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CSO/RP/1831/101

File of documents concerning an investigation of Maj Miller, late chief constable of Police in Limerick, over the misappropriation of certain fees levied by for certain offences. Includes letter from William Kemmis, [crown solicitor], [40] Kildare Street, [Dublin], to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, reporting on an investigation of Miller over the misuse of fees levied for various offences, 20 January 1831; enclosing case on behalf of the crown, detailing the evidence of Patrick Costello, Edmund Fraher [or Fraker], John Hayes and Thomas Duggan; with the opinion of the Attorney General [Edward Pennefather] appended. Also includes letter fromMaj William Miller, [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, concluding that Miller, the accused ‘appropriated to his own use the proceeds’ arising out of the conviction of several men for unregistered arms; declaring that legal action should be taken against such an individual, 7 December 1830.

6 Jan 1829-20 Jan 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/102

Petition of Dominick Corbett, Clifden, [County Galway], to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, requesting appointment to the post of tide waiter; indicating he took an apprenticeship to a merchant in the linen draper trade but due to depression in that field he has no employment.

12 Jan 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/103

Copy letter from the chief magistrates of police, Frederick Darley, John Tudor, John C Graves and Henry Charles Sirr, Head Office of Police, [Dublin], to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, submitting an estimate for the cost of the police establishment; discussing various aspects of their expenditure, salaries and financial demands made on the purse.

26 Jan 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/104

File of documents concerning the application for employment in the coast guard by Henry Justice, late seaman, HM ‘Scamander’, Killarney, County Kerry. Includes petition of Justice to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, requesting appointment to a post in the coast guard; referring to past efforts to gain such a position and to the calibre of support he can call upon. Also letter from Justice to an unidentified recipient [but likely the Chief Secretary’s Office] mentioning his past applications for a post in the preventative water service and reiterating his desire for employment in the water guard or even as a police constable, despite his modest stature. Also copy letter from William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, to Justice, stating that appointments to the water guard department are not in Lord Lieutenant’s ‘gift’ but rather are administrated by the lords of the Treasury.

14 Apr 1830-2 Jul 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/105

Letter from the Commissioners of the Board of Inland Navigation in Ireland, James Saurin, Henry R Paine and John Radcliff, Navigation Office, Dublin, to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, requesting the sanction of the Lord Lieutenant on their taking responsibility for the whole of road between Swineford and Killala in County Mayo, part of which formed a separate section. Encloses letter from [S] Clendining and Charles Fitzgerald, magistrates, Foxford, [County Mayo], to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, seeking the approval of government to have all of the road between Swineford and Killala placed under the Board of Inland Navigation for the purposes of repair and upkeep. Alluding to a section not being attended to by Alexander Nimmo, [civil engineer], within which includes the ‘great bridge over the Moy river’.

28 Dec 1830-13 Jan 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/106

Letter from Col Sir John Harvey, [inspector general of police for province of Leinster], Kilkenny, [County Kilkenny], to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting on four sub-constables accused of misbehaviour and seeking authority to have them dismissed. Also letter from [G Browne], chief-constable, Kilkenny, to Harvey, referring to an investigation of the men and encloses a report detailing charges against sub-constables Coulter, Chamney, Murphy and McGurkin for drunkenness, signed by Mr Eaton and Richard Burke, magistrates.

8 Jan 1831-13 Jan 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/107

File of documents concerning measures taken to alleviate hunger and distress in the Barony of Erris, County Mayo. Includes letter from Maj Samson Carter, chief-constable, Castlebar, to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, discussing aspects of the crisis such as popular discontent and control and distribution of foodstuffs; noting the appearance of a ‘System of swearing to pay only a Certain proportion of Rents and Tithes’, 24 January 1831. Also includes letter from Sir Samuel O’Malley, magistrate, Westport, to Stanley, reflecting on manifestations of disloyalty among the population and the apprehension of some suspects, 18 January 1831. Also includes copy of printed resolutions of a meeting in Erris [12 January 1831] setting out a number of responses to the appearance of famine in the locality, especially to raise a fund for the alleviation of distress; chaired by Rev J Dawson, vicar of Kilmore, Erris and Kilcommin.

18 Jan 1831-25 Jan 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/108

Letter from Wallop Brabazon, magistrate, Rath, Drogheda, County Louth, to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, pointing to the emergence of a combination of workers in the parish of Termonfeckin, something entirely new but loaded with ominous implications. Enclosing copy of printed handbill headed ‘MEETING OF LABOURERS’ complaining of the rate of wages in the locality and setting out a number of criteria to be followed; with annotation in pencil on bottom ‘on the 24th let no man work’.

17 Jan 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/109

File of documents concerning the removal of Taylor Bennett, sub-constable, from Banagher to Ferbane King's County [County Offaly] on grounds of his wife keeping a shop. Includes letter from Col Sir John Harvey, [inspector general of police for province of Leinster], Kilkenny, [County Kilkenny], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, stressing it is against police regulations for a constable or his wife to keep a shop or engage in business of any sort. Also copy of the resolutions of six magistrates sitting at Banagher Petty Sessions indicating their intention to apply to government for the reinstatement of Bennett, a constable marked by ‘his zeal and efficiency’.

15 Jan 1831-1 Feb 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/110

File of documents concerning resistance to the sale of property at Myshall in County Carlow to meet payment of tithe. Includes letter from William Graham, magistrate, New town Barry, [Newtownbarry], County Wexford, to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting on local agitation against the sale of livestock to meet payment of tithe; encloses copy of notice that was posted at the Roman Catholic chapel of Myshall in County Carlow, calling the people to arise and resist the collection of tithe and any imposition on the property of James Kinsela and Patrick Nowlan, signed by the ‘Voice of People’. Also includes letter from Rev Hector F Vaughan, Myshall Glebe, to Capt Browne, reflecting on the controversial notice and the prospect of an impending ‘Bull Bait at Myshall pound’; noting that the local priests ‘have of late been in frequent conference’.

23 Jan 1831-25 Jan 1831

1831