The Governing Body of Winchester having considered care- fully the
late case of tunding, have come to no particular result. They have, however, written a minute to say that the particular victim of this case ought not to have been tunded, that corporal punishment should be reserved for more serious offences, and that in all cases punishment by a Prnfect must be subject to the alternative of an appeal to the head master, and that when once a case is brought before him, it shall be decided by him finally. The Governing Body express their disapprobation of examina- tions in school slang, and end with a compliment to Dr. Ridding, which no doubt his general administration of the school has de- served, but which his conduct in the particular case under dis- cussion assuredly did not deserve. It is clear that the new Governing Bodies of the great schools are quite free from re- volutionary tendencies, and are a little weak and timid. A tendency to stop short of doing anything effectual will probably be found to characterise them.
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