S E L E C T C O M M I T T E E O N F I C T I T I O U S V O T E S , I R E L A N D . 275L ? / granted by me to you, I hereby determine said grant and release, and sive you notice of such my desire, and hereby require you to deliver up to me or to mv order, on or before the 25th day of March next, which will be in the year 1838 the quiet and peaceable possession of all that, and those that part of the lands of Drimmacreeher held by you from me, under and by virtue of said indenture of release, and determinable on your receiving six months' notice from me of my intentions to determine the same, which I now hereby give you "?— I am not quite sure that it was ; it may have been, but I am not qufte positive. 12879. Your belief is that it was ?— Most likely, but I cannot state positively. 12880. There was another served upon a person named Burne, otherwise Burnes?— I perceive there is. 12881. He held under a similar lease?— Yes; I believe this is Burne's lease in my hand. 12882. Are you not quite sure it is in your hand?— Why, there are two Thomas Burnes upon that townland. 12883. Are they both registered?— No. notice, I suppose 12884. Now, the Thomas Burne who was served with the he voted against you before he was served; is that your belief ?— One of the Thomas Burnes did vote against his landlord at the last election. 12885. And that was the man who was served with the notice, and not the other, I suppose ?— The man who voted against his landlord, I take it, was the man who was served with the notice. 12886. And Cunningham, I presume, voted the same way?— Cunningham voted against his landlord also. 12887. And he was served with a notice afterwards?— Yes, according to this. 12888. Do you know, was it intended to follow that notice up by an eject- ment?— I see the notice was to quit on the 25th March last, but there has been nothing done upon it since, so that I cannot say what the intention was, nor have I received any directions upon the subject. 12889. Then you can form no belief upon the subject, can you?— I cannot take upon me to state what may be the intention. 12890. Even upon belief?— I have not had even a suggestion or hint upon the subject of what the intention may be. 12881*. Had you any suggestion or hint when the notices were prepared?— At the time of the elections it was talked of. 12882*. What was said?— One of them said he was forced up to vote against his landlord, and he was sorry for it, and it would not happen again, or some thing of that sort. 12883*. Which of them said that?— Thomas Burne ; he said he was afraid of doing otherwise; his life would have been in danger; he was threatened, and all that. He told me so himself, when he asked forgiveness for having gone against his landlord. 12884*. Did you promise to forgive him r— I did not. 12885*. What was said about Cunningham?— Cunningham came forward and said he would leave it entirely to ourselves; that he was sorrv for it, but he could not help it. 12886*. Did you promise to forgive him?— I did not. 12887*. Was it after those declarations they were served with the notices?— No, it was not. 12888*. I thought you said those conversations took place at the election ?— No ; conversations with the parties, not with the tenants ; I did not get to see the tenants. 12889*. What was the conversation of the parties about using those clauses? — We agreed it was a great hardship that they should come forward and oppose their landlords, certainly. 12890*. And therefore you agreed to evict them, if you could .'— Notices were talked of; but, as I said before, I do not know whether they were prepared by me or not. 12891. Mr. Curry ^ Do you know whether any demand of possession was made from those persons who were served with the notices on the 25th March, or any day about that period?— Yes ; I think possession was demanded the day before or the day after: the 25th March was on a Sunday. ( j43> ' N N 2 12892. Possession