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CSO/RP/1831/141

Copy letter from Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, to the secretary [Rev Caesar Otway] of the Protestant Charter School [Incorporated Society for Promoting English Protestant Schools in Ireland], requesting a return of the expenditure of the charter schools for the year 1830-31 plus a note of grants of superannuation; also asks for an estimate of children in attendance.

22 Jan 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/142

File of documents relating to a complaint by Capt William Henderson alleging that bedding was removed from the police barracks of Cloghan and Banagher [Kings County or County Offaly]. Includes letter from Henderson, 22 College Green, Dublin, to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, referring to his call for an investigation of the offence committed by Lieut James Crawford, late paymaster of the county; encloses copy affidavit from George Saunder, constable, stating the bedding was taken away by Crawford and ‘not replaced for years’, leaving the men to supply their own.Also includes letter from Lieut James Crawford, Tullamore, [Kings County or County Offaly], to Col Sir John Harvey, [inspector general of police for province of Leinster], Kilkenny, [County Kilkenny], refuting the allegation made by Saunder and asserting that the articles of furniture and bedding at Banagher belonged to James Grant and all at Cloghan belonged to the men, except a bed which was the property of the public.

7 Jan 1831-25 Jan 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/143

Letter from William Conyngham Plunkett, Lord Chancellor of Ireland], to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, indicating that [Arthur] Crossley [Crossly] is appointed as commissioner of the peace for the counties of Leitrim and Sligo; also refers to the matter of Crossly’s residence. With annotation in pencil on back, initialised by Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset.

12 Jan 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/144

File of confidential reports concerning the state of poverty and collection of the O’Connell tribute in certain counties primarily in the south, west and midlands of Ireland. Includes reports on poverty and the O’Connell ‘rent’ from counties Carlow, Wexford, Wicklow, Westmeath, Queen’s County [County Laois], Meath, Kildare, Louth, Longford and Kerry [usually compiled and forwarded by the same chief constable of police]; also includes reports on poverty and local distress from counties Mayo, Kilkenny, Cork, Galway, Waterford, Tipperary and the city and county of Dublin. Includes resolutions from a meeting held in Belmullet, [County Mayo], chaired by Rev John Dawson, vicar of the Union of Kilmore Erris and Kilcommon, indicating in addition to a ‘loan fund’ being raises to alleviate local distress a ‘fund for gratuitous relief’ is being collected to address immediate want, singed by J Nugent, 8 January 1831. Also includes letter from Lieut James Battersby, Chief Constable of County Carlow, to Col John Harvey, Inspector General of police, indicating that no collection of the [Daniel] O’Connell tribute took place in his district on Sunday 9 January past; noting that Dr [James Warren] Doyle [Roman Catholic bishop of Kildare and Leighlin] has disallowed any collection for O’Connell on account of construction of a ‘magnificent Chapel building’ in the town of Carlow, 25 January 1831. Also includes letter from Maj William Miller, [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, reflecting on the availability of provisions in the south, their price and distribution; noting some scarcity in parts of Cork and Kerry and referring to various reports transmitted to his office on the issue, 28 January 1831. Also includes cover letter from Maj George Warburton, chief police magistrate, enclosing detailed returns on the state of provisions in the province of Connaught: covering counties Leitrim, Clare, Sligo, Roscommon, Mayo and Galway, 17 February 1831.

15 Jan 1831-21 Mar 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/145

Letter from Rev Henry Pasley, [church of Ireland clergyman and] magistrate, Castlebar, [County Mayo], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, requesting that local magistrates be supplied with copies of the Riot Act, which appears most necessary in the ‘present disturbed state’ of the country.

20 Jan 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/146

Memorial of Thomas Stanford, Ballynastanford, Claremorris, County Mayo, to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, advancing application for the position of chief constable of police; alludes to a recommendation made on his behalf by Capt Byng in 1828, adding both his father [Maj Stanford] and his uncle have served in the army; also four brother were, he asserts ‘for many years in Actual service’.

7 Jan 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/147

Letter from Jonathan Sisson Cooper, comptroller general, Stamp Office, Dublin, to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, referring to and enclosing annual accounts from his office for the year ending 5 January 1831 [not present].

26 Jan 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/148

Letter from Lord Langford [Hercules Rowley, 2nd baron Langford], Summerhill House, County Meath, to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, offering to establish a force of yeomanry in his district in support of law and order; suggests that Trim and Summerhill districts might be incorporated together should such a corps be formed, and expresses an interest in acting as colonel if such a rank or position be thought necessary by government.

26 Jan 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/149

Letter from Josiah Lowe, Fitzwilliam Lodge, [Blackrock], County Dublin, to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, calling attention to the need for employment by the lower orders and offering his assistance in providing further information; mentioning also his previous communication with Sir Henry Hardinge, Chief Secretary, on the matter. Includes annotation in reply on top by Stanley.

6 Jan 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/150

Letter from John Brown, register to the [Church of Ireland] bishop of Kildare [Charles Lindsay], Monasterevin, [County Kildare], to [the Chief Secretary’s Office], seeking a respite for John [Mellon] who was fined for possession of an unlicensed firearm; stating his case is an urgent one as he must go to jail on Saturday next if the fine is not paid.

19 Jan 1831

1831