24 JUNE 1876, Page 12

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I observe that in

an article in the last number of the Spectator, the Head Master of the Perse School is called throughout " the Rev. J. B. Allen," and something is said about "clerical scorn for Dissent." Now, I do not wish to express any opinion on the merits of this case, about which I know nothing beyond what I have read in the newspapers, but I am sure you would desire to be corrected in a matter of fact. Mr. Heppen- stall, who appointed Mr. Maxwell, is, indeed, a clergyman, but Mr. Allen, who dismissed him, is a layman.—I am, Sir, &c.,