4 JANUARY 1868, Page 9

The Rev. J. J. Hornby, an Eton man, a tutor

of Brasenose College, Oxford, sometime head of a ball in, the University of Durham, and latterly second master at Winchester, has been elected to the Headmastership of Eton, vacant by the resignation of Dr. Ralston. Mr. Hornby is said to be a good choice, and to be likely to lend himself heartily to the reforms of system which Eton needs.