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CSO/RP/1825/1121

Letter from Richard Willcocks, inspector general of police, Cork, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, indicating his acceptance of an application for leave of absence from Lieutenant Theobald Pepper, chief constable of police, barony of Ormond, County Tipperary, 31 August 1825. Encloses memorial from Pepper, Nenagh, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting leave of absence for a period of one month or 6 weeks for the restoration of health. Complains of having ‘a pain in his side’ and indicates his doctor advice is to take a vacation in Cheltenham, England, 21 August 1825. Also encloses a certificate for Pepper, from John Cheyne, medical doctor, Dublin, 20 August 1825. Also letter from Pepper to Goulburn, seeking an answer to his application for leave, 11 September 1825. Encloses letter from Willcocks to Pepper, stating that permission for leave from duties can only be granted by the Lord Lieutenant, 19 August 1825. Also damp press copy letter from the Chief Secretary’s Office to Willcocks, indicating that the leave requested by Pepper can be granted provided it is not ‘prejudicial to the service’, September 1825.

19 Aug 1825-11 Sep 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1122

Letter from Patrick Murray, clerk of the Guild of St Luke the Evangelist [comprising cutlers, painters, stainers and stationers], 4 Swift’s Row, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, enclosing a demand for payment of £45 10s for himself and three assistants for making a search and return of guild records for the information of the Lord Lieutenant and the House of Commons. States in accordance with the request, a search was conducted for a list of guild members, indicating the nature of their admission to the guild, covering the period 1 January 1817 to 7 April 1825. The work, he remarks, took 10 days and the results were supplied to government in duplicate.

1 Sep 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1123

Petition of John Stiles, former police constable of barony of Trughanackiny [Trughanacmy], Listowell [Listowel], County Kerry, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting reinstatement in the police constabulary of County Kerry. Claims he was dismissed the force due to a disagreement with his chief constable [Robert Smylie], despite having a previously clean record. Complains he was given no opportunity to make a defence nor did he find his application for back pay to Richard Willcocks [inspector general of police] brought helpful results; alleges the authorities appear to be united in a concerted effort to ignore his claim for redress. Recalls his long service in the police constabulary, during which he apprehended a number of persons for atrocities committed in counties Kerry and Limerick. States he caught the murderers of Mr [Thomas] Hoskins; he arrested ‘Carmody’ and ‘Connor’ for attacking the dwelling of Mr Callihan; also ‘Connell’ for rape and ‘Kelly’ who led a group of Whiteboys from Limerick in an attack on the house of John B Kitson, chief constable of police, County Cork. Claims to be under threat from ‘some of the Evil disposed’ in his district since he ‘has been always foremost in putting down Rebels and Depriving them of their arms’.

28 Aug 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1124

Petition of Alexander Lawson, late of the 6th dragoon guards, Newry, County Down, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a situation in the police constabulary of County Down or elsewhere in Ireland. States he is unable to sustain life on his small pension allowance of 6d per day, and cannot find employment having no trade or profession. Stresses his fitness to serve in the police but admits having been absent from Newry for quite some time he is without the support of a person of influence.

31 Aug 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1125

Petition of Mary Brennan, widow, Castlecomer, County Kilkenny, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting inclusion on the concordation list for a pension under government. Complains her husband, Thomas Brennan, sergeant of police at Mallow in County Cork, died in the ‘most deplorable and distressed manner’ leaving no provision for her or their two children.

30 Aug 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1126

Letter from Robert L Haydon, late ensign, 44th regiment of foot, Letterkenny, County Donegal, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing a memorial to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a situation in the revenue police under the board of excise. Outlines his military service which includes a spell fighting in the Peninsula War under the Duke of Wellington [Arthur Wellesley] and at New Orleans in America [when in service with the 44th regiment] where he received a wound to the thigh. Complains his present half pay with the 20th regiment of foot is not adequate to the support of his family.

15 Sep 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1127

Letter from Stephen Lewis, late ensign, 73rd regiment of foot, Sixmilebridge, Kilrush, County Clare, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing a memorial to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment as barrack master in the eastern district of County Clare. Indicates his willingness to accept the salary with the post of £60 per year as the ‘greatest assistance’ in supporting his family. States he received his training at the Royal Military College and recalls career oscillations during which he passed through various military regiments being finally ‘obliged to retire in the year 1820 on half pay’. Adds a character reference may be had from Major George Warburton, superintendent general of police for counties Galway, Clare and Roscommon, or any of the other local magistrates.

