The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-30 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS. v LA TES► INTELLIGENCE.
(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

(rßou OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Sunday Evening,

The Siecle remarks upon an article in the Con-
stitutionnel to the effect " that as peace is certain
between the two German Powers, Italy will remain
tranquil. Thus Austria, having no motive for at-
tack, ought to hasten to put an end to her arma-
ments in Venetia. Is it true (asks the Siecle)
that on the other side of the Alps armaments have
been made which justify the concentration of Aus-
trian troops in Venetia ? According to our infor-
mation, it does not appear that Italy has made any
change in her military organisation. Not under-
standing, therefore, the necessity of placing on a
war footing the formidable armyof Austria in Venetia,
Prussia seems less disposed to modify her attitude.
While some journals endeavour to reassure Europe,
the Austrian and German papers are anything but
tranquillising."
We have had to-day in Paris a temperature of
upwards of 80 deg. of Fahrenheit. Never before,
at this time of the year, was there such beautiful
vegetation and such a profusion of flowers. To the
south of Paris on every field you may walk upon
myriads of violets, buttercups, daisies, cowslips, and
other flowers too numerous to mention. Cherries
grown in the open air have appeared at some of the
markets in the provinces. At Passy, close to Paris,
there is a magnificent and probably unparalleled
collection of tulips in full bloom. This collection
includes 760 varieties and 2,500 plants. A cele-
brated tulip fancier of Versailles, M. Boutoux,
who died last year, has employed a large portion of
his life in collecting these tulips. Some 40 years
ago there were amateurs in England who would give
£lOO for a rare tulip. Such a price has been paid
by a florist named Davey, who then had a
magnificent tulip bed in the King's-road, Chelsea,
now the site of Belgravia, but then fields or gardens.
The tulips at Passy may have no great intrinsic
value singly, but the collection as a whole cannot
be surpassed in the world for beauty. They were
left by will to the City of Paris by M. Bontoux.
The Academy of Moral and Political Science yes-
terday awarded the prize for the competition of the
Senatus Consulte Velleien. The prize was given to
M. Paule Gide, which bore the inscription from
Aristotle, " Man and woman have different attri-
butes. The business of the man is to acquire. That
of the woman to preserve." Honourable mention
was made of the memoir inscribed, " Est modus in
rebus, sunt certi denique fines."
At the sitting of the Academy of Fine Arts, yes-
terday, candidates were invited to offer themselves
for the seat vacant by the death of M. Clajusson,
the musical composer.
Letters from Italy state that General Prim has
arrived at Florence, and has asked permission for
himself and his companions to fight in the Italian
army if there should be war. The request, it is
said, was favourably received by General Cialdini,
who transmitted it to the Minister of War imme-
diately. Prince Napoleon has left Naples for San
Germano, a small ancient town situated at the base
of the mountain upon which the Benedictine con-
vent of Monk Cassia has been built. The Prince
wishes to inspect the valuable library of the convent.
The artistic visits of the Prince are nearly finished.
He has successively been to the royal residences of
Caserto, Capodimonte, Portici, and La Favorite,
Pompeii, Herculaneum, the amphitheatres of Santa-
Maria and Capita, and the islands of Procida,
Ischia and Capri. Brigandage is very much on the
increase in the provinces of Italy. Gen. Pallevichini,
in concert with Gen. Villarez, who commands at
Gaeta, has adopted precautions to prevent the bri-
gands from taking refuge in the Papal territory.
There have been reports that the Government
does not mean to press forward the bill for the abo-
lition of imprisonment for debt this session. The
Petrie, however, confirms my original statement
that every possible endeavour will be made to pass
it into a law. I n-k, however, add that some un-
expected opposition to the bill has been manifested,
and it is probable that an amendment will be pro-
posed, placing some restrictions upon the total abo-
lition of imprisonment. _ _

mentions but probably as a joke, that
the Marquis de lioissy, the terrible wain iu
the Chamber, as the Emperor called him, has been
engaged as editor of the Eeenement, and that Count
do Niewesterbe, the Minister of the Fine Arts, is to
manage the artistic department.
The other evening a dealer in cheques offered to
a passer-by his cheque to a gallery stall at the Opera
for 4 francs, with the inducement that two acts
remained to be played. A rag-gatherer on the spot,
thinking that the offer was made to him, said, " I
would buy it in a minute, only, you see, I am not
dressed ; perhaps they would not let me into the
stall in this deshabille."

