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r her, nn the ground of his hostility, to this same islen-
,„2l question of Catholic Emancipation—(Cheering).
When I remember those palpable inconsistencies, I can-
not brio.; myself to think they caa be reconciled by the
wools and jokes of the Hon. aid Learned Member
for Winchelsea—(Cbeering). Wnen I remember, too, the
recent motion of the Hoo.Member lor Armagh, against
the lord Chancellor of Ireland, and the zealous sup-
port given to that motion by the Hon. Member for
Calne,and his repetitions,on that occasion,of old charges,
I Will not say ova ad aamseana—and when I see those
Hon. Gentlemen, friends of the Catholic Question, join.
ing an Administratioa under which a Catholic Secre-
tary, and Catholic Lord Lieutenant, are joined to a
protestant Chancellor, for one of the first acts of that
Administration was, to ask Lord Manners to retain his
office .in Ireland—when I behold all those circum-
stances, am I not justified in saying, that this union of
the Wing party with the Government is a most strange
proceeding ? When I see the question of Parliamentary
Reform, and the motion on the Church of Ireland post-
poned, and remember the objects of those motions, I
reel myself induced also to postpone my iupport of the
present Administration until I shall know how these
questions have been adjusted between the Honourable
Gentitmen—whether they are left open—and the con-
ditions on which the Whigs have consented to take
office—whether they have stipulated to abandon or
still to support ale question of Parliamentary Reform?

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Sir FRANCIS BURDETT and Mr. BROUGHAM
rose at the same moment, but the latter caught the eye
of the Chair for the purpose ot explaining. He said
that the Right Hon. Gentleman who had last spoken
had touched upon a variety of points, but had not at-
tempted to answer a syllable of his (Mr. Brougham's)
sprech.—(Cries of of spoke.")
Mr. DUNCOMBE here rose to order, and said, that
in that case the Hon. and Learned Gentleman could
hare nothing to explain, and couli not be permitted to
say over again what he had already delivered.
Mr. BROUGHAM said, that the Right Hoe.
Gentleman need not be so alarmed, for what he had
already slid he was not going to say over again.—(A
Itugh.)—What he wished to explain was this—the
Right Hon. Gent. had said that he (Mr. Brougham) had
ascribed to him the epithet of being factious for putting
' particular questions ot a debateable natnre.What he had
said was this—that it looked like faction (Hon. Mem-

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ben knew best their own motives) to interpose a ques-
tion of such a nature as this. at the •ery moment when
another Hon. Member was upon his legs to introduce
the regulde motion which stood for that evening's dis-
rossion.

