IS MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN I5EFORE THE a. Djton, £ « ]. any order for a return of the number of persons who had subseribed affidavits ,.= 7* ^' tsUin March tS37?- Yes - it was the end of February or the beginning of March. . U " Did you issue any other order to the same effect in this session, on the revival of the Committee ?- I did, on the i st of December in the last year 12 « Did you receive from any quarters to which those orders were addressed returns pursuant to the order ?_ I did last year from the boroughs of Armagh, Athlone, Eandonbridge, Belfast, Carlow, Carrickfergus, Cashel, Clonmel, Cole- raine, Downpatrick and Newry; Drogheda, Dundalk, Dungarvan Dungannon, Ennis, Fnniskillen, Kinsale, New Ross, Portarlmgton, Shgo, Tralee, Wexford, Youghall; they came as one return, from Mr. Drummond, of the Castle of Dublin. 1254. what " as the date of lhe return made t0 y0U m Dublin r — The 16U1 of March 1837. 1255. Did you receive any upon that occasion from Cork i— No. 1256. Have you, in answer to the order transmitted this session, received any return from any places?— I have not yet; I have received a return from the county of Antrim, and one from the sheriff of the county of Limerick, but none relating to marksmen. 1257. Chairman.'] Can you ascertain what was the date of the order of this return, namely, " That there be laid before this Committee a return of the several persons registered in the several boroughs and cities in Ireland sending members to Parliament, who have subscribed their affidavits for registry as marksmen, so as to complete the return made to the Committee in the last session of Parliament"?— The ist of December 1837. 1258. Was that despatched that same day, or thereabouts?— I always give them to the messenger the same day, and I have no doubt this was despatched the same day. Mr. John Colburn, further Examined. Mr. John Colburn. ] 259- Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] WILL you give in the order which you received from the Castle of Dublin?— Plere is the letter, containing also the order, the order of the Committee. f The Witness delivered in the same, which are as follows:] ( Immediate.) Sir, Dublin Castle, 10 February 1838. I herewith transmit, by command of the Lord- Lieutenant, a copy of an order of a Select Committee of the House of Commons, dated the 1st December, and I am to signify his Excellency's desire that you will forthwith furnish me with one copy of the returns therein required, in order that the same may be forwarded to be laid before the Committee accordingly, I am also to request that the returns called for may be signed by the proper officer and that you will inform me at what time they will be furnished. 0 I am See * The Clerk of the Peace, City of Cork. ( signed) ' T. Drummond. House of Commons, Select Committee on Fictitious Votes, Ireland. Veneris, 1° die JDecembris, 1837. The Right Hon. Lord Granville Somerset, in the Chair. Ordered,- That there be laid before this Committee a return of the several persons regis- and Clties in Irela » d ending members to Parliament, who hive E^^-^ T* fori: eglst; y asrmarksmen, so as to complete the return made to the Committee m the last session of Parliament. ( signed) G. C. II. Somerset, Chairman. 1260. Did you send an answer to that?— I did 1261. Will you read it?— [ The Witness read the same, as follows:] Sir, the several persons Tto Wrd a - turn of period, which I regret it is no^ " P. *> the Present from said Select Committee to anwar WnL1^ ^" f1' having received a summons 12 o'clock, in conseZnce of h jl! T, ° U ^^ next> the 1Gth instant, at , onsequence ot which all papers and documents relating to the registry since 1832,