120 Mr. John Young. 27OO. . ,46 MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE THE 2546. But you have not given evidence as to those ?— I have not. 2547. Had you time to visit those 40 s. freeholders whose freeholds might be do that, but it not have had premises from which you7cOnclusionsT- If T hadpaid any attention to the 40*. freeholders, I not have visited so many houses as I did visit. I he houses which I have in fully occupied all the time I had. . • , • , 0550 Did vou, in the course of your peregrinations, visit the premises ot a 40 s. freeholder of the name of Andrew Barry, of the Watercourse ?— I did. 2551. How came you to visit him?— I was told that there was a house in the Watercourse out of which two 40 s. freeholders registered and voted. 2.552. Were you told their names?— I was. 2553. Was Andrew Barry one of them ?— Yes. 2554. Who was the other ?— Cornelius Mahony. 2555. Were you anxious to see this curiosity which could furnish two voters? I was; I went to the house, and inquired for Andrew Barry, and he was called down to me. I asked him if he lived there ; he said he did. I asked him how much of the house he occupied ; he said, he only occupied one room in it. I asked him to whom he paid rent, and he told me, to Cornelius Mahony. I asked him, was it long since he registered, and he said it was a long time ago. 2556. Did you see the other man, Cornelius Mahony?— No, I did not. 2557. What did this man's premises consist of ?— Nothing but the house. 2558. ( To Mr. Colburn.) Will you see if you have a 40 s. freeholder of the name of Andrew Barry upon the register?—" Andrew Barry, weaver, Water- course, city of Cork; house at Watercourse; freeholder, 405.; registered 13 th of October 1832." 2,559. ( 1° young.) What might have been the value of the tenement ?— lie came down stairs to me; I was not in the room, and I could not ascertain the value of it, nor would he tell me the rent of it. 2560. Did he only occupy one room ?— So he told me. 2561. Cannot you form an estimate of the value of that room ?— I should think a shilling a week would be a fair medium for the value of it. 2562. Do you know who the head landlord was ?— He told me that Cornelius Mahony paid 61. a year for it to Mr. Blaseby. 2563. That is, that Cornelius Mahony, Barry's landlord, was tenant to Mr. Blaseby, for the tenement, at 6 a year ?— Yes. 2564. Mr. Beamish.'] You did not see Mahony ?— No. 2564*. And you did not see Mr. Blaseby?— No. 2565. ( To Mr. Colburn.) Have you got Barry's affidavit affidavit of the registry, before Mr. Moody, in 1832. - I have ; here is the [ The Witness delivered in the same. 1 2565*. By this it appears that Andrew Barry, cotton- weaver, of the Water- course, in Cork, registered as a 40 s. freeholder, out of premises in the Water- course ?— Yes. 2566. You perceive that he registers here by virtue of a former registry, as a 40freeholder?— Yes. : 2567. Have you searched the file of original affidavits, for the affidavit of this Andrew Barry, prior to the Reform Bill ?— I have; and I cannot find it. 2568. Ought there not to be among the records the original affidavit from which he registered ?— It ought to be here ; I have searched all through; but I cannot find it. 0 2569. Do you find upon the registry Cornelius Mahony ?—" Cornelius Ma- hony, weaver, Watercourse, city of Cork ; house and concerns at the Watercourse ; freeholder, 405.; registered 3d of November 1830 " 2570. Will you now refer to the original affidavit, by virtue of which he effected It 3JTP~~: HuerC o the affldfvitTIb>' vvhich he registered before Mr. Willis, or, the 3d of November 1832. [ The Witness delivered in the same. 1 - 571. Will you now refer to the affidavit by which he effected his previous registry ? Here is the affidavit of Cornelius Mahony, tf the 22d of April 1830. The