CHAPTER VI.
THE DIVISION ON MR. VILLIERS' MOTION.
Of the Lancashire and Cheshire members who voted in the minority on Mr, Villiers' motion, we find the names of
- Bowring, Dr.
- Brotherton, Joseph
- Cobden, Richard
- Crawford, W.Sharman
- Fielden, J.
- Fleetwood, Sir Hesketh
- Gibson, Thomas Milner
- Grosvenor, Lord R.
- Hindley, Charles
- Jervis, J.
- Johnson General
- Marsland, Henry
- Philips, Mark
- Standish, Charles
- Strickland,
- Sir George
- Walker, Robert
Of the Lancashire and Cheshire members who voted in the majority with the monopolists, were the names of
- Blackburne, John Ireland
- Cardwell, Edward
- Douglas, Sir Howard
- Egerton, W. T.
- Egerton Sir P. G.
- Fielden, William
- Greene, Thomas
- Legh, G. C.
- Patten, Wilson
- Sandon, Lord
- Tollemache, J.
- Wilbraham, Richard Bootle
A majority of the electors of Macclesfield had requested both their members to vote for Mr. Villiers' motion, but both were absent. A majority of the electors of Bolton asked Mr. Ainsworth to support the motion, but Lord Stanley, who had clapped him on the shoulder and called him "Peter," was more regarded than his constituents. All the Lancashire county members voted in the majority, except Lord Francis Egerton, who was not present, but
