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CSO/RP/1824/281

File of material relating to a call by Robert Atkinson for assistance with the prosecution of Michael Morgan, whom he accuses of attempted murder. Includes letter from Atkinson, Castlewellan, County Down, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting aid with obtaining legal assistance following an alleged murder attempt upon him by Morgan at the inn of James Murray; mentions he served as an officer in the Mullaglass Yeomanry while aged just 14 years during the 1798 Rebellion, 17 February 1824. Also includes letter from Atkinson, to Wellesley, warning of danger to his person and pressing for the trial of Morgan, who ‘is considered a leader among the Threshers’, on charge of ‘High Treason’, 3 March 1824. Also includes letter from Atkinson to Robert Peel, Secretary of State, London, relaying he came under attack by a number of disaffected men and reports that ‘upwards of four thousand armed men did with music march through this town declaring vengeance on the Orangemen and the Protestants’; also relays intelligence of the killing of a protestant by the Threshers and observes ‘the soldiers in Downpatrick joined the Threshers to walk with them, where will all this end?’, 18 March 1824. Also includes copy letter from Robert Hamilton, crown solicitor, Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, relaying impression that Atkinson is an ‘ultra Loyalist’ but confirming the account of public marches by Roman Catholics ‘decorated with green & white ribbons’ in various northern counties ‘but particularly in those Counties in which the Protestants parade on 12th July’, 29 March 1824. Also includes memorial of Atkinson, Kilkeel, County Down, to the Solicitor General [Henry Joy] seeking assistance with prosecution of Morgan whom he alleges pushed him ‘into a large fire of coals’ as he sang ‘God Save the King’, while in premises in Castlewellan on 16 February 1823; also complains that Morgan was discharged by the Grand Jury, and discusses detail of wider circumstances including a forewarning of the attack given to magistrate William Beers and his ongoing conflict with local Ribbonmen, 3 May 1824.

17 Feb 1824-14 May 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/282

Petition of William Wilkins, attorney, Dunmoe, Navan, County Meath, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting to see a copy of an answer from Richard Buxton, assistant barrister of County Meath, to allegations raised by himself over his conduct. Also letter from Wilkins to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, seeking to learn if a response to charges preferred against Buxton has been received. Also letter from Buxton, Blackcastle, County Meath, to Gregory, making a response to charges brought by Wilkins which he declares ‘contain the grossest misstatements & misrepresentations’; offers a full defense of his own professional behaviour in two separate cases in which his judgment and integrity were called into question. Returns cover letter and memorial from Wilkins to Wellesley, seeking investigation into the behaviour of Buxton, which he contends is prejudicial to interests of public and to his own ‘professional practice’. Encloses document detailing two cases in which it is alleged Buxton as magistrate acted unjudicially, one involving an ejectment attempt by Owen Flanagan against Patrick Sherlock and others, which was dismissed ‘for want of proof’ and another taken for the ‘recovery of a sum of £5’ which again was dismissed on grounds of the cause being ‘improperly stated’; in both cases it is imputed that Buxton acted with a view to pecuniary reward through unfair imposition of legal fees. Also letter from Wilkins to Gregory, requesting to learn if the subject of his complaint has as yet received the attention of the Lord Lieutenant.

12 Feb 1824-29 Mar 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/283

Letter from Robert Lodge, church warden, parish of St Werburgh, Castle Street, Dublin, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, seeking sanction for the reception of a male infant of about two years of age into the House of Industry, Dublin. The boy, found by Mary McCartney, ‘appears from starvation to be in almost the last stage of illness’. Enclosed affidavit of McCartney, Crown Alley, Dublin, stating she discovered the infant in Essex Street ‘lying in a Hall of a house’ and has no knowledge of his parents; given in presence of Frederick Darley, chief magistrate, Head Office of Police, Dublin, and William Mosse.

23 Feb 1824-24 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/284

Petition of James McCloskey, farmer, Cashel, County Londonderry, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting cancellation of a fine of £10 imposed by court for non attendance at the persecution of Francis Kane of Ovil whom he earlier charged with assault; he also requests the nullification of the sheriff’s levy on his property. Contends his only reason for absence was due to incapacity because of ‘a severe Ulcer on his right Leg’ and appends to base a certificate from Thomas [McElvar], surgeon, who confirms McCloskey was ‘totally unable to attend’ the hearing ‘without great Risk and Danger of his Life’, witnessed by James A Gibson, magistrate, Dungivan, County Londonderry. Also affidavit from McElvar to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, confirming the inability of McCloskey to attend court sessions on account of the condition of his leg; countersigned by Gibson.

15 Jan 1824-24 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/285

Letter from Lord Courtown [James George Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown], Gorey, County Wexford, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, seeking advice on remaining documentation required to enable release of portion of grant for work on the new harbour at Courtown. He also requests guidance on use of funds.

31 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/286

Letter from Elizabeth Cuninghame Rossmore [widow of Robert Cuninghame, 1st baron Rossmore], to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, acknowledging appointment of Reverend Thomas Mooney as diocesan school master at Monaghan, County Monaghan. Also refers to the finalisation of appointment to dioceses of Raphoe and Kilmore. [See also description CSO/RP/1823/126].

[24] Nov 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/287

Petition of Patrick Kelly, housekeeper, 52 Plunket Street, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a post in the police establishment of Dublin. Claims to have acted for a period of 20 years as a housekeeper in parish of St Nicholas Without, and served over two years in the yeomanry corps under Colonel Robert Shaw, during which he was successful in apprehending some significant criminals. He emphasises his vigilance in the cause of law and order and claims ‘no later than last week he took and lodged in new Gate [Newgate] a man who robbed Lord Edward Chichester of sundry articles of livery Cloaths [sic]’.

c1 Mar 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/288

Petition of Dominick McCarty, Marshalsea, Clonmel, County Tipperary, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting intervention ‘With the Judges, or Commissioners managing the affairs of Insolvent Debtors’ to secure for him ‘his Liberty or his Confinement reduced’. Asserts that difficulties in business brought about his indebtedness and complains of poor health and ‘Being Remanded Eight months’ in prison; also claims to have a wife and 8 children to support.

3 Mar 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/289

Letter from John Atkinson, David Crawford, J Caldwick and Charles Ferguson, magistrates of County Donegal, Ballyshannon, County Donegal, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, offering recommendation for William Bell for appointment as sub constable in new police establishment. Appends overleaf copy of certificate in favour of Bell, late lieutenant of Galway police, as ‘a man [in] whom Confidence can be placed’, signed by J Harrison, chief constable, Moylough, County Galway.

29 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/290

Letter from Major Benjamin Blake Woodward, overseer of the Lord Lieutenant’s school fund, 41 Leeson Street, Dublin, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, offering observation on a speech by Henry Goulburn [Chief Secretary] in connection with the establishment of schools under the patronage of the Lord Lieutenant [Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley]. Comments upon the issue of grants and expenditure by the Church of Ireland archbishop of Tuam [Power le Poer Trench], County Galway, and by the Roman Catholic archbishop of Cashel, County Tipperary [Patrick Everard], on school establishments; he also reflects on general regulations governing property held by schools.

13 Mar [1824 ]

1824