2 MAY 1868, Page 3

We find that it has been commonly asserted that our

remarks on the recent appointment at Winchester were " inspired" from New College, and were partially due to the disappointment felt at the failure of a New College candidate. This is not the case. We do not think it desirable to explain the positive sources of our knowledge in making statements for which we assume full respon- sibility, and the accuracy of which, indeed, after full challenge and reply, we have, we think, completely substantiated. But to remove misapprehension, we may state that neither directly nor indirectly have we learned anything at all on the subject through a New College source.