Star.
London, England, 1828-11-26 00:00:00

LORD REdTOR OF GLASGOW COLLEGE.

We think it right to return to the subject of the late
College Election, in order to do aviay N i h some misap.
prehenMons, which are stated to prevail concetn;ng the
reasons for the rrote.t meted by the Stu.lents, against
the conduct of the Professors at the election alluded to.

The Student: who protested have not, as has been
insinuated, the ant:rest personal hostility or ill-will to
the Professors. On the contrary, most of them are
Gentlemen wOo have distinguished themselves in their
various classer and carlied off high academic honours,
and who are '8 n teems of rtivate Isiendsliip of which
they are very proud, with many Members oithe Senate.
But, on public grounds, they hesitate not to dissent
born the kind of m onager:legit which the Piriesspr,
have all along adopted, elsecially about the election of
a Lord Rector; and they conceive it a duty to them.
selves and their successors to struggle against this as
alertly as possible, but in a way the most formal, and
least likely to cause any animosity between Students
and Professsors.
Thes • views alone animated them in their proceed-
ings on Saturday last. When they protested in the
Common flail, and afterwards in the Faculty Hall,
they had not had time t" deliberate; they were taken
by surprise; and as they were afterwards at a loss to
know whether their protest wis formal or not, they
thought it expedient to consult a profe.sional gehtle-
inan, who, on. considering all ciicum tances, was of
opinion th..t : protest in the hands of a notary, in com-
mon f rm, was the safest interim step which could be
taken.

The protest pr,cee.lid on three different grounds-
-Ist. Ttiat the Vice Rector has not, by law, the casting
vote, the Principal him elf having so read the law pre-
vious to the polling; and althottAh two instances have
hern quoted ,as au bority 11 the practice, it is con-
ceived that these. not being objected to, can have no
irfl tence on the question, w ••,put some special statute,
particu!arly as there is a broad exception in the commis-
sionby Mr. Campbell this Vice," of all Millers a here,
by lase, the duty especially devolves on the Rector," of
which it is held this is one. 2J. That even alt ,ough Dr.
Gibb -might have held this power, he was not legally
present at the meeting; and, therefore, both Rector and
Vice being absent, the meeting should have been closed,
and a communication sent to the Supetior.Officer, and
his casting vote obtained.-3J. That there were no re-
gular minutes taken at the meeting, and as Counsel
advised in the late case ci the Town Council of Glas-
gow, minutes made nut and signed subsequently, are
not evidence of any thing done at the meeting; and,
besides, that the proceedings were in themselves itre-
gular, in so far as the Intrnnts did not repint, nor ap-
point one < f their number to aimounce the result, in
terms of the statutes and regulations regarding elections.
The students have no err been relieved in part from their
embarrassment, by the letter of Sir Waite r Scott, declin-
ing the Rectorship; and their affairs have since then still
farther brightened up, by the initial; on T u sday last,
of Mr. Campbell, who, on rioceivi.ig notice of the pro-
, ceedings at the election, instantly set fa* florin London,
land travelled day and night until he reached Glasgow.
On learning h:s arrival, a numerous body of students
immediately proceeded arm in atm to his residence, to
ply to him their respects, and bid him welcome, and on
teaching Claremont Place, where they announced their
presence by three cheers, they
:were at once admitted,
.and received by theit Rector with the greatest aff ction.
Daring the conversation that ensued, Mr. Campbell as-
sured them the object iliac brought him down in such
haste purely disintere'stafd- u If," said he, •s there,
is Jone man in whorls you can plate sink mired confidence,
and .:TO will maintain titir 'in dependence, I sill intl.
linglt join with Ind in rue -endeavoisei to put: in the
man of youi:cluice. I know that•feelings of delicacy
. and honoinitrould,Yerharmosiakbloe &chide accepting
the sitnation you hastero'cootel; yet, frotn the continued
testim;,ny affea:loti;and fr.ni the con-
nection you are tar exists between your
eighth and you'r int my o..ce more becoming
yOur_guardian, I AM this -account id Sacrifice
these sentirrientt of ptitfrte .fieling, and candidly to
assure yin) I am peligitli tinting to become °nee more
your Lord Recto,.
This' a is heard with baits or applause, and fool the
enthuSiasm excited by Mt. Campbell's visit, We are led
W. regard, as certain his re election. lade: dwe do not
see how the students can, either in consistency or gene-
rosity, proposer much less support with their suffrages,
any other curn:idate.—tflargow tree Pins.

In the Cotirt of Kings Bench, Dublin, on Thursday.
an application was made by Mr. KEATINGE for allabcas
corpus, to bring up a Nliss Miran, who was.stated by
her brother an i other friends wise kept in a state of
fotcibie ,rclusion in the nunnery of HarOld's Cron.
The•Hubeas Corpus being granted, t'ie young Lady
appear d in Court on the foll iwing day, wl en she de-
elated that she was not secluded against her will; and,
being of age, she was alldwed tdrtturn to thi nunnery
Miss ANNINO, of Lyme, ha; fourd a large p• duct
specirrien of toe Daeed.urn Pulitutn, an -antedtluv i .n
fish, with oblong ;sales. This specimen is unrivalled.
--.Sherborne Mercury.
John Holikinc .04 Houghton, n ar. Arundel, was
fined list 'weak 101. for sh6oeing a pheasant on Sunday.
'Stature 15 Gen. 11J. infl•cts born 40s. to 101. penalty
for killi •g game on Christmas or Sabbath day.
[. •
The Cot poration Committee for the superintenJence
of the Port of London have recently been occupied
indefatigably. in firming better reguktions for the
accommodation of its commercial traffic. They have
filmed a 'new code cf port regulations, which only
await the approval of the Lord Chancellor and some
..ther membe.s of the Government to be carried into
execution. The former rules were enacted at various
times, without plan or. consistency, and were often
vague and conflicting. An endeavour has been made
to remedy these
,defects by the coJe; in which ni thing
is omitted that is nfimportance, andltbe whole put into
the form which is best adapted for easy remenibtance
and ready appl cition. They have made preparations
for the better regulatiOn of vie tier. of vessels, and their
more commodious ingress and egress. The harbour dues
will be better settled, and (it is promised) much reduced.
Inc duties of the harbour-masters, who were previously
each masters, and withoui much controul either from
other, or from the 'Corporation, have been better de-
fined, The appointmeot of thtse officers is with the
Lord Mayor fur the time being, and they were some-
what divested to questiOn the authority of the Coma
mittee to isiterfere with them, until the Committee
, evinced that it had the power of sliming int reducing
their salaries. New regulations will be tried with
respect to them. The Committee so far reduced the
salary and various appointments of the previous port
surveyor, that he resigned, and a new one has been
elected to perform the duties, also under new regula-
tions, at less than one-sixth the former expense. The
Committee have promised a saving of at, least 1,0001.
tuthe public, and a .:much better general performance
of the business, during the first year.