22 NOVEMBER 1856, Page 5

SCOTLAND.

The Duke of Argyll, for two years Lord Rector of the Universityof

Glasgow, having this year retired, three gentlemen were pro as candidates for that high office—Sir Edward Lytton, Lord S ey, and Sir John Herschell. But only the two former were seriously put forward in the end. Sir Edward Lytton had the support of the Conservatives and the literary interest, and Lord Stanley of the Liberals. The elec- tion took place on Saturday, and the close of the poll gave a majority of 108 for Lytton.

242 134 Lytton. Stanley. Natio Glottiana 108 63 — Loudoniana 40 28 — Tmnsforthiana 32 21 — Rothsayana 62 22