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hands of the principal Trustees, of whom the Arch- 

 bishop of Canterbury is the chief; and as soon as it 

 was known that the place would be vacant Mr. Jones 

 seized the opportunity to wait upon his Grace, and repre- 

 sent to him that a man of great intelligence and scholarly 

 attainments was required. Such a man, indeed the very 

 man for the place, was to be found in the list of applicants. 

 True, he was low down in the list, but then on the other 

 hand the well-being of the Institution was at stake. Mr. 

 Miller might not be able to wait till the next vacancy. So 

 Mr. Miller was appointed. He is a man of about average 

 knowledge and ability, but has no qualifications to justify 

 promoting him over the heads of six other men. Yet this 

 was what was done, and the only explanation seems to be 

 that Mr. Miller is a friend of Mr. Jones — the sure road to 

 promotion. 



But, it will be again asked, why are not the Trustees 

 better informed, and why do they not suspect all these 

 abuses? I have briefly intimated before that, as in the 

 case of the " den " inspection, and in the periodical visits, 

 they are systematically deceived by Mr. Jones. Let me 

 add to this two points. First, there are four of more active 

 Trustees who have a very high opinion of Mr. Jones, 

 seeing him only as he paints himself • they rule the place 

 through him and his Secretary, Mr. Taylor, the latter being 

 the Achitophel whose counsel directs the policy of Mr. 

 Jones. Secondly, at the monthly meeting of Trustees, 

 held every second Saturday in each month, no one but 

 Mr. Jones can see them or speak to them on any subject. 

 The Commissioners of 1850 did, indeed, recommend that a 

 committee of officers should be appointed to confer with 

 them, but the suggestion fell through. No one but Mr. 

 Jones knows what happens. Even the Museum officials 



