sicians Extraordinary, and Director General of the Army Medical Board;

Richard Rainy Pennington, Esquire, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons;

Jones Quain, Esquire, Doctor in Medicine;

John Ridout, Esquire, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons;

Peter Mark Roget, Esquire, Doctor in Medicine, Secretary of the Royal Society;

Nassau William Senior, Esquire, one of the Masters of our High Court of Chancery, and Fellow of the Royal Society;

Joseph Henry Jerrard, Doctor of Laws, Principal of the Bristol College;

Richard Sheepshanks, Clerk, Fellow of the Royal Society; John Sims, Esquire, Doctor in Medicine;

Connop Thirlwall, Clerk, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge;

James Walker, Esquire, Fellow of the Royal Society; and Henry Warburton, Esquire, Member of the Commons'

House of Parliament, and Fellow of the Royal Society; during his Royal Will and Pleasure, and all the persons whom He might thereafter appoint, to be Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, or Fellows, as thereinafter mentioned, one Body Politic and Corporate, by the Name of THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.

Now KNOW YE, That We have revoked and determined, and do by these presents revoke and determine, the said Letters Patent, and every clause, article, and thing therein contained; and deeming it to be the duty of our royal office, for the advancement of religion and morality, and the promotion of useful knowledge, to hold forth to all classes and denominations of our faithful subjects, without any distinction whatsoever, an encouragement for pursuing a regular and liberal course of Education; and considerating that many persons do prosecute or complete their studies both in the Metropolis and in other parts of our United Kingdom, to

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whom it is expedient that there should be offered such facilities, and on whom it is just that there should be conferred such distinctions and rewards as may incline them to persevere in these their laudable pursuits: FURTHER KNOW YE, That for the purpose of ascertaining, by means of examination, the persons who have acquired proficiency in Literature, Science, and Art, by the pursuit of such course of education, and of rewarding them by Academical Degrees, as evidence of their respective attainments, and marks of honour proportioned thereunto, WE DO, by virtue of our prerogative royal, and of our especial grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, by these presents, for Us, our Heirs, and Successors, will, grant, declare, and constitute the said William Cavendish Earl of Burlington, Edward Lord Bishop of Durham, and William Lord Bishop of Chichester, The Right Reverend Father in God Edward Lord Bishop of Norwich, and the said George Biddell Airy, Andrew Amos, Thomas Arnold, John Austin, Neil Arnott, John Bacot, Francis Beaufort, Archibald Billing, William Thomas Brande, Sir James Clark, Our Physician in Ordinary, and Our trusty and wellbeloved Philip Crampton, Doctor of Civil Law, Fellow of the Royal Society, and Our Surgeon-General in Ireland, John Dalton, William Empson, Michael Faraday, Sir Stephen Love Hammick, John Stevens Henslow, Cornwallis Hewett, Thomas Hodgkin, Francis Kiernan, John George Shaw Lefevre, Charles Locock, John William Lubbock, Sir James MacGrigor, Richard Rainy Pennington, Jones Quain, John Ridout, Peter Mark Roget, Nassau William Senior, and Joseph Henry Jerrard, Our trusty and wellbeloved James Craig Somerville, Doctor in Medicine, Inspector of Anatomy, and the said John Sims, Connop Thirlwall, James Walker, and Henry Warburton, and all the persons who may hereafter be appointed to be Chancellor or Fellows, as hereinafter mentioned, one Body Politic and Corporate, by the Name of THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON; by which Name such Body Politic shall have perpetual succession, and shall have a

