392 PROCEEDINGS AT MEETINGS OF

Clerk of Winchester, ami several other members of the Corpora- tion being present to receive the Bishop ami the membei"s of the Insti- tute. Mr. Wyutt, the luxhitect of the buildings now in process ior assize and other comity purposes, was expected to be present ; but having been called away to London, Mr. Tarker sjiid he wouhl say a few words about the place, which was, however, very fully described in the Win- chester volume of the Institute some twenty yeai-s ago, and therefore the nien)bers might be assumed to have some knowledge of it. They would see that its jilan was that of a parallelogram. It was built in the first twenty or thirty years of the thirteenth century, in Henry lll.'s time, but Edward I. made considerable alterations in it. It was a vcr}' tine Hall of that ])eriod, correspomling with that at Westminster. These royal halls were used for various j)ublic and (piasi-jiublic purposes, for banquets and the like, and this no doubt was used then, as now, as a court of justice. Happily the walls constructed in modern chiys for that ])urpose, enclosing a bay at each end, were about to be cleared away. Over the East end was the Kound Table of King Arthur, well known as one of the curiosities of Winchester. He directed special attention to the mouldings of the arches and the clustered shafts of the pillars, saying that as a wiiolo it was a very fine specimen of an Early English Hall, but so much dis- figured that they could hardl}' form an idea of what it had been. At both ends there were fine Early English triplet light windows, with de- tached shafts, and on the West wail traces of the original wall painting, with the remains of lancet windows in the South wall."' Ta-ssing to the City Muniment Koom over the West gate, the Town Clerk displiiyed to the visitt)rs such treasuies as had not been teni])orarily removed to the museum at 8outhami)ton. The Ciiurch and Hospital of St. Cross were the next ol)jects of interest ; and here the huge party was re- ceived by the Master, and kindly entertained at luncheon in the well-known Hundred Men's Hall. 'J'hanks having been retiuned liy the I'resitlent of the meeting, progress was made to the church, where Mr. Parker discoiu'sed upon its sjtecial features at some length." Discussing the recently-executed decorations of the walls, he remarked that the colours were probably more brilliant than they were originally, and, to his mind, they did not suf- ficiently bring out the architectural forms. Mr. I'arker jiointed out that one of the i)resent windows in the North transept was originally a door conuMunicating with the Inlirmary, so that the sick might be able ti> join in the services «(f the church. Moving on to the College, the jiarty were met liy the K'-v. Mr. Lee, the Wanlen, and courteously conductid by him over tiie chapel, the library, and domestic buildings. Tiie Cathedral was next visited ; and here the parly received a coiisileralile adilition to its numbers. Mr. I'arker again obligingly acted as spokesiiiaii, and pa-ssed in review the general history and the main chanicterislies of the struc- ture.' At the c«»nclusion of the diHcourse, the fine altar screen was the Hul»jcct of special remark, and other ])ortions «if the stiucturo were also observed upon by the |iev. J. (i. Joyce, Sir Stafford Carey, and olhei's. " Srr WiiiclicHtor vol. (»f the Arcliii-o- Uy V.. A. I'"nM'iitiiii, Vm'., I5.A." logical ftihtitiiU-, l.'i l.'i, f)i jin niticli) '* (Ml ' ////(/. " 'I li.- ArcliittM tiii.il IIJHttiiyof till) Mall niid Uonnd Tuhli! at Win- Viii< liftitvr ('atlicMliul. Ity lliu liuv. li. ciicalnr. Ify I'tlwiud Siiitrk< Km|." S illii«, M.A., .iiu kHoniiiti rrofcMor iu tho • lliid "<»ii till. Anliitfilni" of tlif I "uivtrhity of Cmiiln .dgo." Church and Iluiii>tUl i<( llic II. .ly Croiui.