Mr. Gladstone has been elected Lord Rector of Glasgow Uni-
versity by a majority of 544,-1,153 votes against 609 for Sir Stafford Northcote. Indeed, he had a large majority in every nation, as well as a large total majority, a majority of 211 in the Natio Glottiana (matriculated students from within the county of Lanark), a majority of 144 in the Natio Transforthana (matriculated students born in the North of Scotland), a majority of 136 in the Natio Rothseiana (matriculated students born in Bute, Renfrew, and Ayr), and a majority of 53 in the Natio Loudoniana (matriculated students• not comprehended in the previous classes). Thus both by nations and by the popular vote Mr. Gladstone is elected, and by a majority of not far off two to one. Of course, the triumph is not wholly political. Mr. Gladstone's Homeric studies and classical repute would bring him a certain number of votes not given to mere political eminence. But it is clear enough that the younger Sootchmen are sound on the great question to which Mr. Gladstone's great energies have recently been devoted.
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