There has been another division in the Hebdomadal Board at
Oxford, on the question of paying Professor Jowett for his labours as Professor of Greek. The division was equal, but as there is no provision for a casting vote, the motion to remunerate, the Professor in some decent proportion to his work was again lost. On the side of keeping down the professional wages of that functionary to the minimum rate, we note, of course, Dr. Pusey ; Mr. Menzel, who takes the technical ground of refusing to endow a " Regius " professorship ; and also the Master of Pembroke, Dr. Jerme, who has hitherto been amongst Mr. Jowett's supporters, but who now hedges against the Liberals. Mr. Mensal is singularly fortunate in discovering " technical grounds " on which to oppose the Liberal party ; which he also did last summer, when he resisted conferring the degree of D.C.L. on Mr. Kingsley on some narrow technical plea. It is strictly in accord- ance with his patronage of the new society to prevent the " un- settling of young men's minds on theological subjects." If you could but steadily repress the Liberals, and also, by finding petty reasons for doing so, evade discussing their case on its merits, you would reap all the advantages of material victory, while avoiding the very " unsettling" ignominy of intellectual defeat.
