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31/07/1822

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84" MrNUTES OF EVIDENCE BEFORE SELECT COMMITTEE Appendix Do you, or do you not, consider that the parishioners of St. Michael have any con- ( A.) trol over their own revenues?— It is very hard for me to say ; the commissioners \——^ ' have been appointed by Act of Parliament, and I believe it is they who have the con- Mr. trol over those funds. B. M'Mahon. Then you do not believe that the parishioners have any control over their own ( 5 July.) revenues?— I do not know. Do you know whether the parishioners elect any of the commissioners?— I do not know ; I have not made it the subject of my consideration. You have stated, that the corporation have expended no money upon the repairs of roads and bridges ; do you not know that they have expended money upon Thomond bridge ?— I do not know that they have. Of what profession are you?— I am an attorney, a solicitor of the court of Chancery. Residing at Limerick ?— Yes. The Committee believe you were a supporter one time of the corporation interests of the city of Limerick ?— I was. And was a member of the corporation ?— Yes, and now am. Are you a burgess?— I am. Have you taken the oath annexed to that office?— I have taken an oath, and I believe it is the oath of which I have a copy in my pocket. Have the goodness to produce it?— This is it. [ Producinga written paper.] This is the oath you have taken ?— I believe so, inasmuch as I got it from the proper authority. How many years is it since you were sworn ?— Upwards of thirty. Have you never, in the interim, read the oath that you took at that time ?— Not until lately. Have you forgotten the purport of the oath which you then took ?— In fact I never gave myself the trouble of recollecting it. Can you state to the Committee, that you have truly kept that oath since you took it ?—[ The question was objected to, and waved.] Did Lord Gort ever promise you any place or situation ?— Never distinctly. Did you consider that he had given you any promise to that effect?— Lord Gort made me, unasked and unhoped for on my part, many professions of friendship, and he never realized one of them. Did Lord Gort deny that he had ever made you any promise ?— I never heard that he did; on the contrary, I heard from Mr. Morris, his lordship's agent, that he admitted them all, but said I was a little too precipitate in my expectations. Have you any recollection of Lord Gort's having told you, that he never would give you a place ?— He never told me so. Were you ever in gaol ?— I was. For debt ?— A sheriffs debt due to the crown, of which I never handled one shilling. Was that debt paid ?— It was. By whom?— I believe by the independents of Limerick. How long since?— As well as I recollect, it was in the year 1817. Did they subscribe for the purpose of releasing you ?— The very day I was com- mitted, I understood from Mr. Tuthill, who was then a candidate for the city, that a subscription had been entered into for the purpose of discharging the whole amount; the execution was marked for 336/. as well as I can recollect; I knew that the actual debt due to the crown was not more than 145/. and I refused to be released until I had made an experiment, which I did by sending a memorial to government; the gross amount of the sum due to government consisted in fines for laches of duty, amounting, I believe, to upwards of 900/. the entire sum was knocked off, and 145/. paid, and I got released from the situation in which I was placed. Then it was in consequence of a subscription of the independents of the city of Limerick that you got your release ?— It was. Have you adhered to that party since ?— I have. Had you supported that party previously ?— I had, long previously. Is that the party whose object was to assert the rights of election, that had not been admitted by the corporation?— It was. And did they set up a candidate in opposition to the candidate who was supported by the corporation?— They did. Did they enter into a subscription for the purpose of paying that candidate's expenses ?—] believe there was a subscription entered into for that purpose. Do you consider this oath of secrecy, which you have taken as a burgess, so bind- ing
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