Sir F. BURDETT.—Sir, though unwilling to pro.
tract this most irregular discussion, I am compelled to
trespass on the patience of the House, while I repel the
insinuations of want of principle, and the charges of
inconsistency which have been made by the Right Hon.
Gentleman who has just sat down. Sir, I have long
participated with the Gentlemen who at present occupy
the other side of the House, in sentiments of respect for
the manly candour, and discretion, which have hitherto
characterized the speeches of that Right Honourable
Gentleman. But, I must say, that. to-night, I consider
Lim infected by the virulence of his friends on the oppo-
site benchei-:-I.r the Hon. Gentleman has not confined
himself, as he did the other night, to a fair and manly de-
fence melt and his colleagues, and to a temperate ez •
amnion of his and 'hell• motives for resigning, when he
took occasion to defend himself so ‘Atislactorily against
charges that had never been made—(A laugh) but, to-
night he turns from vindications of himself to accusa-
tions against others ; and I must adJ, that he has as little
season to censure us for joining the new Government, as
we have to blame bins for abandoning it. As to the
distinctions of Whig and Tory, I am neither one nor the
ether; in fact, the terms have no meaning at this time,
sad ought to be forgotten with the feelings that created
them. But, Sir, 1 crass myself as an English subject,
ready to support the true principles of the British Con-
stitution; and though it has been my lot lot many years
to have opprased the Ministers of the Crown, I confess
I am happy in having, at last, obtained an opportunity
of proving that my declarations of constitutional loyalty
in the Crown are something more than empty profes-
sions, and of giving unto the Crown my most zealous
support against the intrigues of a junta of Gentle-
men, aho wanted to place the King in a dilemma,
the embarrassments of which would, they hoped, com-
pel him to accept their tervices--(loud cheering)...
whether he would have them or not. I did not, os
this occasion, intend to give utterance to any ezprea.
sion of feeling, or bitterness, or taunt, against the
Right Hon. Gentleman oppos.te, or his friends, as I
lad hoped that tke Right Honourable Gentleman
would have come to the discussion with that charac-
teristic candour of his, of which I see no sign at
present, and with that usual temper, and that discretion,
which, I regret to say, h.iee deserted him in the course
of his speech of tonight. How much then, was I sur-
prised to see the Right Hon. Gentleman advancing
from his lines of prudent, cautious, self-defence, and
inning insinuations and accusations against myself and
my Hon. Friends around me—insinuations which I de-
liberately and most decisively pronounce to be totally
destitute of foundation ? (Cheers). What right has he
to impute to us motives of personal interest? What
mcrite—what object of personal interest, can I have in
political changes? And what, I will ask, is the reason
of the unnecessary warmth which bas been introduced
into the present discussion, which has been raised in a
manner, neither wise, fair, candid, nor, indeed, consis-
tently with the usage of Parliament?—(hear, hear, !) —or,
if it be within the rules, it trenches too closely upon them
to be consistent with discretion. But I ponsider, I re-
peat, the course that has been taken, unfair—particu.
fatly unfair, when the Right Hon. Gentleman set out
with promising—the House had seen how he had
adhered to that promise—not to enter upon the
discussion of the topics which had raised the present
debate. I put it to the House to say, whether that
Right Honourable Gentleman's speech consisted of
tray thing but a discussion of those topics--(Hear). Such
conduct as this on his part seems to me as if he were
caving, a longing, lingering look behind."—
l'-a3ihter, with loud continued cheers). He knows best
*ll,l are the yearnings of his heart; he knows best
"hat motives influenced him when he resigned his office
but Int colleagues doing the same thing at the same time,
miihout, as we have been assured, without concert
(`'"liller). Granting it was without concert, and we
are hound so to believe it, from the declarations which
bare been made to that effect, I may, however, perhaps,
"Pefented to call it a sympathetic concert of a most
!ti"dinary nature—(Cher). Whatever-may have
utzen the intentions of the parties, I say it was a :nose
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ttlordinat y concurrence, occuring in a most eatraor-
-11,17 minim. Whether the Right Hon. Gentle"

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man and his co-seceders intended by their tineoncertedi
resignation to intimidate the King or not—whether they
,ntended to place their Sovereign in a dilemma, from
which it would have been difficult for him to have
extricated himself—l cannot, or rather I will not say—
(Loud and continued cheers.) I have said that I cannot,
And will not state (as it is impassible for me to know)
what were the intentions of the Right Honourable Gen•
tleman I have alluded to; but my opinion is—or, rather,
let me say, would have been, had it not been for the
declarations which assure me that the contrary is the
fact—(Cheers)—my opinion, I say, would have been—
and so, I think, would have been that of every man
throughout the country, possessing common sense, and
merely looking at the circumstances that appeared to
attend these resignations—that it was a concerted
attempt to fetter their King in the exercise of his
just prerogative—(Cries of No, no!' with cheers).—
That,. I repeat, guided only by reason and the appa-

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rent circumstances. would have been the natural,

proper, inevitable conclusion. One of my chief rea-

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sons for supporting the present Administration is, I
hesitate not to avow, that I consider it will maintain the

independence of the King in the exercise of his rights—
(Continued cheers). That I consider a sufficient justifica-
tion of my conduct on that part of the subject. I will
tell the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Peel) what he
seems very Anxious to know, viz. why I do not conceive
it would be wise, prudent, or safe, to decide immediately
either of the great questions—Catholic Emancipation
and Parliamentary Reform—which he and his friends

now appear so desirous to press upon the consider ition
of the House. It seems to be news to the Right Hon.
Gentleman, that t•iere ate as many shades of opinion
among those wRo genera,ly supported those questions,
as there could be on any subject whatever. Some wish
to have narrower, and some more extended, lim is than
others.

