The University election results have yielded no surprises. Cam- bridge
returned the two old Members, Mr. Rawlinson and Sir Joseph Larmor, the Labour candidate, Mr. Squire, failing to receive an eighth of the votes polled. Dublin returned Mr. Samuels again, with Sir R. Woods as his Unionist colleague in place of Sir Edward Carson ; the Nationalist candidate, Captain Gwynn, polled so few votes that he too, like Mr.. Squire, will forfeit the entrance- fee. The University of Wales returned as its first Member Mr. Herbert Lewis. Belfast returned a Unionist, Sir W. Whitla, by 1,487 votes to the 118 cast for a Sinn Feiner. The Irish National University returned the Sinn Fein leader, Mr. J. MacNeill, who polled twice as many votes as his Nationalist opponent. Sir Philip Magnus was re-elected for London, but Mr. Sidney Webb, the Labour candidate, received an unexpectedly large number of votes and stood second on the poll. The new Universities of the North and Midlands elected as their first Members Mr. H. A. L. Fisher and Sir Martin Conway.
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