The unceasing success of Gladiateur seems to
have turned the heads of French sportsmen. They
begin to talk of English horses as if their reputa-
tion were entirely gone. The Charivari maliciously
suggests that when he has to carry extra weight, the
only thing to make the race at all fair will be to make
him run with the elephant of the Garden of Plants
upon his back.

The winter was so mild that ice is now very
scarce in Paris, and speculators are importing it in
large quantities, via Havre, and from Switzerland,
and other places. Immense blocks arrive from
northern countries, and one rich dealer is said to sell
from 90,000 to 100,0001bs. weight of ice daily. If
I might venture a pun upon this statement, I should
say that he is doing a nice (an ice) trade, for the
profit is very large.
The Brussels races were to commence to-day, and
will be continued on Thursday and Sunday next.
The sporting papers say that the first-rate horses
which will runwill make these races the most splen-
did ever witnessed in Belgium.

The works now in course of execution in the Rue
Dauphine have brought to light an inscription to
the effect that the Porte Dauphine had been demo-
lished by order of the authorities two or three cen-
turies ago. The Porte Dauphine was one of the
gates erected in the centre of Paris in the 13th cen-
tury, in the reign of Philippe-Augustus, on the Rue
St. Andre des Arts, in the Faubourg St. Germain.
On the night of the 29th of May, 1418, Perinet
Leclerc, son of the keeper of the gate of de Buci, at
the other extremity of the street, where the Porte
Dauphine stood, took from under his father's
pillow the key of the gate and gave it to the troops
of the Duke de Bourgoyne, who set Paris in flames
and caused much bloodshed.

French writers do justice to the generosity of the
English, but they are very fond of accusing them
of curious freaks and eccentricity. The latest ex-
ample given is this :—Two rich Englishmen made
a bet at the last races, and the loser was to invite
to his house to dinner 80 poor men to be selected
from the hospitals of Paris. Lord R----, the loser,
who is the very personification of English haughti-
ness, not wishing to have any one at his table who
was not well dressed, conducted his ragged brigade
from the hospital to a fashionable tailor's, where
clothes of the most fashionable and expensive style
were ordered. The newly-made dandies all ap-
peared in this guise at the dinner just given by the
English Lord at his hotel in the Faubourg St.
lionord.

ARRIVAL OF Mn. AND MRS. CIIARLES KEAN.—
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean and party arrived by the Cuba
at Liverpool on Sunday night, after an absence of three
years, all well.
Fox Cu:B.—The third meeting of the Fox Club
will take place at Brookes's, on Saturday next, the sth of
May.
A SUBURBAN CONCERT.—A few evenings since a
concert was given by Mr. George B. Allen, at
Westbourne Hall, Bayswater, and it could hardly have
gone off more satisfactorily. The performers were the
members of Mr. Allen's Bayswater choir, an institution
which has been only six months in existence. Prepared
though we were, in consequence of knowing this, to make
large allowances for the performers, we soon found that
our anticipatory indulgence was unneeded. The choir
sang Haydn's Mass in B fiat, and to say that the perform-
ance was simply creditable would be far from doing justice
to the singers or their teachers. The Mass formed the
first part of the entertainment ' • the second consisted for
the most part of vocal music, solos, duets, &c. The
singers were, with two exceptions we believe, amateurs ;
and their performance altogether reflects the highest hon-
our on Mr. Allen's capabilities as a teacher, to say nothing
91 th 9 porl9ruicr'N 9n arti§tic citiginoti9lag.

PRUSSIA. AND SAXONY.

BERLIN, APRIL 30.

Baron von Beust, the Saxon Minister for Foreign
Affairs, has given a verbal and evasive answer to
the summons of Prussia to disarm.

The Austrian Note, in reference to the Duchies,
which has just been presented to the Prussian
Government,is based on the programme agreed upon
by Baron von Beust, Baron von Dalivigk, Minister
President of Hesse Darmstadt, and the Ministers of
other minor States.

ITALY.
FLORENCE, APRIL 30.

The Ministry have decided upon presenting to
the Chambers a bill for certain financial measures
which are required by the present state of things.

PORTUGAL.
LISBON, APRIL 28.

