Star.
London, England, 1823-06-28 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The House was summoned to the House of Peers, to hear
the Royal Assent given by Commission to several Bills, for
which see the Lords.

Mr. WILBERFORCE presented a Petition from various
Religious Associations against Slavery.—Ordered 'to be printed.
Mr. HOBIIOUSE presented a Petition from John Jones, of
Water-lane, Fleet-street, complaining of the mode of striking
Special Juries.
After a few words from Mr. NV. Wrrns and Mr. Memo the
Petition was ordered to he printed.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER appeared at
the Bar with a Message from his Majesty. It stated that his
Majesty had observed that, by Act of Parliament, the grant made
by the English Parliament to the late Lord St: Vincent, was
continued to the present Viscount; his Majesty recommended
that the grant made by the Irish Parliament to the late Earl
should also be continued to the present Viscount.—Monday was
fixed for taking the Message into consideration.
Mr. EVA.:.s.IS presented a Petition from the Ministers of the
Associate Congregation of Edinburgh, against Slavery. The
Hon. Member presented three other Petitions on the same sub-
ject.—Ordered to he primed.
Mr. F. PALM Elt presented a Petition from the Inhabitants
of the town of Reading, praying for a Free Trade in Beer.
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After h few words fri;M. Mr. Moser:, who supported the prayer
of the Petition, it was ordered to he primed.
Mr. RU M BOLD presented a Petition from the Shipowners
of the town of Great Yarmouth, against the Reciprocity of
Duties Bill.

After a few words from Mr. ROBERTSON, Mr. Hume, Sir T.
COMM, and Mr. DeaNAL, the Petition was ordered to be printed.
Mr. HONEY WOOD presented a Petition from the town of
Woolwich, praying for the Repeal of the Coal Duties.—Ordered
to be printed.
Mr. HERRIES moved the Order of the Day for the House
going into a Committee on the Fast India Half pay Bill.
Sir W. BURRELL moved as an amendment, that the Order
of the Day shoUld be read for the House going into a Committee
on the Poor Laws BM. On this a division took place.
For the amendment 50
Against it - 39
—ll

Majority

On the re-admission of strangers to the gallery, the House was in
Committee upon the Poor Laws Bill,which having passed through
.the Committee, the Report was brought up and ordered to be
taken into further consideration that day three months.

A Message from the Lords announced that their Lordships
had passed certain Bills--(for which sce Lords' Report).

MR. ROWAN.

Mr. BROUGHAM trusted. the 'louse would allow him to
offer a few words, in justice to an individual from whom he had
last night presented a Petition, containing charges against an
Hon. Member of that House (the Member for. Kerry). On
that occasion he had stated that he knew nothing whatever of
the Petitioner or of the truth or falsehood of the allegations con-
tained iu his Petition ; but thst individual had since referred him
to an Hon. Member of that House, whose account of him ma-
terially altered his (Mr. Brougham's) opinion of the Petitioner
and his Petition. The Hon. Member to whosn'he was referred
by the Petitioner thus answered his inquiries:—" I know Mr.
George Rowan intimately ; he is related to me, and otherwise
respectably connected ; and, with the exception of his dismissal
from his situation, which was brought about by very base,
means, I never beard anything in the slightest degree reflecting
upon his character. Ile is a very clever and a very cautious
snan." That declaration he (Mr. Brougham), upon his honour,
received from an Hon. Member of that House, but whose name,
for the present, he did not wish to disclose. His own duty then
was either to present the Petition again, 'or to move some other
proceeding upon it ; and the House would not perform its duty
to the Public, did it not afford to the Petitioner every facility fur
proving the charges contained in his Petition. He hoped, there.
fore, the Ilouse would allow him to present the Petition anew ;
but in a matter of such importance, the House would, he
trusted, see the propriety of his taking a day or two to consider.
the course which it might be expedient to adopt.