1 JUNE 1872, Page 3

The Nonconformists have obtained their first School-Board victory in the

metropolis, in the Greenwich election, where their 'candidate, Mr. Grover, who is in favour of excluding religion entirely from the School-Board schools, was declared elected on Monday by 7,285 votes against Mr. Soames, the Church candidate, who polled 6,549 votes. Mr. Gover is however, we believe, much better known locally to his constituents than Mr. Soames.