I, because I cannot get tbe whole of what I

want, do not, thertfoi e, think myself bound to cast away
what is within my reach ; and I do not conceive, that
by. supporting the pres-nt Ministry, whose influence
I consider will be beneficial to the questions I advocate,

that I. at all, abandon or sacrifice those questions, or;

in the least, hurt any measures, of which 1 may at dif-
iferent times have favourably expressed my sentiments.
The Catholic Question is one I have particularly it

heart, and I think that the change of Ministry will, in
time, effect good for it ; and I am content to seise the
prospect of that good,withost considering whether more
good may possibly be attained by what I should con-
sider an imprudent course. I feel bound to snatch all
the good which the opportunity of the moment offers—
' (Hear, hear). Whenever any good principle can be, by
any feeble efforts of mine, promoted or advanced in the
slightest degree, they Right Hon. Gentleman will have
the opportunity of taunting me with a dereliction from
the principles I always have maintained, and always
will maintain, till life has departed from me--(Loud
and long cheers). The Right Hon. Gentleman has mad:
some allusions to my Learned and Honourable Friend
(Mr. Brougham), in which, I think, he has been particu-
larly unfortunate; as is,, indeed, what has fallen from,
another Honourable ca-Secretary opposite—and what-
ever I may apply to the one may equally apply to the
other; for it has not been on this, as it was on the other
night, when their speeches differed as much in wisdom
as in discretion; to-night they differed only in the choice
of their words and the nature of their intemperance.
Both have given way to honest roger and passion, of un.
controuled, ensubdued, unmitigated expression of feel.

.ing, aumingled wish a shade of rea.on or sound discre-
tio•—(Hear, hest) lam gratified—l Am rejoiced at
it. The Right Hon. Gentlemen, for I speak of both,
could hardly have done a greater service to the Ministers
or to his Majesty, than expressing their feelings as
they have dbne. My Learned Friend, upon whom they
have cast such unfounded aspersions, stands in a most
extraordinary predicament. I may say of him, that
newer was there a public man that stood in a situation
so conspicuous. rendering that situation still more con-
spicuous by the exertion, both in and out of the House,
of unrivalled abilities—who has made such sacrifices
to serve, what be considered the interests of his country.
He has put aside-every feeling of pride and ambition,
not to impede an arrangement-which would forward
the happiness of his country. I may apply to him
what was said of a conspirator in a bad cause, but
which my Learned Friend may have applied to him,
being engaged in the best—(Chetrs)--that " a States.
man may be calumniated tkroughout his life, and yet
all the while may be. acting from motives the most
pure and the most patriotic"—(Hear, hear). I should
not, in the presence of my Learned Ft end, have said
thus much, and it falls_ far short of what is hi.
due, had not I been in justice compelled to do it,
in answer to the insnuations which the Right Hon-
ourable Gentleman has thrown out against him. As
. far as lam concerned, lam like my Learned Friend r,
, I have nothing to hope for, nothing to expect, from
the retirement of the Right Hon. Gentleman. Not that
. I mean to say, that lat all wish them back agAin—

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(Laughter)—for 1 consider, that if nothing be gained
but their withdrawal, that will, of itself, be an inesti-
mable good—(Cheers and laughter). AU we have lost
is the narrow-minded, biggotted part of the late Ad-
ministration—(Hear, hear, hear.) Two hundred years
back they might ha►e been highly estimated by the
country, but they are not in the least adapted for the
century in which we live—(Cheers). Their resignation
will, iii my mind, leave the public nothing to regret,
but will, 1 think, give it cause to rejoice that they
have left the intellectual part of the late Cabinet free
from so burdensome a load. It is not only the people
who have cause for gladness—it will, I am sure, be
grateful to the mind of the King himself, when he
sees, as he will see, the *flintier in which the people
will support him against the faction which has with-
drawn from his Ministry. He will see how much
better it is—how much more secure, more safe, ho-
nourable, and glorious it is, in a King of England, to
have the basis of his power resting deep in the hearts of
his people, rather than on the nai row foundation of any
combination of factious Nobles, however strong.-(Lout
and long continued cheers, mingled with cries of Or.
der).—Some of the assertions made by those Gentlemen
who have done the country the favour to retire:(A
laugh)—are so singular and extraordinary, that it is
impossible for me to pass them over without comment
of some kind. Those Gentlemen have now discovered
for the first time, that there is a portion of the Public
Press of this country influenced by the Administration
—(Hear)—that part of it specially deals in false.
hood and calumny. All I can say is, that whilit that
Press was supporting, on most subjects, the purity of
those Gentlemen, supporting it, too, powertully aad
continually, we never heard a word of its corrupt-
ness—(Hear, hear).—l must not, however, conceal,
that they have freed their former colleagues from all
reproach in the negotiations which had been carried on,

