ANALYSIS OF THE LAND - BURDENS DIVISION OF LAST WEEK.

Mr. Disraelis Jfinority. Ministerial Majority. The Absent.

England : Counties.. 107 England : Counties .. 27 England : Counties.. 23 Boroughs. 97 Boroughs. 183 Boroughs. 60 Scotland : Counties . 11 Scotland : Counties . 10 Scotland : Counties . 8 Boroughs. 0 _Boroughs. 20 Boroughs. 3 Ireland : Counties... 2.5 Ireland : Countlee... 18 Ireland : Counties...

20

Boroughs. 14 Boroughs. 17 Boroughs. 10 254 275

124 Kirkcudbright and Sligo vacant. The Speaker not included.

This table having appeared only in part of last Saturday's impression, it is repeated here.

If the figures be concentrated, and Scotland removed altogether from the list, it will be seen that England and Ireland contribute 243 votes to Mr. Disraeli's minority, and 245 to the Ministerial majority ; leaving only 2 in favour of the Free-trade policy in so far as it was tested by Mr. Disraeli's motion. Scotland, however, comes in with a balance of 19 votes, and raises the majority to 21.

Sir John Trollope's amendment on the Address was rejected by a ma- jority of 119 in a House of 507; Mr. Disraeli's motion is rejected by a majority of only 21 in a House of 529. Three of the arithmetical causes of the difference were unfolded in the lists of names which appeared in last week's Spectator, and the remaining cause was mixed up in the "names of the Absent." From the majority of 119 there fell to be de- ducted the 31 Members who went over to Mr. Disraeli from the Free- trade ranks ; counting as 62. This leaves 57. Of the "now Members" brought up—that is to say, Members who did not vote on Sir John Trol- lope's amendment—Mr. Disraeli had a balance of 12 in his flavour; and in addition Ministers sustained a loss of a balance of from 20 to 24 votes, by the absence of those Members who had recorded a vote on the occa- sion of Sir John Trollope's amendment but who staid away from this more critical division.

The disruption of party and family ties brought about by Mr. Disraeli's motion is considerable. The defection of Mr. Gladstone, Sir John Young, and Sir Frederick Thesiger, causes a noticeable blank in the Peel retinue ; Lord Mahon by his vote looks back in the direction of Lord Stanhope his father ; and Viscount Villiers has chosen to pay court to his dissatisfied constituents, in preference to adhering to the skirts of his father-in-1a, Sir Robert PeeL Mr. Hume's "Little Charter" motion of last year was rejected by 270 to 84 including Tellers ; showing a hostile majority of 186 in a House of 354. On Thursday, his renewed motion was lost by 244 to 98; show- ing an opposing majority of 146 in a House of 342. The division-lists exhibit the following changes : Of the 84 Members who voted with Mr. Hume last year, there voted on Thursday Accession as compared with 1845 Names of the 30. 68 30

Blewitt, R. J. Hall, Sir B. Nugent, Lord Sadleir, .Y.

Caulfield, .J. Sf. Hastie, Alex. O'Brien, Sir T. Scully, F.

Clifford, H. M. Hastie, Arch. O'Flaherty, A. Sullivan, M.

Cowan, C. llorsman, E. Pete, 8:81. Talbot, J. H.

Dimcombe, T. Keating, R. Power, Dr. Tenisbn, E. K.

Evans, John M'Cullagh, W. T. Ricardo, .7. L. Tennent, R. J.

Grattan, H. Meagher, T. Roebuck, J. A. Wakley, T.

Grenfell, C. P. Marshall, J. G.

The following adlterents of 1849 failed to appear on Thursday.

Callaghan, D. (dead) Granger, T. C. Martin, S. . Smythe, Hon. G. Cockburn, A. J. E. Hodges, T. L. Stunt:, G. F. Somers, J. P. Dashwood, 0.11. Keogh, W. O'Connell, J. Trelawny, 3.5. Freestun, Col. Marshall, W. Pearson, C. Williams, H.

Had it not been for the resolute adherence of the more earnest Liberals to their seats, a " count-out " might have taken place several times during the evening. Frequently not half-a-dozen Members could be counted on the Opposition side; including Mr. Feares O'Connor, Mr. Roebuck, and one or two others who flit about from side to side. From the attend- ance of the City and Metropolitan Members it was evident that they were bent on fulfilling pledges. The representation of Middlesex was given up to Mr. Osborne, Lord Robert Grosvenor being absent, and Mr. Osborne went with Mr. Hume- Sir James Duke and Lord John Russell neutral- ized each other; but Mr. Masterman turned the City scale against "fur- ther Reform." Baron de Rothschild did not make any demonstration even by presence in that part of the House which is set apart for " dis- finguished strangers." Finsbury, Marylebone, the Tower Hamlets, and Westminster, were correctly and fully represented; Lambeth was only singly armed, Mr. Pearson being confined to his home.