/ n SELECT COMMITTEE ON FICTITIOUS VOTES, IRELAND. 49 7509. And if a man talked nonsense he was very apt to be angry with him ? Mr. G. Gardiner, Indeed he was. " * 7510. You think that in 1837 he became partial to the Liberals ?— His conduct 28 March l838- at the registration appeared so. 7511. Was the judgment you formed upon him, that he became a partial man ?— It was. 7512. Or a mistaken man ?— I should think both. 7513. Did he show that partiality in 183/ by the rejection of Conservatives ?— He seldom ever had cause to reject a Conservative, for their value was always good. 7514. Is it your judgment that he was partial in 1837 in the rejection of Conservatives ?— I think lie did not reject Conservatives, for he had not one to reject in 1837. 7515. Did he before that reject Conservatives that you think he was wrong in rejecting ?— He very seldom had many of that class to reject. 7516. The question is, whether before 183/ he rejected Conservatives whom, in your judgment, he ought to have registered?— I do not recollect a case of the kind. 7517. You recollect no instance of a partial decision by the rejection of a Conservative before 1837 — I do, in the year 1833. 7518. Did he at that time equally reject Liberals ?— He did. 7519. Then, was not that a mistaken decision on both sides, if he made the same mistake equally against the Conservatives and the Liberals ; do you call that a partial decision ?— It might be a mistake of the value on both sides. 7520. You have stated that in 1833 he did not, in your judgment, reject any Conservative partially. Can you state any instance before 1837 in which lie acted partially in the admission of a Liberal, and the rejection of a Conservative ? — I do not impute the rejection of a Conservative to him at all. 7521. Then you do not impugn his judgment in the rejection of Conser- vatives ?— There were very few instances ever came under his cognizance of Conservatives that could be rejected. 7522. And therefore he rejected very few ?— Very few. 7.523. How long have you been employed as a surveyor?— I have been employed as a surveyor these 20 years, but about seven years acting in the capacity of attending the registries. 7524. You are paid, of course ?— I have been paid sometimes. 7525. When were you first taken into pay ?— At the Reform registry. 7526. Who took you into pay at that time?— The agents of the Conser- vative party. 7527. What are their names?— Mr. Courtenay is one, and Mr. Robinson is another. 7528. What profession is Mr. Robinson?— Lie is a land- agent; he was agent to the Countess of Ross's estate, as I believe. 7529. Is he father or brother to Mr. Robinson the assistant barrister of Sligo ? — No, he is not a relative of his at all; he is father to the treasurer of the county of Longford. „ 7530. What were the terms upon which they took you into pay upon the Reform registry ?— I did not make any terms at the commencement of it; after it was over, I got a certain sum for my time and expenses. 7531. LIow much did you get?— It was a discretionary thing with Mr. Robinson, as I was living under Lady Ross, to allow me what he pleased. 7532. How much did he please to allow you ?— Between my expenses during the time, and my time, I think together about 30 /. 7533. That was for the first registry sessions ?— Yes. 7534. Have you come under regular pay since ?— Not regular pay. 7535. How are you paid?— Sometimes I happen to be a week employed, and sometimes two or three days employed, when the sessions are not so long. 7536. Do you make your survey of the lands before the sessions, in order to qualify you to give evidence ?— No, I do not make a survey; I generally look to the tithe composition books of the parishes which I am conversant with, and which I have got, then when the leases are produced I see whether it corres- ponds with the quantity. 043. 11 7537- Then