The division gave the Government a larger majority than they anticipated. Even the Opposition were disappointed at the result; but they have been consoling themselves with the reflection that the majority will have grown beautifully less, till it has been reduced to a minimum, when the final divi sion shall have taken place. Difficult as it is to arrive at anything like a correct idea of when the final stage of the Bill will be reached, it is even more so to calculate upon the probable strength of parties when that final test takes place. I however incline to the belief that the majority will then be found to be a very respectable one—twelve or thirteen at the least.
