Select Committee on Limits of Boroughs of Dungarvan, Youghall, and Mallow: report and minutes of evidence

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12 MINUTES OF EVIDENCE BEFORE SELECT COMMITTEE • 

JoiaDflfaiCiaJer, 108. 
Do you apprehend that the introduction of that low class of consti-

l-*q-tuency over a large agricultural district would diminish the respectability of the 

voters ?—I 
should not be glad to see it. 
a June 1832. 
jQg_ What addition to the electors would be made, in your opinion, sup-

posing the proposition made by you, of adopting the mile, was carried into effect ?—I 
looked at a small map, and I reckoned that at present there arc but 25 respectable ones, in addition to those of the proposed boundary; but also I have to say, that, in the outlets of the town, land now lets as high as 5/. 
or 6/. 
per acre for building, and the buildings are increasing every year round the town. 
110. 
You mean to say by that, that the constituency as at present would be increased 25, and in course of time it would increase ?—Yes. 
111. 
Do you think the rural population would be more corrupt than the town population ?—They 
are bad enough as it is, and it would, I fear, only increase the evil. 

112. 
Do you think it would be worse ?—I 
think the 10 /. 
(taking in the whole of the rural voters) would be worse, for they would not be so respectable, taking the average in general. 
113. 
Then I understand you, that your great objection in taking in the whole of the manor is, that it would operate to subdivide land in such a degree that it would be very injurious ?—Certainly 
I do think it would be very injurious. 
I have seen enough of the ill effects of that before in our country. 

Jods, 19° die JmZm, 1832. 
THE RIGHT HON. 
E. 
G. 
STANLEY, IN THE CHAIR. 

Mr. 
Jb/m J?z«Zso», 
called; and Examined. 
]Mr. 
JoAn Hanson, H^. 
ARE you the Seneschal of the manor of Dungarvan?—I 
am. 

.. 
Mrg7~in llidi capacity are yuTTflTe^TELuriiing-offiubi^^I-xnTn 19 July 1832. 
116. 
Are you the person who has to judge as to the right of voting of the 

persons who present themselves to vote ?—I 
conceive so. 

117. 
Has that right, on your part, ever been disputed?—Never. 
118. 
In whom do you conceive the right of voting for the borough of Dun-garvan is vested ?—I 
conceive it is vested in persons occupying houses of the yearly value of 5 /., 
and in freeholders. 
119. 
As low as 405. 
freeholders ?—Yes. 
120. 
Do you know of any distinction being drawn between the inhabitants of the town, and the inhabitants of the manor at large ?—I 
do not. 
121. 
If a person tendered his vote to you as a 5/. 
householder, resident within any part of the manor, should you feel yourself bound to admit it r— I should. 
122. 
In point of fact, have you ever admitted such persons?—I 
cannot say in point of fact I have; I cannot bring to my recollection any particular, instance. 
123. 
And can you bring to your recollection ever having refused such a per-son ?—By 
no means. 
124. 
Do you consider the Abbey-side to be part of the town of Dungarvan r —The Abbey-side is divided from the town of Dungarvan by the river Col-legen, over which the inhabitants of Dungarvan have to pass by a bridge, With respect to my opipion as to their composing a part of the town of Dungarvan, it appears to me that the inhabitants of Abbey-side have an equal right to vote for the borough and manor of Dungarvan as the people living on the Dungarvan side of the river. 
125. 
What local rates are levied in the town or manor of Dungarvan?— 
Church and county rates, 126. 
Are they levied indiscriminately upon the inhabitants of the town and the manor at large ?—They 
are, so far as relates to the parish ; there is a por-j;ion of the manor of Dungarvan that extends to other parishes. 

127.