A Petition having been propos'd in the last convocation to dispense with the scholars lately elected upon Mr. Viner's foundation for not attending their professor (as their statutes direct), in consideration of their having attended Dr. Blackstone previously to the settlement of Mr. Viner's benefaction; the members then present did almost unanimously reject this dispensation. But their motives for so doing have (it seems) been called in question by several of their brethren. They therefore take this method of openly avowing them. ... [electronic resource].