THE CLOTURE ADOPTED.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1067, 29 April 1882, Page 4

THE CLOTURE ADOPTED.

A stbot.il telegram to the Melbourne Ary us, dated London, 31, says:— “ The House of Commons divided last night on the motion submitted by Mr Gladstone for the adoption of a modified form of the cloture. The result is as follows: —For the motion, 318; against, 271. The motion was, there* fore, carried by a majority of 47 votes.

The AT. Z. Herald says:—The cloture, in a Modified form, has been adopted by the House of Commons. The division took place on the 30th of last month, Mr Gladstone’s resolution being carried by a majority of 47. That we have not been able to announce the result before, is the fault of Reuter’s Agency. We received, some weeks ago, the result of the division on Air Marriott’s amendment, and it would now appear that figures contained in that telegram were really the votes on the Premier’s proposal. This is not the first time that we have had reason to complain of the blunders and inaccuracies contained in the telegrams transmitted from Europe by Reuter. The tele- : gram which we published to-day will set at rest the speculations which have been current on the cloture, while the explanation we have given will account for the late appearance of the result ol division. That result had been looked for with much interest. The fact that the Government had staked dts existance on Mr Gladstone's resolution invested the division with more than ordinary importance. It will now be seen that our expectations ■ as to the actions of the House of Commons were well founded. The cloture has been .adopted, and by a larger majority then was expected. This larger majority is no doubt owing te Mr Gladstone having made some eon- - cession. It was stated some time ago -that he had given way on one point of -considerable importance, namely, the number of members that must be present in the House before the cloture - can be enforced : and in the telegram we print to-day, “ a modified from the -cloture” is spoken-of. The result of -the division shows that opinion in the House of Commons was pretty equally divided on this knotty question. Popular feelings in the country appears to have been almsat as evenly balanesd How the cloture will work remains to be seen. Its application will certainly be closely watched, and it is by no means unlikely that we have net heard the last of it