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The vote of censure was defeated by 313 votes to 295, with Palmerston's old enemies in the pacifist camp, Cobden and Bright, voting for him.

The result of the vote was announced at 2. 30 in the morning and when Palmerston heard the news he ran up the stairs to the Ladies ' Gallery and embraced his wife.

Disraeli wrote: " What pluck to mount those dreadful stairs at three o ' clock in the morning, and eighty years of age!