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Tevr,e-Filius. N �:ounders benefac't-ion will grow too diffufive, and are wiI!'ng to check the torrent, offi?cteffi'on, wh:?cl? is like to pcu? in upcn tl:em. Dr. WxL�,w:'.o for his meekneff bears the name of 3;ofes, l.as t?ecn two or three years in pofl'effiBn the co?ege, and his eminent vobity? the fi?tute is difpm?d with, aud he uow holds them together. ?. M?lvius, u?n this, ?id he would give his vote, tlnt every fi?ior-fe?o?r in the college have a h?ing t?cked to his fiqk?fii? for which gave this r?on, that .e mi2h,? not ?e obliged to eo??,?ny ?#h a ?arcel o? youn? u?fi?rt ma?ers. Under this h?d, I w?tl'menfion another con'up- tion in the univerfities, which clogs the fucceffi?n of co?l%es, and is grown very enormous. When ? ccl!h?e-l?vb[z falls, the perfon chofen to fucceed (w}?o is ufea?ly the fi?ior-feYom of the college, if he reruns it, the utxt fiaior) is allowed a year ?f?r? (as it i? .-u.a ? th? eM of which he muk refi? either his living or his fe?o?fiip, as he thinks Ee?; but, at prefenr, feveral perfons make ufe of this indulgence to pocket up a little money: they accept of livi?:gs, which they do not intend t6 keep at?y long? than one y?r; wt?en, having received the re?,enues of t?,at year, they throw it up to the next, who p?rhaps does the fame. I have heard that, a certain college in Oxro, o, it was a common thing ?er a l& ing to defccnd in this manner from the fenior fel;o= to the junior of fll5 every one had a y?r's grace, and a y?r's income, till it came down to the ]a?. who was obliged m &rye it. But this was taken notice of, and flopt in that college. in other colleges it is flill pra&ifed i Dr. Bu?svo? ofSt. Jmm's has k?t a bring in this manner almo? a v?r, and &figns ?ortly to throw it up; unlefs the c6}lege will di?<fe with his holding it with his re!- 1owjhip