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LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 19.

WHATEVER may have been the motive of Lord
DUNKELLIN in proposing the amendment which
was last night submitted to the House of Com-
mons, there can be no doubt as to the feelings of
the majority which supported him. Their ob-
ject, in which they have succeeded, was to throw
out the Bill, and, if possible, the Government
with it ; and to do so by means of a resolution
implying, if not directly expressing, the preference
of the House of Commons for a more restricted
suffrage in boroughs than that which the
clause under debate proposed to confer. The his-
tory of the recent discussions leaves no room for
doubt upon this head. The objections which
have run through almost all the speeches delivered
from the Oppositiou benches in the course of the
debates on the Reform Bill have been addressed
mainly to one point. The Conservatives and
their Adullamite allies complained of the over-
representation of the boroughs of the United
Kingdom ; of the intrusion of an urban element
into the counties, and of the predominance which
the Government Bill will give to the working
classes in both. This apprehended ascendancy
was expected chiefly from the reduction proposed
in the borough franchise ; and against it the
several amendments of which notice had been
given were levelled. It is true that Lord DUN-'
XELLIN left open the question of the qualification to
be finally selected ; but the scope of his amendment
must bo judged, not by his professions and in-
tentions, but by the undisguised sentiment of that
part of the House on which he depended for
support, and by the amendments which followed
his own upon the notice paper, and which did
what Lord DUNKELLIN refrained from doing,
and fixed the amount of the borough fran-
chise. As Mr. GLADSTONE reminded the
House, the 8/. rental proposed by Mr. BOVILL
would give the suffrage to 79,000 persons ;
the 71. rating suggested by Mr. CAVE would admit
only 45,000 persons; and the 6/. rating proposed
by Mr. MILNES GASKELL would admit 105,000.
The 71. rental of the Government would include
144,000 persons. Add tothese the 60,000 voters
whom the repeal of the rate-paying clauses, and
the new provisions with respect to compound house-
holders, would comprehend ; and the enfranchise-
ment which the Government has declared to be
the least that it can accept exceeds by 105,000—
that is to say, is more than double—the most
liberal extension of the suffrage proposed by its
opponents.
If we concede their end, the supporters of
Lord DUNKELLIN have selected the worst of all
possible methods of giving effect to the restrictions
which they desire to impose. The speeches of
Mr. GLADSTONE, Mr. TORRENS, Mr. BRIGHT, and
others, left the advocates of a rat ng as opposed
to a rental franchise without a single argument to
rely upon. Whatever plausibility the statements
of Lord DUNKELLIN and his friends seemed to pos-
sess, was derived solely from the force which words
retain over certain minds, even when they have
ceased to correspond to facts. The advantage of
being able to go to the rate-book for the test of
qualification is indisputable. But the rate-I.ook
contains the column of gross estimated rental, as well
as the column of rateable value ; and the column
of rateable Amide being based entirely on that gross
estimated rental, can Irv° no certainty which it
does not derive therefrom. The logical absurdity
is clear of denouncing that as insufficient to bear
the superstructure on which, nevertheless, the
foundation rests. But, as Mr. GLADerroxE
explained, whilethere are no sources of uncertainty
with regard to the gross estimated rental which
are not exactly reflected in the column of rateable
value, the varying and capricious deductions made
in different parishes from the former, in order to
arrive at the latter, introduce into it perfectly new
elements of uncertainty and discord. Lord DCN-
XELLIN thinks that payment of poor-rates should
be the essential condition of political enfranchise-
ment, on the ground that representation shorld
depend on taxation. But is it a constitutional
principle that Imperial representation should de-
pend on local taxation T The confusion
on this point which pervades Lord Demur,-
LIE'S arguments vitiates also the array of pre-
cedents which have been industriously collected
by Mr. DUDLEY BArrea. They apply entirely
to local taxation ; and the rateable value,
as ascertaining the net value of property, is
as the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER urged,
the natural basis of all those operations hav- '
ing reference to the taxation borne by that
property. This reason of this rule shows the
absurdity of the extension of it proposed by Lord
DUNKELLIN, and the irrelevance of the precedents
cited in its favour. It is implied in the fact itself
and in the words used to state it, that the worth
of a house to the tenant is indicated by the rent
which he pays fur it ; and the teat of hie social
position and fitness for an occupation franchise
must be, therefore, looked for in the rental, and
not in the rating column.

