Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-05-24


year, had only sowed new seeus of dis
contentent, and augmented the dan.
gers TO which the country was exposed,
After the declaration Of the Secretary
Tor Foreign A Affairs, made 50 recently as
the night before last, that there Was
no chance Of carrying this question, Ell
Their the Right Hon. Gent. had been
deceivins the public, or he bad him
self been deceived; and now, after
finding and acknowledging his hopes
10 be at an end, it was unaccountable
that the question should now again be
called TO waste the time in useles dis
dis, ussion. The Hon. Bart. having
protested against this annually repeat.
ed farce, said he should withdraw him
self from the discussion of that evening.
Lord Nugent said, he wished to dis
claim all concurrence with the resola-
,ion of the Hon Bart. OF seeding du-
ring the ensuing discussion, which was
highly inconsistent and injurious. As
long as this question was brought for
ward it should receive his support.
Mr.. Canning denied having said that
lie considered the catholic question as
hopeless. On the contrary, he belize
we'd the question had beed making way,
il mi sht, however, receive it's death
blow from the secession which had been
threatened that evening; but 1T it did
so fail, on the heads Of the seceders a.
lone ought the blame of its failure to
be thrown. Messrs Tierney. G Ben
net, and w. Wynn made some obser-
vatlons. MIR Peel defended his con-
due, 10 regard to the Catholics, and
he would said never to consent to hold
power by compromise MIR. Brougham
expressed his admlr alton Of the manly
conduct OF MIR. Peel :; had the RI, lion.
lMr. Cauning) acted SO at that critical
moment when the point was whether he
should 60 to India into honorable ex
lie, or take Office in England, and not
submit to his sentence Of transports
Sion, but be condemned To hard labour
In his Own county doomed 70 the
disqniet OF divided council sitting
with his enemies and pitied by his
frIends--with hls HANDS chained and
tied down on allthose lines OF operation
which hrs own sensiments and wishes
would have led him to oiopt--at that
critical moment, whe' HE fate had de
pended upon Lord Chancellor Eldon,
AM his sentiments upon the Catholic
cause-if at that critical moment he
who had said on the last night that he
would not truckle to a noble lord,
Lord Folkestone,) but who then had
exhibited specimen, the most incredi.
bic specimen, Of monstrous sruc king
for the purpose of obtaining Office,
which the whole history of political ter.
giversation could furnish-Mr Canning
- rise to say that that is false The
speaker, alter perfect silence for some
sec nds hoped the Right Hon. Gen le-
man would retrsct the expression he
had used Mr.. Canning was sorry to
have used any word which was a viola
ton ofthe decorum of the House, but
no consideration 90 earth should in
duce him to retract the sentiment
The Speaker asked the House whe-
Their he should not call on the Right
Hon. Gent. to retract the words which
he ought not to have used. Mr.. Cam
ming, in low tose, said he was sorry
that he had said any thing that was of
fsnsiQe to the House: but he could
say no more The Speaker called on
the Chancellor of the Excheguer to
saw whether he had acted properly or
not? The Chancellor Of the Exche-
quer said, it was impossible not to ad
nit that the language Of his Right Hon.
friend was disorderly; but he would
call on the learned gent TO consider the
severe reproaeh to his r.. Hon friend,
not merely as a minister of the crown,
bur as an individual. After some OBJ
serYations from other members, Mr.
Banks moved that Mr.. Canning and
Mr. Brougham be taken into the Gus.
tody of the Sergeant at Arms. and held
until the House could be satisfied that
10 other steps would be taken by them
ON account of what had passed. The
discussion continued for some time
q. length Sir X. Wilson having sug
gested that Mr.. Brougham's attack
was made entirely In political feel
ing, and not with personal one. MIR.
Canning Immediately rose and accept
ed this mode of explanation, and the
unfortunate misunderstanding termiDa
,ed Mr.. Brougham said, that though
the Hon. Gent. had often been embat>
tied against him, he assured him, that
never had he entertained the smallest
bad feeling or ilI-will towards him.
MIR. B. then continued his argument,
and solemnlv advjsed the real friends