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CSO/RP/1831/691

Letter from James Saurin, John Radcliff and Pierepoint Mitchell, commissioners of the Board of Inland Navigation in Ireland, Navigation Office, [11 Merrion Street, Dublin], to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, reflecting on an application from the fishermen of Clifden, [County Galway], seeking an extension of the period for the repayment of loans to the Fishery Board; observing that three of those who apply for relief are ‘solvent persons’ who are able to settle their accounts, while the remainder are ‘in distressed circumstances’ and are not subjected to pressure to pay by the local collector. Enclosing memorial from the fishermen of Clifden to Paget, seeking relief from the demands of the Fishery Board; complaining they have been victims of a failed potato crop and a very poor fishing season in which 20 of their number ‘perished’; observing also that the restrictions on the kelp trade has been a factor and since the district is not endowed with any kind of manufacturing base, poverty has afflicted the people, marked or signed by 22 individuals. Also letter from William Seawright, secretary, Navigation Office, to Arthur Fay and others, Clifden, stating that following investigation it has been discovered you are not in the distressed circumstances alluded to, therefore, the collection of outstanding arrears rests with the officers of the Fishery Board.

7 Mar 1831-28 Mar 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/692

Memorial of George Wade, Sub-inspector and Paymaster, Omagh, County Tyrone, to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, requesting appointment as a stipendiary magistrate or another form of promotion under government; explaining he was appointed as chief constable in August 1824 and promoted to his present position in July 1826; recalling his success in bringing the guilty to justice while serving with the police in the Dungannon district for five years, at a time when it was ‘very much agitated’; noting also he served the crown for 14 years in a regiment of militia.

29 Mar 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/693

Cover letter from Hugh Percy, [3rd duke Northumberland], Lord Lieutenant, to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, enclosing a memorial from Edward Ryan, County Tyrone, to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, complaining of a failure by the authorities to pay the full amount of compensation due to him for acting as a crown witness; contending he is the principle witness of a murder that took place in Rathcannon, County Tipperary and that his evidence saw six persons executed and six transported for life; protesting he has only received £100 in payment for his efforts, rather than the anticipated reward of £50 for every man convicted; concluding he has been ‘Badly trated By the Government’ and complains his house was set on fire on account of his giving information.

16 Feb 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/694

Letter from Andrew Heatley, Dungannon, County Tyrone, to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, seeking a measure of relief from government on account of his impoverished circumstances; emphasising his past exertions in defence of the country and appealing for assistance due to the ‘poverty and distress’ faced by himself and five orphans.

21 Mar 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/695

File of documents concerning an investigation into the misconduct of sub-constables Champ and Delang of Queen’s County and County Kilkenny respectively. 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 complaint lodged against George Champ [Shampe], Sub-constable, Portarlington, Queen’s County [County Laois], over his alleged part in an attack upon the dwelling of Quin; recommending his dismissal from the police establishment, 19th March 1831. Also includes letter from ‘an inhabitant of Portarlington’ to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, seeking restitution on foot of the attack on Quin’s house; recalling on the 1st of March a party of yeomanry, headed by Champ, ‘armed with musquets, swords and stones’, made a destructive attack on the dwelling place; recalling the attackers pledged to ‘exterminate the Papists and their Priests’ from the neighbourhood, 11th March 1831. Also includes letter from Robert Barry, Chief Constable, Belview, Johnstown, [County Kilkenny], to Maj G Browne, [Graigue, County Kilkenny], condemning Timothy Delang, Sub-constable, for giving false information at the trial of the men accused of ‘a most dreadful case of Rape’ by Jane Howe; regretting due to Delang’s deceitful behaviour all five of the suspects were acquitted, 22nd March 1831. Also includes letter from Barry to Browne reporting on the murder of Patrick Bowden at a public house in Urlingford, County Kilkenny; observing the killing occurred on fair day in the town during a riot and the deceased was hit with ‘a heavy instrument called a scullcrake’, 22nd March 1831.

11 Mar 1831-24 Mar 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/696

Letter from [Maj Gen Robert Pilkington, John Butcher, William Booth and S Thomas], Office of Ordnance, Dublin, to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, stating as a matter of policy that ordnance do not provide tents for the use of outside bodies; noting, however, that requests of this nature can only be complied with the sanction of government. Also letter from Henry John Porter, director of the Juvenile Association for Promoting the Education of the Deaf and Dumb of Ireland, 16 Upper Sackville [O'Connell] Street, [Dublin], to Gosset, requesting the loan of two tents for the use of the Juvenile Association on Easter Monday at an excursion to Claremont near Glasnevin [Dublin].Encloses printed copy of the Sixth Annual Report of the Juvenile Association for Promoting the Education of the Deaf and Dumb of Ireland, for year ending Easter 1830.

11 Apr 1830-31 Mar 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/697

Letter from Maj William Miller, [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, recommending the discharge of Matthew Culhane, sub-constable, County Limerick, who is accused of being of a violent disposition. Encloses letter from William Smith, Sub-inspector, Rathkeale, [County Limerick], to Miller, reporting that Culhane has been in the habit of drinking and is ‘very quarrelsome’ by nature. Enclosing copy depositions from Thomas Madigan, constable, Kilmallock, stating that Culhane is inclined to drink alcohol and get into disagreements with local people; also depositions from John Keegan, sub-constable, confirming Culhane’s deficiencies; also plea of defence by Culhane.

3 Mar 1831-7 Mar 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/698

Letter from Sir Matthew Barrington, [crown solicitor for the Munster circuit], Cork, [County Cork], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, requesting transmission of an original confession made by Thomas Adderly, a police constable, before Rev Ryder, [magistrate] relating to a murder in County Cork.

26 Mar 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/699

Letter from Col Sir John Harvey, [Inspector General of Police], Kilkenny, [County Kilkenny], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, enclosing letter from Lieut HW Thompson, Sub-inspector, Westmeath Constabulary, Mullingar, [County Westmeath], seeking advice on the subject of whether or not it is correct for the police to escort prisoners from one county to another; referring to a call from the high sheriff of the county for such assistance and expressing reservations over the authority of the constabulary to act in cases where a rescue might be attempted; also note from Augustus Caulfeild Browne, high sheriff of County Westmeath, to Thompson, requesting a police escort for a prisoner being transferred fromMullingar Gaol to Philipstown [Daingean] in King’s County [County Offaly].

3 Mar 1831-7 Mar 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/700

Letter from Rev William Boyes, curate of Duneane, Toome, [County Antrim], to [Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary], requesting to learn whether Roman Catholics can vote at the Easter vestry and asking what maintenance is provided by the law for illegitimate or deserted children. Includes annotation on back by H Hartley, law officer of the crown.

24 Mar 1831

1831