The most serious objection to the substitu-
tion of the criterion of rating for that of rental
lies, however, in the fact that it would place
the regulation of the borough franchise
in the hands of the committee of assessment
of the board of guardians, the appointment of
whom would practically rest with the representa-
tives of rural parishes, who form the majority of
every union, and of the ex-officio guardians—that
is to say, the county magistrates—who must,
moreover, constitute one-third of the committee

of assessment. It requires noargamoit to prove

that such a body would be under ►senses temp-
tation so to use its discretionary powers as to
enfranchise political allies, and to disfranchise po-
litical opponents. The assessment committee
would certainly be appointed, and the guardians
themselves would probably be elected, with a
view to the packing of the burgess-roll. A vitiated
administration of the Poor-laws, the creation of
faggot-votes, and the refusal of just claims to the
suffrage, would be the inevitable consequence of
the rating qualification which Lord DUNKELLDi
has been so foolish as to propose, and to which
the House of Commons, with still greater folly,
has given the sanction of its vote.

'ARY DIVISION.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—JUNE 18.
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE. BILL AND
REDISTRIBUTION OF SEATS BILL.
Considered in committee—Clause 5: Amendment pro-
posed, in page 3, line 15, to leave out the words " clear
yearly," in order to insert the word " rateabl" (Lord
Dunkellin) ; instead thereof, question put, "Tat the
worths clear yearly ' stand part of the clause." The com-
mittee divided :—Ayes, ; noes, 315.

Acland, T. D.
Adair, H. E.
Akroyd, E.
Allen, W. S.
Amberley, VIA.
Anatruther. Sir B.
Antrobus, E.
ArrllStrOng. B.
Ayrton, A. &
Aytoun, Y. S.
Bartell, J.
Baines, E.
Barclay, A. C.
linrl na, T. O.
Barbee, T.
isarroutnir H.
Barry,

