23 8 m i n u t e s o f e v i d e n c e t a k e n b e f o r e t I Ie Mr. Henry Barry. 5613. Are y ou able now to put this Committee in possession of any formed the foundation of your judgment at the time?— No, of the grounds which o able to state whether, in this instance, you derived your from seeing his from 8 March 1838. j am not. 5614. You are not able to . information from conversation with the individual himself, or lease, or from seeing vouchers, or whether you derived your information other persons ?— I cannot tell at present. ... 5615. All you can say is, that you formed that opinion yourself at the time: — Yes which perfectlv satisfied my mind to come before the Committee. 5616. You were a good deal in the interest of those who were the petitioners at that time ?— Mr. Callaghan is a particular friend of mine, and therefore I volunteered to do this for him, in the event of a scrutiny. 5617. You are very zealous in his cause ?— Yes. ' 5618. Had you taken a very active part in the election on his behalf, and that of his colleague ?— It may be considered active. 5619. You espoused his cause very warmly?— Yes. ' 5620. Chairman.'] You took all this pains merely 011 account of friendship for Mr. Callaghan, and not for reward of any sort?— For friendship to Mr. Calla- ghan ; not for reward of any kind. 5621. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] When were you summoned to attend this Com- mittee?— It was about a fortnight previous to the 7th of last month; my warrant, was to be here upon the 7th. 5622. Mr. Beamish.] Did not you receive your summons at the same period that Mr. Meagher received his ?— I did. 5623. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] Did you, upon getting your summons, proceed to acquire information which should enable you to satisfy the Committee as to each individual case ?— I did. 5624. You did not visit this man ?— Not this man. 5625. But you visited others ?— I did, in company with Mr. Gould and Mr. Meagher. 5626. Did they accompany you to all the places that you went to inspect ?— I was only two days; and I got a very violent cold, and I was obliged to take to my bed then. 5627. But in all the cases you have visited you were accompanied by Mr. Meagher and Mr. Gould ?— 111 the few cases I did visit I was accompanied by them. 5628. You were prevented from doing more by reason of a severe cold that you caught?— Yes. 5629. And that accounts for your not being now in a position to furnish the Committee with the data upon which you formed your judgment ?— Yes. 5630. Mr. Beamish.] Those houses of the persons whose names you have in that book you visited in 1835 ?— Yes. 5631. And you took every possible pains to ascertain the value ?— As minutely as I possibly could. 5632. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] What length of time did you, at that period, devote to the collecting of information ?— I think it was nearly two months. 5633. Were you occupied every day in the two months ?— There may have been a day or two intervening, but it occupied me nearly two months ; I do not know exactly the time between the election and the petition; but I think it occu- pied me nearly two months. 5634. Did you forego your own particular interest for that period?— I did. 5035-. Did you employ the . whole of each day upon this ?— I suppose about five or six or seven hours some days. 5636- One day with another ?— I think it occupied one day with another six hours per day. It must have been so, for the country is of great extent. 5037-. " hat number of persons did you visit during that period?— In my book it is stated 1,094. I visited all the houses in the city. In the suburbs " l chcl not visit each of the tenements. 5638. In the city you visited all?— All the names I have down. 5b39- Uut in the district outside the city you did not visit all the houses ?— were holdings that I did not think it necessary to visit, because I was so sure of the value not being questioned. 5640. You went to houses that you thought were likely to be impeached?— eS ; anci those tIiat 1 dld not visit in the suburbs I had their receipts brought to