The School Board Elections in London have turned out, on
the whole, extremely well. We say this not because something like half the candidates elected were named by us last week as suitable for election,—for one or two of the best choices were made on grounds unknown to us, and two or three of those whose qualifica- tions for the Board we know best, have not gained their election,— but simply because it is obviously true. The elite of the candi- dates, with some half-dozen or eight exceptions, have certainly been chosen ; in the City the Rector of Bishopegate, and founder of the excellent and very successful middle-class school in Cannon Street ; in Chelsea, Lord Lawrence ; in Finsbury, Mr. Tabrum, of the Public Record Office, who seems to have given much time to the culture of the young people of the borough, and who came in with nearly three times as many votes as Mr. M'Cullagh Torrens, M.P., who followed next on the poll ; and the Rector of Charterhouae, Rev. J. Rodgers, who was also returned ; as well as Mr. Lucraft, the only working man elected by all London ; and, it is said, a very able one. Hackney has returned its Member, Mr. Reed, and the thoughtful and able Independent Minister, Mr. Picton, but has otherwise done rather poorly ; Lambeth has returned Mr. M'Arthur ; Marylebone has done best, returning Miss Garrett with far the highest poll on the list, Professor Huxley, the Rev. Mr. Thorold, and the Rev. Dr. Angus,—all able and cultivated, and one of them a man of genius ; the Tower Hamlets have returned Mr. Currie and Mr. E. N. Baxter ; and Westminster, Mr. Smith, M.P., and Dr. Barry (Principal of King's College), both substan- tial additions to the strength of the School Board. Greenwich has returned Miss Emily Davies at the head of the poll, and the able Vicar, Dr. Miller. There are other able men returned whom we have not mentioned. Those we have, alone make it a strong School Board. Of course there is a tail, but for a school board, head without tail would never answer.
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