A false report has been spread by the Church Herald
that the Archbishop of Canterbury, who was formerly Head Master of Rugby, had congratulated Mr. Hayman on his appointment ; but the report has been contradicted by Mr. Hayman himself, as well as by the Archbishop. We should conjecture that no one regretted the culpable blunder of the Rugby Trustees more than Archbishop Tait, and we cannot help hoping that the subject will be taken up when Parliament meets by some of the many members who are deeply interested in the prosperity of the school. If the appoint- ment be defensible, Rugby will gain immensely by the thorough investigation of the reasons which induced the trustees to make it. If indefensible, a discussion in Parliament would probably lead to a remedy. The Duke of Marlborough ought certainly to have an opportunity of explaining the use he and his brother trustees made of their discretionary power.
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