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CSO/RP/1825/1091

Petition of Arthur Murphy, Navan, County Meath, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting issue of remuneration for past expenditure or a situation of employment under government. Explains he received a formal appointment as chief constable of police in County Limerick but complains having disposed of his personal property and removed to Limerick with his family he was informed ‘his appointment was cancelled’. Claims he advanced on a recommendation from the former bishop of Meath [Thomas Lewis O’Beirne], Lord Fingall [Arthur James Plunkett] and Sir Marcus Somerville, [MP for County Meath], but fears he was opposed by the police authorities due to his advancing years. With certificate on base signed by Richard Ruxton, chairman of the petty sessions of County Meath and Mr Hamilton, magistrate; endorsed by Somerville. [See also description CSO/RP/1821/1541].

6 Apr 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1092

Letter from Charles Pressly, secretary, Stamp Office, William Street, Dublin, to Edward Ring, quartermaster of North Cork Militia, Fermoy, County Cork, reflecting on a complaint preferred by him against William Harmer Lowe, alleging he made out receipts on unstamped paper. He requests a full statement of Ring's financial standing with Lowe ‘when your Cattle were seized and impounded’ as mentioned in a petition made to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

3 Sep 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1093

Letter from Samuel Burton, 43 Arran Quay, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, advancing an application for the post of inspector of the Ballast Board [corporation for preserving and improving the port of Dublin], which is now vacant. Refers to a previous recommendation by Henry Cunningham, 1st Marquis Conyngham, for the post of chief constable of police, a couple of years previously which has failed to come to fruition. Indicates he is willing to accept of any situation under government and mentions further information on his character may be obtained from Mr Mitchins.

3 Sep 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1094

Petition of Henry Hanbridge, builder, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting a situation of employment in the Custom House, Dublin Castle or Post Office. Complains his character is tarnished by allegations that he threw a bottle at the Lord Lieutenant [Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley] during a presentation at the New Theatre Royal, Dublin [the ‘Bottle Riot’ of 14 December 1822]. He denies any part in the attack and points out all charges against him were withdrawn by the Attorney General [William Conyngham Plunket]. Having ‘a stigma on my caracter [sic]’, he continues, is militating against earning a livelihood and he seeks the intervention of government in finding work.

[1825]

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1095

Petition of Thomas May, police constable, Clonaslee, Queen’s County [County Laois; Leix], to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting his younger brother Henry May, a constable, stationed in Howth, County Dublin, be stationed alongside him. Indicates his acceptance of an appointment in any part of Ireland, but admits the preferred option would be Queen’s County as his aged mother presently lives in Maryborough [Portlaoise]. Emphasises his desire to watch over his sibling and hopes for a satisfactory outcome as this ‘will be the means of making a whole family comfortable’.

11 Sep 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1096

Letter from BC Urquhart, chief constable of police, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, to Major Thomas Powell, inspector general of the Leinster constabulary, reporting on the misconduct of William Lawler, a sub constable based at Tullarone in County Kilkenny, and seeking his dismissal. Indicates that Lawler’s behaviour was witnesses by Ambrose Sherman, magistrate of Kilkenny, during an outbreak of riot at a public house on Patrick Street, Kilkenny, on 2 September 1825. The magistrate, who was in the company of two other magistrates, found Lawler ‘in a most shameful state of intoxication crying out for Bloody Papists’. He also learned that Lawler, prior to the breakdown of public order in that place ‘raised the lower part of a [window] Sash in the Room where he had been drinking up stairs, and made his water on the persons passing under the window’. Draws attention also to the failure of Sergeant Fitze [likely an abbreviation of his surname] of Tullarone to report Lawler’s absence and recommends his demotion to the rank of sub constable ‘as a warning to others’ who fall short of the accepted standard.

11 Sep 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1097

Letter from James George Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, recommending the appointment of Richard Evans to the post of junior assistant in the Civil Accounts Department [letter delivered in person by Evans]. With draft reply on a separate slip of paper stating that the Lord Lieutenant is pleased to appoint the applicant to a clerkship in the office in question.

31 Aug 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1098

Letter from James Vance, assistant examiner, Inland Excise Office, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, calling to recollection a recommendation made by the Chief Secretary’s brother, Major Frederick Goulburn, [secretary and registrar of the records of New South Wales, Australia] in favour of James Therry of Cork, County Cork [likely concerning an application for employment].

13 Sep 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1099

Petition of David Edward Fitzgerald, Ballingarry, County Limerick, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, complaining of the loss of a post bill for £5 which he alleges was embezzled by James Quinn, the former deputy postmaster of Ballingarry. States the money was put in the post to William St John of Cork, County Cork, and seeks payment of compensation for his loss. Describes in detail the events surrounding the theft and refers to the subsequent legal proceedings taken by the General Post Office against Quinn. Complains that despite a promise to have his deficiency made good by Thomas Thompson, solicitor to the General Post Office [46 Harcourt Street, Dublin], he still remains without recompense. Also refers to an application to Sir Lawrence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse, for assistance with his complaint.

8 Sep 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1100

Letter from Major Samson Carter, Doneraile, County Cork, chief police magistrate of County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, drawing attention to the claims of crown witnesses, Edmund Magner, Edmund Glaveen and Mary Glaveen, who request remuneration for their part in the trial of the murderers of the Franks family of Lisnagoorneen, Fermoy, County Cork [murdered by the Whiteboys in 1823]. Asks that a decision be taken to provide a settlement to the persons concerned and that assistance be channelled through Michael Farrell, chief constable, at the head police office, in Dublin. Observes that Magner seeks an advance of £15 to aid him until full remuneration is paid; Edmund Glaveen has stated his wife ‘is starving in London, and narrowly escaped being murdered’ and requests money to enable him to go there or have her returned to Dublin; and Mary Glaveen remains in Dublin ‘in great distress’, 29 September 1825. Also letter from Mathew Barrington, crown solicitor [Munster circuit], Dublin, to Goulburn, reporting on Mary Glaveen’s evidence at the Franks trial. States she took no part in the first trial but appeared in the subsequent hearing as ‘a very unwilling witness’ whose account was less than satisfactory. Observes for her co operation she has been given government support and he recommends she be paid £20 in full settlement ‘to quit the Country’, 10 September 1825. Returns memorial of Mary Glaveen to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, advancing a claims for remuneration following her part in the prosecution of Thomas Bourke for the killing of the Franks, 3 September 1825. [See also description CSO/RP/1825/812].

3 Sep 1825-29 Sep 1825

1825