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4nired of in..lreTandi said, that upon its aPpeafing
to-the said Committee from the nature of the case, and
the number of Witnesses, &c. the same 'cannot be' in_
. squired of by the Committee without great expence,
&c. it shall and may be lawful, that the same sha;l
be inquired of by Commissioners, &c. in Ireland ;.and
after all the provisions of this Bill should be put
in force it would leave to the Committee the power
of deciding upon the whole of the matter ; and all
the proceedings were before Parties and a body of
men ading upon oath, and the question therefore
was, whether it was for the furtherance of Justice,
and to the purity of eleffion of Representatives in
Parliament, that such proceedings should take place ;
and the clause- which was most objeaed to, made
the nature of the written evidence still depend on
that of- parole testimony. If the opinion of the
Committee was with the written evidence, the
• Committee would decide with it. If the Case
was one that hung in balance upon the evidence,
the Commissioners would give their opinions and
transmit the whole to a Committee, and this was a
course taken before by those who were chosen by the .
Party themselves, and a&ing upon their oaths, and
who were to judge of the credibility of the wit_
nesses who gave their evidence. If it appeared that
the opinion of the Commissioners was in favour of
the evidence, then it must be testimony that ought
•to he received and allowed ; if doubtful, it ought
t'o be received and finally judged of by the Com-
mittee. lithe opinion of the Commissioners was,
against the evidence, then there was a further light,
given to the Committee by the opinion of, such
Commissioners being stated to them. Such was the -
-outline of the Bill.and its leading provisions, and he
trusted the House would determine to allow it to
go into a Committee.
Lord COLE said, that this Bill was called a Bill
to lessen the exiience of Controverted Eleflions..—
He was -doubtful'of its pioducing that effea, when
!three Lawyers were to have the management of it..
Mr. NICHOLLS was proceeding. to speak, when
Strangers were ordered to withdraw, after which
the House divided, . .
' • For the.SPEAKER leaving the Chair, 58 '
Against it, .
Majority, —47
The Bill then went into a Committee, and a great
many Amendments were adopted.
The Committee at length agreed
.to report pro-
gress, and ask leave to sir again; and the House
having resumed, the Committee was ordered to sit
again' to-morrow.
The House having, resolved itself into a Com-
mittee to consider of defraying the expend of the
trial of•Controverted.'Eledions in Ireland, came.
to. a Resolution to. make . prcivisiort out of the-
Consolidated Fund, if necessary, to defray the same.-
Report. to-morrow.
Mr. BANKES moved for an Account of the.lncome.
and Expenditure of the Board of Agriculture, from
the 25th of March iSot, to the istlifol4Vlareh
'802.---Ordered.

18oz.—
Mr. BANKES brought up the Report of the Com-
mittee on Dr. Carmichael Smyth's Petition,. which
was ordered to lie on the Table.
Mr. BANKES moved that it should be printed.
Mr. N. VATISITTART wished to know if the-
Appendix was to be, printed at length, as it -ap-
peared extrenlely voluminous.
Mr. B ANKES said those parts of it were mark.,
ed which it was necessary to print,- and would not
be very long.
It was however agreed to print the. Report-only,
without the Appendix.
Sir HENRY MILDMAY moved to discharge
the Order for leave to bring in a Bill for the Pre-
servation of Black Game in the New Forest, on ac-
count of informality,--Ordered.
Sir HENRY MILDMAY then moved for leave to
bring in a new Bill for the better Presertiation of
Heath Fowl, commonly called Black Game, in .the
New orest.—Leave given. .
He then brought up the Bill, which was read a first
time,and ordered to he read a second time io,morrow:
The Volunteer Corps Bill and the Militia Adju-
tants Bill were read a third time and passed.
The Report of the Bill. for allowing the Army
and Navy to exercise Trades, was taken into fur-
ther consideration and agreed to, and the Bill or-
dered to be read a third time to-morrow.
-Mr. N. VANSITTART brought up a Bill for
the better Prevention of SMuggling in Great Britain,
which was read a first time, and ordered to be• read
a second time to-morrow. .
Mr. N. VANSITTART presented an Estimate of
Secret Service Money, for nine months ; an Ac-
count of the Expence of taking an Account of the
Population of Great Britain and several other Ac-
Counts and Estimates, which he moved should lie,
on the Table.
Mr. ROBSON said, if it Was intended to vote
those Sums to-morrow, he should certainly move
that the House be counted.
Mr. N. V ANS ITTA RT said, it was certainly
his intention to give notice that these Sums would,.
be moved to-morrowi but the Hon. Gentleman must
pursue that course which he chose.
RonsoN then moved, that the House be
counted, when, there being only twenty Members
present,, an adjournment took place,
.at half past
'eleeen o'clock, till to-morrow.