The division on cumulative voting yesterday week was a very
curious one. Of the 173 who voted with Mr. Lowe for cumu- lative voting, in three or four-cornered constituencies, 96 were Liberals and 77 Conservatives, the Liberals therefore taking up the principle even more generally than Conservatives. Of the majority voting against it, 166 were Liberals and 138 Conserva- tives. Thus the Liberal party, taken separately, gave a majority against the plan of 70, and the Conservative party, taken senarately, gave a majority against it of 71. Col,sitLai g .
used all the force of the Government influence against it, this does not probably show so marked a Conservative dread of the plan as was shown in the Liberal ranks. There were two or three genuine Radicals, like Mr. Mill, Mr. Fawcett, and Mr. Hughes, in its favour, but the mass of its supporters were either Con- servative-Liberals, like Mr. Lowe and Earl Grosvenor, or Conser- vatives.