The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship
Oneida has arrived here from Brazil, and will
leave for Southampton at one p.m. to-day with
123 passengers, specie £51,818, 507 bales cotton,
2,089 bags coffee, 416 rolls tobacco, and 200 pkgs.
sundries. The Rhone, with the outward mail of
the 9th instant, left St. Vincent (Cape de Verds)
for Brazil on the 20th instant.

THE BRAZILS.
(By Telegraph from Lisbon.)

BUENOS AYRES, MARCH 27.

Exchange on London, 54 to 52. Dollars, 2,705.
Wet salted hides, 30,3- for 601bs. ; dry hides, 34i
for 221bs.

FRANCE.

BOURSE, April 28, Three o'clock.—The market
has closed on the following quotations :

4i. per Cents 96 50 Bank Shares 3610
Do. end month — Italian Loan 4B 80
3 per Cents. 66 70 Do end month 4B 30
Do. end month 66 40 Mexican Loan 4l
Credit Mobilier ... 570 Do. Bonds 285 50

Do. end month 570 Spanish Threes ...
Unis
Do. end month — Deferred
RAILIVAY2.
Cash.

Acut.
820
... 1097 50
... 856 25
545
- 535
530

Orleans
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern

Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelonit
Roman

- - ~. 350 -
_ _ ... 370 -
- - ... 140 -
_ - ... 192 50

--- - ... 70 --

(REUTER'S EXPRESS.)
ITALY AND VENETIA.
PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.
MILAN, April 27.
The following despatch from Florence, of to-
day's date, is published by the Persereranza
To-day a military council took place, at which
Generals Cialdini and Petitte were present. It was
resolved that orders should be given for the equip-
ment of over 100,000 men, and that all classes of
the army should be called under arms. In the
event of hostilities breaking out the King would
assume the chief command, and would invest the
Prince of Savoy Carignan with the Regency of the
Kingdom ; General La Marmora would be ap-
pointed Chief of the Staff ; General Cialdini would
command the Ist, and Gener'tl Durand° the 2d,
Ariny Corps ; Prince Humbert would have the
command of the Ist division of the Ist Army Corps,
and Prince Ainedeus that of the 2d brigade."

The emigration of young men from the Venetian
provinces has been steadily increasing for some time
pubv. 'rho rnrf nf those who cross the fron-
tier enrol themselves in the Italian army.

At Trenta orders have been issued prohibiting the
sale or exportation of mules. _ _ _

Pontoon stations have been established on the
Austrian side of the Po. A regiment from the gar-
rison of Mantua has been transferred to Boaro,
where a camp of observation is being formed.

PARMA, April 26.

The Patriota of Parma states that the probability
of war is hailed with the greatest joy in that city.
The army and the young men look forward to the
last battles of the Italian war of independence. To-
day some young men went through the principal
streets of the city shouting " Viva Italia !" " Viva
la guera !" " Viva Garibaldi !" The groups were
dispersed quietly, and there was no disturbance of
public order.

FLORENCE, April 27.

The railway officials at the stations beyond De-
senzano (to the east of Brescia) have received orders
to suspend the ordinary and express traffic.

It is stated that the Austrian Government has
despatched orders to the railway authorities at
Verona to suspend the goods traffic coming from
Italy, and after the Ist May the passenger traffic
also.

Despatches received here from Venice announce
that, on the 25th inst., Lieut.-General Toggenburg
made a speech before his officers, in which he stated
that the moment was approaching in which they
would have to prove their devotion to the House of
Austria. The military levies recently ordered by the
Austrian Government in Venetia include all the men
available, that is to say, the reserves, the men upon
leave of absence and on short furlough. The levies
apply to the ten classes from 1855 to 1865, in ad-
dition to the conscripts of the class of 1866.
The Austrian Administration has prohibited the
passage of the Venetian Railway Company's trains
upon the Italian railway system. An unloading
and reloading must take place for each train on
reaching the Venetian frontier. With the excep-
tion of the conscripts raised by the last levy all the
men called out are immediately sent to the North.
The German, Bohemian, Hungarian, and Sclave
regiments now in Venetia are being raised with all
despatch to their full complement by the recall of
the men on furlough.
Relative to the attitude of the Italian Republican
party, in view of the probability of war, the
Corriere Italiano states that Mazzini has recom-
mended the Italian Republican Press to support,
and not to oppose, war against Austria—urging
that when the vital interests of the vital interests
of the country are at stake all party divisions should
cease, and all unite in one common effort to achieve
the national unity.

