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CSO/RP/1825/81

Petition of the magistrates, gentlemen and inhabitants of the town of Fintona, County Tyrone, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting that John Brown be transferred from the police establishment of Dungannon to that of Fintona, where his family reside. Claims that Brown previously acted as baronial constable in the barony of Clogher, and also served in the County Fermanagh militia for a term of 24 years. Petition signed by 9 persons.

14 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/82

File concerning settlement by the Vice Treasurer of Ireland of arrears of interest due the Corn Exchange Company, Dublin. Includes letter from George Harrison, Treasury Chambers, London, assistant secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, conveying that the Vice Treasurer of Ireland [Sir George Fitzgerald Hill] was informed under an act of King George III he has power to make payment of a half year’s interest due to the Corn Exchange Company, Dublin [on outstanding debentures], 17 January 1825. Also includes letter from Lieutenant Colonel William Blacker, Irish Treasury offices, Dublin, deputy Vice Treasurer, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, referring to a number of letters on the issue of settling the arrears of interest and observing ‘there is not at present more than £11. 14[d] remaining in the Exchequer appropriated to the Corn Exchange’, 28 January 1825. [Contains list of names not given in this description.]

14 Dec 1824-28 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/83

Letter from William Kemmis, Kildare Street, Dublin, crown solicitor, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reporting on application by John Murphy for payment of reward having providing information in connection with an attack on workmen of the Dublin Gas Light Company. Observes that Murphy’s testimony constituted the sole evidence at the trial of John Craven, one of the accused, and the latter was sent to prison for a term of 12 months, 5 February 1825. Returns letter from Alderman Frederick Darley and John Graves, chief magistrates, head office of police, Dublin, to Gregory, stating that Murphy ‘solely lodged the information at this office and subsequently prosecuted [Craven] at Commission [of inquiry]’, 29 January 1825. Also returns copy memorial from Murphy to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, claiming to be one of the employees of the Dublin Gas Light Company who came under attack on the night of 12 November 1824. Requests payment of reward as he came forward to prosecute one of the offenders despite being ‘threatened with Death’, signed with a mark by Murphy, 12 January 1825.

12 Jan 1825-5 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/84

Petition of Elizabeth Curran, 1 Grangegorman Lane, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to the situation of office keeper in the War Office at Dublin Castle. States that her husband Francis Curran acted as clerk in the War Office for a period of near 18 years, from which he now draws a pension of £58 6s 8d per year. Remarks he is suffering from psychiatric illness and his income is not sufficient to support himself, his wife and their 4 children. Also letter from [Gregory], Dublin Castle, to Elizabeth Curran, stressing his inability to act as the post in question ‘has not became vacant’.

19 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/85

Letter from William Kemmis, Kildare Street, Dublin, crown solicitor, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reporting on progress of the crown case against the failed banking house of Lord Newcomen, [George Evory] and Company, Dublin. Refers to case brought for the recovery of £565 due to Major Samson Carter, chief police magistrate of County Cork; and claim for Stg£1,423 due to Reverend George Hay [senior Presbyterian minister of Londonderry and regium donum agent], for payment of quarterly bounty to ministers attached to the Presbytery of Antrim, Synod of Ulster. Remarks that proceedings were blocked by the Court of the Exchequer who insisted a writ of ‘Extent’ should not have been permitted by the judges ‘without previous enquiry as to the nature of the debts’. Kemmis requests to learn if he should ‘proceed to prove these debts’ through the commission of bankruptcy. Also copy of case with summary of proceedings and request for opinion of senior counsel; with observations on base from the Attorney General [William Conyngham Plunket] and the Solicitor General [Henry Joy], concluding that no further legal proceedings can be taken by the crown against the property of the surviving partner, Evory.

14 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/86

Letter from [? Bull LCol] [possibly Lieutenant Colonel Robert Bull], [? Horse], Island Bridge [Islandbridge], County Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, making recommendation for Mrs Catherine Smithson of 166 Great Britain [Parnell] Street, Dublin, as a suitable person to fill the vacancy of office keeper in the War Office at Dublin Castle. Remarks she has the support of ‘many respectable persons’ in the city. Also encloses a note on some prominent family connections.

14 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/87

Letter from William Kemmis, Kildare Street, Dublin, crown solicitor, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reflecting on an order from the Attorney General [William Conyngham Plunket] to engage in prosecutions against individuals for forgery of currency on the Leinster circuit. Observes that legal proceedings have also been taken by Messrs Fleetwood and Darley, solicitors to the Bank of Ireland, and observes if the crown solicitor also takes action it would ‘be a double expense to the public’. Remarks if costs are met for such action out of the fund for criminal prosecutions, his own office, rather than the representatives of the bank, is the proper one to conduct such business. Encloses letter from Fleetwood and Darley, 38 York Street, Dublin, to Kemmis and Carmichael, indicating they have received authority from Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, to continue to act against those involved in creation of counterfeit coin, and have several cases in process.

21 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/88

Letter from John Corry [Carry], late police constable, Roscrea, County Tipperary, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting payment of salary arrears of £6 0 2d for constabulary duties undertaken up to the period of Major Richard Going’s death [Richard Going, chief police magistrate, Rathkeale, County Limerick, was murdered on 22 October 1821]. Stresses he has written to Richard Willcocks, inspector general of police, Cashel, County Tipperary, on a number of occasions about the matter but without reply.

5 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/89

Letter from Alderman Frederick Darley, chief magistrate, head office of police, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reporting opinion of John Murphy [formerly chief constable of Garristown, County Dublin] that John Fitzsimons is an unsuitable person to fill the post of police constable. Returns memorial from Fitzsimons, apothecary, Garristown, [post town is Ashbourne, County Meath], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting a situation in the police establishment at Garristown. Refers to his exertions on behalf of the police and military during a breach of the peace at the fair of Garristown on 1 November 1824, and expresses fears for his own safety as a result. Believes he is a target for the mob on account of his earlier opposition to the Roman Catholic rent and because he wrote a short account of the melee at the fair for the ‘Drogheda Journal’ newspaper. Indicates his wish to be recruited for police duties in the village of Garristown as he has responsibilities to provide medicine to the military establishment of the town.

20 Jan 1825-11 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/90

Letter from James Duncan, clerk, head office of police, 3 Palace Street, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, pressing for an increase in salary for his post. Encloses memorial to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting an augmentation in pay or a post bearing greater remuneration. States he has served government for a period of 13 years, 7 of which were in the War Office, and points out his father, also James Duncan [organist at the Lord Lieutenant’s chapel], will soon retire leaving him as the principle support for a large number of females in the family.

11 Feb 1825

1825