DULWICH, a hamlet in the parish of CAMBERWELL, eastern division of the hundred of BRIXTON, county of SURREY, 4 miles (S.) from London. The population is returned with the parish. The village is pleasantly situated in a small vale, sheltered by rising grounds in the immediate vicinity, and by the Surrey hills in the distance; the houses are irregularly built, but of handsome and respectable appearance: the environs abound with elegant villas, which, from their proximity to the metropolis, have become the residence of many opulent families. The village is lighted by subscription among the inhabitants, and is within the limits of the new police establishment under Mr. Peel's act. A fair for toys is held on the Monday after Trinity Monday: a court leet is held annually. At the eastern extremity is God's Gift College, founded in 1619, by Edward Alleyn, Esq., who endowed it with the manor- of Dulwich, and tenements in the parishes of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, in London, and St. Luke's, in the county of Middlesex, producing at present an annual revenue of £14,000, for a master (who must bear the same name as the founder), warden, four fellows, six poor brethren, six poor sisters, twelve poor scholars, six assistants, and thirty non-resident members, to be chosen from the parishes of St. Botolph, St. Saviour (Southwark), St. Luke, and St. Giles, Camberwell. Of the four fellows, three must be in holy orders, and graduates of Oxford or Cambridge, and the fourth well skilled in music; the two senior fellows are to officiate in the chapel of the college, the third to be master of the grammar school, and the fourth, who officiates as organist and choirmaster, to be the usher. In addition to the twelve scholars on the foundation, the sons of inhabitants of Dulwich are entitled to gratuitous instruction, and strangers are admitted on payment of such sum to the master and usher as shall be appointed by the master and the warden of the college; according to whose discretion, certain sums may be allowed as exhibitions to either of the Universities. Scholars sent from this school, and taking the degree of Master of Arts, receive a farther sum, and obtain a preference in election to any of the offices in the college. The poor brethren and sisters have apartments in the college, with every thing requisite supplied them, and a very considerable pecuniary allowance. The buildings, chiefly in the Elizabethan style, occupy three sides of a quadrangle, of which the chapel constitutes one: the east wing was handsomely rebuilt of red brick ornamented with stone, in 1740, and contains the school-room and apartments for the fellows; the opposite wing comprises the library and apartments for the scholars. The chapel has been enlarged by the addition of an aisle and a gallery, for the accommodation of the inhabitants; divine service is, performed regularly in the morning and afternoon; the altar-piece is ornamented with a fine painting of the Ascension, presented to the college by Mr. Hall; and in front of the chancel is a black marble slab, covering the tomb of the founder, who was buried in the chapel. An extensive collection of pictures was bequeathed to the college by Sir Francis Bourgeois, in 1811, for the reception of which a handsome gallery has been erected at the south end of the college: the building, which is well calculated to display the pictures, is divided into five rooms, in each of which are many specimens of the first masters, of the Italian, Flemish, and English schools. The collection is open to the public under certain regulations, and attracts numerous visitors, particularly during the summer months. A free school was founded in 1741, by James Alleyn, Esq., Master of God's Gift College, who endowed it with lands and messuages in the parish of Kennington, now producing a rental of more than £200 per annum, for the instruction of poor children of both sexes, of the hamlet of Dulwich, or within a mile of it; there are sixty boys and sixty girls in the school, of which number twelve boys and twenty girls are clothed by subscription. The school-house, a handsome building facing the college, containing two distinct school-rooms, and residences for the master and mistress, was given for that purpose by the master and warden of the college. There are several medicinal springs in the immediate neighbourhood, the water of which is similar in its properties to that of Sydenham.