Ireland] ELECTION. 39 Reports, 1837- 8— continued. Gardiner, George. ( Analysis of his Evidence)— continued. in their property, 7432- 7444 The reform registry of 1832 was attended by agents and counsel on both sides; the qualifications were inquired into, and claims contested in some cases, 7445- 7449. Mr. French was frequently reminded of his having rejected upon former occasions the persons that he had latterly admitted, but he did not attend to it, 7452- 7457 Witnesses, put forward to prove that the party claiming had not a proper qualification, were examined, but their testimony was disregarded ; they swore to a higher value than before, and were admitted, 7458- 7469 Case of Thomas Mulvy, who registered with- out a proper qualification, 7475- 7492 Mr. French refused to receive evidence against the value of the holding ; number of persons registered by him ; he refused several times to register persons whom he afterwards registered; he is rather irritable, 7493- 7522 Witness employed by the Conservative party at the reform registry; amount of remune- ration, 7523~ 7533- 7547 Further evidence on the case of Thomas Mulvy, 7549- 7565. 7580- 7587.7613- 7641. 7650- 7694. The holding was valued as if let to a solvent tenant; no person would rent the land unless they expected to obtain a profit from it, 7566- 7578. The lands at Ballintubber were valued at the full value for the tithe composition; the valuation was made after the composition had been agreed to by the farmers of the parish, 7591- 7598 Amount of tithe composition for the barony of Moydoe, 7599 Value of property was greater in 1833 than in 1837 the county of Longford, 7610- 7612 Different classes into which the land is divided for the purpose of the Tithe Composition Act in the barony of Moydoe, 7641, 7642 Further evidence respecting the occupations of witness, 7643- 7646 Was employed in 1834 t0 assist the Tithe Commissioner in estimating the value of the different classes of land, 7647- 7649 Mr. French did not admit any person to the registry merely on production of their former certificates; they produced their leases under which they registered in 1832, 7605- 7700 • The value of land should be taken at what it would sell for if brought into the market, 7701, 7702 One of the witnesses examined for Mulvy was a claimant at the same registration, and was in fact swearing for himself while swearing for Mulvy, 7706- 7708. The school superintended by witness was endowed by Lady Ross, 7709- 7711 The assistant barrister expressed an opinion that where the value did not come up to 10/. he should admit the claimant 011 his own statement of the value, 7712- 7715 Mr. Tighe admitted persons to register who had been struck off by the Committee of 1833 merely on production of their old certificates, 7716- 7720. 7732- 7749 Extracts from witness's memorandum- book thereon, 7721- 7732 Mr. Tighe admitted about 30 claimants who had been rejected by Mr. French and other barristers ; principle upon which he admitted them, 7750- 7758—•— In many instances he refused to hear evidence against the claimant, that is, he refused to receive the evidence, but did examine the witness, 7759- 7765 He expressly stated that he considered the claimant the best judge of the value of his property ; extracts from witness's notes thereon, 7767- 7773 In consequence of this decision many respectable witnesses were unwilling to come forward to be examined, 7774- 7782 Case of John Rooney, 7770. 7785- 7815 Witness formerly belonged to an Orange society in Ballymahon, 7823. The Orange societies of Ireland voluntarily submitted to the law relative to the disso- lution of those societies, 7823- 7852 Case of Christopher Cahill, admitted by Mr. Tighe after an appeal to a judge and jury, and who bad decided that he was not properly qualified, 7853- 7858- Number of claimants to register have increased since the deci- sion of Mr. Tighe as to value, 7867 Great excitements are made use of to induce persons to stand forward to register, 7874, 7875 Instances have occurred of persons being ill- treated, & c., who have not sworn up to the full amount to qualify them, 7875, 7876 Great many of the voters standing on the register who have not a proper qua lification; great number who have lost their qualification since they registered, 7877- 7882 The penalty of an indictment for perjury is not a sufficient protection against men who have lost their qualification coming forward to vote at elections, 7883, 7884 Cautionary notices were served on parties in Longford in 1836, notwithstanding which they voted; they were afterwards indicted ; the prosecution was dropped on the Conservative Member being seated, 7884- 7894 Some few cases of parties holding a lease granting an under lease, and both parties are placed on the register, 7896. [ Second Examination.]— Instances have occurred where the assistant barrister has refused to examine the lessor's title when objections to that title were derived from the examination of the claimant, 7897- 791 Case of Hugh Corkoran, 7904- 7913 ; of Patrick Murphy, 7918- 7921; of Patrick Kelly, 7923- 7925; of Michael Hilyard, 7925- 7935' Instances of persons being admitted to the register who on their own examina- tion could not prove that the land was worth more than the rent they paid for it; cases of Kearnan and Riley, 7936- 7959 Claimants have been frequently rejected on the production of old leases, where the rent or stamp, & c. could not be ascertained, and afterwards admitted, 7960- 7962 Cases of Fitzsimons, M'Loughlin, Mulfall, 7962- 7999? also of Dooner, M'Cormack, and others, 8000- 8017. 643, e 4 Particulars