We regret to see that the honourable understanding by which
the vacancies in the Senate of the University of London, so far as they are filled up by Convocation, are understood to be alternately filled by the faculties of Arts and Laws on the one hand, and by the faculties of Science and Medicine on the other, seems only too likely to be endangered next Tuesday. At least, the number of Mr. Newth's supporters is so great, that unless the friends of Dr. Buchanan and Dr. Barnes combine to vote for the former, Mr. Newth, who is certainly an Arts candidate,— and a very good one, if it were the turn of the faculty of Arts to elect,—is very likely to be chosen. And should he be chosen, we may well expect that the faculties of Arts and Medicine may decide to revenge themselves, by interfering with the claims of the Arts men on other occasions. Such a result is greatly to be deprecated. If general understandings of this kind are disregarded, the only remedy will be to reduce them to actual orders of the House, which from many points of view is not so desirable. Anyhow, should the election of Mr. Newth take place, we hope that notice of an intention to propose de- finite rules for the guidance of the House on this subject may be given by some graduate of influence and standing.
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