The Standard's report, yesterday, of what Sir Julian Goldsmid said
at the meeting of the committee for promoting Mr. Lowe's election for the University of London, is mis- leading. Certainly Sir Julian Goldamid could not have intended to intimate that there was the least conceivable doubt as to the result. We believe that a very decided majority of the total number of voters accessible hat already been promised to Mr. Low. The only question is as to the magnitude of that majority. We shall not be surprised to see Mr. Lowe polling two to one against his Conservative opponent, Mr. Arthur Charles, Q.C., who though a very good candidate, and powerfully supported by the medical graduates, has not the smallest chance against the vast majority of Liberals in the faculties of Arts, Science, and Laws. Indeed, even amongst Conservatives, the proposed contest does not find universal favour, as an able letter in the Standard, two or three days ago, deprecating the contest, as contrary to Univer- sity precedents, sufficiently proves.
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