The building, which stands upon the site of the _Derby House_ before referred to, is approached by an archway on St. Benet's Hill, and has a sombre appearance perfectly in keeping with the purposes to which it is devoted. It comprises the great hall, the library, consisting of two rooms; the outer one of the time of Charles II, fitted with dark carved-oak panels, and containing a beautifully executed chimney-piece, said to be the work of Sibborn; the inner, a spacious and lofty octangular apartment, recently erected and rendered fire-proof, for the safer preservation of the records and more valuable documents; and besides these rooms there are separate apartments appropriated to the use of the several officers. The great hall, where the Courts of Chivalry were antiently held, and where the 'Chapters' of the heralds still take place, remains almost _in statu quo_, with its high-backed throne for the earl-marshal, surrounded with balustrades, and retaining somewhat of the awe-striking solemnity of the tribunal. The panelling has recently been decorated with shields of the several lords and earls-marshal from the origin of that office till the present time. The library, it is scarcely necessary to state, contains a large and extremely valuable collection of original visitation books, records of the arms and pedigrees of families, funeral certificates of the nobility and gentry, antient tournament and other rolls of great curiosity; the sword, dagger, and ring of King James IV, of Scotland; and probably every work illustrative, in any degree, of heraldry and genealogy, that has issued from the press of this country, together with many foreign works on those subjects. Of the great value of this inexhaustible mine of information the historian and the antiquary are well aware, and there is scarcely any work in their respective departments that has not received some addition from this library. The following is a list of the Corporation of the College as it now exists: =Earl-Marshal= and Hereditary Marshal of England. Henry-Charles, Duke of Norfolk, &c. &c. &c. =Kings of Arms.= GARTER. Sir Charles George Young, Knt., F.S.A. CLARENCEUX. Joseph Hawker, Esq., F.S.A. NORROY. Francis Martin, Esq., F.S.A. =Heralds.= SOMERSET. James Cathrow Disney, Esq. CHESTER. Walter Aston Blount, Esq. Genealogist and Blanc-Coursier Herald, of the Order of the Bath. RICHMOND. James Pulman Esq., F.S.A. Registrar of the College of Arms, and Yeoman-Usher of the Black Rod to the House of Lords. WINDSOR. Robert Laurie, Esq. LANCASTER. Albert William Woods, Esq. Gentleman-Usher of the Red Rod, and Brunswick Herald of the Order of the Bath. YORK. Edward Howard Gibbon, Esq., Secretary to the Earl-Marshal. =Pursuivants.= BLUEMANTLE. George Harrison Rogers Harrison, Esq., F.S.A. ROUGE-DRAGON. Thomas William King, Esq., F.S.A. ROUGE-CROIX. William Courthope, Esq.