AYES.
amelee, Seri. Nicol. J. D.
G
Gavin, Major . Norwood, C.M.
Gibson, T. M. O'Beirne, J. L
Gilpin, C. O'Brien, Sir P.
Gladstone, W. E. O'Conor Dol, The
Gladstone, W. H. &Donoghue, The
Glyn, G. C. Ogilvy. Sir J.
Olyn, G. G. Oliphant. L.
Goldsinid, Sir F. Onslow, G.
(lower. V. L. O'Reilly, M. W.
Goschen, G. J. 0-borne. R. B.
Graham, W. Otway, A. J.
Grcidell, U. R. Owen, sir H.
Grevine, A. W. Padmore, R.
°milk, Col. rainier. or R.
Gray. sal. ream, J. W.
Grey, Sir G. Peel, A. W.
Gridley, Capt. Peel, .1.
Grosvenor, Capt. Pelham. Lord
Grove, T. F. Pato, Sir S. M.
Ountcy, S. Philips, R. N.
Hadfield, G. Platt, J.
Hamilton, K. W. Pollard-Cronhart,W
Banbury, R. C. Portman, W. H.
Monkey, T. Potter, E.
Roomer, Sir J. Potter, T. B.
Hardcastle, J. A. Power, Sir J.
Harris, J. D. Price, R. G.
Hartington, Ifirq.of Price, W. P.
lay, Lord J. Pryse, E. L
Hay, Lord W. Proby, Lord
Hayter, Capt. Hawkinson. Sir H.
Headiam, 'I. E. Bearden. D. J.
Henderson, J. 'Lebow, .1. G.
Henley, Lord Roberta, T. J.
Herbert, 11. A. ltobertson, D.
Hibbert, J. T. Rothschild, Baron!.
Hodukinson, G. Rothschild,BaronlL
Hodgson, K. D. Rothschild, N.
Holden, I. Russell, A.
Holland, E. Russell, 11.
Howard, C. Russell, F. W.
Howard, Lord E. Rumen, Sir W.
Hugh's, I'. St. Auhyn, J.
Hughes, W. B. Salomon, Mr. Ald.
Hurst, R. H. Minutia, J. D'A.
Hutt, Sir W. Samuelson, B.
Ingham, R. Saunderson, E.
Jackson, W. Scholetleld, W.
James, E. Scott, Sir W.
Jardine, R. Scrope, 0. P.
Jervoise, Sir J. C. Seely, C.
Johrstone, Sir J. Seymour, A.
Kearsley, Capt. Seymour, H. D.
Kennedy, T. Shaft's, it. D.
King. P. J. Sheridan, If. B.
Kinglike, A. W. Sherriff, A. c.
Kinglake, J. A. Simeon, Sir J.
Kingscote, Col. Smith, J. A.
Kinciaird, A. E. Smith, J. B.
Knatchbull.lfuges. Spiers, A. A.
sett, F.. Stacpoole, W.
Laing, S. Standen& M.
Layard, A. 11. Stanley. W. 0.
Lamont, J. Stansfeld, J.
Lawrence, W. Steel, J.
Lawson, J. A. Stone, W. U.
Leathatn, W. H. Stuart, Col.
Lee, W. Sullivan, E.
Leeman, G. Sykes, CoL
Lefevre, G. J. Syrian, E. I.
Lewis, H. Talbot, C. R.
Lloyd, Sir T. D. Taylor. P. A.
Locke, J. Tite, W.
Lusk, Ald. Torrens, W. T.
Mackinnon, Capt. Trail, G.
Mackinnon, W. A. Trevelyan, G. 0.
ll' Lsgan, P. Verney, Sir If.
IPL.nren, D. Vernon, H. F.
Maguire, J. F. Villiers, C. P.
Marjorilanks, D. C. Vivian, H. IL
Marshall, W. Vivian, Capt.
Mai .'n, C. W. Waldegrave•Lealie,
Martin, P. W. G.
Matheson, A. Waring, C.
Matteson, Sir J. Warner, E
Merry, J. Welkin, E. W.
Milbank, F. A. Weguelin, T. M.
Mill, J. S. Western, Sir T.
Miner, W. 1 /Utley. G. U.
Shift, J. R. la nein:tan, J.
Mitchell, A. NS dithread, 8.
Mitchell, T. A. White, J.
Moffatt, G. Whitworth, B.
MOT crelff, J. Wickham,ll. W.
Monk, C. J. Williamson, Sir H.
Mt mselL W. Winnington, Slr T.E.
Moore, C. Wyld, J.
More. R. J. Wyedl, M.
Morris. W. Young, R.
Morrison, W. TELLERS.
Murphy, N. D. Brand, 11. B.
Neate, C. Adam, W. P.
NOES.
Adderley, C. B. Forester, Oen. Sillier, S. B.
Agar Ellis, L G. Foster, W. 0. Miller, T. J.
Antic ver, Vizct. Freshtield, C. K. Milford, W. T.
Annealey. Col. Gallwey, Sir W. P. Montagu, Lord R.
Anson, Major Galway, Visct. Montgomery, Sir G.
Archdalt, Capt. Ga.kell, J. M. Mon'aeit. Sir C.
Arkwright It. George. J. Morgan, 0.
Boggle's). R. Getty, S G. Morgan, Major
Bagge, W. Onpin, Col. Mowbray, J. B.
B7.guall, C. Goddard, A. L. Naas, Lord
Bailey, Sir J. Gobliney, G. Neel& Sir J.
Bailie, H. J. thilthonitt, J. Neville-Grenville,R.
Baring, A. H. Gooch, D. Newdegate, C. N.
Basing, M. B. (itlodbell, J. North, Col.
Laying. T. Gore. J. R. Northcote, Sir S.
Burnett. H. Gore. W. IL O'Neil, E.
Bzwrow, W. H. Gorst, J. E. Parke, C. W.
Bat ..elot, Col. Grant. A. Parke, Col.
Batmon, Sir T. Graves, S. R. Paget. R. 11.
Ba.hurst, A. A. Grecuall, O. reknit:ton, Sir 1.
