The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-28 00:00:00

with the names of the boroughs or
they represent:
Viscount Andover Mahnesbury.
Major Anion Lihfield.
W. B. Beaumont Northumberland(
Earl of Brecknock Breckneck.
Lord Ernest Bruce Marlborough.
Sir R. Bulkeley Angle's..
Hon. C. R. Carington Wycombe.
Lord A. Clinton Newark,
T. P. Crosland Huddersfield,
F. Doulton Lambeth,
R. W. Duff Banffshire.
Lord Dunkellin Galway Dowdy.
Lord Elcbo
Haddiufilonehire.
Hon. C. W. Fit.swilliam Malton.
W. H. Gregory Galway County.
Lord R. Grosvenor Flintshire.
Right Hon. R. Honman Stroud.
S. Laing Wick Burghs.
Right Hon. R. Lowe Caine.
J. N. firlienna VoughsL
J. Mackie Kirkeudbeighialt*
M. H. Marsh Salisbury.
Colonel Packe
DubCiAinavwinlanlin*Caustsyhirs (B°4*.
J. Pim
E. Saunderson
• 0. Stock Carlow.
Hon. C. Tracy Montgomery ' •
Including Lord Grosvenor, the author 4
amendment, and one of the tellers, the •
liberals voting against the government
to 28.

Only one conservative voted with the
ment, namely, Mr. R. J. Harvey, nee
Thetford.

commtl
The total number of members who toe p„,
the division, including tellers, was 635. Tea
are vacant by the decisions a election •
eight of which were represented by Mende
larger number voted in June, 11359, when
Derby's government was driven from effiee i
division of 323 to 310, exclusive of the •
Two more, therefore, voted on the forma
on this occasion.

THE REFORM DEBATE AND
DIVISION.

(BY AN BYE WITNEf3B.)
Possibly many of the 11111101111 and int

strangers who were fortunate enough to °Wail
mission into the House of Commons last

may have thought that many of ths viva
symptoms of the closing of a great psety dd
were wanting. For at the moment of esti

the house

was thin, indeed

so ; nor did it thicken as in ordinary
at half-past four, the reason rin

being that the notice paper was scant ; sad ie
two questions of little import were set down.
consequence, such demonstrations as are
developed on occasions when great perffirmate
.vents are imminent were not to be observed. Fe
instance, no cheer greeted Mr. Disraeli vies
walked up the floor, somewhat ostentatioudy c .
hibiting a roll of petitions, which he theme
presented, and on one of which he dilated with,
little unction, as it came from Rochdale 01
professed to dispute some statement of Mr. hip
in regard to the number of working men in de
borough possessing the franchise, whisk he k
put at a very minimum point. Then Mr. Gin
stone came in almost, if not entirely, tMobterat
and he too had to discharge himself ef ado
burden which has been cast upon him &Aligs
reform debate—that of presenting petitions ew
night in favour of the Franchise Bill. The prela
nary matters were being rapidly cleared off, and el
there was no evidence of a " show how ;" tit
members' galleries were nearly vacant, sod the
peers' boxes, and the diplomatic gallery wet
scarcely inhabited at all. It was palpable the
though the reopening of the debate was in tie
hands of a member-of no mean mark, for out e
rather for this time, he did not " draw." hint
it has been of late observed that Lord Cranban
since he has attained to a position proximate
a Marquisate, has lost much of that also
which distinguished him as a yomv
brother in the peerage, and that the Lord Rote
Cecil of former days has been considerably toe
down. Rising from the midst of a grey of 10
friends, his advent was of course cheered, and fre
time to time, in the course of his speech, tie
symbol of sympathy was renewed, but with
special heartiness or spontaneity. His first mato
met with a check, for some one on tie
ministerial side uttered the unpleasant sti
ungainly parliamentary word, " Spoke!" in tilt
aim to the little controversy which bad mesa
the night before as to whether he had not forfeited
his right to speak again by delivering himself of
sentence or two cognate to the matter in had
when he made the motion for the adjournment ei
the debate. However, this trifling obstruction me
soon removed, and he set out in a style which
smacked of " Lord Robert," but yet rather diluted.
for he'spoke of defamation of himself and 10*
of his congeners uttered by Mr. Gladstone
as he alleged ; and while be se
dwelling on this he had the dimatafsefice
of hearing very distinct denials more than nil
tered by the right hon. gentleman, and Or
strongly still signified by the expression of le
countenance. Rather laboriously, and, plillieelt
and vocally, with a certain slowness, the noble los
went on with what people might be exceed*
thinking a rather cumbrous argument. o***l
very even tenor of his speech was relieve
by loud applause from the ministerial helake
which followed some fine and genial ""
timents with regard to the working elleee
powerfully put ; but it seemed as if they wens"
tended as a rhetorical device, for he immediate,
drew from what he had said deductions more 00
proportionally damaging and depreciating *till
class. Again his lighter, which is also his caps
bitter manner wale brought into play when he bit
tered Mr. Milner Gibson, and drew a rade
ludicrous picture of the President of the Boss
of Trade as the agent for carrying on a "sew
ranean" communication between the goseenipe!
and Mr. Bright. But on the whole his sPee°
was measured—almost cold, his peroration le
quietest part of all ; and though he only 'Poke fl
an hour, somehow a much longer time seemed
have elapsed. By this time the House of Loos
had adjourned, and what may be called the " elaee
of distinction" had become full ; and B'4'l°
peers and diploivatista evidently settled thews°
down to listen to a set debate conducted by
magnates of each party. They were deserve
to be disappointed, for when lord Cele
borne ceased ; only two gallant officers, ki
members of, say the third rank,', Capra°
Vivian and Captain Grosvenor, rose toffetkei
The house demanded Captain GreeveDs
probably because they wished to see a represeew
tive of the younger branch of a great whig flesill
pronounce against the heir of the elder branch
the author of the amendment. A little while jets
fore Mr. Bright had ceded his seat—a sloe'
coigne of vantage to a speaker—to the yeeg!
member for Westminster, who proceeded at firstra
I rather a broken style, but afterwards In
l'lg°6,
and well-balanced sentences to make a speech, ''
quality of which may be indicated by the ate
ment that it was listened to with watchful ate'