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CSO/RP/1829/221

File of papers relating to the appointment of governors and directors at new Lunatic Asylums in counties Londonderry [Derry], Antrim and Down. Includes: letter from J David La Touche, William Disney and [Dr George] Renny [Director General of the Army Medical Department], 5 Parliament Street, [Dublin], to Francis Leveson Gower, Chief Secretary, informing him that the new asylums at Londonderry and Belfast will soon be completed, and requesting that suitable governors be appointed for same; letter from Sir Edmund Samuel Hayes [3rd baronet], Drumboe Castle, [County Donegal], to John Ebbs, Privy Council Office, informing him that he has no objection to being appointed as a local director of the new asylum at Derry; 5 lists of governors and directors of the Belfast and Londonderry asylums, as well as list of governors and directors of Armagh and Limerick Asylums; letter from the bishop of Down and Connor, Old Leinster Hotel, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, relating to his recommendations for directors for the Belfast asylum; letter from George R Dawson, Treasury, to unnamed recipient, relating to his appointment as a governor and director of the Londonderry asylum; letter from [William Bissett, Church of Ireland] bishop of Raphoe, Raphoe, [County Donegal], to unnamed recipient, relating to his appointment to the board of the Londonderry asylum; letter from Robert Ward, Bangor, [County Down], to Gregory, requesting to be appointed as a governor and director of the asylums in counties Down and Antrim; and letter from Sir Hugh Stewart [2nd baronet], Ballygawley House, [County Tyrone], relating to his appointment to the board of the Londonderry asylum. [Contains list of names not given in this description]

29 Aug 1828-[c23 Jul] 1829

1829

CSO/RP/1829/222

Memorial of Joseph McGarry, Ringsend, Dublin, to the Lords Justices of Ireland, seeking appointment as messenger to the Excise Board following the death of Peter Byrne. States his father, also Joseph McGarry, served as an excise messenger for over 40 years until his death in 1824. Encloses copy of letter he received in response to his application from F Amey, Excise Office, Dublin, as well as copies of 2 certificates in support of his character.

11 Feb 1829-16 Feb 1829

1829

CSO/RP/1829/223

File of papers relating to investigation relating to false charges brought by Subconstables William and James Wray of County Meath against Subinspector [John] Henderson, Chief Constable Lt George Despard and Constables Walker and Thomas Rowe, relating to monies owed. Includes letter from Sir John Harvey, Inspector General of Police [for Leinster], Portarlington, [County Laois], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, recommending their dismissal. Also includes letter from John Henderson, enclosing 6 documents relating to the outcome of the investigation, namely: letter from William Wray, Stamullen, to unnamed recipient, requesting him to enclose 17s 7d in ‘the pay docket for this month, being the amount of a bill for Lodging money etc. which I sent in last month’; letter from the brothers Wray, to unnamed recipient, stating they have been called to attend an inquiry at Navan relating to their lodging of money to Capt Henderson; letter from John Henderson, Navan, to Harvey, outlining the circumstances of the case, and seeking an investigation; memorial of 6 chief constables of County Meath, to Harvey, claiming the Wrays’ accusations are ‘groundless’, and requesting that they be reprimanded; 2 documents outlining William and James Wray’s expense claims, 1823-1827, and copy of resolution passed at a Petty Sessions meeting held at Navan, 9 February 1829, finding the Wrays’ claims to be untrue. [Corresponding register entry indicates the Wrays were suspended without pay for 1 month]. [Contains list of names not given in this description]

21 Nov 1828-16 Feb 1829

1829

CSO/RP/1829/224

Letter from Dr Edward Trevor, [superintendent and medical inspector of convicts], Dublin, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, reporting the outcome of a conflict between John Speer, surgeon of the hulk ‘Essex’ at Kingstown [Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin], and John Lamb, Keeper of the prison. Trevor states that Speer claimed that Lamb used offensive language towards him, but upon investigation, he found that Speer also ‘used most provoking and insulting language, and subversive of good order, particularly in a Prison’. Encloses copies of 2 letters he received from Speer and Lamb, outlining the circumstances surrounding the incident. Annotation on reverse by Gregory stating ‘inform the two Parties, that a repetition of such conduct, will be the removal of both them from their situations’.