Beach, Sir M. Greene, F. Palk, Sir L.
Beach, W. W. Gregory. W. H. Parker, Major
Beanmont, W. B. Grey, Lieut.-Col. Patten, Col.
Beattie, Earl of Grey, T. de l'aull, H.
)eecroft, G. S. Griuttli C. D. Feel, Sir H.
Bentirek, G. C. Grosvenor, Earl Peel, Oen.
Benson. R. Grosvenor, Lord R. Pennant, Col.
Beresford, Capt. Gomm rot. B. 1.. Percy. Lord H.
Bidtlulph, Col. Gurney. R. Pim, J.
Bingham, Lord Hamilton, Lord C. Powell, F. S.
Illennerha.ssett,Sirß Hamilton, Lord C.J. Pritchard, J.
Booth, Sir R. G. Hamilton, I. T. Pugh, D.
Bourne, Col. Hamilton, Flirt. Read, C. S.
Bovill, W. Hardy, CI. }lepton, 0. W.
Bridges, Sir B. W. liardy, J. Ridley. Sir M.
Bromley, W. D. Hartley, .1. Robertson, P. F.
Brooks, R. Hartopp, E. B. Bolt. .1.
Browue, Lord J. Harvey, It. J. Royston. Vlsct.
Bruce, Lord E. Hervey, Led A. H. Russell, Sir C.
Bruce, Major Hay, Sir J. C. Sandford, G. M.
Bruce, Sir IL Heathcote, G. H. Schreiber, C.
Innen. 11. Heatlicote, Sir W. Sclater.Booth, G.
Buckley, E. Heneage, E. Scott. Lord H.
Bulkeley, Sir R. Henley, J. W. Scourneld, J. IL
Burghley, Lord Henniker, Lord &Min, H.J.
Burrell, Sir P. Herbert, P. R. Selwyn, C. J.
Butler-Johntione,H. Hesketh, Sir T. Severne, J. E.
Cairns, Sir 11. Ileygate, Sir F. Seymour, G. 11.
tunsbell, A. H. Hiltlyarti, T B. Sheridan, R. B.
Capper. C. Hogg. tient -CoL Simonds, W. B.
Caington, C. R. Holiord. R. S. Smith. S. G.
Cartwright, Cot Holmesdale, Vint Sinonett. T. B.
Cecil, Lord E. Hood, Sir A. Somerset, Col.
Chohneley, Sir M. Hope, A. J. Stanhope. J. B.
Clinton, Lord A. Hornby, W. H. Stanley, Lord
Clinton. Lord X. Borstal, T. B. Stanley, F.
Clive, Capt. lionunan, E. II Stirling-Maxwell,
Cobbold, J. C. Hothain, Lord
Cochrane, A. D. Howes, E. Stronge, Sir J.
Cole, 11. Hubbard, J. G. Stuart. Lt.-Col.
Cole, J. L. Houldleston, J. W. Stanley, Sir 0.
Conolly, T. Hamphery. W. Stint, H G.
Corry, It. 1.. Hunt, G. W. Stun, Lt.-CoL
Connelly, Lord Inner, A. C. Suttees, F.
Cooper. E. IL Jervis, Capt. Surfeits, 11. &
Cox, W. T. Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Sykes, C.
Cranborne, Magi Junkie. H. H. Taylor, Col.
Crosland, Col. Jones. D. Thorold, Sir J.
Cubitt, 0. Kekewich, S. T. Thyune, Lord H.
Curzon, Visa. Belk, J. Tollemache, J.
Gust, C. H. Kelly. Sir F. Towline, G.
Dalkeith, Earl of Kendall, N. Torrent, A.
Dawson, R. P. Ker, D. S. Tottenham, Lt.-CoL
Devine. Sir E. King, J. K. Tracy, C. IL
Dick. F. King, J. G. Treeby, J. W.
Dickson, Major Knight F. W. Trevor, Lord A.
Disraeli, B. KnightitT, Sir X. Trollop's. Sir J.
Doulton, F. Knox, Col. Turner, C.
Dowdeawell, W. I. Knox, 3lajor Tyrone, Earl of
Do Cane, C. Lacon, Sir E. Vandeleur, Col
Doff, R. W. laird. J. Verner, E. W.
thancombe, A. Langton, W. G. Verner, Sir. W.
Dancombe, W. X. Lascelles, E. W. Walcott, AdmL
Dunne, Gen. Leader, N. P. Walker, Major
Du Pre, C. G. Lechmere, Sir IL Walpole. 8. H.
Dutton. R. H. I,h, Major Walrond, J. W.
Dyke, W. H. Lefroy, A. Walsh, A.
Elyott, CoL Lennox, Lord G. Walsh, Sir J.
Earle, B. A. Lennox, Lord H. Waterhouse, 8,
Eaton, H. W. Leslie, C. P. Walby, W. E.
Eckersley, N. Liddell, H. 0. Whi.eside, J.
Edwards, Col. Lindsay, CoL C. Whitmore, H.
Egerton, Sir P. Lindsay, Col. R. Williams, Col.
Egerton, A. F. Lopes, Sir M. Williams, F. M.
Egerton, R. Lowe. R. Wise, H. C.
fterton. W. Lowther, J. Woodcl, B. T.
Elcho, Lord Lowther, Capt. Wyndham, 11.
Fans, LL-Col. Lytton. Sir IL L Wyndham. P.
Fans. Col. MacEvoy, E. Wynn, Sir W.
Fellden, J. M'Kenna, J. N. Wynn, C. W.
Fellowes, X Mackie, J. Wynne, W. IL
Fergasson, Sir J. Ifainwaring, T. Yorke, J. R.
Finlay A. & Malcolm, J. W.
Fitzwilliarn, C. W. Manners, Lord I. TELLERS.
Amer, J. Manners. Lord G. J. Dunkellln, Lord
Foley, H. W. Marsh, M. H. Cave, S.
Forde, Col. Miller, Capt.