sod tjtatl.the_eefore_, no reflection Can be cast upon the
"p4e*.ent Administration to maintain
the dignity of the Throne; end also, as I contend, to,l

promote the interests of th: country, which is the para-
mount consideration of all. But, in expressing my opi-
nion of the line of conduct that has been taken tonight,
I can with difficulty find words to convey my feelings
orsurpriseand disgust. (Hear, hear). During the whole
of the time I 'base had the honour to sit in Parliament,
I never saw so factious, so bigottedly ignorant an Oppo.
sitioo. • (Loud cheering, with laughter). Hon. Gentle.
men opposite are pleased to laugh. What they mean
by so doing I cannot tell ; but if they mean to say, that
when I and my friends were in the Opposition, we were
factious, opposing without object, the Government the
King had been pleased to appoint, I challenge them
to produce an instance of such conduct. Let those who

laughed, if they mean any any thing, put their laugh
into form. that it may be answered. At present it is
life the shake of Lord Burleigh's head, no doubt hav-
ing a meaning, but which it :elicited an interpreter to
render intelligible (Hear). I say in contrast to tht
conduct of the present Oppsition, stands that which
was pursued by my self and friends. I will also say, for,

situa.ed as I am, no bad motive can be imputed to me
in saying it, that a more constitutional, disinterested
Opposition never met in that House. It was hardly to
be called an Opposition, for it dragged—(a laugh)—
or rather supported, the Ministry against the efforts

that were made to drag it back in the opinion of the
public, and enabled it to pass many of those measures
which had begun to gain credit wi(h the public, in spite
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of the bad and rotten- members of which it was in pact
composed. I feel that the Administration, and I know
that the Public feel it also, has got rid of a weight
which has long oppressed it. That is my opinion upon
what has taken place with regard to the secession of
these Gentlemen from the King's Governmest. The
Right Honourable Gentleman who was now at the head
of the Administration had been, among other attacks'
made upon him, uot only accused of personal ambition'
—which I consider no accusati u at all—but of having
------ In the porches of the Royal ear
Poised kproos poison.
No man can with justice make against the Right Hon.
Gentleman that reproach. If to support the King in his
rights—if to give him good honest advice—was pouring
leprous poison into his ear, the charge was)ust; but there
are none in this House who would justify such a re-
proach. lam not accusing the Right Hon. Gentleman,
I can assure him. He seems to think that be is the onl
person concerned in this affair—(Loud laughter). With
all his acknowledged modesty, he has not yet forgotten
to put us in mind either of himself or of his services-.
(Laughter). The Right Honourable Gentleman hail
also taken upon him to answer for all his colleagues, ancl•
forgetting their numbers, he spoke for the whole squad.,
(Loud laughing). The violence of his feelings, 1 sup-
pose, induced him to do this, and it has afforded moths'
highest gratification—(Hear). The Right Honourable'
Gentleman has talked about his principles upon the
Catholic Questions-and that they had induced him to
throw up his siteation. if that be a justification fort
the part we have taken has the same justification.
It is a two-edged sword, cutting two ways. There are
other reasons than have yet been stated why the great
questions which have been alluded to should not new
rbe decided. Do those. who now wish to. thrust them
Upon us, think we shall be so easily duped, as to be in-.'
duced to run upon those rocks which divide public
opinion? It was that fact of the people being di-
vided upon those Brest questions, that rendered their
present decision inexpedient. The causes both of Par-
liamentary Reform and Catholic Emancipation must
advance by means of public opinion, and by no other
means. Neither I, nor any other Parliamentary Re-.
former, ever dreamt of raising the standard of Rebel-
lion, if Reform was not granted. No; we have worked
by constitntional means upon what, I trust, are sound
principles, which will be sure, in the end, to accomplish
our objects, if we do not suffer ourselves to be carried
away by over-heated zeal, or by the taunts of our evil
wishers. Now, Sir, I consider that a great good
has been obtained for the country by the withdrawal
of the seceders, who, however much they might
consider the reasons of their withdrawal satisfac.
tory to their friends and the House, are, I ,can
assure them, much more satisfactory .to the people.
Something of that sort of change has been effected
in the Cabinet, which often takes place in Bills that go up
stairs, when the brains of the Committee are said to be
knocked out. (A laugh). The only difference is, that
the case is here reversed, and the brains have been
knocked in. (Laughter). I have no doubt the intellec-
tual part of the Cabinet which has been preserved, will,
with the support of the disinterested opposition, be able
to maintain the King in the maintenance of all his rights.
The country will have good cause to rejoice in it, for
all those great principles, upon which its happiness
rested, •ould have scope to progress. Ireland, I was
this day informed, by good authority, already feels
the influence of what has taken place. (Loud and con-
tinued cheers). The Catholic Association, which has long
been considered as formidable in that country, has
taken the opportunity to give beforehand, as it were,
proofs of what may be expected from it, by the pursu-
ance of a liberal course of policy, by not now urging.
their claims, but resting satisfied with the prospect be-
fore them. They now feel the influence of the dawn
of hope, which I, the other night,. said, was breaking
upon Ireland, and which Ethink is for the present suf-
ficient, notwithstanding what the Honourable Baronet
opposite says abobt the necessity for immediate mea-
sures being taken. Ireland trusts to the effect of time,
reason, and the dictates of prudence upon the people of
England. The Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr.
Peel) may have taken a post which he cannot quit,
but the people of England are not stationary; mind is
still upon the march—(Loud cheering)—and those just
and enlightened principles of policy which I always
have, and always will defend, will, sooner or later,
have their triumph—(Hear, hear). Although convinced
of this, I shall not be a bit more backward in advo-
cating what I think best for the advancement of the
public interest. I will say with the Right Honourable
Gentleman, that I will maintain, through go 'd report
and through bad report, the principles which, I think,
have that tendency. But, I trust, the time is past when
we can stand still, much less go back. We can, there-
fore, only proceed onward, the only matter for our con-
sideration being time and opportunity, and the pur-
suing such a prddent line of conduct as will not risk
the public peace from over zeal—(Loud and long
continued cheers).
SirC.SURRBLL inquired whether thelion.Baronet had alluded
to him, when he remarked span a Member who laughed at one of
his ob.ervationa?
• Sir F. BURDETT disclaimed having alluded to the Hon: Ban.
Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL rose.—He would
not enter into the question of faction, as Sit had .been

