2 1 ' SELECT COMMITTEE ON FICTITIOUS VOTES, IRELAND. on f w 7iv ( T° Mr Young ) you visit and value the Premises of Joseph Barrett of Wellington- road, since Christmas ?— I did. ' 2173. Does Joseph Barrett live in the house ?— He does not. 2174. How is the house occupied ?— With poor lodgers ollfi wh° really owns the house ?- His father, Edward Barrett. ° es his father, Edward Barrett, live near it ?- He does; he lives in a very good house. 2177. How do you know that his father is the owner of this house?— I went to his father's to inquire, and a brother of his was there, and he told me that that house did not belong to his brother Joseph, but to his father Edward Barrett. 2178. Mr. Beamish.] Who told you ?— One of the family, the brother that was inside the shop. 2179. Was that one of the sons of Barrett?— One of the sons of Barrett. 2180. Did you see Joseph Barrett?— No. 2181. You did not know from him that it was not his house, and you did not know from the father, who, you say, was the owner ?— No ; I asked him where was Joseph Barrett's house, and he said that Joseph Barrett had no house there ; that it belonged to his father, Edward Barrett. 2182. That was when you went since Christmas?— Yes. 2183. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] When you went to the house you found that Joseph Barrett did not live in it, but that it was let to lodgers ?— It was let to lodgers. 2184. What value do you set upon that house?—£. 6 a year is the utmost value of it. 2185. ( To Mr. Colburn.) Do you find him upon the register?—" Joseph Barrett, carpenter, Wellington- road; house at Wellington- road; householder, 10/.; registered 1st April 1837. 2186. Will you see whether his father, Edward Barrett, is not upon the register also ?— I find " Edward Barrett, carpenter, city of Cork; house and premises, Wellington- road; householder, 10 /.; registered2dof November 1832." I cannot say that he is his father. 2187. Mr. jBeamish.'] Is there an Edward Barrett living in Wellington- road ? — Yes. 2188. But not at the house you have been giving evidence of now?— No, he lives near it, on the same ground. 2189. Then, in fact, except from what you heard of the brother of Joseph Barrett, this house might be Joseph Barrett's house ?— It might. 2190. You never heard Joseph Barrett say that it was not his house nor his — No, but he does not live there. Can you say that he did not live there when he registered ?— I cannot / AS Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] Have you seen this young man at all ?— Barrett valued for city purposes?— No; it Mr. John Yi oung. 20 February 1838. father's ? 2191. say. 2192. Never. 2193. ( To Mr. Lane.) Is Joseph appears that he registered in 1837- 2194. ( To Mr. Young.) Did you visit and value the premises of Thomas Barry, of Paul's- street, since Christmas ?— I did. 2195. What is the value of them, according to your judgment ?— There is one very small shop, with a small room behind it, all in very bad repair, and his wife told me they paid 2 s. 6 d. a week for it, which, I think, is the full value. 2196. What would be the highest value you would set upon that shop and room ?— I think that is the very utmost* value of it ? . 2107 That is 6 Z. 10 s. a year ?— Yes ; I have a house m Paul s- street, 111 the same street, that I cannot get such a good rent for in proportion to the value. 2108. ( To Mr . Colburn.) Do you find that person upon the register?— Thomas Barry, hair- dresser, Paul's- street, city of Cork ; dwelling- house and shop m Pauls- street; householder; registered 12th of October 1832. He . oted m 1832, 1835, and 1837- , . ( To Mr. Young.) Could those Thev never could be worth that. , , 2200. Mr. Beamish.] You said that this man had but one. room^ " hog When you went there, did you learn that from himself r- His wife told me that he never had more than that part which she showed me. ^ ^ 0.46. 02