The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-02 00:00:00

THE _REFORM DEBATE.

(From the Morning Post.)
ANALYSIS OF THE DIVISION.
The number of members present when the Speaker put
the question that the Government Bill for the Amendment
of the Laws relating to the Representation of the People
be read a second time was greater than any recorded since
the memorable division in 1835, when Mr. Abercromby
contested the Speakership with Mr. Manners Sutton. On
that occasion the names of 626 members appeared in the
division list, being precisely the number present on Thurs-
day when the doors were closed preparatory to putting the
question for the last time.

From an analysis of the division the following results
will appear, viz. :—The total number of members present
was 626. Of these 291 were in favour of the Government
proposition, and 330 against. There remained then five,
viz., four tellers and the Speaker. The total number absent
was consequently but 28. Of the Government supporters,
or Conservatives proper, there were 257, the difference (34)
between that number and 291 being made up bygentlemen
who return themselves as " Liberals," and have hitherto
generally voted against Ministers. If, however, these gen-
tlemen had voted in *accordance with their usual practice,
the majority in favour of Lord John Russell's resolution
would have been 107 instead of 39. The accessions to the
Liberal ranks, on the other hand, appear to have been limited
to two, namely, Lord Hotham, member for the East Rid-
ing of Yorkshire, and Capt. Gray, member for Bolton. The
following are the names of the 34 Liberal members who
supported the Government :
Beaumont, W. B. Gurney, J. H.
Blake, John Harkey, Thomson
Bowyer, G. Heard, J.
Brady, John Hassard, M.
Brocklehurat, J. Heathcote, Hon. G.
Crook, Joseph Horsman, Right Hon. E.
Cobbett, J. M. Lincoln, Earl of
Colebrooke, Sir T. Locke, Joseph
Corbally, M.E. Lever, J. Orell
Denison, E. B
• MacEvoy, Edward
Elton, Sir A. Maguire, J. F.
Euston, Earl of Norreys, Sir D.
Ferguson, Sir R. Philipps, J. H.
Finlay, A. S. Ramsay, Sir A.
Fitzwilliam, G. W. Smith, M. T.
Garnett, W. J. Wortley, Right Hon. J. S.
Gregory, W. H. Wyvill, Marmaduke.
How Mr. Crook, the member for Bolton-le-Moors, the
declared advocate of " manhood suffrage," found his way
into the same lobby with the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
appears somewhat paradoxical. The hon, member was not,
however, the only gentleman whose vote would seem at first
sight to be unintelligible, as Mr. William Wentworth Fitz-
william Hume, one of the members for Wicklow, and an
undeviating supporter of her Majesty's Government, was
found voting " aye" on the ballot motion, with Mr. Roebuck
and Mr. Cox. Of the 105 members sent by. Ireland 97 were
present and took part in the division. Of these 56 supported
the Government, and 41 were in favour of the resolution of
Lord John Russell. The 56 Government supporters con-
sisted of 45 Conservatives and 11 declared Liberals. The
names of these 11 gentlemen are—
Blake, John Heard, J.
Bowyer, G. Lever, J. Orell
Brady, John MacEvoy, Edward
Corbally, M. E. Maguire, J. F.
Gregory, W. H. and
Hassard, M. Norreys, Sir D.