THE ITALIAN FLEET.
SPEZZIA, April 24.
The following vessels of the Italian Royal Navy
are now at anchor in the Gulf of Spezzia

The Admiral's flagship Carlo Alberto, 50 guns ;
RC Galantuomo, 80 ; Maria Pia, ironclad, 50 ;
frigate Euridice, 24 ; brigantine Z effero, 14 ; and
gunboat Montebello, 3 ; besides 22 corvettes. All
these vessels have received orders to hold themselves
in readiness to put to sea at any moment.

A NEW MANIA.—In the place of a postage-stamp
mania it appears that a taste for collecting seals is becom-
ing very common on the Continent. Very recently, at a
sale in Paris, a collection of impressions from 9,000 seals of
various royal and celebrated personages sold for .C.lOO. The
impression of one of Victor llugo's bore the motto " Faire
et reaire ;" one of Alexandre Dumas', " Tout passe—tout
lasse—tout casse ;" and one of Latnartine's, " Spira spera.',
THE CAPTIVES IN ABYSSINIA.— Intelligence has
been received at the Foreign-office, through her
Majesty's Agent and Consul-General in Egypt, from
Colonel Mereweather, dated Aden, April 20, to the effect
that he had received a letter from Captain Cameron, dated
Magdala, February 26, statii,g that he and his fellow pri-
soners had been released from their chains on the previors
day, and were about to proceed to Gaffat, to be given up to
Mr. Rassam. The letter further reported everything as
being friendly, and stated that Messrs.' Stern and Iluentluti
13,9 t tt2 l §ubjectecl t 9 apy lartlivr trial,

HER. MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Sunday.
The Queen walked and drove in the grounds yes-
terday morning, accompanied by Princess Louise
and Lady Frances Baillie, and went out in the
afternoon with Princess Helena, attended by Lady
Churchill.

His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by
Major Elphinstone, visited the Viceroy of Egypt's
yacht, Mahraussie, in Southampton Water, yester-
day morning.

The Right ITon. Sir George Grey arrived from
London yesterday, and had the honour of dining
with the Queen and the Royal family.

The lion. Emily Cathcart has succeeded the Hon.
Caroline Cavendish as Maid of Honour.

The Division on the Reform Bill.

(From the Times.)

The late hour at which the division was taken on
the Franchise Bill on Saturday morning precluded
the possibility of any account of the close of this
remarkable party contest appearing in our Satur-
day's impression. Indeed, nothing but the most
zealous and most sustained efforts enable us to lay
before the public full reports of the debate and the
actual result of the Division, and to effect this the
reports had to be transmitted from the Mouse of
Commons to this office at intervals of every five
minutes. The last, in fact, -were only given to the
printer at 10 minutes past 4 ou Saturday, and at 5
o'clock the Times was being loaded into the vans
which convey it to the early morning mails for dis-
tribution throughout the country. Such a feat,
we believe, is without a parallel in the history
of modern journalism. Only those who are ac-
quainted with the elaborate internal organisation
required for the production of a daily morning
paper can appreciate the rapidity with which all
its intricate combinations of intellectual and me-
chanical labour must have been employed before
a result so extraordinary could have been accom-
plished. The division itself is now a matter of his-
tory—but of history so important and interesting
that a few words about it andits incidents will even
now not be uninteresting.

