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CSO/RP/1830/131

Letter from William J Homan, Dromana, [County Waterford], on behalf of landowner Mr Henry Villiers Stuart [MP], to Sir Francis Leveson Gower, [Chief Secretary], Dublin Castle, enclosing memorial by Patrick Smith, freehold tenant of Stuart, Brickey Cottage, Coolroe, County Waterford, to Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke Northumberland [Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Dublin], detailing how Edward O’Grady, assistant barrister at the October sessions, Lismore, rejected his six tenants wishing to register their holdings as £10-freeholds, although he had previously registered another such tenant; warning of unrest, and complaining of O’Grady’s ‘unconstitutional conduct’. Homan also encloses two affidavits sworn by Smith and his tenants. Also includes draft letter by Gower to [Henry Joy], Attorney General, [Dublin] for advice; includes annotation by Richard W Greene, [legal advisor, Dublin], finding that Smith ought to have appealed against Edward O’Grady’s decision; there was no cause for the crown to intervene. [See also CSO/RP/1829/1752.]

8 Jan 1830-12 Jan 1830

1830

CSO/RP/1830/132

File of correspondence between Rev Caesar Otway, secretary, Incorporated Society for Protestant Charter Schools in Ireland, [55 Aungier Street, Dublin], Maj TN Edgeworth, House of Industry, [Dublin], [Rev] [JG] Wynne, minister of Lorum, [Corry’s], Bagenalstown, [County Carlow], Sir Francis Leveson Gower and Sir Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, successive Chief Secretaries, and William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, regarding the 115 infirm and ‘idiotic’ persons transferred from the Incorporated Society and its schools to the House of Industry in early 1830, and the particular case of William Craig, apprenticed to farmer William Burroughs, who Wynne reports has repeatedly tried to destroy himself and is ‘in a state of melancholy derangement’; Edgeworth expressing readiness to receive him unless he were curable, in which case he recommends the Richmond Lunatic Asylum. Also includes a memorandum by Gower to Gregory, asking to send some of these papers to Sir Charles Flint, [Resident Secretary, Irish Office, London].

6 Jan 1830-11 Oct 1830

1830

CSO/RP/1830/133

Letter from Maj William Miller [Inspector General], Fermoy, [County Cork], to Sir Francis Leveson Gower, [Chief Secretary], Dublin Castle, enclosing a letter from Charles Atkinson, magistrate, South Park, Borrisokane, [County Tipperary], asking to adjust the balance in the Ballingarry constabulary from which he often needs a party of men, being composed of seven Catholics and one Protestant. Miller offers commentary, and stating this should disprove the press which inveighs constantly against ‘the Orange Police’. Also includes annotation by [Gower] that unless there were a charge of irregularity, ’a mere suspicion on account of creed must be disregarded’.

28 Dec 1829-1 Jan 1830

1829

CSO/RP/1830/134

Letter from Maj William Miller [Inspector General], Fermoy, [County Cork], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, recommending dismissal of sub-constable John Coghlan, County Waterford, for intoxication, and enclosing an affidavit signed by Darby Mahony, Chief Constable, and R [Power?, magistrate], Clashmore, County Waterford, supporting Miller’s request.

21 Jan 1830-30 Jan 1830

1830

CSO/RP/1830/135

Letter from Maj William Miller [Inspector General], Fermoy, [County Cork], to Sir Francis Leveson Gower, [Chief Secretary], Dublin Castle, commenting on enclosed letters by Christopher Julian, magistrate, Listowel, County Kerry, to Gower, and Sub-Inspector M Singleton, Tralee, County Kerry, to Miller, both of whom express suspicions that there are illegally held firearms, and asking for permission to search and disarm; Miller and Dublin Castle asking for corroboration. Julian also refers to Mr Samuel S Raymond’s permission to remove gunpowder for blasting purposes from the magazine to his home.

26 Dec 1829-19 Jan 1830

1830

CSO/RP/1830/136

Letter from John Thompson, coroner, Clonmel, on behalf of all coroners of [County Tipperary], to Sir Francis Leveson Gower, [Chief Secretary], Dublin Castle, complaining about their Grand Jury’s failure to pay them as according to the parliamentary act [Coroners' Fees (Ireland) Act 1820 c. 28], asking to stipulate a sum for each coroner per inquest. Includes annotation by Richard W Greene, [legal advisor, Dublin], finding this case insufficient for a new enactment.

9 Jan 1830-11 Jan 1830

1830

CSO/RP/1830/137

File of correspondence between Sir John Harvey [Inspector General, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny], Wallop Brabazon, Rath, Drogheda, [County Louth], [C] Browne, Sub-Inspector acting for the Inspector General, Kilkenny, [County Kilkenny] and William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, regarding sub-constables William McCue and James Harvey, charged with intoxication. Includes Brabazon’s good reference for both men; his questioning Chester’s motivations in his, a Catholic’s, charges against these and other Protestant policemen; and Browne’s confirmation that they were transferred to two other counties.

16 Jan 1830-5 Mar 1830

1830

CSO/RP/1830/138

Letter from Maj William Miller [Inspector General], Fermoy, [County Cork], to Sir Francis Leveson Gower, [Chief Secretary], Dublin Castle, enclosing documents regarding orders given to the police to enforce provisions of road act, 36th Geo 3 c.55, and questioning their propriety. Includes order signed by five magistrates, Newcastle petty sessions, County Limerick for the constabulary of the Barony of Upper Connelloe, to patrol roads and impound ‘all Swine and beasts found wandering thereupon’; also letter from Fra[ncis] Percy, [Chief Constable] Newcastle [Newcastlewest, County Limerick], to William Smith, Sub-Inspector of County Limerick, Rathkeale, enclosing order by magistrates [T] Sullivan and Thomas Furlong, Newcastle, for the constabulary, to prevent horses being exercised on the quay. Includes an annotation by Richard W Greene, [legal advisor, Dublin], finding it improper to employ police in such duties. [Contains list of names not given in this description.]

20 Nov 1829-7 Jan 1830

1830

CSO/RP/1830/139

Letter from Lord De Vesci [John Vesey, 2nd Viscount Vesci], Abbeyleix, [County Laois], to ‘My Lord’ [Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke Northumberland, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Dublin], praising local priest Mr Keogh who was instrumental in keeping the Rockites at bay, and recommending to confer a favour on his nephew in Waterford. Includes annotation by [Sir Francis Leveson Gower, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, stating the Lord Lieutenant’s agreement.

2 Feb 1830

1830

CSO/RP/1830/140

Letter from Robert Brown, ranger of the Curragh, 16 Kildare Street, [Dublin], to Gregory, asking about the legal power of magistrates to sentence persons who cut furze and stating that the Curragh was much damaged by this; also includes annotation by Richard W Greene, [legal advisor, Dublin], stating this is not the aegis of the crown’s law officers; further, a draft reply to Brown by [Dublin Castle] based on Greene’s advice.

2 Feb 1830

1830