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CSO/RP/1827/351

File of papers relating to memorial of Richard and Elizabeth Walnut, Lower Dunleary [Dún Laoghaire], Monkstown, County Dublin, to [Richard] Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, seeking remuneration of £20 for apprehending and testifying against 3 men who broke into and robbed their shoemaker business and clothes shop on the night of 27 January 1825, and who were later sentenced to transportation. Includes: copy of affidavits submitted by the Walnuts to JS Fleming and Joseph Gabbett, magistrates of police, dated 1 and 4 February 1825 and certified by Benjamin Riky, Clerk of the Crown; statement by Riky relating to the case, 9 February 1827; statement by Samuel Stephens and Samuel Campaigne, peace officers, relating to the case, 22 February 1827; affidavit by Stephens and Campaigne, certified by magistrate John Tudor, 7 March 1827; and letter from Tudor, Head Office of Police, Dublin, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, advising him that the Walnuts were not entitled to remuneration as they did not play as vital a role in the arrest of the men as they had previously claimed, 8 March 1827.

[?1 Feb] 1827-8 Mar 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/352

Printed account of proclamations issued and expenses incurred under the peace preservation acts, [Appointment of Superintending Magistrates, etc. Act, 1814, and Superintending Magistrates, etc. (Ireland) Act, 1814], for the year 1826, by order of the House of Commons, 26 March 1827 [6pp]. Also handwritten copy of pages 1-2 of printed account.

[?26] Mar 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/353

Petition of Bridget Guiltenane, Tarbert, County Kerry, to [Richard] Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, seeking relief in respect of her ‘indisposed and weakly’ husband, who suffered from ill health and could no longer provide for his family.

15 Mar 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/354

Petition of Charles Hickey, County Clare, to [Richard Wellesley], Lord Lieutenant, charging county magistrate William Scott with refusing to hear his evidence against James Reynolds for felonious theft. Annotation on reverse giving legal opinion of Richard W Greene.

5 Mar 1827-9 Mar 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/355

Letter from Mr Fitzgerald, Deputy Governor of County Carlow, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, seeking relief for the poor of the parishes of Kiltennel and Clonegoose, and reporting a state of famine in the area. Also covering note by Gregory, stating that he met with [Thomas] Kavanagh [Governor of County Carlow], who was shocked at Fitzgerald’s claims and stated that no such poverty or famine prevailed in the parishes mentioned. Indicates that Fitzgerald’s property was for sale in the area, and is currently in the process of being purchased by Lord Beresford. Annotation signed by Richard Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, stating that in light of this information, ‘the object of this letter is made very clear’.

3 Mar 1827-6 Mar 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/356

Letter from [Lt Col] Meyrick Shawe, [Private Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant], Dublin Castle, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, informing him that [Richard] Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, had requested that Mr Robertson be appointed to succeed Dr Spray as State Kettle Drummer. States he has not yet been informed of Robertson’s forename.

24 Jan 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/357

Anonymous letter addressed to [Richard Wellesley], Lord Lieutenant, relating to memorial previously submitted to him which purported to have been from the Corporation of Carrickfergus, seeking the appointment of additional magistrates. Claims that no meeting was held at the corporation to discuss this matter; no motion was passed to petition the government; and the two signatories, Mr Rice and Mr Wills, were not magistrates as stated, and did not own any property in the province.

14 Feb 1827-20 Feb 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/358

Letter from Frederick Darley and John Tudor, Head Office of Police, Dublin, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, enclosing copy of letter they received from Joseph Gabbett, a justice of the fourth division of police, College Street, Dublin, requesting a fortnights’ leave of absence to attend to private business, and recommending that permission be granted. Annotation by Richard Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, granting his request.

8 Mar 1827-9 Mar 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/359

Letter from Lt Col Thomas [Frederick] Colby, [Director of Ordnance Survey in Ireland], Ordnance Map Office, Tower, [Dublin Castle], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, reporting a delay in the appointment of surveying officers to demark boundaries in the northern part of County Antrim, despite a letter from [Richard] Griffith, [civil engineer], in October 1826 informing him of same, and states that consequently the ordnance officers have experienced a considerable delay. States that the survey of the southern part of Antrim has been completed, and that he would remove his officers to County Armagh until the northern boundaries are finalised.

5 Mar 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/360

Memorial of Michael Bohan, Peter Reynolds, Bryan Reynolds, Francis Reynolds and Francis Donnelly, Barony of Mohill, [County Leitrim], to [Richard Wellesley], Lord Lieutenant, charging Robert O’Brien, collector of the public cess for the barony, with tyrannical and illegal conduct, and seeking the intervention of the law. Includes letter from magistrate Duke Crofton, Chairman of the Petty Sessions, Mohill, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, enclosing copy of evidence submitted to the court on 10 March 1827. Annotation on reverse of memorial giving legal opinion of Richard W Greene, stating that the government could not interfere in the case, and suggesting that the petitioners apply to the Grand Jury; also [possibly signed by Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary].

[?20] Feb 1827-13 Mar 1827

1827