15 AUGUST 1885, Page 18

FREE SCHOOLS.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."]

Stn,—In my letter in the Spectator of August 8th, on Free Schools, is printed,—" Or by a sudden and large increase of Government grant, which would rouse the present opposition in another form." Instead of " present," which has little sense,

read " fiercest."—I am, Sir, 4., W. T. MALLEsoig.