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Record 71 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1831/71
TITLE:

Letter from Sir Edward Lees, secretary, General Post Office, [Dublin], concerning resignation of the postmistress of Ballycastle
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Sir Edward Lees, secretary, General Post Office, [Dublin], to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, requesting a considerate hearing for the postmistress of Ballycastle who has served in that capacity for 40 years, is ‘nearly blind’ and has no entitlement to superannuation. Encloses letter from Rose Lyons, postmistress, Ballycastle, [County Antrim], to Lees, offering resignation of post provided her niece be appointed in her stead; stresses her niece has been resident with her and has acted as her assistant for 20 years past.
EXTENT:

2 items; 6pp
DATE(S):

30 Dec 1830-4 Jan 1830
DATE EARLY:

1830
DATE LATE:

1830
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1831/72
Record 72 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1831/72
TITLE:

Letter from Thomas Trunck, chairman, board of superintendence of the gaols of County Kildare, Athy Gaol, seeking the advice of the law officers respecting a demand for money expended on food and bedding in prisons
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Thomas Trunck, chairman, board of superintendence of the gaols of County Kildare, Athy Gaol, to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, seeking the advice of the law officers on the refusal of the official acting as treasurer to meet a demand for money expended on food and bedding in prisons; co-signed by John Bagot Glubb and Benjamin Lefroy. Encloses letter from [R Dawson] to the board, explaining the legal difficulties in meeting their demand for payment.
EXTENT:

2 items; 6pp
DATE(S):

18 Jan 1831-20 Jan 1831
DATE EARLY:

1831
DATE LATE:

1831
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1831/74
Record 73 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1831/73
TITLE:

Letter from Bartholomew Warburton, magistrate, Cavan, on a planned public meeting near Cootehill likely to breach the peace
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Bartholomew Warburton, magistrate, Cavan, to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, drawing attention to a planned public meeting near Cootehill likely to breach the peace; in the circumstances, he stresses the need for a stronger military force than is present in the district and requests advice; adding as yet he not received the commission of the peace for Monaghan. Encloses affidavit of Michael [Swany], servant, stating he got information in McCabe’s Inn of a planned public meeting to be held near Cootehill, County Cavan, to discuss such matters as payment of rent and tithe; 20000 persons were expected, a number too ‘strong for the military who should not defeat them’; it was to be a combination of the lower orders of both Protestants and Roman Catholics who would together seek justice.
EXTENT:

2 items; 5pp
DATE(S):

15 Jan 1831-16 Jan 1831
DATE EARLY:

1831
DATE LATE:

1831
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1831/75
Record 74 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1831/74
TITLE:

Letter from Maj William Miller, [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork], reporting on the dismissal of sub-constable Michael Hennessy
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Maj William Miller, [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork], to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, reporting on the dismissal of Sub-constable Michael Hennessy [Hennesy], Toomevara, who was found drunk while on duty in the courthouse of Nenagh in County Tipperary. Encloses letter from JB Killson, chief-constable, Nenagh, to Miller, complaining of Hennessy’s behaviour.
EXTENT:

2 items; 4pp
DATE(S):

14 Jan 1831-17 Jan 1831
DATE EARLY:

1831
DATE LATE:

1831
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1831/76
Record 75 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1831/75
TITLE:

Letter from James Nicholson Frood, magistrate and bailiff of the corporation of Dundalk, Chief Magistrates Office, [County Louth], requesting advice on whether a meeting of the Louth Independent Club can be allowed
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from James Nicholson Frood, magistrate and bailiff of the corporation of Dundalk, Chief Magistrates Office, [County Louth], to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, requesting advice on whether a meeting of the Louth Independent Club can be allowed; notes that the applicant is a law abiding man and the organisation in question has been in existence for some time. Encloses letter from John Mority [Moriarty], innkeeper, seeking permission to hold a meeting of the club in his dwelling house.
EXTENT:

2 items; 5pp
DATE(S):

22 Jan 1831
DATE EARLY:

1831
DATE LATE:

1831
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1831/77
Record 76 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1831/76
TITLE:

Letter from Capt Thomas Prior, 2 Drumcondra Terrace, Dublin, offering his services in defence of the country
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Capt Thomas Prior, 2 Drumcondra Terrace, Dublin, to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, stating his loyalty to the union and opposition to repeal; notes he has command of a body of yeomanry at Rathdowney in Queen's County [County Laois] and indicates his readiness to serve government in any part of the country. Encloses copy of testimonial from Lord Castlereagh, [Robert Stewart], 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, London, England; and letter from ElizabethPrior, 2 Drumcondra Terrace, to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, written in favour of her husband.
EXTENT:

3 items; 6pp
DATE(S):

24 Aug 1818-19 Jan 1831
DATE EARLY:

1818
DATE LATE:

1831
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1831/78
Record 77 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1831/77
TITLE:

Letter from Rev Richard Boyle Townsend, church of Ireland clergyman, Abbey Strewry [Abbeystrewry] Glebe, [County Cork], complaining of the cost of postage on papers sent to him
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Rev Richard Boyle Townsend, church of Ireland clergyman, Abbey Strewry [Abbeystrewry] Glebe, [County Cork], to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, complaining of the cost of postage on papers sent to him and requesting the post master of Skibbereen issue a refund; seeking redress of the impediment as something ‘a most grievous expense to the inferior Clergy’. Also letter from Townsend to Stanley drawing attention to the matter of heavy postage costs on ‘public printed papers’ to members of the cloth and requesting the favour of free postage.
EXTENT:

2 items; 4pp
DATE(S):

8 Jan 1831-24 Jan 1831
DATE EARLY:

1831
DATE LATE:

1831
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1831/79
Record 78 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1831/78
TITLE:

Letter from Denis Bergin, Cork, [County Cork], stating he has knowledge of a fraud committed on stamp duties
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Denis Bergin, Cork, [County Cork], to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, stating he has knowledge of a fraud committed on stamp duties ‘to a large amount’; noting his inclination to supply details of the crime irrespective of any reward for such service. Also letter from Bergin to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, requesting to learn if compensation is due for his assistance.
EXTENT:

2 items; 4pp
DATE(S):

20 Jan 1831-1 Mar 1831
DATE EARLY:

1831
DATE LATE:

1831
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1831/80
Record 79 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1831/79
TITLE:

Petition of John Rowan, pensioner, Ballymoe, County Galway, seeking a free passage to North America
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Petition of John Rowan, pensioner [Chelsea Hospital], 12th Regiment of Dragoons, Ballymoe, County Galway, to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, seeking a free passage to North America for herself and family of seven; complaining that his small pension is wholly inadequate to support his household.
EXTENT:

1 item; 3pp
DATE(S):

6 Jan 1831
DATE EARLY:

1831
DATE LATE:

1831
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1831/81
Record 80 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1831/80
TITLE:

Letter from Col J Harvey, [Inspector General of Police], [Kilkenny], expressing his displeasure over postal arrangement and the evasion of postage fees
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Col J Harvey, [Inspector General of Police], [Kilkenny], to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, expressing his displeasure over postal arrangement and the allegation that members of the constabulary of sending written items under cover to evade postage fees; stating in future he will have all correspondence forwarded direct to himself through the General Post Office. Adds in postscript a caution over the size of his postal expenditure, something that will continue until such times as new arrangements come into force.
EXTENT:

1 item; 4pp
DATE(S):

25 Jan 1831
DATE EARLY:

1831
DATE LATE:

1831
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1831/82

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