The attendance of spectators in Palace-yard and
Westminster-hall to see the members pass into the
House of Commons was smaller than might have
been expected—certainly much smaller than assem-
bled on the first night of the debate. The leading
members of both sides were of course easily recog-
nised, and both were pretty equally applauded. Mr.
Gladstone was very warmly received, though he
hardly appeared to notice it, sitting back in au open
carriage, and looking careworn and pale. Mr. Dis-
raeli, who came a few minutes before, was quite as
warmly cheered as Mr. Gladstone, the only differ-
ence being that whereas Mr. Gladstone was only
cheered, several hisses mingled with the applause
given to the Conservative chief. Beyond this there
was no manifestation of hostile feeling to any one,
and very little signs of feeling at all. On the night
of the opening of the debate the spectators had all
left Palace-yard by 7 o'clock. It was not so, how-
ever, on Friday evening, but, on the contrary the
numbers continued to increase as the night wore on,
and as the time for the expected division drew nigh
there was probably a greater number of people in
and about the lobbies, Westminster-hall, and Pa-
lace-yard than were ever before seen there at so late
an hour. It is scarcely necessary to say that in the
house itself all the seats allotted to strangers, and
those set aside for peers, peers' sons, and visitors of
distinction were densely crowded—in fact, only two
in the gallery facing the Speaker were unoccupied,
and these were reserved for the Prince of Wales
and the Duke of Cambridge. The body of the house,
however, was by no means full, and contrasted
strongly with the crowded attendance of the previous
day, when Mr. Lowe opened the debate. Neither
did the numbers show the slightest tendency to in-
crease as Lord Cranbo*ne proceeded, and when he was
followed by a numberof smaller speakers the atten-
dance was at one time so small that apparently any
mischievously inclined member might have moved
that the house be counted, though, of course, there
were so many members in attendance that the mo-
tion would have effected nothing beyond showing
how for a time the interest in the debate had flagged
within the walls of Parliament itself. The lull of
excitement, however, was but short, and arose more
from the necessity which members felt of fortifying
themselves in the supper-room against the fatigue of
what they were sure would be an unusually long and
exciting sitting. By 9 o'clock the tide of members
set steadily back again, and before 10, when Mr.
Disraeli was expected to rise, every place was
crow ded. Never did the house present a more
thronged appearance or more earnest and interested
aspect. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cam-
bridge had both taken their places in the Speaker's
gallery, both the side galleries were crammed with
members, and all below the bar was absolutely
blocked by a crowd so great that they frequently
transgressed the traditional limits within which they
are not supposed to be present, and were only kept
back by occasional cries of " Bar, bar." Mr. Disraeli
did not bring his speech to a close till one o'clock ;
the tumult of applause with which he was greeted
lasted some minutes, and during this time his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales left the house. Mr.
Gladstone spoke for almost precisely two hours,
with great fluency, but at the same time with won-
derful calmness. Nothing could exceed the atten-
tion and deference with which the Chancellor was
listened to, and even the cheering of the Govern-
ment members who sat behind him was less fre-
quent than usual, though when it did break forth it
was loud and vehement. Mr. Gladstone spoke till
ten minutes past three, and on resuming his
seat, amid the most prolonged cheers, was as pale,
and seemed almost as much exhausted, as though on
the point of fainting. When at last the applause
ceased, the excitement became intense, though
silence was most rigidly preserved whilst the Speaker
rose, and rather hastily read over the words of
Lord Grosvencr's amendment, to which there was
the usual alternately tumultuous reply of " Ayes'
and "Noes." The two-minute sand-glass was then
turned, and the division bells rang all over the
House till the last and most distant of the straggling
members were brought within the bar. At the same
time the Speaker's gallery, and all the parts which
are technically supposed to be in the House, were
cleared of strangers, the Duke of Cambridge being,
among others, ejected, in accordance with old cus-
tom, which allows none but members to be actually
within the precincts or body of the House itself
while a division is being taken. The question was
then again put, and with the same uproarious result
of negatives and affirmatives, and when the last of
these shouts, had died away the Speaker said, " Ayes
to the right and Noes to the left," and the House
began to divide. The great crowd of members filed
out very slowly into their respective lobbies, one by
one, and the whole process of taking the division
occupied nearly 20 minutes. The four Tellers—
Lord Grosvenor and Lord Stanley for the Opposi-
tion, and Mr. Brand and Mr. W. P. Adam for the
Government—were the last to leave the House, and
almost immediately after their departure both parties
began to return, much more rapidly than they had
quitted. Before half had taken their seats it was
known through the efforts of an enthusiastic Con-
servative, who had been at the pains to count the
members, that no less a number than 315 would
vote for the amendment, and against the bill. The
greatest anxiety was everywhere evinced to find out
what the number of Government supporters would
be, but nothing transpired on this subject till
the returns were actually read in the house.
As soon as the members had taken their places the
Tellers gave their returns to the clerk of the house,
who, after having read them, called the Tellers for-
ward, who came up to the chair with the three usual
deep reverences. According to the usual custom
the returns were hancled to the whipper-in of the
party who has the majority, and when the papers
were placed in the hands of Mr. Brand the
cheering of the Government members was tre-
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fell upon them when the numbers were read and
the majority was seen to be so small as to make
the decision a virtual defeat of the Government
measure. On the other hand, the excitement and
enthusiasm of the Opposition seemed to know no
bounds, and such a scene ensued of waving hats
and handkerchiefs and loud cheering as has pro-
bably seldom been witnessed on any Division in
the House of Commons. Conspicuous also on the
Government side were the cheers of the Liberal
members who had opposed the Bill,
and who vied
in their manifestations of delight with the members
of the Opposition. The brief sentence with which
Mr. Gladstone, when silence was at last restore],
announced his intention of fixing the course
of pub-
lic business this evening was hailed with almost
similar cheers, and was evidently taken by the Op-
position as implying that some modification or re-
consideration of the Franchise Bill might then be
suomitted to the House. In a minute afterwards
all hurried to get away, and the members streamed
out into Palace-yard, where, notwithstanding the
lateness of the hour, a large crowd was collected.
These people cheered with the most perfect imPar"
tiality the leaders of both parties. Not a symptoni
of angry feeling seemed to be manifested towards
any one. The analysis of the Division List gives
the following results :

