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CSO/RP/1824/701

File of material relating to a claim by Maurice Stack, Tarbert, County Kerry, for compensation for acting as crown witness against disaffected men. Includes memorial from Stack to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, complaining of lack of response to his application for relief and seeking investigation of claim, 1 July 1824. Also includes memorial from Stack to Wellesley, complaining of inadequate compensation for labour in assisting with the prosecution of James Quin and Hugh Collins of Newtownsandes ‘for administrating Unlawful Oaths for which they had been transported for life’; makes reference to poverty of family and protests at being ‘thrown upon the World exposed to the merciless fury of an Insatiable and lawless peasantry’, 9 June 1824. Also includes letter from Mathew Barrington, crown solicitor [Munster circuit], Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, confirming Stack’s contribution to the prosecution of offenders and affirming past payment of £20 for services rendered; he observes Stack ‘is not entitled to further Compensation’, 10 May 1824. Also includes letter from Barrington to Gregory reporting on inquiry into Stack’s case and indicating preparedness to advance to him a sum of £20 ‘provided he quits the Country’; also returns memorial from Stack, 24 March 1823.

11 Jan 1823-1 Jul 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/702

Letter from Mathew Barrington, crown solicitor [Munster circuit], Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, denying right of applicant Michael James Roche to compensation for his part in the crown prosecution of David Leahy and Daniel Leahy. Includes memorial of Roche, Ballybehy [Ballaghbehy], County Limerick, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking advance of remuneration for providing information on the activities of David and Daniel Leahy, in connection with the destruction of the barracks at Abbeyfeale in County Limerick; claims to ‘have no means in life of Supporting himself’ and because of his part in the trial ‘is in dread of his Life daily’.

10 May 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/703

Letter from Edward Jennings, Cross, County Mayo, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, requesting that an order be communicated to the collector of the Board of Excise at Castlebar to enable repayment of sum £54 3s 4d due to him. Complains of traveling to Castlebar only to find that the collector has not permission to reimburse payment and seeks details of the ‘proper person’ to approach on the subject.

10 Apr 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/704

Letter from Major Samson Carter, chief magistrate of police, Doneraile, County Cork, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, returning favourable report on William Smith of Cork and recommending extension of relief; observes ‘I think he is better qualified for the situation of Clerk to a Police Magistrate, than the office of Chief Constable, to which he alludes’. Encloses letter from Smith, Maylor Street, Cork, County Cork, to the Earl of Bathurst [Henry Bathurst, 3rd earl Bathurst, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies] requesting help in securing some measure of aid from government. Recounts a sequence of misfortunate events including an accident while in service with the 9th Regiment of Foot on the isle of Martinique, the failure of a glass manufacturing concern in Cork, and the loss of savings invested with a merchant ‘who died of a fever’ there.

27 Jan 1824-16 Apr 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/705

Letter from the magistrates, Head Office of Police, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, seeking an order to have a destitute male child admitted into care of the Foundling Hospital, Dublin ‘which must otherwise inevitably perish’ if not attended to. Encloses copy letter from Thomas Finlay, register and paymaster, Foundling Hospital, to the magistrates, conveying their application on behalf of the infant will be considered in due course by the governors; he adds they ‘are precluded by the Act of Parliament from admitting any child unless accompanied by necessary certificate and on payment of [five] Pounds’.

23 Apr 1824-24 Apr 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/706

Petition of William Swanton, high constable and collector, Gortnagrough, County Cork, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting extension of financial aid due to personal losses incurred through devaluation of currency received as ‘Collector of the Public Money for the West Division of the Barony of West Carbery’. Refers to the collection of notes issued by the banking houses of Messrs Leslie and of Stephen and James Roche, who later declared bankruptcy, and counts the refusal of same by the county treasurer as ‘a fatality which he could not foresee’. Asserts he was obliged to make up the losses out of his own fund; with character reference on foot signed by Lord Bantry [Richard White, 1st Earl of Bantry] and 6 others. Also second signed memorial from Swanton to Wellesley, plus certificate from James Delacour, treasurer, County of Cork, describing Swanton as ‘a highly meritorious public officer’. [Contains list of names not given in this description]

[1824]

1824

CSO/RP/1824/707

Petition of Kearnan Curly, Chelsea pensioner, 2nd Regiment of Foot, Athlone, County Westmeath, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking appointment to a ‘some small Situation’ of employment under government. Refers to military service in the Peninsula under the Duke of Wellington [Arthur Wellesley] and indicates he ‘lost his left arm’ in action.

c21 Apr 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/708

Petition of William Foley, shoemaker, Tarbert, County Kerry, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking appointment to the police establishment or other post of employment under government. Alludes to earlier application for inclusion in the Royal Sappers and Miners, which failed due to a ‘reduction in that Department’.

19 Apr 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/709

Letter from the Earl of Mayo [John Bourke, 4th Earl of Mayo], Morpeth Street, [Park Lane], London, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, declaring his opposition to the level of expenditure likely to occur in construction of a proposed new gaol in Kildare town. Observes for much less cost the jail of Naas [County Kildare] could be rendered as suitable accommodation for prisoners, especially in view of the ‘impoverished state’ of the county.

16 Apr 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/710

Letter from Daniel Webb Webber, commissioner of Inquiry, Board of Inquiry, Dominick Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, expressing anxiety at the prospect of a bill coming before Parliament at the behest of ‘Martin’ on a complex subject connected with legal procedure in Ireland. Stresses his opposition to ‘premature legislation’ on the matter and requests that cognizance be taken to an imminent report on same by the commissioner of Inquiry.

20 Apr 1824

1824