/// SELECT COMMITTEE ON FICTITIOUS VOTES, IRELAND. i ay form Mr. D. Meagher. 2889 Did the public in general consider it very extraordinary ?— It was con- 22 February 1838. sidered the most extraordinary thing that ever occurred in Cork 2890. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] Do you consider that anybody was injured by this decision reaching Judge Moore through the hands of Mr. Besnard, instead of the hands of Mr. Colburn ?- Mr. Besnard had great interest for a number of persons, and I thought it an odd thing that he should get that communication, winch ought to have come through Mr. Colburn. 2891. Do you think that Mr. Besnard's interest on behalf of a number of persons, would make it at all likely that he should tamper with the decision or alter anything in it ?— By no means, but that he could communicate that to his friends before I knew it. 2892. What injury could that do to anybody?— It might keep a number of persons in town, knowing the decision, that would otherwise have gone home, and it increased the non- residents upon the register in that way. 2893. Do you think any person was in fact kept in town by reason of that cir- cumstance ?— 1 am certain that persons, after that decision, were kept in town till they could register. 2894. Do you know any person that was delayed from departing from town in consequence of that communication reaching Judge Moore through Mr. Besnard, instead of Mr. Colburn?— I do not think it affected any person in that way. 2895. Did you ever hear of any person who was alleged to have suffered incon- venience in consequence of that ?— No ; I only say that it was so curious that Mr. Colburn should not be made the organ of communication. 2896. What practical injury was done to any human being by that ?— None, more than that people thought it was not right to give it to an officer that was not the proper officer. 2897. Was it that your pride was hurt?— Our pride was hurt, I must own. Luna, 26° die Februarii, 1838. MEMBERS PRESENT. Mr. Beamish. Mr. Lefroy. Mr. Curry. Sir Robert Ferguson. Mr. F. French. Mr. Serjeant Jackson. Mr. Litton. Mr. Lucas. Mr. M. J. O'Connell. Lord Granville Somerset. LORD GRANVILLE SOMERSET, IN THE CHAIR. Mr. Daniel Meagher, called in ; and further Examined. ^ D Meanfier_ 2898. Mr. Beamish.] HAVE you seen the names of persons given in evidence 1 by Mr. Young, whose value he stated was under 10/., and yet they were regis- 26 February 1838. tered?— I have. 2899. Have you seen the house of James Miller, spoken to by Mr. Young in answer to question 1406 ?— I have. 2000 What do you conceive the value of that house to be?—£. 10. a year; he pays a ground- rent of 4I. 4 s. per annum; he gave 201 for the purchase; he built it, and it is valued for 10/. a year. < 2001. Did anybody accompany you upon your valuation?— Mr. Richard Gould. 2002. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] When did he build it ?- I do not know exactly the date that he ' built it; but the ground- rent being 41 4 s., I know that he must have built it, to make the house worth the money that it was when I saw it. 2903. How many years ago do you suppose it was r I cannot say. 2904. It might be 20 ?— It might. 2905. Forty years ago ?— It might. , , 290C. What aged man is he ?- I took down, as I went, the value of the various houses as 1 went through them; but I went through so many that can not bring to my recollection the age of the man, and I am not so intimately acquainted as to judge his age. 2907. What kind of a house is it ?- Fully worth 10/. a year. ^ R 4