The Division List shows that not a single Conservative voted
with Mr. Marjoribanks, but that thirteen Liberals voted with Sir S. Northcote, besides a good many both of the irreconcilable and of the more moderate Home-rulers. Of the thirteen, some, like Mr. Walter, declared that though they voted for Sir S. Northcote then, they would vote for Mr. Marjoribank's reso- lution on the morrow ; which was only a way of saying that so long as they had full credit for hitting out at Mr. Bradlaugh, they were not unwilling to gain full credit also for claiming the right of constituencies to choose Mr. Bradlaughs, if they would. It is not an uncommon state of mind, even amongst Liberals, to wish both to have your cake, and eat it too. That is, as we understand it, the desire of Lord Colin Campbell and the other Liberal heroes of the Conservative Lobby.
