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CSO/RP/1827/201

Letter from Henry Charles Sirr and John C Graves, Head Police Office, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, enclosing a copy of a letter they received from IS Fleming, Joseph Gabbett, G Neville, magistrates of the fourth division of police, College Street, Dublin, requesting the appointment of a second clerk in their office following the dismissal of James Fox for poor attendance.

23 Jan 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/202

File of papers relating to a case of defamation brought against Catherine Parker, a prisoner at Galway Gaol, by Catherine Commons née Dempsy in the consistory court of Tuam. Includes letter from Rev H Morgan, Galway, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, enclosing copy of petition of Catherine Parker to King George IV dated 22 December 1825. Also copy of proceedings relating to the case, extracted from the registry office at Tuam, including copies of the citation brought against Parker, and outlining current libel laws. Proceedings signed by Lewis Patten, Register of Tuam. Also correspondence between Power Le Poer Trench DD, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Tuam, Mackney and Garbally, Ballinasloe, [County Galway], and William Gregory, Under Secretary. Also contains legal opinions of Richard W Greene, JS Townsend [Inspector General of Prisons] and Dr Radcliff.

5 Nov 1826-20 Jan 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/203

Memorial of Richard Baldwin, barrister, 4 Shamrock Villa, Harold’s Cross, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, requesting appointment as Chief Constable. Also letters from Baldwin to Lt Col [M] Shawe, Dublin Castle, seeking his assistance in his case and referring to the Attorney General, [William Plunket], as a character reference.

[?30] Oct 1826-[?27] Jan 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/204

Petitions of Cornelius O’Donnell, Ballylongford, County Kerry, to [Richard] Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, and William Gregory, Under Secretary, seeking the recovery of his land near Listowel where he and his family had been resident for 33 years, following their seizure by the local magistrate, John Raymond. Refers to previous replies by Wellesley and Gregory to O’Donnell.

8 Feb 1827-24 Feb 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/205

Memorial of William Lumsden, Chief Constable, Charleville, County Cork, to Richard Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, seeking payments due to him for information obtained and seizures carried out in his capacity as Preventive Surveyor with the excise department in Inishowen, County Donegal, to the amount of £103 2s 0d.

7 Feb 1827-9 Feb 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/206

Letter from Dr Francis Barker, secretary, General Board of Health, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, enclosing report of patients admitted to fever hospitals in Dublin for the year ended 31 Jan 1827. Report contains returns from House of Recovery, Cork Street; hospitals of the House of Industry; Meath Hospital; Kevin Street Hospital; Sir Patrick Dunn’s Hospital; Steeven’s Hospital; New Whitworth Hospital, [Drumcondra]; as well as totals for all 7 institutions and observations on the report by Barker. Also copy of letter and report with annotation to refer to [Sir Robert] Peel [2nd Baronet].

6 Feb 1827-8 Feb 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/207

Memorial of the magistrates of the Dublin police to Richard Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, seeking an increase in salary as the recent reorganisation of the police in Dublin had led to an increase in their duties. Contains 13 signatures. Also contains statement of the numbers of persons charged and cases investigated in each of the 4 police districts in Dublin during the year 1825, to a total of 28577. Crimes listed alphabetically. [Contains list of names not given in this description]

8 Jan 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/208

Annual report from magistrates of the Dublin police, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, for the year ended 5 January 1827. Contains 13 signatures. Also contains an account of the income and expenditure of the receiver to the public offices of police and watch establishments in Dublin for the reporting period. [Contains list of names not given in this description]

Jan 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/209

Note relating to bridewell at Castlerea, [County Roscommon], recording a [presentment] of £461 at the Spring Assizes, and stating that treasury was ordered on 8 April 1827 to issue this amount in instalments, with the first to the value of £150. Also annotation giving legal opinion of Richard W Greene.

8 Apr 1827-2 Nov 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/210

Letters from Alexander Nimmo, [civil engineer], Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, in response to his letter following a number of complaints about the condition and cost of the Erris Road, [County Mayo], and in particular, a complaint received from [Maj] Denis Bingham, Bingham Castle, [Binghamstown, Belmullet]. Nimmo states that the project was begun by Bingham as well as Denis Brown and civil engineer William Bald, and was marked by ‘the greatest confusion and a heavy arrear’ when he took it over [c1823]. Outlines brief account of expenditure on the project to date, 27 January 1827. Second letter from Nimmo on this date, returning original letter of complaint from Bingham as well as report by Bald, which detailed the condition of the road and was directed at Nimmo personally, and stating that as he had dismissed these men from the public works in Mayo as a result of their ‘neglect and imprudent conduct’, such complaints and ‘this pretended report’ were designed to damage his reputation. Report by Bald contains list of townlands and bridges in Mayo.

10 Jan 1827-27 Jan 1827

1827