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CSO/RP/1828/71

Letter from John Malone, police constable, Roscrea, [County Tipperary], to William Lamb, Chief Secretary, seeking to be promoted to the position of chief constable and observing that government have recently rewarded merit in the force by promoting constables. Also copy of certificate dated September 1827, originally signed by 14 magistrates of County Tipperary, in favour of Malone.

25 Jan 1828

1828

CSO/RP/1828/72

Letter from William Rennick, Sheriffs Prison, [Dublin], to William Lamb, Chief Secretary, accusing Mr Wood, keeper of the prison, of committing a barbarous outrage on him by removing him from his room to a loathsome cell as a punishment for having made a complaint; adding that his ‘Drunken Gaoler’ extracts rent for each of the prison rooms. Also letter from Wood, Sheriffs Prison, to Maj Woodward, claiming that Rennick owes rent for his room and is well capable of paying the weekly rent of 1s 6d being an ensign on full pay; stating that he plans to pursue the unfounded libel on his character. Also letter from Woodward, Inspector General of Prisons, Dublin, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, noting that Wood was justified in moving Rennick but that accommodation for prisoners should be improved.

23 Jan 1828-31 Jan 1828

1828

CSO/RP/1828/73

Letter from William Kemmis, Kildare Street, [Dublin], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, concerning legal proceedings which are to be instigated against the Corporation of Dublin to compel them to render accounts under 49 Geo III Chap 80 [Excise Act 1809].

25 Jan 1828

1828

CSO/RP/1828/74

Letter from Donough O’Brien, Secretary, Office of Public Accounts, to William Lamb, Chief Secretary, concerning the delay in furnishing accounts by [Alexander] Nimmo for expenditure in the Western District. Noting that the death of Mr Hull, auditing clerk, has added a certain delay but also noting that Nimmo has also delayed in furnishing replies to certain queries.

12 Jan 1828

1828

CSO/RP/1828/75

Letter from Joseph Baker, notary public, Ballynaule, Crookhaven, [County Cork], to William Lamb, Chief Secretary, complaining of mistreatment by Alexander O’Driscoll and John Brown, an inspector of stamp duties; claiming that he was inconvenienced and was required to travel long distances having being summonsed for a breach of the game laws; claiming that both men are well aware that he does not use his firearms for sporting purposes; noting that he was intimidated and attacked during the insurrection of 1821. Also letter signed by Rev M Moore, curate of Kilmore, Richard Midway, Chief Officer of the Coast Guard and John Notter, Crookhaven, also complaining that they have been inconvenienced by John Brown by having to attend the hearings. Also letter from O’Driscoll, Cork, to Lamb, defending his actions and asserting that Baker was lucky not to have been convicted and also suggesting that Baker is disliked in his area ‘for his Tyranny and oppression in the Collection of Tythes’. Includes annotation from Richard W Greene recommending that the government need not interfere in the case.

17 Dec 1827-16 Jan 1828

1828

CSO/RP/1828/76

Letter from Mr Geale, [Mountjoy Square, Dublin], to Mr Mangin, requesting the return of the testimony of Patrick Hart against individuals suspected of burning and levelling his house.

30 Jan 1828

1828

CSO/RP/1828/77

Petition of David O’Keeffe, Keeledane, County Clare, [to Richard Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant], claiming that a man named Marrinan has forcefully and violently cut turf on land which he claims he owns. Stating that he received the land from his father in law as part of a marriage fortune and also noting that he has received no redress from the magistrates at Milltown, County Clare. Includes annotation stating that the Lord Lieutenant cannot interfere in this case.

20 Jan 1828

1828

CSO/RP/1828/78

Letters from Rev Henry Pasley, Castlebar, [County Mayo], to William Lamb, Chief Secretary, stating that parishioners in his union of parishes, namely Ballyhean, Ballyovie and Burrisacarra, are refusing to pay the church cess unless a ruined church in their parish is rebuilt and utilized. Noting that one of his parishes has no protestant inhabitants and therefore wishing to know if it is necessary for each parish in a union to have its own church wardens? Includes opinion of Richard W Greene stating that the churchwardens of the union are competent to collect the cess from all inhabitants, be they catholic or protestant, and that the existence of a ruined church is circumstantial.

17 Dec 1827-28 Dec 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1828/79

Memorials of Christopher John McCape and John Thomas Barlow, churchwardens of the parish of Kileleigh, Moate, [County Westmeath], to the Lord Justices, seeking legal advice as to the portion of fines levied at petty sessions which they are entitled to claim and which can be paid over to the poor. Includes legal opinion of Richard W Greene clarifying that churchwardens in Ireland are not overseers of the poor and are not entitled to distribute fines adjudicated to the poor.

19 Jan 1828-31 Jan 1828

1828

CSO/RP/1828/80

Petition of Lieut Richard Hughes, Tullamore, [Kings County or County Offaly], to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, seeking to be appointed to the police constabulary. Noting that he served in the Irish Commissariat Department, having originally come to Ireland with the Romney Fencibles in 1798 under the command of Col Dering and is now serving as a private in the yeomanry. Also covering letter from Col A Wedderburn, Royal Hospital, Dublin, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, noting that the petition was given to him by Mr Haines for the attention of Sir George Murray.

23 Jan 1828-4 Mar 1828

1828