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CSO/RP/1831/661

Letter from [Maj] Thomas D’Arcy, Inspector General of Police [for Ulster], Holly Hill, [Strabane, County Tyrone], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, making application on behalf ofWilliam Colthurst, chief Constable, Armagh, [County Armagh], for leave of absence for three weeks. Also letter from Colthurst to D’Arcy, asking for time off duty to travel ‘to a distant part of the Country on business’.

25 Mar 1831-26 Mar 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/662

File of documents concerning use of disciplinary proceedings against several police constables of the province of Ulster. Includes letter from William Colthurst, chief Constable, Armagh, [County Armagh], to [Maj] Thomas D’Arcy, Inspector General of Police [for Ulster], recommending the discharge of John McHenry, Sub-constable, on a count of stealing a watch key from a jeweller named Wells in the town of Lurgan, 20 March 1831. Also includes letter from Capt David Duff, Chief Constable, Dungannon, County Tyrone, to D’Arcy, reporting on the conduct of James Patterson, Sub-constable, who allegedly was party to an assault and robbery of a woman named Rose McClelland while under the influence of liquor, 26 March 1831. Also includes letter from D’Arcy, Holly Hill, [Strabane, County Tyrone], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, defending the removal of John McGrath, Sub-constable, Forkhill, County Armagh from the police establishment due to repeated drunkenness and improper conduct, 28 September 1831.

11 Mar 1831-28 Sep 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/663

File of documents concerning an allegation against John Daly, Sub-constable of police, Durrow, [Queens County or County Laois] over drunkenness. Includes letter from Col Sir John Harvey, [Inspector General of Police], Kilkenny, [County Kilkenny], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, seeking consent to discharge from the constabulary force Daly who is charged with intoxication; noting the magistrates charged the constable with ‘being in a state of inebriety on four successive days & of insubordination’. Also includes statement from Robert May, Constable, [to Wade Foott, Chief Constable, Abbeyleix] outlining in detail the charges against Daly for intoxication and disruptive conduct.

18 Mar 1831-6 Apr 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/664

File of documents concerning an allegation against Thomas Madigan, Sergeant of police, Kilmallock, County Limerick, over drunkenness. Includes letter from Col Sir John Harvey, [Inspector General of Police], Kilkenny, [County Kilkenny], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, reporting on the charges against Madison for intoxication; noting his past valiant behaviour but recommends he be demoted to a lower rank. Also includes memorial from Madigan, late Sergeant, Pallaskenry, County Limerick, to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, calling for an investigation of the charges against him and seeking restoration to his position in the police constabulary; alluding to past service in the force against the disaffected and expressing his fear of a reprisal against his family of eight persons. Also includes letter from William Smith, [Sub-inspector], Rathkeale, County Limerick, to Maj William Miller, [Inspector General of Police in Munster], making a recommendation for Madigan; recalling that the late sergeant with little support from others beat off a party of ‘several hundred White Boys’ who attacked and burned the village of Glenashien [Glenosheen] in April 1823; observing that the allegation against Madigan was exaggerated by Culhane ‘through malice’ on account of a previous encounter.

18 Mar 1831-6 Apr 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/665

Letter from Lord Plunket [William Plunkett, 1st baron Plunket, Lord Chancellor], Dublin, to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, reporting on a case surrounding the trial of those who made charges against Lawrence Cruise Smyth [Smith], magistrate of County Meath; stating he has read all of the case material and finds himself in agreement with his predecessor, Sir Anthony Hart, on the incredulity of the account provided on the matter by the magistrates; noting a charge of indiscretion aimed at Smyth byGustavus Lambert, magistrate, [Beaupark, County Meath] and indicating he has called for ‘a very full explanation’ from Smyth on this matter and also of his part in a public meeting with land holders to discuss the appearance of threatening notices.

6 Apr 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/666

Letter from Rev John Booker, Killurin Parsonage, County Wexford, to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, reporting that a doubt had arisen amongst the membership of the local vestry meeting on the question of whether or not the all Protestant select vestry had power to make ‘assessments for a vestry clerk’s salary and for collecting the Parish cess’; requesting the opinion of the law advisors of the crown.Includes annotation on back by Richard W Greene, law officer, stating that every parishioner has a right to vote on matters of this sort.

6 Mar 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/667

Letter from Rev George Alcock, Church of Ireland rector, parishes of Ullard and Graig [Craignamanagh], County Kilkenny, to an unnamed recipient [but likely the Chief Secretary’s Office], recalling a tumultuous local vestry meeting over the nominations of church wardens; indicates he requested those in the assembly to make selection of two names to act as church wardens, but, having no response, he proceeded to select one person under his own authority, whenever persons gathered outside tried to seize the vestry book and carry it away; complaining his curate, Rev MacDonnell, was later insulted and noting the names of two of the main agitators, Patrick and William [Barlshall]. Includes annotation on back on matter by Richard W Greene, law officer.

7 Apr 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/668

Letter from Col Sir John Harvey, [Inspector General of Police], Kilkenny, [County Kilkenny], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, indicating he along with Joseph Green, the resident magistrate, has made a detailed inquiry into a complaint forwarded by the Roman Catholic clergyman and fourteen of the principle inhabitants of Graigue, County Kilkenny, over the behaviour of the police in that district; observing on foot that the ‘combination against the payment of Tithe & church cess is extending’. Encloses copy of memoranda on case in which he summarises the outcome of his investigation into the use of the police to enforce distraining orders issued by the local rector for non-payment of tithes; reflecting on the lack of evidence presented by one side but noting that [John H] Hatton, Chief Constable of Graigue, has become ‘extremely unpopular’ and stating he has arranged for his removal from that place; with note on foot from Green expressing his endorsement of Harvey’s conclusions.

5 Apr 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/669

Letter from MM Kinnan, matron, Whitworth Hospital, Drumcondra, [Dublin], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, seeking to have her salary continued as recommended by [Maj] Thomas Newcomen Edgeworth, Governor of the House of Industry; stating she was in receipt of wages up to March 1830 for attendance on fever patients and still remains at work with the House of Industry; noting she has laboured for 21 years without any increase in pay while her present duties have ‘considerably increased’.

29 Mar 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/670

Letter from Lieut John Edmonds, late of 21st Regiment [of Foot], Wexford, [County Wexford], to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, enclosing memorial to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, requesting the situation of chief of police in County Roscommon or another county in Ireland; making reference to his long service or loyalty to government and the needs of his ‘helpless family’.

26 Mar 1831

1831