The resuscitation and reopening of the college for poor literary B.A's, and students have been the ground of much complaint, and nota little litigation, The funds for the sustaining of the institution were not enough, so taxes wore levied upon various hongs of the city. The cloth merchant hange, which for some sixty years have been free from taxes, resented the innovation. Fora time the question was who would yield, the public spirited official or the in-Ggaant hones. There were appeals against any tax. The appeals were not granted, and the most prominent opposers of. this benevolent institution were heavily fined, and the members of the hongs have been condemned to get new licences, the old Ticenses having already served two generations. It is spoken of as a punishment well merited, and the prefect is esteemed and praised for his public spirit and firmness,
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