Common Seal, and shall by the same Name sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and answer and be answered unto, in every Court of Us, our Heirs, and Successors. AND WE DO hereby will and ordain, that by the same Name they and their Successors shall be able and capable in Law to take, purchase, and hold, to them and their Successors, any goods, chattels, or personal property whatsoever, and shall also be able and capable in Law, notwithstanding the Statutes of Mortmain, to take, purchase, and hold, to them and their Successors, not only all such lands, buildings, hereditaments, and possessions as may be from time to time exclusively used and occupied for the immediate purposes of the said University, but also any other lands, buildings, hereditaments, and possessions whatsoever, situate within our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, not exceeding the annual value of Ten Thousand Pounds; such annual value to be calculated and ascertained at the period of taking, purchasing, or acquiring the same; and that they and their Successors shall be able and capable in Law to grant, demise, alien, or otherwise dispose of all or any of the property, real or personal, belonging to the said University, and also to do all other matters incidental or appertaining to a Body Corporate. AND WE DO hereby further will and ordain, That the said Body Politic and Corporate shall consist of one Chancellor, one Vice-Chancellor, and such number of Fellows as We, our Heirs, and Successors, shall from time to time appoint under our or their Sign Manual, and as shall be appointed by the Members of the Senate under the power hereinafter contained; and that our right trusty and right wellbeloved Cousin the aforesaid William Cavendish Earl of Burlington be the first Chancellor; the said John William Lubbock, the first Vice-Chancellor; and the aforesaid Edward Lord Bishop of Durham, William Lord Bishop of Chichester, Edward Lord Bishop of Norwich, George Biddell Airy, Andrew Amos, Thomas Arnold, John Austin, Neil Arnott, John Bacot, Francis Beaufort, Archibald Billing,

William Thomas Brande, Sir James Clark, Philip Cecil Crampton, John Dalton, William Empson, Michael Faraday, Sir Stephen Love Hammick, John Stevens Henslow, Cornwallis Hewett, Thomas Hodgkin, Francis Kiernan, John George Shaw Lefevre, Charles Locock, John William Lubbock, Sir James MacGrigor, Richard Rainy Pennington, Jones Quain, John Ridout, Peter Mark Roget, Nassau William Senior, Joseph Henry Jerrard, James Craig Somerville, John Sims, Connop Thirlwall, James Walker, and Henry Warburton, the first Fellows.

AND WE FURTHER WILL AND ORDAIN, That the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor and Fellows for the time being shall constitute the Senate of the said University. AND WE FURTHER WILL AND ORDAIN, That whenever a Vacancy shall occur in the Office of Chancellor of the said University, either by death, resignation, or otherwise, We, our Heirs or Successors, will, under our or their Sign Manual, nominate a fit and proper person to be the Chancellor instead of the Chancellor occasioning such Vacancy. AND WE FURTHER WILL AND ORDAIN, That the Office of Vice-Chancellor of the said University shall be an annual office; and the Vice-Chancellor hereinbefore named shall, at the expiration of one year from the first of July one thousand eight hundred and thirtyseven, go out of office, and the Members of the Senate shall, at a Meeting to be holden by them for that purpose, on some day within a month before the expiration of the tenure of the said office, of which due notice shall be given, elect some one of the Fellows of the said University to be the Vice-Chancellor, and so from time to time annually; or, in case of the death, resignation, or other avoidance of any such Vice-Chancellor before the expiration of his year of office, shall, at a Meeting to be holden by them for that purpose, as soon as conveniently may be, of which due notice shall be given, elect one other of the said Fellows to be Vice-Chancellor for the remainder of the year in which such death, resignation, or other avoidance shall happen.

AND WE DO FURTHER WILL AND ORDAIN, That if at any time, by death or otherwise, the number of the Fellows of the said University shall be reduced below the number of Twenty-five, exclusive of the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor for the time being, then and in such case, and as often as the same shall happen, the Members of the Senate shall, as soon as conveniently may be, at a Meeting to be holden for that purpose, of which due notice shall be given, elect Twelve or more fit and proper persons to be Fellows in addition to the then remaining Fellows; to the end, that by means of such Election the number of Thirty-six Fellows of the said University may be completed, exclusive of the Chancellor and ViceChancellor of the said University.

AND WE reserve to Ourselves, our Heirs and Successors, to be the Visitor of the said University of London, with authority to do all those things which pertain to Visitors, as often as to Us, our Heirs and Successors, shall seem meet.

AND WE FURTHER WILL AND ORDAIN, That the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor and Fellows for the time. being shall have the entire management of and superintendence over the Affairs, Concerns, and Property of the said University; and in all cases unprovided for by this our Charter, it shall be lawful for the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor and Fellows to act in such manner as shall appear to them best calculated to promote the purposes intended by the said University; and the said Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor and Fellows shall have full power from time to time to make and alter any bylaws and regulations (so as the same be not repugnant to the laws of our realm, or to the general objects and provisions of this our Charter,) touching the Examination for Degrees, and the granting of the same, and touching the mode and time of convening the Meetings of the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor and Fellows, and in general touching all other matters whatsoever regarding the said

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