Sir Charles Reed, the Chairman of the London School Board,
'has intimated his intention of not again offering himself for elec- tion at Hackney, should the return be invalidated,—as we suspect it must be,—by the mess about the polling arrangements. The decision is one by which the School Board will greatly profit, for few men could adequately fill at- once the onerous post of Member for a very large constituency and of Chairman of this great -organisation. In case of the vacancy, why should not Hackney -try to secure the services of 'Mr. Fawcett, unwisely rejected by Brighton ? We know of no man whose absence from Parliament will cause a more serious loss to the efficiency of the House of 'Commons. Hackney would honour itself even more than it would honour Mr. Fawcett by returning him to the new Par-
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