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CSO/RP/1831/2221

Letter from Edward Tierney, [crown solicitor of the North West circuit], 15 Fitzwilliam Street, [Dublin], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, enclosing the account of William Fenton, Governor of Lifford Gaol [County Donegal], of expenses incurred for the maintenance of crown witnesses, total £29 8s 0d [not present].

2 Aug 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/2222

Memorial of John Dane [Deane], Skea [Skeagh], near Bailieboro [Bailieborough], County Cavan, to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, requesting advance of a measure of compensation following an attack on his property and the killing of his daughter; complaining that on the night of 15th of November 1830 his house came under attack by an armed party during which one of his daughters was murdered; expressing his determination to remain on his property despite it being the former scene of an eviction and affirming that he gave evidence against five persons for the attack at the Spring assizes of Cavan. Also letter from Edward Tierney, [crown solicitor of the North West circuit], 15 Fitzwilliam Street, [Dublin], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, reporting on Dane’s application for government assistance; observing that the applicant is ‘a respectable farmer’ and is deserving of government assistance to the sum of about £40; adding that his landlord might also be called upon to assist with his protection.

1 Aug 1831-3 Sep 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/2223

Memorial of Walter Butler, [landed proprietor], Ashfield, Gort, [County Galway], to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, outlining his case for assistance and seeking redress from government; lamenting over the loss of his livelihood, health and prospects, due to his own strong political affiliations and loyalty; alleging he was ‘severely wounded’ because of his opposition to the disaffected in County Clare and regretting his application to the grand jury for recompense for personal losses fell outside the stipulated timeframe for compensation. [See also description CSO/RP/1831/1488]. Also note on case by Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, stating that Butler has not yet been given an answer in connection with his claim for compensation.

27 Aug 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/2224

Memorandum to Thomas Taylor [clerk, Chief Secretary's Office] stating that the travel allowance payable to Mr Greene [likely Richard W Greene, law officer] for attendance at the elections of County Carlow and Queen’s County [County Laois; Leix] is set at the rate of one shilling and six pence per mile; adding that he is aware the payment will be remitted out of the civil department of government; written by [?Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset].

22 Aug 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/2225

File of documents arising from proposals for appointment of a successor to the late Edward Rankin, Chief Constable of Macroom in County Cork. Includes letter from Sir Augustus Warren, magistrate, Cove [Cobh, County Cork], to Maj William Miller, [Inspector General of Police in Munster], recommending the appointment of Mr Browne of Ballincollig [County Cork] to the post of chief constable in Macroom, in place of Chief Constable Rankin, now deceased; stressing his own knowledge of Browne and emphasising that man’s capacity for ‘pleasing all the magistrates’ of the district. Also includes letter from Miller, Fermoy, [County Cork], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, admitting Browne’s qualifications for the post in Macroom but adding the reservation that his father lives near that town. Also includes letter from Miller to Gosset, alluding to an officer named Burke being sent to his district; expressing some disquiet over the proposed arrangement since the man was previously removed from the constabulary and is to be now reinstated; suggesting that Burke be returned to his own province and a successor be found for Rankin ‘by ballet’.

11 Aug 1831-26 Sep 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/2226

Letter from Col Sir John Harvey, [Inspector General of Police], Clontarf [Castle], [County Dublin], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, recommending that Capt Henry P Browne, Chief Constable, [County Meath], be granted leave of absence for a period of one month ‘for the benefit of his health’. Enclosing certificate from David Trotter Jr, MD, Summerhill, [County Meath], stating that Browne is suffering from ‘a nervous agitation of the head’ and other maladies for which he requires ‘a change of air’.

13 Aug 1831-27 Aug 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/2227

Petition of John Curran, Tipperary, [County Tipperary], to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, complaining of a lack of justice and seeking redress; stressing that his complaint is chiefly against James Scully, magistrate, who refused to sign a summons following an attack on his dwelling by four persons on 22nd of August last, on which occasion windows and sashes were broken; also complaining that Scully, in the month of December previous, refused to grant a summons against a man named Richard Egars over an alleged assault and rescue of goods distrained for rent.

3 Sep 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/2228

Letter from [Dr] Edward Trevor, [superintendent and medical inspector of convicts], Dublin Castle, to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, drawing attention to a man named Oswald Walsh, a former officer of excise, who is a convict awaiting transportation; remarking that Walsh continues to draw his pension and queries if that should be the case since military pensioners lose their entitlement if sentenced to transportation.

1 Sep 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/2229

Letter from Rev George Stephenson, Church of Ireland rector of Ballycallan, Westcourt, Callan, [County Kilkenny], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, requesting permission for the assistance of the police in the local collection of tithes for a few longer; warning of the serious impediments that exist to the gathering of parish dues and alluding to the posting of intimidating notices throughout the parish and on the chapel door making threats against those who settle their tithes; stressing that without the officers of the constabulary the clergymen cannot possibly recover their income.

7 Sep 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/2230

Letter from Easter Campion, widow, Enniscorthy, [County Wexford], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, enclosing a memorial to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, requesting a measure of financial support or pension; stating she lost her husband in 1817 while he was in service with the 100th Regiment [of Foot] in North America, and her only son died from the result of a fracture to the skull inflicted while he was in the town of Enniscorthy on the 12th of July 1830; lamenting that the two men deemed responsible for the attack on her son, Thomas Kenelly and Richard Sinnot, evaded transportation for life on account of an act of clemency shown them by the Lord Lieutenant; with supporting signatures beneath from F MacCartney MD and Archibald H Jacob, magistrate for counties Wexford and Carlow. Also note from Campion to the Chief Secretary’s Office, calling for an answer to her memorial for relief.

20 Aug 1831-15 Sep 1831

1831