The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JOLY 11, 1864

The Division from Three Points of View,

THE WHIG ANALYSIS.—The Ministerial majority of
315 was made up of about six Conservatives, three more
whose party poli.ics is not easy to define, and 306 Liberals.
Eight were paired, and nine usual supporters were absent.
The Opposition minority consisted of 279 Conservatives
and 18 representatives of Irish Roman Catholic interests.
eight were paired, and 17 absent. There were thus 613
members actually in the House, ar.d including those paired,
629 persons altogether expressed an opinion upon the ques-
tion, 26 were absent, and one seat vacant (West Gloceater-
shire). The fair Liberal majority in the House would
seem to be about 34 : and although Irish defalcations may
reduce, they cannot nearly neutralize it.

TILE TORN A MALYS'S I—The majority of 18 is perhaps
somewhat larger than may have been expected in some
quarters, but on a careful analysis of the division it is easily
explained. The pressure exercised by the Government
was extraordinary, their threats and promises being equally
lavish and the prospective dissolution held like the sword of
Damocles over the doubters on both sides. Great credit
also must be conceded to their whip, who succeeded in
bringing into the lobby two gentlemen who had
not been seen in their places for several years,
and whose condition was most distressing. The
pairs were unusually few, only eight members on
each side being thus accounted for. The casualties, how-
ever, on the side of the Opposition far outnumbered those
of the Government, Gloucestershire is vacant, and no
fewer than nine Conservatives were absent on account of
illness, whereas, we understand, the loss to the Govern-
ment from this cause was limited to one (Mr Divett).
Five so-called Conservatives, we regret to say, were counted
with the majority, and we hope that Mr Chapman, Mr
Dutton, Mr Cornwell Legh, and Mr Pugh will be able to
explain their votes to the satisfaction of t heir con-
stituents. We shall also be curious to learn how
Mr Wynne Finch, Mr Gaskell, Sir Baldwin Leighton,
Mr Lever, and Mr Newdegate, will account for their
absence from a division of such national importance.
Much has been said about the Irish vote, but we find that
only 16 who do not profess Conservative principles voted
with the Opposition, while 23 continued faithful to the
loaves and fishes of Government; and it was stated by Mr
Cogan and The O'Donoghue that the action of those 16 was
dictated by no love for the Conservatives, but by utter disc
approval and disgust of the policy of the Government. The
idle fable therefore of the compact entirely falls to the
ground. On the whole we regard the late debate—in which
no unofficial member attempted a defence of Ministers—and
the subsequent division 'a
decided triumph to those who
originated the motion, and we are convinced that the think-
ing public will agree with our opinion,
TiLn Reurc.u. AwAlorsts.—ls will be seen that the Op.
position rec2ived the support of 21 Irish Roman Catholic or
" Liberal" members, viz. ;—Sir J. Acton, Mr Blake, Sir
G. Bower, Dr Brady, Mr Cogan, Mr Corbally, Mr Getty,
Mr G. Greene, Colonel Greville, Mr M. Hassard, Mr
M'Cann, Mr M'Evoy, Mr M'Mahon, The O'Conor Don,
The O'Donoghue, Mr More O'Ferrall, Mr O'Reilly, Mr
Redmond, Mr V. Scully, Mr M. Sullivan, Mr Waldron.
The following Conservatives voted with the Government :
—Mr J. Chapman, Lord Alfred Hervey, Major Cornwall
Legh, Mr T. Mainwaring, Mr. J. H. Scourfield, Mr Geo.
Tomline, and Mr John Walter. No English Liberal voted
against the Government.

It will be seen that the Government were very strongly
supported by the Episcopal Bench, 10 bishops having voted
with them in person and 7 having sent proxies. The only
prelates who voted with the Opposition were the Bishops
of Oxford and Bangor, the latter of whom sent a proxy.
The Archbishops of York and Armagh voted with the
Government. The Archbishop of Canterbury paired in
favour of the Government, with the Bishop of Chichester
against. Earl Grey and Lord Denman voted against the
Government.

The following members were absent—Mr Ayrton, Mr
W. Barrow, Mr Peter Blackburn, Mr Gorge Clive, Mr
E. Divett, Mr E. Ellice, Mr C. W. Finch, Lord F. J.
Fitzgerald, Mr J. Plover, Sir George Forster, Mr J. M.
Gaskell, the Right Hon. J. VT. Henley, Mr J. J. John-
stone, Mr J. Lanigan, Sir B. Leighton, Mr Lever, General
Litdsay, Mr Lyons, Mr. Maguire, Mr H. Moor, Mr New-
degate, Viscount Newport, Mr O'Hara, Mr. R. B. Osborne,
Colonel Powell, and Mr R. Spooner,