It cannot, however, be said the Government can take
credit for the whole of the 257 votes recorded in their fa-
vour, after deducting the 34 deserters from the Liberal
ranks, as among the minority are fo be found the names of
Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Beresford Hope, and a few others who
may be described as " Peelites.' Among the majority
against the bill will be found the names of 56 " Indepen-
dent Liberals"—hon. gentlemen who profess to follow no
particular leader. They are :
Ayrton, A. Smee Lindsay, W. S.
Bass, M. T. • Locke, John
Barley, T. Napier, Sir Charles
Bright, John Nicoll, Donald
Butler C. S
I S. Paget, Lord C,
Byng, G. , Paxton, Sir J.
Crossley, F. Pease, Henry
Coningham, W. Peel, Sir Robert
Caird, James Roebuck, John A.
Cox, William Rothschild, Baron L.
DillwYn, L. L. Rothschild, Baron N.
Foster, C. Roupell, W.
Fox, W. J. Salomons, Alderman
French, Colonel Samuelson, B.
Gibson, Right Hon. T. M. Scholefield, W.
Gilpin, Charles Shelley, Sir J.
Graham, Right Hon; Sir J. Sheridan, H. B.
Greene, John Sullivan, M.
Greer S. M. Sykes, Colonel
Greville, Colonel Thompson, General
Hadfield, G. Tite, William
Hanbury, Robert Trelawny, Sir J.
Herbert, Right Hon. S. Walter, John
Ingram, Herbert White, James
James, Edwin Wilcox, B.
Kershaw, James Williams, W.
~, King, Locke Wise, J. A.
Kinglake, A. W. Wyld, James
From these figures it is apparent that even had these 56
" independent" members abstained from voting, so as to
have left the contest between the great Liberal party, led
by Lord Palmerston on the one hand ; and the Conserva-
tives or "country party," marshalled by the Chancellor of
the Exchequer on the other—the former would have brought
into the lobby 274 votes, as against 257 for the Government,
being a majority of 17 against the bill.
The number of members absent was 28, of whom 20 were
English and 8 Irish. Their names are—
Atherton, W. Mostyn, Hon. S.
Brown, W. Mullings, J. R.
Conyngham, Lord F. O'Brien, Sir Timothy
Cooper, E. J. Power, N. M.
Duncombe, T. Ricardo, J. L.
Gifford, Earl of Russell, Sir W.
Heathcote, John Sandon, Lord
Heathcote, Sir W. Seymour, D.
Herbert, Hon. P. E. White, Colonel
Howard, Lord E. Wigram, L. T.
Kirk, W. Windham, C. A.
M'Mahon, P. Wortley, A. W. '
Meux,'Sir Henry Wyndham, W.
Mitchell, T. A. Wynne, J. A.
Of the 28 absentees 21 belonged to the Liberal, and 7to
the Conservative party.
No list of "pairs" has yet been published, but if any
were used the number must have been limited to 7.

(From the Times.)
OPPOSITION VOTING WITH THE "AYES.'
Beaumont, W. B. .Garnett, W. J.
Blake, John Gregory, W. H.
Bowyer' George Gurney, John Henry
Boyd, J. Hankey, Thomson
Brady, John ' . Heard, J. L.
Brocklehurst, J. Heathcote, Hon. G.
Churchill, Lord A. Horsman, Right Hon. E.
Cobbett, J. M. Hughes, W. B.
Colebrooke, Sir T. E. Legh, Major Cornwall
Corbally, M. E. Lincoln, Earl of
Crook, Joseph Locke, Joseph
Elton, Sir A. M'Evoy, Edward
Euston, Earl of Maguire, J. F.
Ferguson, Sir Robert Norreys, Sir Denham
Finlay, A. S. Smith, M. T.
Fitzwilliam, Hon. G. Wyvill, Marmaduke
TELLERS.

Sir W. Jelliffe Colonel Taylor
MINISTERIALISTS.
Minaterialists .. • • • . .. 259
Opposition who voted with the "Ayes" .. 32
Tellers • . .. • . • . .. 2

203

AIINISTERIALISTS VOTING WITH "THE NOES."
Gray, Captain Toniline, G.
Hotham, Lord

OPPOSITION.
Opposition Members .. • • .. .. 327
Ministerialists voting with the "Noes" 3
. •
Tellers ..

••
Si

332

MINISTERIALISTS ABSENT.
Heathcote, Sir W. (ill) " Mullings, J. R. (ill)
(i
Hern
In, Colonel, Hon. P. Wigram, Loftus, T. (ill)
dia)
Meux, Sir Henry (ill) Wortley, Arch. (abroad)
ynne, Rt. Hon. John
LIBERALS ABSENT.
Mostyn, Hon. T.
O'Brien, Sir T.
Power, N. M.
Ricardo, J. L.
Russell, S'ir W. (in India)
Seymour, H. 'Denby (in
America)
Windham, General (in India)
Wyndham, W.
RS.

Atherton, W.
Brown, W. (ill)
Conyngham, Lord F.
Gifford, Earl of (abroad)
Heathcoate, John
Howard, Lord E.
Kirk, William
McMahon, Patrick
Mitchell, T. A.