C. H.
Barry, G. IL
Base, A.
Baas. M. T.
Baxter, W. E.
Batley, T.
lieauniont, H. F.
Berkeley, H. F.
Biddulph, lL
Blake, J. A.
Bonham-Carter, J.
Bonverle, E. P.
Brady, Dr.
Bright, Sir C.
Bright, J.
Briscoe, J. 1.
Brocklehurat, J.
Bruce, Lord C.
Bruce, H. A.
Br) au, t;.
Buller, Sir E. M.
Butler, C. S.
Butto.l, C.
Buxton. Sir T. F.
Calcratt, J. H.
I Calthorpe, F. H.
(Wallow, J.
Cardwell, E.
Caropele. C.
Castlerosoe, Vied.
Cave,...

et:Z.1;118h, Lord E.
Cavendish, Lard F.
Cavendish, Lord U.
ChalillicrA, M.
Chambers, T.
Cheethain, J.
Childers, H. C.
Clay, J.
Clement, W. J.
Clive, G.
Cogan, W. If.
Colebrooke, Sir T.
Coleridge, J. D.
Collier, Sir R.
Coltburst. Sir G.
Colville, C. R.
Corhally. M. E.
Cowen, J.
Cowper, if. F.
Cowper, W. F.
Crautunl, E. If.
CrAwford, It. W.
Crossley, Sir F.
Dalglish It.
Davie, Sir If.
Dawson, Capt
Denman, G.
D frit, .1. D.
Dilke, Sir W.
Dillon, J. B.
Diliwyn, L. L.
Duif, M. E.
Dundas, F.
bandits, Slr D.
Dunlop, A. 31.
Edwards, C.
Eliot, Loral
Ellice. E.
Enfield, Visa.
Erskine, Vice-Adm.
&monde, J.
Evans, T. W.
Ewort, W.
Ewinc, U. E.
Zykyn, R.
Farreett, H.
Elides, J.
Fitzgerald, Lord 0.
Fitzpatrick..l. W.
Foljambe. F. J.
Fordyce, W. D.
Forster, C.
Forster, W. E.
• Fog, R.
Fortescue, C. P.
Forteseue, D. F.

TH$ .B.DIJLLAKITES.
Thu is/lowing isle** of the Moral manilas eito voted
foulard Danko/MN amendnisok :—Visoonut Andover, 1
Major Anson, li. B. Baring, Mr. W. B. Beaunsesit, CoL
R. M. Biddulph, Sir A. Blennerhassett, Lord John
Browne, Lord E. Bruce, Sir R. Bulkeley, Mr. C. R.
Covington, Sir H. Cholmoley, Lord A. Clinton, Lord E.
Clinton, Col. Crosland, Sir E. Dering, Mr. F.
Moul-
ton, Mr. R. W. Duff, Lord Elcho, Mr. Agar-
Ellis, Mr. A. Finlay, the Hon. 0. Fitswilliam,
Mr. H. W. Foley, Mr. W. 0. Foster, Mr. J. Goldsmid,
Mr. Gregory, Earl Grosvenor, Lord R. Grosvenor, the
Hon. o.lleathcote,Dir. /foreman, Mr. Lowe, Mr. McEvoy,
Mr. M`Renna, Mr. Mackie, Mr. Mainwering, Mr. Marsh,
Colonel Packe, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Pim, Mr. R. B.
Sheridan, hlr. Tomlin, and the Hon. C. R. Tracy.
Lord Dnnkellin war one of the tellers.

Mr. Antrobus and Mr. W. B. Hughes are the only
conservatives who voted with the government.
Captain Hayter and Mr. Laing are in the minority.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES.

(THIS DAY.)

