3 MAY 1873, Page 14

DENOMINATIONAL SCHOOLS.

(TO THE EDITOR OP THE .` SPECTATOR.") Sis,—In a letter in the Spectator of April 26, "A Catholic states that so long as children "are under the direction of a well-

principled and well-educated Catholic teacher, religion enters as an element into the whole process of their training ; it is inculcated as truly and potently in their lessons of reading and writing, as in their catechetical instruction itself" Permit me to ask two questions.. If this be so (1), what is the value of the time-table conscience clause? and (2), what founda- tion is there for the theory that the Government pays for secular results alone ?—I am, Sir, SCO., HENRY W. CROSSKEY. - Central Nonconformist Committee, 86 New Street, Birmingham.