S E L E C T C O M M I T T E E O N F I C T I T I O U S V O T E S , I R E L A N D . 271 L ? / always a resident of the county of Longford, a small farmer, and a very poor man. Depo- Rev. E. M'Gaver. nent further states that he received a small compensation for being turned out, but that lie would not receive five times the amount of that compensation, and freely and voluntarily 1 June 1838 quit his house and farm.— Bryan Breeman, a Roman- catholic, states, that he held about 12 acres of the lands of Creelaughta, the property of Lord Lorton, for many years; that his father held the same lands for a very long period; that he was always a solvent and punctual tenant; that he was ejected and turned out in 1835. That he owed no rent at the time at which he was turned out; that seven other Roman- catholic tenants, residing on said lands, were turned out in the same year, two only being permitted to remain on a barren strip of land. Deponent further states, that all these tenants always paid their rents punctually, and owed no rents when they were ejected. That Thomas Courtnay, Lord Lorton's agent, said in presence of deponent, that he was so well pleased with the tenants of Creelaughta, that he did not know which of them he would turn out to make large farms, but that no stranger would come among them, and that the persons who would go out freely would not be worse off than those who remained. That notwithstanding this promise and declaration, deponent and those seven other tenants were ejected from the lands of Creelaughta; that the farms from which they were turned out were given exclusively to Protestants, who were all residents of the county, and the sons of small and poor farmers, who had neither the capital nor industry to cultivate these farms, as their present appearance plainly proves. That deponent only received 11, sterling compensation for quitting his farm; that having built a good farm- house and offices, he would not voluntarily quit his farm for 501. 12839. Mr. Lefroy. You stated that 45 families were turned off since 1831, I have got that fact; then I put to you this question, " without compensation ?" Your answer was, " I have a list of those that received compensation, but until after I look over that list I cannot say; I will furnish it by- and- by." Now I ask you to furnish a list of the names of the persons who received compensation from Lord Lorton, and the amount of compensation ?— This is the list I referred to ; I had no other list to refer to. It gives the names of those, and what com- pensation they got. I have also a list of tenants turned off by Mr. Lefroy in 1834. It is contained in a letter from the Reverend Mr. O'Brien, who says— In the year 1834 the following prsons, with their families, were ejected and turned off Drimure by Mr. T. Lefroy. Catholic Landholders: Patrick Lee. Luke Mullaniffe. Thomas Lee. Francis Kearney. John Lee. Widow Hagan. Patrick Mullaniffe. Widow T. Kearney. Edward Mullaniffe. Widow J. Kearney. Catholic Cottiers: Charles Mallon. Widow Collins. Michael Logan. John Gunchenan. O Hugh Courtney. The only Catholic tenant permitted to remain on that farm is James Lee, who escaped the general and sweeping extermination, oh the presumed and almost certain grounds of his being a relative of persons of the name of Stephenson, who voted for Mr. A. Lefroy. The ejected persons were men of peaceable and orderly habits, very solvent and punctual in the payment of their rents; the neatness of their houses, and the improved state of their farms, were the best arguments of their industry and solvency. Mr. T. Lefroy will not, I hope, deny that, before he ejected them, he complimented some of them for the neatness and order of their dwellings and offices, and for the improvement of their farms. The only Protestant tenants residing on Drimure in 1834 were, John Scanlon, Winslow Scanlon, Thomas Scanlon, Cornelius Grimes, who held about an acre of land. Not one of these Protestant tenants were turned off their farms; the lands of the ejected Catholic tenants were given to these and to the following Protestants : John Bogan, Fee, Cornelius Grimes, who was appointed to a large farm. No Catholic succeeded to the farm of any ejected tenant. The Scanlons are hatters, and not weavers. I have no hesitation in stating that these lands were better cultivated by the former Catholic than by the present Protestant occupants. These Protestant occupants were, previously to their appointment to these farms, all residents of the county of Longford. In confirmation of this statement, I give you the statements of some of the ejected per- sons, which they are prepared to verify on oath. Patrick Mullaniff; a venerable old man of 85 years old, but in the full enjoyment of his intellect, states that he occupied 16 acres of Drimure, the property of Mr. Thomas Lefroy, 643. m M 4 for