5th
	Frederick E. Gretton, St. John’s College	7th
1827	Benjamin Hall Kennedy, St.John’s College	Senior.
1827	George A. Butterton, St. John’s College	3rd
1828	T. W. Peile, Trinity College	2nd
1829	Horatio S. Hildyard, Peterhouse	5th
	Robert Smith, St. John’s College	6th
	Thomas Butler, St. John’s College	7th
1831	Charles Kennedy, TrinityCollege	Senior.
1831	Charles J. Johnstone, Caius College	4th
1832	Richard Shilleto, Trinity College	2nd
1832	Edward Broadhurst, Magdalen College	7th
1833	James Hildyard, Christ College	2nd
1834	George F. Kennedy, St.John’s College	Senior.
1834	Edward Warter, Magdalen College	4th
1835	George F. Harris, Trinity College	3rd
1835	John Cooper, Trinity College	7th
1836	Geo. Hy. Marsh, St. John’s College	2nd
	William H. Bateson, St. John’s College	3rd
	Richard Edward Turner, Trinity College	6th
1837	W. Gilson Humphry, TrinityCollege	Senior.
1838	George A. C. May, Magdalen College	3rd
	Henry Thompson, St. John’s College	7th
	William Parkinson, St. John’s College	8th
1839	Augustus W. Hopper, Trinity College	6th
1840	Francis France, St.John’s College	SeniorÆqual.
1841	Edward M. Cope, TrinityCollege	Senior.
	John Bather, St. John’s College	2nd
	Henry Thring, Magdalen College	3rd
1842	Hugh A. J. Munro, Trinity College	2nd
1842	Francis Morse, St. John’s College	7th
1843	George Druce, St. Peter’sCollege Edwin H. Gifford, St. John’sColl.	Seniors Æqual.
1844	William G. Clark, Trinity College	2nd
1846	H. De Winton, Trinity College	3rd
1848	J. E. B. Mayor, St. John’s College	3rd
1849	H. C. A. Tayler, Trinity College	4th
1851	J. W. Taylor, St. Peter’s College	12th
1852	Robert Burn, TrinityCollege	SeniorÆqual.
	Philip Perring, Trinity College	4th
	W. Chandless, Trinity College	5th
	Arthur White, Magdalen College	16th
1854	S. H. Burbury, St. John’s College	2nd
	G. M. Campbell, St. John’s College	7th
	H. Day, St. John’s College	9th

Cambridge Wranglers.

1808	W. H. Parry, St. John’s College	16th
1809	John Evans, Clare Hall	6th
1809	W. R. Gilby, Trinity College	7th
1811	R. W. Evans, Trinity College	7th
1824	W. Crawley, Magdalen College	27th
1826	John Hodgson, Trinity College	16th
1827	George A. Butterton, St. John’s College	8th
1828	T. W. Peile, Trinity College	18th
1830	Charles Whitley, St.John’s College	Senior.
1830	Edward Yardley, Magdalen College	40th
1834	Henry Trentham, St. John’s College	13th
1835	Francis Procter, Catharine Hall	30th
1835	John Cooper, Trinity College	33rd
1836	W. Twiss Turner, Trinity College	15th
1836	Thomas E. H. Headlam, Trinity College	17th
1837	Alexander J. Ellis, Trinity College	5th
1837	William Gilson Humphry, Trinity College	27th
1838	H. J. Hodgson, Trinity College	24th
1838	G. A. C. May, Magdalen College	36th
1840	Henry Cadogan Rothery, St. John’s College	19th
1843	Edwin H. Gifford, St. John’s College	15th
1851	J. S. Clarke, St. John’s College	11th
1854	B. W. Horne, St. John’s College	4th
	H. Day, St. John’s College	5th
	S. H. Burbury, St. John’s College	15th

The structure is large, lofty, and of freestone, and surrounds two sides of a small quadrangle. The portion immediately fronting the street was erected in 1630, and contains on the first and second floors dwelling houses for the assistant masters. The upper story is entirely occupied by

THE PRINCIPAL SCHOOL-ROOM,

and was originally divided into three apartments by wooden carved partitions, now removed. The centre of this front is pierced by a gateway, adorned on each side with a Corinthian column, supporting statues of a scholar and graduate, bare-headed, and in the costume of the times. Over the arch is a sentence in Greek from Isocrates, importing that a love of literature is essential to the formation of a scholar. Above are the arms of Charles I. The windows, with the exception of a large pointed one in the style of the 14th century, at the south-end of the principal school-room, are all of the square form of the Elizabethan age. The walls are crowned with a singular and clumsy battlement of curled leaves and pinnacles.

Situated at right angles to this is the remaining wing of the edifice, originally erected in 1595, comprising the chapel and library, with the tower containing the staircases in the angle.

Above the chapel and of the same size, is

THE LIBRARY,

containing a very valuable and extensive collection of MSS. and books. This part was lately rebuilt and repaired at a considerable expense. Two large pointed windows, filled with mullioned tracery, afford light to this venerable apartment; in the northern one of which are the arms of Edward VI.; Queen Elizabeth; St. John’s College, Cambridge; the See of Lichfield and Coventry impaling Cornwallis; and those of the town: and in the southern one, those of the four principal benefactors, with appropriate inscriptions in Latin. Richly foliated bosses, the arms of the founders, visitors, and thirteen first trustees, decorate the ceiling. Around the walls are portraits of Henry VIII. half-length; his son Edward VI. when a boy of ten or twelve; an Admiral, full length, in the dress of the time of Charles II.; five of the former head-masters, and the late head-master, Bishop Butler, by Kirkby.

By the late scheme made by the Court of Chancery, (1853) a sum not exceeding £70 yearly, is to be applied to the purchase and repairs of Books, Mathematical, Philosophical and other instruments and articles for instruction.

We would venture to suggest the propriety of persons educated at Shrewsbury School, or natives of the town and county, presenting to the Library copies of any works which they may publish. Such a practice would at once form an interesting memento of their connection with the venerable institution, and add to the valuable and useful stores already accumulated on its shelves, which in former years have been so greatly enriched by similar benefactions.

The Library also contains three sepulchral inscribed stones, and various other Roman antiquities from Wroxeter, and a small collection of fossils and natural curiosities.

A court, enclosed by a stone wall, intervenes between the street and the schools. At the back of the school-buildings are two spacious houses for the head and second masters, most delightfully situated, and commanding extensive views of several portions of the town, the river and Welsh bridge, and the rich woods of Berwick and Almond Park. On this side are extensive play-grounds for the use of the school.

Passing down Castle Gates, we have on our right