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CSO/RP/1824/511

Letter from George Lindsay, 11 Lothian Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing memorial to Lord [Henry] Bathurst with request for a grant of land in Canada [not present] for presentation to the Lord Lieutenant.

29 Jul 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/512

Letter from Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, to [William] Kemmis, crown solicitor, 40 Kildare Street, Dublin, enclosing letter for the attention of the Attorney General [William Saurin] and Solicitor General [Charles Kendal Bushe] with copy of charter for the city of Limerick and associated act for its ‘better Government’ [not present] seeking clarification on 15th section of act in relation to power of appointment resting with the Lord Lieutenant and of composition of corporation.

5 Aug 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/513

Letter from Henry Drill, Athy, County Kildare, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing a memorial with approval of the county grand jury for consideration by the Lord Lieutenant and requesting its return ‘when approved’ [not present].

7 Aug 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/514

Letter from John Lyons, Ladiston [Ladestown], County Westmeath, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, seeking clarification over whether or not it is permissible for a grand jury under present legislation to extend superannuation provision to short service constables of the old police establishment who have been hurt in line of duty. Makes reference to the case of George Mathews, baronial constable, who while ‘on duty with the Revenue officers’ was hit by gunshot or ‘Ball which passed thro’ both legs and rendered amputation of both instantly necessary’.

8 Aug 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/515

Letter from Reverend Joseph R Cotter, Church of Ireland rector of Castlemagner parish, Castlemagner glebe, Mallow, County Cork, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, enclosing memorial from George Alcock, late sub constable of police, County Cork, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting clemency over dismissal from post in police on account of charges laid against him by the grand jury for having consumed ‘one Glass of Spirits in an unlicensed house’. Contends that he was not in a state of intoxication and claims the premises in question has continued in business for many years unmolested by the rule of law; also emphasises his clean service record and responsibilities for support of five children. Annexes certificate in support of application signed by Cotter and 4 other persons. [Contains list of names not given in this description]

29 Jul 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/516

Letter from Alderman Frederick Darley and John Graves, magistrates, Head Office of Police, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, acknowledging an application from the inhabitants of Ringsend in County Dublin for the establishment of a police station in their vicinity; he stresses the necessity of it being supported by local subscription given the area is ‘situated beyond the limits prescribed by law for the collection of the watch tax’. Returns memorial from the inhabitants of Ringsend to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking ‘a resident police to protect them from the midnight Incendiary’. Refers to the proliferation of illegal and iniquitous crimes in the area against property and persons, the potential for escape or concealment from justice, and the presence of ‘Porter Houses…Club Houses, [and] night Houses for drinking and Dancing’; also emphasises the concentration of population in the area and the presence of numerous trades and manufacturing concerns, all of which need police protection, signed by J Clarke and 19 other individuals. [Contains list of names not given in this description]

6 Aug 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/517

Petition of Honora Cullinan and Mary Cullinan, [Ennis, County Clare], to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting payment of remuneration for their part in bringing to justice Patrick Burns and Martin Burns ‘who were both sentenced to be hanged’. Urges immediate decision as they ‘are in dread and terror of their lives as they are surrounded by the relatives’ of those they prosecuted to conviction in court; adds as nota bene that Honora Cullinan ‘has been very useful and active in putting down illicit distillation’; also mentions the support of the Dean of Dublin.

[1824]

1824

CSO/RP/1824/518

Petition of Daniel Mariarty, Ballylongford, County Kerry, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a situation in the police establishment in any part of Ireland. Stresses his immediate necessity of departing from the neighbourhood where ‘in consequence of his unremitting loyalty, is threatened with imminent destruction’; claims in past to have ‘manifested his public service in the suppression of that spirit of insubordination’ which threatened the peace in his locality.

4 Aug 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/519

Letter from Lieutenant Colonel William Blacker, deputy Vice Treasurer, Irish Treasury office, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, offering support for promotion of his brother in law, George Studdert [magistrate, Police Office, Usher’s Quay, Dublin] to a post in the head office of police. Adds that Studdert is ‘a Magistrate of great activity & who has no other avocations whatever to interfere with his official duty’.

31 Jul 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/520

Letter from James Holt, late 16th light dragoons, 36 Bow Bridge, near the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, referring to an earlier application for a post of employment and advancing claim for appointment as messenger to the Royal Hibernian School in Phoenix Park, Dublin. Encloses certificate from [Captain Hector] McLean, Royal Hospital, confirming Holt as an ‘honest, Sober, obedient and faithful’ individual. Also letter from Holt to Richard Willcocks, inspector general of police [Munster], Palmerstown, Dublin, emphasising past service and seeking reinstatement as police constable. Recalls incident of attach on his residence in the district of Grange, County Tipperary, by a group of armed banditti who extracted by force his ‘Gun and Pistol’, but due to the exertions of his wife and police colleague, managed to escape in the midst of a gun battle; certified by John Fitzgerald and 8 other magistrates of County Tipperary.

26 Jul 1814-3 Aug 1824

1824