16 DECEMBER 1871, Page 2

The Rev. William Rogers has retired from the London School

Board, and his loss will be greatly felt. No one has done more for the practical education of London, and no one has used his. influence so steadily on the School Board to subordinate all cavils, whether religious or secularist, to the one great end of giving edu- cation an immediate and strong impulse. If there had been more• of his spirit in the London School Board, more would have been • already done, without any fear of resulting sectarian gains. He will be replaced, but the counsel lost cannot be supplied.