The Sun.
London, England, 1823-04-18 00:00:00

tRRITISII PRESS.]

A scene of p;rsonal invective and reply took
place between Mr. Brougham and Mr. Canning
in the House last night, and for more than two
hours broke in on the important business with
which it was occupied, on the lengthened discus-
sion, previous to Mr. Plunkett's bringing forward
the question itself, of Emancipation. After Sir
Francis Burdett, Mr. Canning, Mr. Henry Grey
Bennet, Mr. Peel, Mr. Tierney, and others, had
spoken, Mr. Brougham rose, and in a strain of
unusual invective declaimed against the way in
which the Catholic 'Question, Session after Ses-
sion, was trifled with. fie charged the Foreign
Secretary with sacrificing this act of justice to his
eagerness for office; he declared that Mr. Can-
ning had been guilty of the basest political ter-
giversation ; that after affecting to advocate the
great question of Catholic Freedom, and profes-
sing the warmest devotion to it, to escape trans-
portation and a distant exile, he had truckled to
the Chancellor, a political enemy ; and by his
speech at Liverpool, intimated his readiness at
once to make a sacrifice of the Catholics.—
Mr. Brougham was in the middle of a sen-
tence, when Mr. Canning suddenly rose and
declared the assertions of the Honourable and
Learned Gentleman were false. Mr. Brougham,
after an agitated word or two, sat down ; and
the Speaker claimed the attention of the House,
saying they had heard the words used by the
night flonourable Secretary, and that he waited
for his explanation. Mr. Canning again rose, and
with great feeling declared that he regretted and
retracted the words he had used to the House,
but he never would retract his sentiments. The
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Williams
Wynn, and Mr. Bankes, then severally addressed
the House ; the latter, as no explanation had
taken place, and it was impossible, he said,
the House could suffer it to proceed further,
moved, that both members be taken iato imme-
diate custody and not released until they both
pledged their honours the contest should not be
renewed. The Speaker again addressed the
House at some length, and Mr. Canning subse-
quently rose and said, he had unfortunately in-
curred censure and was ready to submit to any
visitation the House might inflict on him, but he
could not retract any thing he had previously said.
Sir Robert Wilson, strange to say, was ulti-
mately the peace-maker. He suggested that Mr.
Brougham's attack was made entirely in a poli-
tical feeling, and not with a personal one, and
that if Mr. Canning retracted his expression,
stating its having been used with the impres.
sion that the charges against him were per-
sonally offensive, Mr. Brougham might sub-
sequently (as the House had taken the matter
up, and it could by possibility go no farther),
explain the sense in which he had used the
words which the Minister found offensive. Mr.
Canning immediately rose and accepted this
mode of explanation, and the unfortunate misun-
derstanding was almost immediately arranged.
We own we thought Mr. Brougham's invective
too personal anti unprovoked : few Ministers,
when attacked in such a way, can sit with the
imperturbable coolness which distinguished the
late Lord Londonderry. Mr. Canning's first re-
ply was certainly violent and hasty, but his sub-
sequent conduct was firm and most houourable.
Contests of this painful description are calculated
greatly to contract the fair freedom or debate,
and should he discouraged as much as possible.
Fortunately for the character of that great
assembly, and the interests of its constituents, it
ended on last night amicably, but a few more
contests of the same suet would give it the air of
the French Chamber.

A LIST OF THE. MINORIT.V
On Lord Althorp's Motion for repealing the Foreign Enlist.
meet Bill.—April 10.
Abererornby,lln.J. Guise, Sir W. Pares, Thos.
Baring, A. Hamilton, Lord A. Pelham, J. C.
Barnard, Viscount Heron, Su; R. Phillips, G. sen.
Barrett, S. B. M. Dill, Lord Arthur Phillips,. G. H.
Benett, John nobhouse, J. C. . POwer, Rd. "'
Bennet; Hon. 11. G. Honeywood, W.. P. Powlett, Ilott J. F.
Bentinck, Lord W. Hughes, Llt . . - Rice, T. S. '.
Benyon, Benj. Hume, J. Bickford, W:
Bernal, Ralph Ilurst;. R. Rdbarts, A. W.
Birch, J. Howard, Lord H. Robarts, O.J.
Blake,
Sir F. Jervoise, 0. P. Robinson, Sir G. •
Brougham, 11.,- Johnstone, W. A. Russell, Lord J.
Browne, Dom. Kemp, J. BCariett, J.
Burdett, Sir F. Kennedy, T. F. Scott, J.
Byng, George Lambton,
.J. 0. Sefton, Earl .of
Calcraft, J. 1.1. Lemon. Sir W. Smith, W.
Carew, C. 8. Lennard, T. B. Stanley, Hon. E. C.
Carter, J. Leyeester, Ralph Stewart,W. (Tyr.)
Caulfield, Hon. H. Lloyd, Sir E. Talbot, R. W.
Chaloner, Robert Lushington, 8. Taylor, AL A.
Clifton, Viscount Leader, W. Titchfield, Mara. of
Colburne, R. .31aberly, John Townshend, lid. C.
Creevey, T. Maberly, W. L. Tynte, C. It.
Crompton, S. Macdonald, J. Warre, J. A.
Ciadock, S. Marjoribanks, 8. Webbe, E.
Crespigny, Sir W. Martin, John Wharton, J.
Davies, T. Milton, Viscount Whitbread, W. H.
Denison, W. J. Monck, J. B. Whitbread', 8. C.
Denman, T. Moore, Peter Williams, IV.
Duncannon, Visct. Newman, R., W. . Wilson, Sir R.
Ebrington, Visct., Newport, Sir J. Wood, Alderman
Ellice, E. Normanby, Vise. Wyvill, M.
Ellis, Hon. G. A. Nugent, Lord
Evans, W. O'Grady, Standish TELLicks.
Fergusson, StrR.C. O'Callathan, J. Althorp, Visct.
Fitzgerald,LordW. Ord, Wm. Folkestone, Visct.
Glenorchy‘ Vise. Osborne, Lord F.
Graham, S. Palmer, C. ' PAIRED OP F.
Grattan, J. Palmer, C. F. Western, C. C.

Lord KENYON left Portman square yesterday
morning, accompanied by his son, the Hon. LLOYD KENYON,
for Oxford; of which University Mr. KEN yow, who has just
quitted Harrow, has been entered. His Lordship's second son
is still at 'UMW &heel.