6 PARLIAMENTARY [ Fictitious Votes, Reports, 1837- 8— continued. Battersby, George. ( Analysis of his Evidence)— continued. on cultivation, 13Q09*- 139' 2Q Claimants are not precluded from going into evidence to prove that the land was worth more in one year than another, 13924- 13932 Case of James Derrivan; quantity of land held by him, 13933- 13936. 13967- 13969 Of James Gill, > 3939- 13956- 13976- 13982- ^ 3990 Quantity of land held by Mr. Dwyer, one of the witnesses to value in the case of James Derrivan, 139/ 0- 13975 Mr. Gib- son's opinion that the franchise ought to be very much extended, and that such was the intention of the Legislature in passing the Reform Bill, 13998- 14001. Mr. Gibson's views as regards the extension of the franchise; he invariably applied the same rule in his decisions to both parties, 13997- 14011 The refusal of assistant barristers to allow the inspection of leases, & c. prevents counsel from making many objections, and allows the introduction of fictitious votes which would otherwise be detected, 14014- 14027 Witness considers that he had as much right to inquire into the title of a person claiming to register as he would have in cases of ejectment, 14030- 14045 Registering of small landholders without inspection of their leases would have the effect of increasing the number of the Roman- catholic constituency in the midland counties; evidence thereupon, 14046- 14062 No part of the judicial inves- tigation at the registry to inquire whether a man was a Protestant or a Rornan- catholic, 14051- 14053.14060- 14062. Case of Thomas Murray, 14063- 14087 Of James Mackins, 14088- 14120. 14130- 14138 Case of Mr. Burke, who was rejected ; the same objection being urged against another person, he was admitted, 14142- 14165— Further evidence respecting the case of James Mackins, 14166- 14171 Number of appeal cases at the summer assizes of 1836 at Maryborough; grounds thereof, and result of them, 14172- 14192 Exami- nation as to the politics of Mr. Schoales, the registering barrister of King's County, 14196- 14211 Orange papist is a term much more accurately ascertained than the general term Orangeman, 14212- 14221 Present system of registration encourages perjury, and brings the administration of justice into disrepute and contempt, 14422- 14424. 14233- 14235 It would be an improvement of the present system if a right of appeal against the admission of persons improperly registered were allowed, 14225 A revision of the list would have the effect of removing a vast number of persons who ought never to have been placed on the register, 14226- 14228. Great expense is thrown upon the Conservative party under the present system if they wish to have a fair inquiry, because they must always appeal to the House of Commons, 14229- 14234 The whole elective franchise depends upon the discretion of the assistant barrister; nothing can be more undefined than the present franchise by the present law, 14236 The opportunity for litigation and perjury would be taken away to a considerable extent if the franchise were clearly defined, 14241- 14251 Defining it at 20/. would be unreasonable, and exclude many who ought to have a right to vote; 10/. would be a fair amount, 14246- 14252 Under the present system, if a landlord compels his tenants to vote with him he is in some instances shot, 14256- 14264 Many cases in which landlords would make their tenants vote for them were it nut on that account, 14263, 14264. In many parts of Ireland labour is plentiful but employment scarce, 14268- 14270 The Roman- catholic clergy of Munster, Leinster, and Connaught exercise a consi- derable elective influence over the members of their flocks, 14272- 14275 Further evidence respecting the encouragement given to perjury, & e., from the present system of registration, 14279- 14302 Repeated instances in which persons offer 10/. profit to a claimant without any intention of ever completing it, merely for the purpose of enabling him to swear that he has been offered that sum, 14281- 14290 No point on which surveyors differ so much as in valuing land; a surveyor brought up generally goes further than he ought to do for the party producing him, 14290- 14295 Any inves- tigation of value must be open to difficulty; the ieast objectionable is what it would let for in the market between landlord and tenant, 14295 The rating standard would be the best, 14296- 14315 - Total amount of tithe composition in Ireland, 14315 Amount of tithe composition in Kilkenny; average rent of land on which it was paid, 14316- 14321 The office of assistant barrister is a very important office in the admi- nistration of justice in Ireland, 14322- 14325 Investing him with the functions of registering votes, & c., has destroyed all confidence in the administration of justice as administered by him, 14326- 14330 Great advantage to divest a person holding a judicial office from that political duty, 14331- 14335. Belfast, Borough of. Return of the number of applications made to the Excise- office by parties appearing as electors on the registries, desirous of obtaining spirit licences, and stating their premises to lie under the value of 10/. yearly, specifying the names of the paities, and whether or no their requests have been complied with, App. iii. p. 618. Belgin, James, of Rencoula ( Longford). Quantity of land held by him, and rent thereof; was placed on the register of Longford in 1832, and struck off by the Committee in U37, Flood 8624- 8632* It is some of the best land in the baronv; quantity of stock kept by him; he has since sold his interest in it for 75 L, Flood 8634- 8643. " BENEFICIAL