The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-24 00:00:00

ME LATE DIVISION.-THE LIBERALS.

Some parties have represented the late defeat
of the Government as a sort of repetition of the
fortuitous coalition of sections in March last on
the China Tote, but there is an essential difference
in many respects. Even in the first division
which took place a fortnight ago, on the introduc-
tion of the Alien Bill, we recorded the names of
a band of most influential members of the. Liberal
party who supported Lord Palmerston on the
Ching question, but were forced to oppose him on
the new measure. Mr. Monckton Milnes, Mr.
Berkeley, Mr. J. C. Ewart, Mr. Bass, Mr. Kin-
naird, Mr. Scholefield, Sir John Shelley, Sir
Charles Napier, and about twenty others, were in
this position, and certainly no factious opposition
could be imputed to them. They had supported
Lord Palmerston as the most capable minister so
long as he followed a safe course, but they would
not countenance him in debasicg England before
the adventurer of the Tuileries. Even at so early
a period in the Alien Bill proceeding was there
such a decided difference manifested between the
China coalition and the resistance which has for
the present dissolved Lord Palmerston's ministry.
And, in the division which threw out the bill,
there was a still greater reinforcement of indepen-
dent Liberals who formerly supported Lord Pal-
merston against the China coalition. We find in
the hostile majority of the 19th, the names of the
following Liberals, generally representing important
constituencies, who supported the Premier by their
votes in March :—Sir J. Duke, Mr. Cowan, Mr.
H. Ingram, Captain Kiegsoote, Mr. E. C. Egerton,
Mr. Langton, M.P. for Bristol, Mr. Wrighton, and
others.
In addition to these, there were a number of
Liberals who abstained from supporting Govern-
ment on the late division, although, having voted
for the introduction of the bill, they were probably
deterred by that ci cumstance from more active
opposition. Sir William Codrington, Sir George
Dashwood, the Hon. J. Elliot, Mr. Marjoribanks,
Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. Willcox, and nearly a dozen
more, are iu this position.
We can perhaps trace, in this part of the divi
sion, the influence of Lord Palmerston's precipitate
legislation for India, as we can have little doubt
that several Directors of the Company, or persons
of Anglo-Indian experience, took a more decided
course against the Ministry on that account.. On
the whole, great forbearance seems to have been
exercised by the Liberal party in general towards
the Government, as the following lists will show :
LIBERALS WHO VOTED FOR THE ALIEN BILL ON FEB.
9, AND AGAINST IT ON THE 19TII.
Akroyd, E. • lludderefield.
Bury, -V iscount Norwich.
Egerton, E. C.
Elphinstone, Sir J.
Griffith, C. D.
Hopwood, John
Hume, W Wicklow County,
Knatchbull-Hugessen Sandwich.
Langton, W. G.
Pilkington, J.
Thompson, General Bradford.
Wise, J. A.
Wrightson, W. B.
LIBERALS WHO VOTED FOR THE ALIEN BILL ON FRB.
9, AND WERE ABSENT ON THE 19TH.
Buxton, C Newport.
Buxton, Sir E East Norfolk.
Calcutt, F. M.
Codrington, Sir W. Greenwich.
Dashwood, Sir G. H. Wycombe.
Elliot, Hon. J. E Roxburghshire.
Fergus, J Fifeshire.
Fitzgerald, Right Hon. J. D Ennis.
Fitzwilliam, Hon. C. W.
Fitzwilliam Hon. George Peterborough.
Greenwood,' J Ripon.
Mackinnon, W. A. Lymington.
Mackinnon, W. A. Rye.
Majoribanks, D. C Berwick.
Marsh, M. H Salisbury.
Puller, C. W Hertfordshire.
Rebow, J. G
Russell, F. H.
Tite, W Bath.
Willcox, B. M
Wingfield, R.
LIBERALS WHO WERE ABSENT ON FEB. 9, AND VOTED
AGAINST THE ALIEN BILL FEB. 19.
Buchanan, W. Glasgow.
Cheatham, J South Lancashire.
Cowan, C. Dlinburgh.
Duke, Sir J. London.
Ewing, Crum
Ingrain, H.
Kingsoote, R.
Paull, H.
Towline, G.
Williams, M
These, in addition to the 75 Liberals who voted
against the introduction of the bill, form a toler-
ably powerful band on whom we can rely for re-
sistance to Imperial tendencies ; and the con-
stituencies which they generally represent greatly
outweigh in importance and independence those
which are represented by that section of the Liberal
party which has been so egregiously misled on this
occasion. All the members for London who are
allowed to sit in.the house voted against the bill,
and all the members for the sulyerban constituen-
cies, except three, did the same. The important
constituency of Greenwich has ceased to be divided
on the subject. Bristol, Glasgow, Dublin, and
other large towns have given both their members
to the opposition, in addition to those representa-
tives of large towns who opposed it from the begin-
ning ; and many of the more Liberal counties have
added their members to the majority.---Moiling
Advertiser.

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