THE DEFEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT.

The Times looks upon the vote last night in
favour of Lord Dunkellin's amendment as a cheek to minis-
ters rather than a defeat, and thinks there can be no ques-
tion that the government ought to accept the " rating "
test as a correction of their own scheme, and then proceed
with it as if nothing had happened so far and so long as
they intended to carry it before their own proposal was
amended. The fate of the ministry ought to be completely
dissevered from the fate of the Reform Bill. It has been,
on the whole, an advantage to the cause of reform that it
should be so, and there can be no question that it is bene-
ficial to the national interests. They rosy think it advi-
sable on other grounds to suspend the further progress of
the bill, but it is not a necessary consequence of yesterday's
vote, and the Times is satisfied that their abdication of
office would be repugnant to the wish of the House of
Commons and the country.
The Daily News reminds its readers that on the result
of a former division it said that the position of Ministers
was far from satisfactory to those who most sincerely
consulted their dignity, and that, if indeed they could be
said to be advancing towards a victory, it was " over a
masked causeway, against masked batteries, through a
converging fire from ambushed enemies and deserters in
their own ranks." When the division list is scanned it
will be found that these words expressed the situation of
the government and of parties with painful fidelity. The
government has not been beaten by the superior forces of
an honest opposition. With the exception of Sir R.
Cairns, not a leader of the opposition showed Lis face in
front of the battle. The coming cabinet ministers
sat silent, knowing well enough that the purpose
of the amendment was a design to raise the 71. franchise as
proposed by the government to a 91. franchise. Let it be
distinctly understood that this is the issue before the
country. Although it may be a serious consideration at
such a juncture as the present in the history of Europe that
the foreign policy of England should be committed to the
party who would have gone to war to establish a slave-
holding Confederacy, and to break the American Union
asunder, who would have prevented the emancipation of
Italy from Austria in '59, and who sympathise now with
Bourbon and Papal brigands, it is better far for the future
of the liberal cause at home and abroad that Mr. Gladstone
and his colleagues should be defeated in an honest and
courageous endeavour to enfranchise a large number of
their countrymen, and to pass ajust and moderate measure
of reform, than that the government should suffer its own
honour,and with it the honour of parliament, to be under-
mined by the devices of false friends, leagued with ene-

mien who dare not show their flag.

.
In the presence of so large a maionty against them it is
difficult to imagine, the Post says, that any other course is
open to the minxters but resignation. Mr. Bright reminded
the house that the practical issue was whether a large
number of working liken should or should not be permitted
to exercise the franchise. That issue, the Poat observes,
it would seem that the House of Commons has now de-
cided in the negative.
The Herald, after reviewing last night's debate in the
tense that every speech for the amendment woe full of
logio and wisdom, and every speech against it, particularlY
Mr. Gladstone's, incredibly ignorant and foolish, winds
up with congratulating the house and the country on the
signal triumph of the constitutional cause.
Asserting its ignorance of the decision of the govern-
ment, the Star adds that it can offer no suggestion to in-
duce ministers to acquiesce in the decision of the house, or
to take any other view of that decision than that wh,ch
Mr. Gladstone, by anticipation, explained. The opposition
would not fight in the open, but there could be no doubt
of their intentions, and those of their temporary allies
were still more clearly pronounced. The object was to
defeat the bill—above all to defeat the enfranchisement of
the borough population. That object seems to have been
gained, and if so, our consolation must be that never again
will so small an instalment of justice be offered to the
unenfranchised millions of this country ; and that when
next this question has to be settled it will be on very dif-
ferent terms.

down ender the heavy presume of anxiety, and allowed
himself to be carried arty by a cry of vengeance which be
et Int resisteL It will be for the Admiralty sail the
Secretary of State for War to deal with the acts of cruelty
and injustice alleged against naval or military officers, and
the Times rejoices to observe that Mr. Cardwell has
directed Sir Henry Starks to institute proceedings against
the wont offenders.
The Post and Telegraph, which have all through been
staunch in their defence of the Jamaica authorities, now
express their concurrence in the conclusions against those
officials at which the commissioner have arrived.
The Star thinks the report in some respects singularly
unsatisfactory. The case of Gordon, especially, is handled
in tho most feeble and inefficient manner, as if there ex.
isted a grudge in the minds of the commissioners because
they were compelled to come to the oonchnions they
have reported. The whole proceedings of General Nelson
are lightly touched on by the report, nay, an attempt is
even made to hold him up as worthy of commendation by
making quotations from his instructions and reports.
But when excuses are putts rward for the execution of
Wellington at 400 yards, dan attempt made to excuse
Captain Hole for flogging women, it can easily be under-
stood that the report is remarkable for the leniency with
which it views the doings of great offenders. There is an
evident desire to present the case of Mr. Eyre in its most
favourable light, and to give him the benefit which he
claims of being ignorant of what was taking place. While
Mr. Byre is dealt with tenderly, and General Nelson
omitted as if by special request, such small sinners as
Ensign Cullen, Dr. Morris, and the black soldier who
killed ten prisoners, are duly noticed. It will be for par-
liament to say whether the highly-placid and notorious
offenders are to be permitted to escape.

