MR. J. D. FITZGERALD,in reply to a question from Captain Archdall, said that the question of the Fees of County Officers in Ireland was a question of law, and not one for the consideration of the Government. His own opinion with regard to some of the fees of the clerks of the Crown was that they were illegal. Other legal authorities, on the other hand, thought differently. The origin of some 837 of those fees was lost in the remoteness of time, and there was consequently great difficulty with respect to their legality. It was a question, however, that must be decided in the Superior Courts. Any one who was aggrieved by the exaction of those fees could institute an action and an indictment for extortion; but it was not a question for the Government, but for the individual aggrieved.