28 AUGUST 1886, Page 18

A CORRECTION.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." j Sra,—In a letter from me you were good enough to print in the Spectator of August 21st, I am made to say "administration is not an important function of government." I either wrote, or at any rate intended to write, "administration is not an unimportant function of government." This is not an unimportant difference, my point being that the immediate need of Ireland is adminis- tration rather than legislation.—I am, Sir, &c.,

A CONSTANT READER.