The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-30 00:00:00

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LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1952.

Nothing—beyond the decision of the electors of
Orkney—remains now to be learnt in reference to
the character of the new Parliament. The returns have
been carefully collected, with the solitary exceptio
specified, from all parts of the United Kingdom, and
something like a rational estimate may therefore be
at length formed as to the relative strength of parties
on the re-assembling of the Legislature. Several of
our contemporaries have calculated the result of Lord
DEBBY'S appeal to the country, but all of them evince
the bias of their political predilections in the extra-
vagant obliquity of their deductions. According to
the Morning Post 275 Liberals subtracted from
289 Derbyitee, leave just fourteen as the
for the Ililinisterialists According to
majority
the M•rning
Berald glee iberals subtracted from
forty-two as the
311 Derbyitet, lei se no than
majority for the I) linisterialists Upon the opposite
hand, the estimates made by the organs of the Liberal
party afford a pra,spect proportionately encouraging
to the Oppomao
•4•• n According to the Daily News,
there are 285 D a'rbyites to be arrayed against 293
g a majority of eight to the anti.
Liberals, leavin
Ministerialists I .o,ccorduThg to the _Morning Chronicle,
and fully 367 Libe-
'
there are merely 286 Derbyltes
rals—a calculation yielding actually eighty-one aon s the
majority of the Opposition ! proceeding up
somewhat more ecure, and therefore a somewhat
divided
more credible a; stem,r the Times
lying
252 to
the new Members ,into three divisions, giving
the Derbyites, 271-1 to the Liberall, and 63 to the
"doubtfuls," or a a it designates them
were re-
Liberal Conservat dyes. Since these returns
generally, the
ceived others have, arrived in rapid succession, so that
we are enabled to. form some more comprehensive
idea as to the relattive force of the numbers ranged
en the side of the 4 3 overnment—on the cross benches
—and on the ben( a'aes of the Opposition.
Our calculation s. we believe will be found, on
scrutiny, to appr a ximate more closely to the truth
than any that coul d have been previously advanced—a
more awe-wave core leption of the matter being in fact
snore attainable j g at now than was practicable under
previous circumstances. In another part of this
evening's iropressi% m of our journal will be fcund an
accurate list of till newly elected representatives. It
will he observed t hat the Members have been there
simply classified in two columns as Liberals and
Ministerialists. A .ccording to this rough calculation
there will be Lose ed exactly 653 returned, these G 53
being thus diNideil—
Liberals •••
3•linisteriat;sts

369
.. 284

- rgainst the Government 85
It would be lin! ,c3Able, however, to rest altogether
sltisfiA wi!!) au siiraate dealing thus looselv with
ices. SepuratiDg this section of
the cloub!ful Bit IT tbers—abet referred to as the
Liberal Cons the
new Uouse of C: mons from the mass of thorough-
golag LTherais d thoroughgoing Derbyites, Nve
have r",d by a c,nd v..:111 arid scrupAusiy
ourillvci, that the
coos.cleuti.us estil .4te made by
653 aew limbers; win stali.-21th t 3 CiIYFIO,I
Dint yites
Ll‘3eral Cr..xsiervatives . •
Likrals

268
76
209

Alta ether ... ••• 653
We have diecovel-ed, moreover, that out of these
.73 ii doubtful" Mei nbers, GO have sw&lleci the '.otal of
the Liberals from ZO9 to CG9—while 16 have
the Derbyite,, mama, 284, inst:.ad
apportioned to been
of 268 supporters af the DzMIT Government. We