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and Adly, with respect to the mode of raising them.
He did not mean to question the powers of the guild
Juries, or to transfer these powers to any other qua.
ter, but he wished to have some more equal mode f
collecting the tax, and a better mode of accountip,.
for the money. He intended once to include all th;
in a Bill relative to the Irish roads, but the subjer•
was so extensive and important, that it would be bee.
ter to refer it to a Committee of the House, by which
means it might come more particularly under the re.
view of such as were acquainted With the mode of
raising, applying, and accounting for county money
in England. An account of the amount had been
al on the table. What he wanted now was
an account of the mode of application, of the way in
which the money was accounted for, and of the time
the Grand Juries had for the perfu:mance of this
duty. He therefore moved—

ist, For an Account of the prescntn:ents for milting owl
during the Spring and Summer Assszes in it,, %peel:yi the
mode of application.

ed, Fot: topics of the Quere Books in the hues of the IN,
Treasurer, a. tar as related to the above period, with a near ti
shew the ntvtlicki of accounting.

And, 3dly, For the number of Ir.formations and Bilk of tz,
dictment beton. the Crand Juries during tke same pe:iud, arida;
the time the Aviizes continued.

After some observations from Mr. FOSTER and
Sir JOHN NEWPORT, the motions were agreed to.

PETITIONS AGAINST TIIR ORDERS IN coescit
Mr. PERCIVAL, adverting to the conversation of
last night, relative to the calling of witnesses in favour
of the Orders in Council, observed, that he found that,
according to the usual course of the House, the pian
would be to allow the present petitioners to close their
case, and to hear their Counsel upon it, and then to
call for further evidence, if the House thought fit._
The evidence to-night, he believed, would soon Le
clo,;ed, and in order to give the Counsel time to pre.
pare, he proposed he should be heard ow Monday,
with a view to hear such further evidence as might 6t
necessary on Tuesday.
Mr. TIERNEY said, it would he hard upon thcF.e
petitioners, to call other Witnesses without allowing
them an opportunity of cross.examming them, after
which their Counsel might sum up, and observe upon
the whole evidence. However, he agreed to the
course proposed for the present, reserving to himself
the right of commenting upon it afterwards, in what.
ever manner the subject might require.
After some observations from the SPEAKER, as
to the course of the House in such cases, the House
went into a Committee.

Mr. Brougham, the Counsel for the petitioners
against the Orders in Council, was then called in, and
proceeded to the examination of witnesses in support
of the allegations contained in the petitions.
Mr. Garland, of Poole, who is extensively connec,
ted with the Newfoundland Fishery, and Mr. Pollock,
an eminent cotton manufacturer, who has resided for
a considerable length of time in America, proved that
the Orders in Council would be almost fatal to these
two branches of our commerce, whilst, though a tem.
porary inconvenience must result to the Americans
from their operation, they must eventually tend to
advance considerably the interests of the American
trader, when compelled to turn his attention to these
objects.
Mr. Mann and Mr. Rathbone, two-of the former
witnesses, were again called in, for the purpose of
making their evidence more complete in some parti-
cular points. The former Gentleman stated, that
from seventeen years experience in the trade with
America, he had good reason to be of opinion, that
on an average nine-tenths of the American trade with
Europe, was either directly or collaterally connected
with England.
After the Counsel and witness withdrew, the Chair.
man reportel progress and obtained leave to sit agaia
on Tuesday next.
Mr. TIE RNET had then a short conference with
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Attorney tad
Solicitor General. After which the petitions were
ordered to be taken into further consideration on that
day, and the London petition, which has not yet been
considered, was ordered to be referred to the same
Committee. The evidence was then ordered to be
printed.—Adjourned at half after nine o'clock.

THE EVENING STAR.