SNELL EXHIBITIONS. These exhibitions were founded in the year 1677 by John Snell of Uffetou, in the county of Warwick, for the purpose of educating Scottish stu dents at the university of Oxford. Such was born in the parish of Colmonell, in Ayrshire, in 1629, and entered the university of Glasgow in 1644. He afterward removed to Eng land, where after holding several offices of a legal nature, he was appointed seal-bearer to the court of chancery. Ile died at Holvwell, near Oxford. in 1679, leaving his estate of Uffeton. near Leamington, to trustees (the vice-chancellor of the university of Oxford, the provost of Queen's college, She master of Bailiol college, and the president of St. John's college), tor the foundation. of the scholarships whii:h bear his name (at present 14 in number). The exhibitions have been the subject of much litigation in the court of chancery, and are now administered under a se•eme settled in 1861. The exhibi
tioners are nominated by the college of Glasgow, and received about .4:110 annually r ach during five years. Candidates for these scholarships must have been in born in Scot land, or nmst be sons of fathers born in Scotland, and must have irsided for two years at least in Glasgow college, cr for one year in that college, and two at least in some other college in Scotland. None are admitted to examination who Lave com pleted their 21st year, or have been members of the university of Oxford of more than two years' standing front the day of their matriculation inclusive. Two exhibi tioners are nominated annually after public competition. The list of Snell exhibitioners includes not a few well-known names, such as J. G. Lockhart, sir W. Hamilton, the present archbishop of Canterbury (Tait), etc.