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corrupt them by offers of the lucrative fellowships which had chap.just been declared vacant: but one undergraduate after~ iJIFT -another manfully answered that his conscience would notsuffer him to profit by injustice. One lad who was induced totake a fellowship was turned out of the hall by the rest. Youthswere invited from other colleges, but with small success.

The richest foundation in the kingdom seemed to have lost allattractions for needy students. Meanwhile, in London andall over the country, money was collected for the supportof the ejected Fellows. The Princess of Orange, to the greatjoy of all Protestants, subscribed two hundred pounds. Still,however, the King held on his course. The expulsion of theFellows was soon followed by the expulsion of a crowd ofDemies. All this time the new President was fast sinkingunder bodily and mental disease. He had made a last feebleeffort to serve the government by publishing, at the very timewhen the college was in a state of* open rebellion against hisauthority, a defence of the Declaration of Indulgence, orrather a defence of the doctrine of transubstantiation. Thispiece called forth many answers, and particularly one fromBurnet, written with extraordinary vigour and acrimony.

A few weeks after the expulsion of the Demies, Parker diedin the house of which he had violently taken possession. Mensaid that his heart was broken by remorse and shame. Helies in the beautiful antechapel of the college: but no monu-ment marks his grave.

Then the King’s whole plan was carried into full effect. ^’ s 0 da "The college was turned into a Popish seminary. Bonaventure CollegeGiffard, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Madura, was ap-K™» dpointed President. The Roman Catholic service was per- Popi . ,hformed in the chapel. In one day twelve Roman Catholics were semiMry 'admitted Fellows. Some servile Protestants applied for fellow-ships, but met with refusals. Smith, an enthusiast in loyalty,but still a sincere member of the Anglican. Church, could notbear to see the altered aspect of the house. He absented him-self; he was ordered to return into residence: he disobeyed:he was expelled; and the work of spoliation was complete.’

* Proceedings against Magdalene College, in Oxon. for not electing