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CSO/RP/1829/241

File of letters relating to furniture required in the Insolvent Debtors Court Office. Includes 3 letters to William Gregory, Under Secretary, from: Peter Burrowes [chief clerk], Insolvent Debtors Court, requesting funds for refurbishment and extension of the office, as well as ‘additional presses… for the purpose of holding the official papers and records’ of the court’; the Commissioners of the Board of Works, [Maj Gen Quin John] Freeman and Richard French, Board of Works Office, Dublin, informing him that furniture has not been supplied to other offices at the public expense; and Robert Robinson, secretary, Board of Works Office, Dublin, forwarding copy of letter he received from William Murray, architect, Architect's Office, outlining estimate of expenses of the works.

4 Feb 1829-26 Feb 1829

1829

CSO/RP/1829/242

Two letters from Maj Thomas D’Arcy, Inspector General of Police [for Ulster], Belfast, [County Antrim], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, recommending the dismissal of Subconstable William Waters of County Down, Subconstable Boyle of County Antrim, and Subconstable Philip Cahill of County Cavan, for drunkenness and improper conduct. Also 2 memorials from Waters to Hugh Percy, Lord Lieutenant, seeking reinstatement.

9 Mar 1829-Mar 1829

1829

CSO/RP/1829/243

Letter from Sir John Harvey, Inspector General of Police [for Leinster], Portarlington, [County Laois], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, forwarding 4 documents, relating to disciplinary measures taken against Constable Thomas Gill of Broadway [County Wexford], for drunkenness, and Subconstable Joseph Cooke, for gross insubordination, namely: letter from Gill to Capt Hamilton, Subinspector of County Wexford, outlining his report on his behaviour; copy of resolutions passed at a meeting of the Petty Sessions at Killinick, 24 February 1829, relating to charges brought against Cooke and recommending his dismissal; and memorial of Gill to Harvey, referring to enclosed supporting certificate signed by 5 magistrates. Harvey concurs with the magistrates’ recommendation that Gill’s rank be reduced from constable to subconstable as punishment, but suggests that, instead of his dismissal, Cooke be suspended from the service with loss of pay, which ‘would be an adequate Punishment for an Inferior having forgotten the respect due to his superior when he sees him in a state of intoxication’.

1829-7 Mar 1829

1829

CSO/RP/1829/244

File of papers relating to request by Edward Farrell, previously of Blessington [County Wicklow] and currently a prisoner at the Four Courts Marshalsea, for an investigation into his case, claiming he was falsely accused of owing a debt of £20. Includes letters from: Farrell to Lord John George de la Poer Beresford, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, Dublin, outlining his circumstances and referring to transcript copies of supporting certificates testifying to his character; William Logan, [Inspector of the Four Courts Marshalsea], 13 Lower Abbey Street, to Gregory, outlining the findings of his investigation; Farrell to Beresford, seeking a reply to his previous letter and referring to annexed transcript copy of certificate signed by Sir Charles Morgan MD, Physician to the prison, stating his health is suffering as a result of his confinement; Farrell to Gregory, enquiring as to the progress of his case, and also referring to Morgan’s certificate.

[c16] Feb 1829-14 Mar 1829

1829

CSO/RP/1829/245

Two letters from Walter Nangle, Kildalkey, [County Meath], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, forwarding his memorials to Hugh Percy, Lord Lieutenant, outlining his distressed circumstances and seeking employment in the police force or any other suitable situation, in light of his previous service as Captain with the 16th Regiment of Foot.

8 Mar 1829-25 Mar 1829

1829

CSO/RP/1829/246

File of papers relating to letter from Rev [] Ryan, Rathcore Glebe House, Enfield, [County Meath], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, outlining his request for a police station at Enfield, following a number of outrages committed in the area. Includes 2 letters from Sir John Harvey, Inspector General of Police [for Leinster], Portarlington, [County Laois], to Gregory, outlining his observations in relation to same, and enclosing report by J Dyas, Subinspector of County Kildare, stating that such a station is unnecessary in light of 2 stations nearby at Cloncurry and Johnstownbridge.

23 Feb 1829-23 Mar 1829

1829

CSO/RP/1829/247

Memorial of merchant Thomas Doyle, 90 North King Street, Dublin, to Hugh Percy, Lord Lieutenant, seeking employment in any suitable situation, following the reduction of his circumstances ‘to a condition of comparative poverty by the failure of Commercial houses that he was connected with in [the] city’.

9 Mar 1829-10 Mar 1829

1829

CSO/RP/1829/248

Letter from Sir John Harvey, Inspector General of Police [for Leinster], Portarlington, [County Laois], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, recommending the dismissal of Subconstable Charles Armstrong of Queen’s County [County Laois] for drunkenness and the assault of a superior officer, and referring to 2 enclosed documents, namely: statement by 3 magistrates of the Rathdowney Petty Sessions; and letter from HB Wray, Subinspector for County Laois, Maryborough [Portlaoise], to Harvey. Also covering note referring preceding documents to the civil department of the Chief Secretary's Office. [Contains list of names not given in this description]

16 Feb 1829-[c28 Feb] 1829

1829

CSO/RP/1829/249

Letter from Maj William Miller, Inspector General of Police [in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, forwarding letter from Chief Constable [] Brownrigg, Skibbereen, outlining a list of 5 queries in relation to the duties of constables in levying warrants of distress, with annotation on reverse giving legal opinion of Richard W Greene.

2 Feb 1829-13 Feb 1829

1829

CSO/RP/1829/250

File of papers relating to 2 memorials of Robert Strahan, Nenagh, County Tipperary, to Henry Paget, outgoing Lord Lieutenant, and Hugh Percy, incoming Lord Lieutenant, seeking reinstatement to the police force or a superannuation allowance, following his discharge for ill health after 7 years of service, with 9 and 6 and magistrates’ signatures respectively. Includes 2 supporting letters from Rev Cuthbert Fetherston H [Haugh], Rector of Nenagh, to Francis Leveson Gower, Chief Secretary, and William Gregory, Under Secretary, as well as covering note with annotation by Maj William Miller, Inspector General of Police [in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork], stating that if Strahan’s health permits, he will be considered for reinstatement to the police, and if not, he will be eligible to make an application for a superannuation allowance, if his illness is found to have been contracted in the course of duty. [Contains list of names not given in this description]

1 Jan 1829-16 Feb 1829

1829