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CSO/RP/1827/531

Letter from Maj William Reid, Captain of the Royal Engineers [and superintendent for Lt Col Thomas Frederick Colby, Director of Ordnance Survey in Ireland], Survey Office, Phoenix Park, [Dublin], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, informing him of a delay by Richard Griffith, [civil engineer], in delivering sketches of the boundary surveyors to Capt English and his engineers, and subsequent letter from Griffith, Mallow, [County Cork], to Gregory, outlining his case and stating that he would investigate the matter.

17 Apr 1827-21 Apr 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/532

Letter from Maj D O’Donoghue, [Ballymahon, County Longford], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, enclosing petition of John Moran, Longford, to Sir George R Fetherston baronet MP, seeking free passage to America for himself and his family following his conviction of 2 men for the administration of unlawful oaths, with annotation by Fetherston giving his recommendation. Also letters from Moran to Gregory, informing him that he left Dublin bound for America on 23 May 1827, aboard the ship [‘Baltic Merchant’], which was wrecked off the coast of Wales, and that he and his family are now destitute in Bristol, [England], all their possessions and clothing lost, and seeking relief.

19 Apr 1827-Jun 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/533

Memorial of John Maguire, attorney, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, to Richard Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, requesting that he be allowed to defend prisoner Ann McSpirit, who was charged with perjury at the last assizes on 17 March 1827, claiming that he was prevented from communicated with her by the Governor of the county Gaol. Contains copy of letter he sent on the subject to Daniel Auchmuck, undersheriff of the county, 7 Apr 1827, to which he received no answer. Annotation on reverse giving legal opinions of Richard W Greene and Henry Joy, Solicitor General.

[?12] Apr 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/534

Two letters from James Gillman, Dunmanway, [County Cork], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, and William Gregory, Under Secretary, seeking advice in relation the failure of a private bank in his area, which lost the money to be used for the payment of church rates, and enquiring if the churchwardens responsible would be redressed. Annotation on reverse giving legal opinion of Richard W Greene.

17 Apr 1827-12 May 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/535

Letter from John Mitchell, 61 Lower Mount Street, [Dublin], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, informing him that the case against Patrick O’Brien, shoemaker, Fade Street, who was currently confined in the [Four Courts] Marshalsea for debts amounting to £245 10s 10d, is due to be heard tomorrow, stating that he claims that his debt is due to combination. Annotation on reverse giving legal opinion of Richard W Greene.

10 Apr 1827-12 Apr 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/536

File of papers relating to memorial of crown witnesses John Manary [also noted as Maneary] and John Muldoon, previously of Glencon and Terrenew respectively, Dungannon, County Tyrone, to [Richard] Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, seeking protection of the law following the acquittal of the men against whom they had testified. Additional memorial of Manary and Muldoon, informing Wellesley that they were currently staying at 5 Lower North Gloucester Street, Dublin. Also letter from William Irvine, Enniskillen, [County Fermanagh], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, in relation the case; and later memorial of Muldoon to Wellesley, 2 June 1827. Annotations throughout giving legal opinion of Richard W Greene.

[?9] Apr 1827-4 Jun 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/537

Letter from Maj William Reid, Captain of the Royal Engineers [and superintendent for Lt Col Thomas Frederick Colby, Director of Ordnance Survey in Ireland], Survey Office, Phoenix Park, [Dublin], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, informing him that county maps of Armagh had been withdrawn from Grand Jury room by William Armstrong, the surveyor who made them, and warning that this will be of great inconvenience to Richard Griffith, [civil engineer], whose men are working to survey boundaries in the area. Subsequent letter from Griffith, Cork, to Gregory, requesting that official letters be sent directing the return of the maps, and stating that his officers did not wish to copy them, but merely trace the boundaries, exclusive of roads, towns and other markings. Also includes letters from William Olpherts, High Sheriff, and Armstrong, Crumlin, [Dublin], to Gregory and others claiming that the maps were only removed for their own protection. Annotations throughout, including the legal opinion of Richard W Greene. [See also CSO/RP/1827/1335].

2 Apr 1827-5 Jun 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/538

Two petitions of John Hudson, constable of the peace preservation police in County Limerick, to [Richard] Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, seeking superannuation allowance for his services with the police in Dublin and Limerick. Also claims service with the Antrim Militia for over 17 years as Sergeant and Pay Masters Clerk throughout the 1798 Rebellion in counties Wicklow and Wexford, where he was wounded at Arklow, 9 June 1798. Signed by John H Harnett MD; Richard Balmer, Chief Constable, Castleconnell; and JM D[], surgeon and medical attendant of the constabulary, Clanwilliam, [County Tipperary].

4 Mar 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/539

Two memorials of Alicia Lewis, Ballybrittas, Queen’s County [County Laois], to [Richard] Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, and Maj [Thomas] Powell [chief magistrate of police], stating that she had rented a house to the police in the area, until 1 April when they left with 1 months’ notice, and requesting their return. Annotation on reverse giving legal opinion of Richard W Greene, stating that ‘the house was unfit’.

[?16] Apr 1827-18 Apr 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/540

Petition of John Sullivan, shepherd, [Lislarheenbeg], Ennistymon, [County Clare], to [Richard Wellesley], Lord Lieutenant, seeking the return of his cow he claims was taken by his employer’s son. Annotation on reverse giving legal opinion of Richard W Greene.

10 Apr 1827-16 Apr 1827

1827