For Govsrnment.
Cooper, C. J.
Sandon, Viscount

Against.
White, Colonel
Duncombe, T.
FOR GOVERNMENT.
Ministerialists 259
Opposition _ 32
Tellers •• •• •• ••
2-293
AGAINST GOVERNMENT.
Opposition 327.
Ministerialists
Tellers

2.332

Speaker

Total present
ABSENT.

Ministorialists
Opposition ..
Pairs ..

Present in Division ,

7
.. 17

28
•. 626

654

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PRUSSIAN AND DANISH EMBASSIES
TO CHINA AND JAPAN.

It is now no longer a secret that the Prussian
Government is about to send a special embassy to
China and Japan, accompanied by an imposing
naval squadron, in order to negotiate treaties with
those countries, and obtain for Prussian subjects the
same commercial advantages as those accorded to
other European nations. For this purpose the
most active exertions are being made at the royal
dockyard at Dantzig to fit out the squadron, which
will consist of the Gefion and Thetis frigates, the
sloops of war Amazone, Arkona, and Grille, the
cadet ship Mercury, and a few smaller ones. In
order to man these vessels with full complements,
orders have just been given to engage 500 addi-
tional sailors. It is confidently asserted that
H.R.H. Prince Adalbert, the High Admiral of
Prussia, will hoist his flag in the Thetis, and take
the personal command of the expedition. The
diplomatist, to whom will be entrusted the
negotiation of the treaties, is not yet named; hut
the Privy Councillor Hesses, formerly Prussian
minister in Mexico, is talked of, and generally sup-
posed to have the greatest chance of obtaining the
appointment. If Europe remains at peace, the ex-
pedition will sail the latter end of April, supposing
that the ships can be got ready by that time, and
their departure will not take place till May. In
the meanwhile, it. has been urged in high quarters
as being highly expedient to send immediately a
preliminary mission to China and Japan, by the
usual overland route, and without waiting till the
squadron is in a condition to sail, the object of
such mission being to make preparations on the spot
for the reception of the expedition, and, above all
things, to obtain an insight into the articles of im-
port and export most in demand, with a view to
open fresh markets for Prussian manufactures, as
there exists a most lamentable ignorance on the
subject amongst even our own commercial notabili-
ties. Formerly, Prussia used to send cloth,' and
camlet, and other woollen manufactures to the
amount of 5,000,000 dols. annually to China, by
the tedious and expensive overland route, through
Russia and Siberia, to Kiachta ; but as the Russian
cloth, and other manufactures, have of late years
undergone such wonderful improvements, they can
successfully compete with this country, besides
which, they have.the advantage of being situated
so much nearer to China, and thus save the
heavy land-freight, At the head of this experi-
mental mission it is proposed to place a gentleman
well acquainted, both theoretically and practically,
with the details of business, and a knowledge not
only of those articles of manufacture and industry
in which Prussia can successfully compete with the
whole world, but of such Chinese and Japanese pro-
duce as would find a ready and remunerative
sale in Prussia and the German Zollverein.
Amongst the former are many different
descriptions of manufactures of cotton and
wool, and a mixture of both • clocks and watches,
drugs and medicines, and glass-ware, which
latter has undergone a most wonderful improve-
ment within the last few years, and is now
considered equal to the produce of Bohemia, both
for quality and cheapness.
The Danish Government, intend to fit out a
squadron for Japan, to negotiate a treaty of com-
merce with the emperor of that country. Fresh
orders have therefore been issued to the naval
authorities to hurry on the preparations already
making, so that the expedition may be in a comb,
tion to sail in the month of April.. It is stated that
there will not be a special civil ambassador ap-
pointed to the mission, but that the naval comman-
der of the squadron—prbbably an admiral, at all
events a commodore--will be empowered to nego-
tiate and conclude the hoped for treaty, in the same
manner that Commodore Perry represented the
United States, both as naval commander-in-chief of
their squadron and minister plenipotentiary for the
time being to the court of Japan. Several officers
of ability and distinction are mentioned as likely
to have the command, but as yet the appointment
has not been given to any one.— China Telegraph.