Sir John Pender is selected as the Ministerial, that is,
the Unionist candidate, for the Govan District of Glasgow, in place of the late Sir W. Pearce, who was a Conservative Unionist. Sir John Pender, as every one knows, is a strong Liberal, and was as Gladstonian as the Spectator till Mr. Gladstone pro- posed a separate Legislature and Administration for Ireland. We trust that the Conservatives will support him as loyally as the Liberal Unionists supported the late Member. They certainly ought to do so, for Sir John Pender avers that the question of the Union is the question before the Country, and that the old questions which used to divide the Liberals and Conservatives, such as Disestablislunent, are not ripe for settlement, and must be postponed. Nor is Sir John Pender intervening between a Conservative and the seat, as Sir W. Pearce's son refused to stand, and Sir John Pender came forward only in the urgent need for a Unionist candidate of weight and standing. He was extremely well received in Glasgow on Wednesday night, and several of his supporters expressed the utmost confidence in his triumphant return. And if Conservatives and Liberal Unionists pull well to- ("ether, that return is certain.
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