THE SCENE IN THE HNIGHOUSE OF COMMONS
LAST T.

The division was called for this morning (says the
TckgrapA) about 10 minutes past 1 o'clock, but long be-
fore this the utmost impatience was manifested, the more
especially by the opposition, to precipitate the event. Mr-
Villiers, who made a dashing speech, spoke through a
perfect storm of cries and unseemly interruptions, and it
was with difficulty that they were controlled when the
Chancellor of the Exchequer rose for the purpose of
correcting some misrepresentations into which Sir Hugh
Cairns had been betrayed. In doing this the right hon.
gentleman took the opportunity to show, in brief but ex-
plicit terms, the purport of the amendment, and then
the full gravity of the crisis became apparent. For the
moment there was a pause ; and although there was no
perceptible difference in the heartiness of the response of
" Ayes" and "Noes," it seemed, from movements in the
galleries and at the bar, as if members were leaving the
house either because they were unwilling to take part in
the struggle, or that they had " paired." The impression
was erroneous. They had simply hastened towards the
lobbies in order to facilitate the taking of the numbers. In
this they were successful. Notwithstanding the numbers,
the division was taken in about a quarter of an hour, and
the tellers for the " Ayes " had no sooner reached the table
than they were followed by those for " Noes." Before
this the result was anticiptecl. Early in the evening it was
whispered that it would go hard with the government.
As the evening wore on the rumour grew stronger, and
few were therefore surprised when the division paper
was handed to Lord Dunkellin, who, with Colonel Taylor,
acted as tellers for the " Noes." Of course the
result was received with cheers from the Opposition.
There was also a waving of hats in the galleries and at the
bar ; but, whatever the cause, the enthusiasm was not
of the character which is displayed by a winning party.
It was halting, and betokening a consciousness that
their gain was rather in show than in substance.
The ministerialists seemed no way disheartened or
surprised. Every eye was turned towards Mr. Gladstone,
but he never appeared more cool. In the early part of the
evening he had to encounter provoking opposition, but he
did not lose temper. In his reply to Lord Dunkell,va, he
bantered the noble lord with admirable pleasantry, and the
good humour which had distinguished him throughout the
debate did not now desert him. The few remarks which
he had to make after the division were said in an offhand,
matter-of-fact way, and neither in look orvoice did he betray
any symptom of unusual emotion. By this time, too, the
opposition had cooled down, and as they left the house it
was not with exulting cheers, but in the noisy, pushing
manner in which hon. members do after an ordinary
division.

The Deily News says :—" Within the precincts of the
house the result was by no means unexpected, and the
opposition sufficiently betrayed their exultation before-
hand by an impatience which would hardly permit even
the President of the Poor-law Board, speaking with the
special authority of his official experience, to be heard
in reply ti the ingenious fallacies and contradic-
tions of Sir Hugh Cairns. And when the victory was
announced by eager Tories rushing, like torchbearers,
with the news, before even the Tellers appeared at the
table, the savage joy of all the famished office-seekers
and place-hunters below the Tory gangway was, we are
assured, a spectacle seldom seen out of a menages ie at
feeding time. There is nothing, we suppose, in this
scene of which any adherent of the beaten cause
should complain ; it is only natural that the noble
rage of a party which has endured a seven years' regimen
of starvation should be fiercely roused on such an occasion.
And it is creditable to the leaders of the opposition, the
men who must assume the responsibility of the crisis
before the country, and who have learnt by experience
bow much easier it is to win than to keep, that they should
have preserved a decent and even a saddened and anxious
silence while the hungry rank and file of their followers
were already in anticipation dividing the spoils with
tumultuous temerity."