3 Feb 1829

1829

CSO/RP/1829/225

Letter from Maj William Miller, Inspector General of Police [in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, requesting permission to withdraw continual police protection from the residence of Mrs Weston and Mrs Grace at Farm Hill, County Waterford, following a burglary there in May 1828. States this crime was committed by a man named Dorney, ‘who then infested the borders of Tipperary and Waterford but who, with two of his Associates, being taken in Arms in July last were Capitally Convicted, and have since been transported for life.’

25 Feb 1829

1829

CSO/RP/1829/226

Letter from C Maguire, Dwyer’s Hotel, Exchequer Street, [Dublin], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, requesting the attendance of Subconstable Irvine Daily [or Daly] of Cove [Cobh, County Cork] at Enniskillen [County Fermanagh] on 14 March 1829, as a witness in the case against John Rutledge. Additional letter from Maguire to Francis Leveson Gower, Chief Secretary, relating to attendance of John MacManus at Dublin and Cork, also to identify Rutledge, and forwarding expenses for same to the amount of £10 8s 0d. Annotated on reverse by Leveson Gower.

4 Mar 1829-12 Oct 1829

1829

CSO/RP/1829/227

Letter from Lord O’Neill [Charles O’Neill, 1st Earl O’Neill, Postmaster General], Col of the Antrim Militia, Symmons’ Hotel, Lower James’ Street, [Dublin], to Francis Leveson Gower, Chief Secretary, forwarding list of militia men who wish to join the police force [not present]. Annotated on reverse by Leveson Gower, requesting that O’Neill’s recommendations be forwarded to Maj Thomas D’Arcy, Inspector General of Police [for Ulster], with subsequent letter from Sir Charles [William] Flint, Resident Secretary, Irish Office, London, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, forwarding same. Also letter from D’Arcy, Belfast, [County Antrim], to Gregory, informing him that ‘the magistrates of every County in this Province uniformly avail themselves of the power conferred on them by Act of Parliament of making out Lists… of persons to fill vacancies as they arise… I doubt, therefore, whether any opportunity can present itself of enrolling the men in question at any time in this establishment.’ Annotation on reverse by Gregory stating ‘this is a very decided refusal on the part of Major D’Arcy to comply with the wishes of the Lords Justices’, and requests to know if such appointments are routinely made ‘as a matter of course’ or if the men are ‘properly qualified’. [See also CSO/RP/1829/228].

9 Feb 1829-28 Feb 1829

1829

CSO/RP/1829/228

Letter of reply from Maj Thomas D’Arcy, Inspector General of Police [for Ulster], Belfast, [County Antrim], to William Gregory, Under Secretary [see CSO/RP/1829/227], informing him that ‘each and every individual, nominated to fill any vacancy, previously undergoes a strict examination – and any who are not able-bodied – who cannot read and write – and are not in every respect qualified for the situation as the Law directs – are rejected’.

6 Mar 1829

1829

CSO/RP/1829/229

File of memorials of Edward Smith, Athenry, County Galway, to Hugh Percy, Lord Lieutenant, seeking reinstatement as subconstable of police at Eyrescourt, following his dismissal on 24 May 1818, when he was placed in charge of a prisoner, but ‘after a Fatigue of four Days and nights the prisoner Escaped in Consequence of the Memorialist being overcome by fatigue’. Also letter of reference from John H Daly, police officer, testifying as to Smith’s character.

1 Oct 1828-16 May 1829

1829

CSO/RP/1829/230

Private letter from Maj BB Woodward, Inspector General of Prisons, [41 Leeson Street], Dublin, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, requesting an order for the inspectors to call upon the commissioners appointed under the Prisons (Ireland) Act 1826 to carry into effect any presentments for building bridewells around Ireland.

6 Mar 1829

1829