28 February 1838. . ,46 MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE THE Mr. D. Meagher. valuation, but simply that you are not aware of them ?- That is all I mean to say ; Mr. Lane must know better than I can. o Mr Beamish. 1 Did you visit the house of Cornelius Foley, of Bridewell- lane spoken to by Mr. Young, in answer 22271- 1 did; he pays a rent of 10/.' 8 s. per annum, and I consider it good value. 3654 Did you see the man himself? — I did. 3655 Was it from him that you learned the rent ?— It was. _ 3656 Did vou see any receipt or ask for any?— No; but being a lodging- house and in the neighbourhood of the market, it is valuable on that account. 3657 Did you examine the house ?— I did ; and I put it down « good value." 3658.' Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] Have you a recollection of the house ?— A clear one. . , 3650. What kind of a house is it?— It is a house in a very narrow lane, and from its'contiguity to the market it is valuable for lodgings. It is a stone- built What number of apartments in it ?— I do not know. Whenever the rent satisfied me, I was not so particular in looking into the premises. 366!. Who told you the rent ?— Foley himself. 3662. You know him ?— I do. 3663. And you took his word for it?— I did. 3664. He knows you very well, does he ?— He does. 3665. And knows that you take this anxious interest in the promoting of the Liberal cause?— Yes. 3666. And judged that you were coming there upon some matter connected with the cause?— I think he did. 3667. He had registered?— He had. 3668. And he had sworn that his house was worth 10/.?— No ; he swore that he paid 10/. rent for it. 3669. The form of the oath is, " that the said premises are bond jide of the clear yearly value of not less than 10/.;" he swore that?— He did. 3670. Then of course this man was not upon his oath when he gave you this information of his paying 10/. rent?— No; but he was at the time he registered. 3671. Therefore he had an interest in sustaining the truth of his statement upon his oath, by enabling you to give evidence here that he was under the rent of 10/.?— Yes ; and I know the neighbourhood. 3672. Mr. Beamish.] Do you think he would have told you a falsehood as regards the rent?— I am quite certain he did not. 3673. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] Did he vouch it by showing you any document? — No, he did not. 3674. Mr. Beamish.] Did you ask him for any document ?— I did not; I satis- fied my mind. 3675. Mr. Lefroy.] Then your mind was satisfied with the assertion of the party, without even asking for the production of a document?— I have frequently asked for the production of documents, and I found that the party had not them. The people paying this rent pay 011 account frequently, and they do not wish, many of them, to have it known how they pay. 3676. Why should they not wish to have it known how they pay ?— They con- sider when they pay quarterly that it is not so good a payment as half- yearly ; they think that it is not so respectable. Some tenants that register pay weekly; that appeared before the barristers repeatedly. 3677. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] Surely this man would not be ashamed to have it known uhether he paid quarterly or weekly ?— This man paid half- yearly, if 1 recollect right. r J J o 3678. Who was his landlord ?— There is a man belonging to the market, I think he was his landlord ; a man in the Corporation Market. 3679. \ Y hat is his name?— Conspillan. 3680. Where does Conspillan live?— In one of the lanes off the Quay; he did live once upon the Quay; he was a man that contracted for sweeping the streets, and now lie has got a situation in the market as one of the beadles is stilL a SCaV6nger He WaS a scavenoer i I do not know whether he I thmkheAise y° U ^^ tlmt ^ ^ thC landl° rd ° f tUt man am » ot sure> but 3683. I) o you know how much of this house Foley occupies ?— No. 3684. Are