Aurora borealis academica : Aberdeen University appreciations, 1860-1889.

Date:
1899
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Credit: Aurora borealis academica : Aberdeen University appreciations, 1860-1889. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of LL.D. He became a judge of the Court of Session in 1862. He acted for some years as editor of the North British Review, and as a Liberal took an active part in the political and literary work of his time. Maitland had a majority in the Buchan and Mar nations. Leith Hay had a majority in Moray and Angus, and a numerical majority of thirty-eight votes over all. The Chancellors of both colleges had died that year, the Duke of Richmond (Marischal) on 21st October, and the Earl of Aberdeen (King’s) nine days before the election, so that the Vice-Chancellor, Principal Campbell, had to give his casting vote. He decided in favour of Maitland, who was duly elected, notwithstanding the protests from the pro- curators of the Moray and Angus nations, and much opposition from the students, who sent a deputation to wait upon Mr. Maitland, but to no purpose. Mait- land delivered his Rectorial Address on 16th March, 1861, in Marischal College, and the scene may be described as a pandemonium. The supporters of Sir Andrew Leith Hay smashed the forms in the hall and pelted their opponents with pease-meal and other missiles, Maitland himself not coming out of the fray unscathed, as he received a blow from a piece of wood, severely cutting his nose. The disturbance was quelled by the intervention of the police after the hubbub had lasted for more than an hour. The rector delivered his address, which