!salloi; butte must say that the Howie bad not been
fairly dealt by. It was an importailt point for the
House to know upon what principles -the Government
was meant to be carried on—(Cheers); and, above all,
of what men it was to be composeciat(tirar, hear). ♦n
Han. Member had made an observation about looking .
to measures, and not to men. Now, in his °pink*, this
observation was not very alien from nonsenso.—(A
laugh). It was not now a question of curiosity, but
of great paramount public intesest. Was it not Rght
that the public should lovas, those with whom they
might have occasion to communicate? It was not telling
Hon. Gentlemen who asked for inlotntation, that they
wese connected with faction, that would satisfy the

people. He could not sit down without offering the
Right Han. Gentleman (the late Secretary of State for
the Home D.partment) his thanks for the course he
had taken, both doting the time he was in, and since
he had been oneriaf office (Cheers). The m inliness of
his character and conduct, was above all praise. He

should have been glad to have sten the Government
placed upon the same footing as it was during the life
of Lord Liverpool; but he was afraid that it would have
been impossible, as no man, be he eh° he might, could
have carried that confidence with him, which Lord L.
inspired in both Houses of Parliament. That the Admi-
nistration had been ultimately formed of such discord-
ant materials, was highly to be reg:etted, as it could
never carry confidence in its measures—(hear !)—and
they must bear in mind that it was upon the confidence
.4 the great proportion of that House that the Ministers
must rely. Before they could grant that confidence,
the Administration ought to expose the principles on
which they meant to act. He should be happy at all

times to give his support to an honest efficient Govern-
ment, which would coalesce together, and act in concert,
which he feared would never be the case with the present.
(Loud and cont inued cheering). That night had offered
them a specimen of what they might expect. Could any
thing, he would ask, be more irteconcileable to reason
than that, when the Government of "the country was
asked to explain to that House of Parliament the prin-
ciples en which the AJministration was constituted,
the explanation demanded should not come from the
Ministers of the Crown, but from the Hon. and Learned

