\ 48 MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE THE Mr. G. Gardiner. 747g. How long were you on those lands ?— I was frequently on them during the harvest of 1834. 08 March 1838. 7479_ Do you know the mearmgs of Thomas Mulvy, the boundaries r— I was shown the mearings. 7480. Were you shown the bounds of Mulvy's holding, or the bounds of the townland ?— Of each distinct holding in the townland. 7481. Do you state that you were perfectly able to give an opinion which ought to weigh against the opinion of Mulvy, as to the value of his lands ?— I can give a decided opinion that the value he affixed upon them the second time, in October 1836, was much more than he did at the first, and much more than the fair value of the land. 7482. In what year were you on the lands of Mulvy ?— In 1834. 7483. Do not you think that, between 1834 and 183", the lands of Mulvy might be very considerably improved?— I have known them ever since; I have frequently gone through them since. 7484. Do you think that, between 1834 and 183/, the lands of Mulvy could be considerably improved ?— They could be improved by laying out capital upon them. 7485. By gravelling?— Yes. 7486. By draining ?— Yes, and by building. 7487. Or by allowing the land to rest ?— Yes. 7488. In fact, in the year 1834, the crops that you saw on Mulvy's land might have been bad crops, resulting from the soil being exhausted?— I have known the quality of the soil so long, that I am a perfect judge of it. 7489. Might not the badness of the crops be owing to the soil being exhausted? — If they were bad, it might. 7490. Then } rou do not state that the crops were bad ?— The land there is not of a bad quality. 7491. Mulvy swore positively to the value of the land, and the valuation of Mulvy was sufficient to prove him to be a 10/. freeholder ?— His latter swearing was. 7492. Was his first swearing, when he was rejected, sufficient to prove him a 10/. freeholder ?— It was. 7493. You state that some men were refused to be placed upon the register by Mr. French, against whom objections were made as to title, and that they were afterwards admitted?— Yes. 7494. Are you aware that the barrister has no power to inquire into the landlord's title r— I have seen the last barrister, Mr. Tighe, refuse to do so two or three times. 7495. Did Mr. French refuse to receive any evidence which was tendered against the value of the holding ?— He did refuse evidence. 7496. He refused to receive it?— Yes, after having made up his mind. 7497. After having decided upon the value he refused to receive further evidence ?— He did. 7498. But before he made up his mind did he refuse to hear and receive evidence ?— Before he did, he would receive evidence 011 each side. 7499. Did Mr. French, after the passing of the Reform Bill, and up to the year 1837, register many voters?— He did; he registered beyond 400. 7500. He refused several times to register men that he afterwards registered in January 1837?— He did. 75,01. Did he refuse to register men in January 183/ that he had refused to register before ?— I do not recollect an instance of it. 7502. Did he in 1830?— I knew him to refuse one in October 1836, and to admit him in January 1837. 7503. Are you aware that Mr. French rejected persons in 1835, 1836, and 1837, and never registered them:— I am. 7504. Mr. O'Connell'] Did Mr. French lean in favour, according to your judgment, of the Liberal party more than of the Conservatives ?— In" the latter period of his registration he did. 7.505. During the first part of it was he impartial, in your judgment ?— I think in 1833 he acted impartially. 7506. He rejected both sides indiscriminately ?— He did. 7507. He is a gentleman hasty in his temper?— Sometimes. 7508. Is not he a good deal so; he is easily irritated r— A good deal. 7509. And