The Session was not to end without one more "
scene" in the Commons, which was not altogether an injurious one, as it made "scenes " not a little ridiculous. Mr. Callan, on Friday night, pro- fessing to wish to know something about the salaries of Catholic chaplains in workhouses, was met with cries of " Oh !" and refused to be put down by a" Radical, ignorant, intolerant, Nonconformist, atheistical, tyrant majority." Being called to order by the Chairman, Mr. Playfair, he refused "to take a rebuff from any Scotchman." Being again cautioned, he declared that he would not bear the " democratic, infidel set;" then explained that his words referred to the "ignorant, contemptible, Radical shop- keepers of London,"—the majority of whom are Tory Evan- gelicals—and finally, being called to order again, was "named" and reported to the Speaker. The House then voted that he be suspended for the sitting, and he was suspended, and retired kissing his hand to the Speaker. Mr. Callan next day, having recovered control of himself, apologised voluntarily to the House, expressing deep contrition, and the incident ended, but it left on the minds of observers an impression that suspension for a sitting is rather futile. It should be, at all events, suspension during the pleasure of the House, to be removed only after formal apology at the bar.
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