VOTED FOR GOVERNMENT.
Liberals 318
‘,OO
Conservatives ... 2 °`
(Conservatives.)
Robert J. Harvey I Sir G. Bowyer.

VOTED AGAINST GOVERNMENT.
Conservatives ... ... 282 5
Liberals 1..1 •• • ••• •• • 33.....".31

(Liberal.)
Agar-Ellis, Hon. L. Grosvenor, Earl
Andover, Viscount Grosvenor, Lord R.
Anson, Hon. Major Heathcote Hon. G. ~
Baring, H. B. Horsman, 'Right Hon. .D.
Beaumont, W. B. Laing, Samuel
Bruce, Lurd E. Lowe, Right Hon. R.
Bulkeley, Sir R. Mackie, J.
Brecknock, Earl of 11‘lienna, J. N.
Carington, Hon. C. Mainwaring, T.
Clinton, Lord Arthur Marsh, M. H.
Crosland, Colonel Packe, Colonel
Doulton, Frederick Pim, Jonathan
Duff, Robert W. Saunderson, E.
Dunkellin, Lord Stock, Osborne
Elcho, Lord Towline, George
Fitzwilliam, Hon. C. Tracy, Hon. C. S.
Gregory, IV. 11. \ - __
PAIRED FOR GOVERNMENT.

Liberal (J. A. Roebuck)

PAIRED AGAINST.

Conservative (M. Treherne) ...

ABSENT LIBERALS.
M. E. Corbally, A. Greville, A. Matheson, A. S. Finlay, 6
Sir T. Lloyd, George Traill .„
ABSENT CONSERVATIVES. a

Lord notham, Charles H. Mills, Russell Gurney ...

VACANT.

Totnes, 1; Reigate, 1; Holston, 1; North Devon, 1
Nottingham, 2 ; Bridgewater, 1; Lancaster, 2 ; 11
Windsor, 2
The Speaker

••• •••
658

From this it will be seen that almost for the first
time in the history of great Parliamentary and party
contests the pairing for and against the bill on y
amounted to one on each side—Mr. Roebuck auci,
Mr. Treherne. There were six Liberal absentees, an
nominally three absentee Conservatives. Virtual
however, the latter number is reduced to one—L°r„
Hotham who was too unwell to attend. Mr. Russel'
Gurney was away on the Jamaica Commissi°D,
though his return to Southampton was momentarily
expected on Friday that it is said Colonel Taylor,
the Conservative "whip," kept a special train lu
waiting there all that day to bring him up to town
in case of his arriving in time for the Divisi°l3.
The story is a good one, though scarcely likely to
be true, as the learned Recorder has not as Yet
taken the oath or his seat, and therefore, for the
purposes of his party, would have been of no more
use in the house on Friday night than he would
have been in Jamaica. It will be recollected Oat
Mr. Mills, the Conservative member for Nortballer;
ton, bad been unseated on Friday for bribery; the
as the fact had not been officially reported to
house, this gentleman had a legal right to vote,(
though with great good taste he abstained from s°
doing. Of the six absentees on the side of the G°-
vernment, one, Mr. Finlay, is on his way home from
Australia; Sir Thomas Lloyd is ill from a fall from
his horse, and Mr. Traill is also severely ill. gr.
Corbally is in Ireland, suffering from the very re-
cent loss of a dear relative ; and Mr. Greville 313'
Mr. _Matheson simply abstained from voting eitb
way. Such was the Division on the Reform 13W
of 1866.