The Express.
London, England, 1856-05-23 00:00:00

THE DIVISION ON THE BALLOT.

At the meeting of the executive committee of the
Bunny for Promoting the Adoption of the lisllot, hold yes-
terday (Thursday), present, the Hoe. F. H.F. Berkeley,
PI.P Mr. Prout, Mr. Wmtehurst, Mr. Pontoon, Mr.
Boodle, and otter gentleness, the Secretary read the
following

IMPORT ON TECI DIVISION ON MI. XXXXX LIT'S ANNUAL
NOTION, 20TH NAT, 1865.
1 he et embon cm the d'.hioa were u lo'lows:
Am—Pruett
Pairs
T.ll,re

166

Majority against the motion, 40.
The majority against the motion was 12 lees than in 1865.
The numbers TUtl•ff on each side were leas than on any
former division in the present parliament. 224 edrculars
had been sent to members known, by their reviins votes,
to be favourable to the motion; of them there were present,
or paired, 165. 69 of Mr. liirkeley's usual supporters were
ilirrelore absent and unpaired. Is several instances this
absence is known to have arisen from illness or other ne-
se ,idahle causes. Is 'event other inetsnees members have
pahliely rated that their intention was t s vote for the
motion, but they were prevented by the circumstances
under which the division took place, and probably the ob.
...see to the greeter pre et, if not in all, the other cams,
erase from the same cane..

lb* p xxii.nta of the ballot either bad no answer to
s. ake t o Mr. Berkeley's arguments, or feared to urge orgy-
' carats wile the certeioty that they would be remembered
and refuted on another omesioe, and they determined to
end, the motion without diseumioo. Aft., Mr. Berkeley's
speech and one 'pewit' from an opponent, heard with im-
patience, the hone' divided.
There voted in the majority 27 liberals and Peelites, of
wh ran 13 were members of the administration, leaving 14
liberals (including the Peelitee) opposed to the motion.
The last of pairs spinet the motion contains the name of
one liberal member only
The ministers were thus again saved by their political
,pponent. from defeat at the hands of their political sup-
porters. To MI cure this end they had need greet ere, Cone.
Twenty members who were up to this time neutral voted or
paired 'trainee the motion. This Gunther includes two ml.
nisei re, Sir O. Grey and Pd.. Lohouchere.
The ',Sowing enenibi re of the ministry voted or paired in
favour of the motion :—Lord Duncan, S.r B. Hell, Admiral
Berkeley. Sir A C ickburo. Sir It Bothell, Mr. Bimini',
Mr C. P. Vilt.ere. Mr. Hareem, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr.
Illamey, Mr. Otberite.
Among the su,.....tree of the motion hitherto undecided
ere to he found for the first time, Mr. Bonham Carter (Win-
cheats.), Mr. ii0:11110 (Brabant); and the following new
member.: —Mr. Slick (Edinburgh), C-ptein Berkeley
(Cnel•enhare), Sir C. Name, (S•inthwark), Mr. Tit* (Bath),
Mr. Martin (Roebettar). Mr. Hughes (Longford). Mr. In-
gram (Baton).
Mr. T. Chambers (Hertford) has stated that his intention
was to vote for the mo•ioe, hut, like many others, be was
prevented by the suddenness of the division. Lords
It. Grosvenor sad Stanley. as b. fort, remained neutral.
On the whole, the malt of the division is not disc nines,.
The at °biases of dimmers" by our op.weents is a sign of
wseknees on their pert; the small number of members pre-
sentis anrenseted foe by the enemy's tactics, and the silvan
majority N 12 lees than last year.
The wake of the ballot is mow in the sane state as was
the queation of the Cora Laws where the Hoses of CoW
SOW refused to debate on Mr. motion for their
total sad immediate

The Herald correspondent at Constantinople writes
on the Bth I wee by the London papers that a military
bead now plays every Ilisaday in Hoesingtos Gerdes..
Here, is the Petit Champs de Ildorts, overloolting the
Gables Hors, a Freash bend plays every Bandy afternoon,
while the bud of ti. Herman Legion pla;s pearly every
Bentley et the Weed Chinos de Mort", overlook's, the
Bosphorus. Itintotlesse t►ey sheep; the Hermes taking
the 'ratted of lb. Fr ach. The Turks folio • this mug&
simple with one of their regimental beads at Tophann,
whisk there plays every day, at feu 0'4.4, Freak Una"