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CSO/RP/1831/241

Extract of a letter from William Morris Reade [Rossenarra, County Kilkenny] to Col Sir John Harvey, [Inspector General of Police], outlining a plan for the creation of an auxiliary police force to help maintain the peace; suggesting that a body of 25 men be selected in each petty sessions district under the control of a resident magistrate and supervised by the chief constable; adding the magistrate would himself be part of the force so envisaged; with response [written on same sheet] by Maj William Miller, [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork], offering his views on the proposition. Also letter from Major Thomas D'Arcy, inspector general, Dublin, to Gosset, explaining why he is not in favour of Reade’s proposals. Also cover letter from Miller to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary.

24 Jan 1831-15 Feb 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/242

Resolution from Rev Joseph Jervois, church of Ireland clerk, [Cork, County Cork], to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, offering his resignation as treasurer of St Finn Barre Cathedral, Cork, and as rector of the parishes of Kilgoban, Rathdowlan, Ballinadee and Mackloneigh in County Cork; also relinquishes all rights and claims on the said properties, signed in presence of Sampson Jervois.

27 Jan 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/243

Attested copy of writ of ad quod damnum concerning the request of Lord Lansdowne [Henry Petty Fitzmaurice, 3rd marquis Lansdowne] to hold a fair on the lands of Nedeen four times per year and daily market at Kenmare in County Kerry, signed by [Thomas] Bourchier, deputy, clerk of the crown and hanaper, Court of Chancery, Dublin; also containing beneath outcome of inquiry into request by William Duncan Godfrey, High Sheriff of County Kerry, county court house, Tralee.

25 Jan 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/244

Copy letter from JV Sampson, 5 Jermyn Street, St James, London, England, to Samuell Mills, prime warden of the Fishmongers Company, [London], proposing a plan for the reclamation of waste land on the company’s estate in County Londonderry; discussing soil type, cultivation and mode of leasing; making reference to lands of Ballymascannaghan, Gorklea [Gortilea], Ballyholly and Slaghtmanus in County Londonderry [Derry].

13 Jul 1830

1830

CSO/RP/1831/245

Letter from Sir Edward Lees, secretary, General Post Office, [Dublin], to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, reporting on an application for a post office in Mullinavat, County Kilkenny; explaining that as yet Treasury have not made a determination on the matter. Also letter from Bartholomew Dillon, magistrate, Ballyquin House, [County Kilkenny], [post town Waterford] to Stanley complaining of the difficulty in communicating with government on instances of crime and the expense of passing three toll gates to acquire or send mail. Encloses petition from the residents of Mullinavat to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, appealing for the foundation of a post office in their town; claiming it is a growing centre of population with a police station and places of worship; noting also that Mullinavat is on the mail coach road from Dublin to Waterford, and that a toll on the road to the latter, which is ten miles away, is an impediment to visiting the post office there, signed by 24 persons.

16 Jan 1831-31 Jan 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/246

Letter from Godfrey Fetherston Haugh, secretary, Office of [Judicial] Inquiry, [15] Dominick Street, [Dublin], to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, requesting to have the privilege of free postage on correspondence reinstated; emphasising that heavy costs would accrue were the commissioners to be subjected to postal fees on their blank forms and returns sent out to various addresses across the country.

26 Jan 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/247

Letter from Richard Griffith, Boundary Survey Office, Dublin, to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, reporting that the townland of Kilmacroy which was previously believed to be part of County Roscommon, belongs instead to County Sligo; noting that the Lord Lieutenant may issue an order to the treasurer of Roscommon to desist from collecting cess on the townland in question, which consists of 100 acres. Also three memorials from the inhabitants of Kilmacroy to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, requesting relief from taxes imposed by the grand jury of County Roscommon, signed by c20 persons. Also letter from Arthur [Trend], treasurer of County Roscommon, Dublin, to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, indicating he will communicate with the county cess collector on the matter of improper demands on the townland of Kilmacroy, and provide him with a copy of a relevant document.

16 Jan 1831-31 Jan 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/248

Letter from ‘JH’, Enniskillen, [County Fermanagh], to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary,lamenting over the decline and depression of the linen and textiles trade in the province of Ulster; arguing that the loyal people of that region have failed to get adequate support or aid from government; claiming that 50000 ‘Good and truly Loyal Protestants’ emigrated to the United States of America in the course of the past ten years, leaving behind a vacuum for a ‘Popish Rabble’ to fill.

c6 Feb 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/249

Letter from GW Mellifont, late captain, 4th Dragoon Guards, Knocknanoff [Knocknasuff], County Cork, to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, complaining of the unjust assessment of county rates on the lower classes; detailing the inconsistency of levies across different holdings and the failure of a county valuation to remedy the difficult complained of; stressing his hope that the matter will be investigated.

1 Feb 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/250

Two letters from Arthur Moore Mosse, Maryborough [Portlaoise, County Laois; Queen’s County], to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, and Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, concerning implementation of the law against wandering beggars, prostitutes and vagabonds; requesting to learn as a local officer of health can he depend upon the assistance of a magistrate and the local police establishment to have such persons taken up and placed in detention.Includes annotation on back by Richard W Greene, law officer.

1 Feb 1831-18 Feb 1831

1831