. ,46 MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE THE Meagher, widen the passage to Godsil's- lane, therefore Mr. Young could not have seen - this house in the state it was m when he registered. 26 February 1838. o4Q3. Chairman.-] But still, whatever was the state when he registered is the house of the value of 10/. now?— This man is a hair- dresser, and he has an establishment in another part of the city ; lie considers this as a complete esta- blishment, and he would not give it up; I would not give 10 /. a year for it j but from its particular locality, the man would not give it for 10 /. a year, and I think when he registered it was much more valuable than it is now. 3404. What do you think is the real value, between landlord and tenant, of that house as it is now?— It certainly is not worth that rent. 3495. Do you know what rent he pays for it ?— No. 3496. The man has got a wife, has not he ?— He has, and he has two esta- blishments. . . . 3407. The other establishment is not under the same landlord r— No, it is not; ' it is in another parish altogether. 3498. He is not registered out of the other establishment r— No, he is not. 3499. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] Do you know what this tenement consists of?— He has a shop, and, 1 believe, a couple of apartments up stairs, and a little room beside the shop. 3500. Are you sure that he has a couple of apartments up stairs ?— He has the house altogether. 3501. Are you sure of that?— He stated so at the registry, and he went through a long cross- examination; he was particularly opposed; there was a battle of an hour, and after minute inquiry he was admitted to register. 3502. And you are sure that he stated, upon his oath before the barrister, that he occupied what was worth 10/. ?— I do not know whether he occupied the whole house, but I believe he did. 3503. Did he state that he occupied the whole house ?— I think he did; there was a man that was his landlord, who had a room up stairs which came over this Godsil's- lane; whether that was the room that was taken away, or not, I cannot say; he was brought forward as the landlord of the house. 3504. Are you sure that he ever stated upon his oath, or otherwise, that he held more than the premises upon the ground floor ?— No, I am not aware of that; but I believe he depended chiefly for his value upon the shop. 3505. Do you know his wife ?— I do. 3506. If she were to tell you that they only had this small shop, with a room behind it, and that they paid but 2s. 6d. a week for it, would you believe her?— No; I am sure she deceived Mr. Young if she told him that: she knows Mr. Young, and she would not tell Mr. Young the truth. 3507. Do you know, in point of fact, that the man did hold more than the shop and the small room behind it ?— No, I do not; but I believe it was the shop and the apartment inside that formed the principal value of it. I remem- ber that the man that owned the house at the time the Wide- street Commis- sioners were taking it, had a room in that part of the house that came over the archway; that was taken away; he got compensation for it, and that makes me infer that he must have had the upper part of the house. 3508. What means of information had you that would enable you to say that the woman told what was false to Mr. Young when she said that they held but two rooms r— I spoke to Mr. Barry himself, and he laughed at the'idea of a Conservative getting information from him, or from any of his family. " They were here," says he, " and what a great deal of information they would get me. 3509. Can you state any fact you know with relation to the premises which would enable you to say that that information from the wife was false ?— I know no fact inconsistent with it; but the shop and the room behind it, I think, may- be worth 10/. a year. 3510. Do you say that it is worth 10 /. a year ?— No. 3511. What do you suppose it would be worth ?— I suppose not more than 6 /. or / Z a year; it is greatly cut up since the registry. 3512. When was the registry?— In 1832. sion'nf'tWd }" 0U haye a distinct recollection of what occurred upon the occa- that wn lT p TT? / U ^- Yes; I will state what I stated before, and I was Z 1 8 PanSh' WW 1 resided' after ^ e year of the cholera and I was particularly active in trying to drive away the nuisances of narrow lanes