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CSO/RP/1832/81

Memorial of James Murray, Longtower, [County Londonderry or Derry], to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, seeking to be reinstated to his position as sub-constable having being dismissed for having consumed spirits while attending Letterkenny Quarter Sessions, County Donegal; noting that he can acquire character references from James Taylor, Sub-Inspector at Raphoe and Alexander Robert Stewart, High Sherriff of Ards.

8 Jan 1832

1832

CSO/RP/1832/82

Report from a meeting of Dundalk Board of Health, [County Louth], noting the number of new cases of fever, names of board members present and physicians in the town; includes resolution authorising the mendicant sergeant employed by the Mendicity Society to keep the streets free of beggars and vagrants in order to prevent the spread of disease; signed by five of the board members. [Contains list of names not given in this description].

7 Jan 1832

1832

CSO/RP/1832/83

Report of the Mourne Board of Health, Kilkeel, [County Down], submitted to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, noting that they have solicited private subscriptions towards a fund and have circulated a printed address from the General Board of Health concerning the spread of infection; adding that malignant fever is on the decline in their town; signed by five of the board members. [Contains list of names not given in this description].

9 Jan 1832

1832

CSO/RP/1832/84

Memorial of James Kaige, office keeper and messenger in the Yeomanry and Constabulary Department, Dublin Castle, to Sir William Gosset, [Under Secretary], expressing alarm that his situation might be abolished; noting that Mr Bell can testify to his zeal and diligence; remarking that his position is that of a ‘warrant officer’. Also letter from Gosset, Dublin, probably to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, [Chief Secretary], noting that other employees have been employed longer than Kaige; includes annotation initialled ‘EGS’ [Stanley] noting that this is not a matter for the Treasury but should be decided by the Irish government.

19 Dec 1831-20 Dec 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1832/85

Letter from William Parker, Rock Cottage, Passage West, [County Cork], to Sir William Gosset, [Under Secretary], offering his suggestions to the Board of Works on the use of the public grant for the employment of the labouring classes; complaining that the Board of Health in his parish is paralyzed for want of funding and seeking a loan of £200. Also letter from Parker, to Henry R Paine, Secretary to the Board of Works, proposing that they provide him with a loan of £3000 for the purpose of purchasing a stock of hemp and flax and establishing his business which would employ many labourers. Also printed petitions of Parker, to King George IV, dated 1828, discussing schemes for encouraging emigration to the Cape of Good Hope and Canada but noting that emigration to New South Wales is preferable due to the land quality and insular situation; referring to the arguments put forward by Rev TR Malthus; stating that emigration can no longer be viewed as the ‘panacea for the ills of Ireland’; discussing land reclamation and management of agriculture. Includes printed copy of the ‘Cork Mercantile Chronicle’, dated 4 January 1832, including printed letter from Parker, to the Lord Lieutenant, entitled ‘The Poor of Ireland’.

1 Jan 1828-9 Jan 1831

1832

CSO/RP/1832/86

Letter from John Jenkins, Clerk of the Peace, Youghal, [County Cork], to Sir William Gosset, [Under Secretary], requesting copies of the parliamentary return of criminals committed to his town’s gaol for trial in 1831 .

9 Jan 1832

1832

CSO/RP/1832/87

Letter from John Butcher, W Booth and [?], Office of Ordnance, Dublin, to Sir William Gosset, [Under Secretary], declining an application from [Charles] Trevor, Secretary to the Board of Health at Belfast that the military hospital in that city be placed at the disposal of the board; noting that their buildings cannot be appropriated for charitable purposes.

9 Jan 1832

1832

CSO/RP/1832/88

File of documents mainly addressed to John Harvey, Inspector General, Dublin, consisting of police reports of outrage in Leinster mainly involving resistance to payment of tithes. Includes letter from Harvey, to Sir William Gosset, [Under Secretary], forwarding the police reports and providing a summary of the contents. Includes reports from the following officers addressed to Harvey or others – Capt Hamilton enclosing copies of threatening notices and suggesting that a military force be sent to Enniscorthy and Wexford towns; Lieut Battersby, Sub-Inspector, Carlow reporting on state of Hacketstown, County Carlow; Lieut ES Flinter, Sub-Inspector, Naas reporting on outrages in County Kildare; Lieut HW Thompson, Sub-Inspector reporting on armed Rockites in County Westmeath; Thomas Porter, Chief Constable, to Capt Thompson reporting on a mail coach attack; Francis Smyth Young, Tinahely, to William Johnston, Inspector forwarding an anti tithe notice pasted on a church door in County Wicklow.

2 Jan 1832-4 Jan 1832

1832

CSO/RP/1832/89

Letter from WH Newenham, to [Henry Boyle, 3rd] earl of Shannon, Lord Lieutenant of County Cork, forwarding a resolution on behalf of a meeting of Cork magistrates complaining of the additional, unreasonable fees being demanded of them by the Lord Chancellor. Also covering letter from the earl of Shannon, Castle Martyr, [County Cork], to William Gosset, [Under Secretary], noting that the general feeling amongst the magistrates is that no gentleman should be called upon to pay fees until he first takes out a commission of the peace.

7 Jan 1832

1832

CSO/RP/1832/90

Financial account entitled ‘Arthur Hume Esq as Teller of the Exchequer his account current with the Bank of Ireland’.

Dec 1831-Jan 1832

1832