On October 19th a gleam of light from within is afforded by "Olim Miles," who quotes a letter from his son in the _Britannia_: "About the fagging for money, two or three cadets have been found out to be practising this disgraceful form of larceny, and have consequently been shunned by everyone who calls himself a gentleman." [Illustration: CAPTAIN N. S. F. DIGBY. (Now Vice-Admiral N. S. F. Digby.) _Photo: Smale & Son, Dartmouth._] This is much more likely to be a true statement of the case. The youngster tacitly admits that there may have been others who were not detected, but the general feeling of the bulk of the cadets on the subject is, no doubt, quite truthfully represented; indeed, one could not imagine it possible that it could be otherwise. However, this simple statement did not stem the tide. "Another Wykehamist" follows with an assertion of his conviction that the tone is low in spite of favourable appearances; and, among other things, he deprecates the method of corporal punishment by means of a cane over tightened flannel trousers, and says he is not satisfied as to discipline, supervision, and moral training, etc. October 20th, Admiral G. H. Richards is down upon the last writer, asking, very pertinently, what right he has to expect to be "satisfied" on these points; says the best proof of the efficiency of the _Britannia_ is the officers she turns out; he has had two sons there, and never found any cause of complaint. On October 22nd, Mr. T. Gibson Bowles, M.P., stands up for the ship, and "Through the Mill" replies at length to the editor of the _Western Morning News_, winding up by advising parents to send their sons to "one of the best schools in England." "Old Etonian" says that Admiral Richards naturally avoids reference to corporal punishment and "second class" punishment, which are brutal. Would it not be possible to give the headship to a man used to boys, and with some ideas of managing them beyond the stick and the "second class"?