14 Sep 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1128

Letter from Robert Robinson, secretary, Board of Works, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, communicating the assent of the board on a plan and estimate for enlarging the bridewell of Tulla in County Clare. He adds the various works detailed in Ground Plan No 2 are ‘judicious, and the Estimate for the work reasonable’. Encloses letter from Francis Johnston, architect and inspector of civil buildings, Architect's Office, Dublin Castle, to Robinson, reporting in conjunction with Major Benjamin Blake Woodward, inspector general of prisons in Ireland, that the proposed plan and estimate for Tulla prison is fit for purpose. Remarks on a slight eccentricity between plans 1 and 2 and notes that no contract for the work has yet been put in place as stipulated under the act to facilitate issue of grant.

7 Sep 1825-10 Sep 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1129

Letter from Robert Robinson, secretary, Board of Works, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, observing the plan and estimate for the proposed new bridewell at Ennistimon in County Clare is of acceptable standard but apparently lacks an entrance, 10 September 1825. Encloses letter from Francis Johnston, architect and inspector of civil buildings, Architect's Office, Dublin Castle, to Robinson, reporting in conjunction with Major Benjamin Blake Woodward, inspector general of prisons in Ireland, that the proposed plan and estimate for Ennistimon prison is ‘very well arranged’ and the estimate ‘reasonable’. Comments on the absence of an entrance to the bridewell ‘unless it is intended to be under the Sessions House’ and notes that no contract for the work has yet been put in place as stipulated by the act of Parliament, in order to avail of the grant, 6 September 1825. Returns letter from Andrew Finncane, Ennistimon, to Goulburn, referring to the bridewell plan and presentment sent for the consideration of the Lord Lieutenant, and asking for the return of the plan with sanction in order to enable the grand jury to make application for the grant, 23 August 1825. Also returns letter from Francis Morice, secretary of the grand jury of County Clare, Ennis, to Goulburn, sending an estimate for building the bridewell at Ennistimon and also the plan, estimate and official presentment for the bridewell of Tulla in County Clare [neither present], 29 August 1825.

23 Aug 1825-10 Sep 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1130

Letter from Mathew Barrington, crown solicitor [Munster circuit], Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting on an application for compensation from Daniel Toomy [also spelt Tuomy] and Mary Toomy of Newcastle in County Limerick, who acted as crown witnesses in the prosecution of Daniel and Morty Flynn for the murder of John Harnett which took place near Abbeyfeale, in County Limerick. Observes he concurs with a recommendation from Thomas Philip Vokes, police magistrate of Limerick, that Mary Toomy be awarded a sum of £30 in complete satisfaction of her claim, and Daniel Toomy be continued on his weekly allowance of 7 shillings, in respect of his claim on government, 3 September 1825. Returns memorial of Daniel and Mary Toomy to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, setting out their claim to pecuniary reward for their part in the conviction of the Flynns and ‘their accomplice Dawly [Dawley]’ for the murder of Harnett [at the summer assizes of 1824]. Complains to date that Mary has ‘never received a single half penny’ in recognition of her part in the prosecution, and her father [Daniel] has received but a small subsistence not adequate to his support. Mary emphasises the danger to her life from the connections of the Flynn family and asks that the compensation be issued to them through Mr Freeling [agent on estate] or Reverend [Thomas] Lock, rector of Newcastle, 14 August 1825. Also second memorial from Daniel and Mary Toomy to Wellesley, seeking settlement of compensation claim. Protests that Daniel has had his allowance stopped by the police and Mary, to date, has had no aid given her except a small payment of £3 to defray expenses prior to the court hearing. Requests information from government on the value of their work as crown witnesses and repeats application to have money paid to Reverend Lock or to John Gunn Jr, postmaster of Newcastle, 14 September 1825. Also memorial from Robert Allen, Newcastle, to Goulburn, complaining of the treatment of Daniel and Mary Toomy following their loyalty to government as crown witnesses. Points out that neither was properly compensated despite various applications for payment to Barrington, Vokes and Francis Percy, chief constable of police of Newcastle. Observes, following the execution of the Flynns, they were forced to abandon their own neighbourhood for reasons of personal safety. Requests their case receive special attention as circumstances demand, 22 November 1825.

14 Aug 1825-22 Nov 1825

1825