of Queen's College, Belfast.
67 Table XL—Benefactors of Queen's College, Belfast,
since its Foundation in 1845.
ANNO.
1847.
Presented by Charles Davis, Esq.,
a large oil painting of the Assas¬ sination of Peter the Martyr, by Atkins, being a copy of the original painting by Titian.
Presented by Professor Craik, a portrait of Confucius.
1851.
The Governors of the Armagh Observatory, with the sanction of Her Majesty, transferred to the College the Transit Instrument and
Astronomical Clock which were formerly in the Observatory at Kew.
The Lords of the Admiralty, on the recommendation of the Astro¬ nomer Royal of England, acceded to an application from Professor Wilson for transferring to the College a Mural Circle by Jones, which had been in use at the Cape of Good Hope.
1854.
Presented by W.
P.
Wilson, Esq.,
m.a.,
former Professor of Mathe¬
matics in the College, a Bust of Sir Isaac Newton.
1855.
Presented by Robert Lynn, Esq.,
London, an oil portrait of James
the First of England when a child, an oil portrait of Joannes Carolus, and an oil portrait of John Milton.
186..
An Oil Portrait of Hugh Carlisle, m.d.,
former Professor of Anatomy and Physiology in the College; presented by the' subscribers.
1864.
Given by R.
M.
Wilson, Esq.,
an Exhibition of Twenty Pounds to be
conferred annually upon one or more of the most deserving unsuc¬ cessful candidates for a Scholarship of the First Year.
This Exhibition was awarded for eleven years.
1864.
Given by the Royal Academical Institution, Belfast, two Exhibitions
of Five Pounds each, to be conferred annually upon students from that Institution who obtain the highest places in the Literary and Science Divisions, at the Examination for Scholarships of the First Year.
1866.
Given by John Charters, Esq.,
an Exhibition, value Fifteen Pounds,
and two Exhibitions, value Ten Pounds each, in the Literary Divi¬ sion of the Faculty of Arts; also one Exhibition, value Fifteen Pounds, and two, value Ten Pounds each, in the Science Division of the Faculty of Arts, to be called the " Charters' Exhibitions," and to be annually awarded during ten years, at the Examinations for the Literary and Scientific Scholarships of the first year, to students who, during at least one year previous to their entrance into college, were in continuous attendance at the Royal Academical Institution, and who attain the standard of excellence required at the Junior Scholarship Examinations.
Also, an Exhibition, value Fifty Pounds, tenable for one year, to be called the "Charters' Medical^Exhibi¬ tion," to be annually awarded during ten years, in connection with the Belfast School of Medicine, by the Trustees of the " Charters' Educational Fund."
An Oil Portrait of William Burden, m.d.,
former Professor of Mid¬ wifery in the College; presented by the subscribers.
186b.
Bequeathed by Robert Sullivan, Esq.,
__-D.,
Barrister-at-Law, the
sum of Four Thousand Pounds for the endowment of Three Scholar¬ ships in Queen's College, Belfast, to be called the Sullivan Scholar¬ ships, two of them to be restricted to candidates who shall have acted as Teachers or Assistant Teachers in Irish National Schools for at least two years, and one of them to candidates who shall have been educated in the Royal Academical Institution, Belfast, for at least three years.
These Scholarships are of the annual value of Forty Pounds each and are tenable for three years.