Gentlemen opposite, the Members for Wiethelsea and
Westminster ? The first Hon. Member, it had been said,
would be able to give more efficient and able support
to the Government, out of office, than he would its.
That he bad given able and liberal support, they had
seen—and it was only to be regretted that they could
nothave the benefit of his services. The Hon. Baronet
concluded by saying, that as long as the Government
was constituted as it now was, without meaning any
disrespect to the talents of the Gentlemen who tom•
posed it, it would be impossible fot it to enjoy the con-
fidence of the country.
Mr. CANNING.--Sir, I again rise, and I regret it
can only be in explanation. 'The Hon. Gentleman op.
posite has, in the course of his didactic speech, refecred
to an expression made use of by me. Now, Sir, I do
not, and cannot object to his opposition ; but there are
rules of courtesy and of convenience, acknowledged by
both sides of the House, which, in the whole course of
my Parliamentary experience, I never saw violated to
the degree they have been to-night. (Hear, hear.) An
Hon. Member having asked leave to put a question to
the King's Government, he proceeded, under pretence
of introducing and explaining his question, to enter
into a discussion which tended to raise a long de•
bate, and that, too, in the midst of another motion, long
since apppointed, and of the greatest importance and
interest to the country. It is of that I' complain, and
and not of the opposition to the Government. Such
courses, if pursued, would pervert Parliamentary pro.
ceedings, and lead to the necessary consequence, that
no Minister will think himself bound to answer ques-
tions so put at all. An Honourable Mi-mber has com.
plained of my not being in my place to answer clues.
tions; but I should have been surprised if I had been
called upon to answer a question leading to a motion
so absurd, and which every body must see was. made
for the mere purpose of introducing an inflammatory
speech—(Loud cheers.) But I rejoice that the stan-
dard of opposition is declared unturled—(The cheer-
ing, we may say shouting, from all parts of the
House continued frr some minutes). It is worth a
thousand professions of neutrality—(Laud and con-
tinued cheering). Whoever entertains that sentiment,
I hope, will come boldly forward. and he will find
me as boldly prepared to meet him—(Great cheer-
ing). As I am upon my legs and ready, I hope I
may be allowed to answer two questions, although by
the rules of Parliament! know I am not entitled to do
so—(Hear,bear). I have been asked, what I should do
with respect to Parliamentary Reform? I answer, op.
pose it—(Tremendous cheering). I have been asked,
how I should treat the Test Act? I reply, oppose its
repeal—(Loud and long continued cheers). It is a
qeestion which has never been brought forward in
Parliament, ald on which I bare never given a ;rote.
But, Sir, I have, nevertheless, an opinion upon it,
and that opinion is agaitot the repeal of that Act.
I am for redressing practical, not theoretical, griev-
ances; and I consider that the removal of the Test
Act would, so far from being .a benefit, prove an
evil. (Hear, hear, bear). I hope 1 have now
spoken out.' (i.oudcheering)..l hope it will not be again
said, that Government, when called upon to explain
facts, referred to others to give those explanations. But
1 deny the fact of having been called upon. The whole of
the speech in which thateall is said to have been made,
was addressed to those who have joined the Govern-
ment without taking office. It was for that reason that
the Members for Winchelsea and Westminster, rose in
their places to answer. That a question was put to me,
Sir. is untrue, and I never did shrink, and never will
shrink, to meet either armed or disarmed opposition.—
The R ght Hon. Gentleman sat down amidst the most
deafening applaase.
Sir E. KNATCH BULL, in explanation, said, tide
he was very sorry the Right Hon. Gent:eman's temper
had been put to so severe a trial, but he should have
wished the Right Hon. Gentleman to have examined
what he (Sir E. K.) had said; with more care, before he
(Mr. C.) said it was untrue.—(Hear.)—He (Sir E. K.)
had said, that when it was laid upon the Government
to state the principles upon which the Administration
was constituted, the Hon. Members for Winchelsea sad
Westminster had given the explanation. He never said
that the'Right Honourable Gentleman referred to them ;
they volunteered to do it; and he' did not believe that
the Right Hon. Gentleman would have condescended
to have referred to them to give explanations of his prin-
ciples. After this explanation ,on his part, he hoped
the Right Hon. Gentleman Would cwt. refuse to retract
the expression he had used.
Mr. CANNING =I am sorry te Mat I Mink the mien.
don makes the accusation-wen& • Thease. Baronet mistakes's'.