The Rugby Trustees met on Monday at Warwick, and as
might be expected, confirmed their previous choice,—no doubt because it was their previous choice. They held that Mr. Hayman had used even those of his testimonials which did not, on the face of them, indicate the purpose for which they were originally given, " in good faith,"—which we never doubted, —and, in a word, were neither more disposed than the Pope to admit that they had made a grievous blunder, nor to let the public into the evidence of their blunder. They are going to leave things as they are,—to let both Mr. Hayman and Rugby suffer from the general belief that they have preferred a conspicuously inferior man to candidates of a much higher order, from some vague idea that the school ought not to be allowed to take a party character, and that it would therefore be better, after so many Liberals, to appoint a Conservative. If they have not made this blunder, they might easily have made public the substantial grounds of their preference of Mr. Hayman ; but this they will not do,—so Rugby must suffer, and the Masters must make the best of it. We do not see that the Under-Masters can do anything further. They must submit to destiny and Mr. Hayman.
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