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CSO/RP/1831/151

Letter from Joseph Andrew MacDonell [MacDonnell], Newgate Gaol, [Dublin], to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, complaining of maltreatment and calling for the arrest of Daniel O’Connell MP, Thomas Steele and others following his expulsion from a repeal dinner; requesting release from prison where he is held for failing to keep the peace; claiming to have acted to secure the arrest of Col Plunkett, a rebel in the 1798 Rebellion, and mentioning a number of near relation, who are both Roman Catholic and loyal, in counties Dublin, Meath, Kildare, Kerry and Mayo [his home county], many of whom are justices of the peace; adding he is a devout Catholic and ‘advocate for “Repeal of the Union”’.

12 Jan [1831]

1831

CSO/RP/1831/152

Memorial of James Burns, cotton weaver, Prosperous, County Kildare, to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, seeking appointment to the police constabulary of County Kildare; stating he previously served in the force in 1823 for a period of eight months, as sub-constable, but due to particular ‘family arrangements’ he resigned his post; complaining of a decline in the cotton trade and his need for income to support the necessities of life.

19 Jan 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/153

Letter from William Morris, 183 North King Street, [Dublin], to [the Chief Secretary’s Office], requesting to learn if he should cancel a public lecture on the subject of Irish patronage in manufacturing in Ireland, because of the danger that a ‘free discussion’ afterwards might deviate to a debate on matters of a political nature; should the government advise against the lecture, he appeals for a degree of financial support for a publication. Encloses printed prospectus for the first lecture on practical patriotism to be held in the Royal Exchange Coffee Room, on 14 January 1831. Also draft reply from Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, to Morris, emphasising it is not the government’s wish to interfere with normal public discussion except in those cases where the meeting is sabotaged by those with subversive motives.

11 Jan 1831-13 Jan 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/154

Letter from Lieut Gen Sir John Byng, master, Royal Hospital, [Kilmainham], Dublin, to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, seeking the Lord Lieutenant’s approval on the removal of a sentry guard stationed in the town of Sligo ‘in conformity with the general rule which has been adopted for dispensing with military guards over gaols’. Encloses letter from Maj Gen Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, assistant adjutant general, Athlone, [County Westmeath], to the Royal Hospital, indicating that as a breach in the prison wall at Sligo has been repaired, there is no longer a need for a military guard.Also encloses letter from W Colquhoun, captain, 83rd Regiment, Sligo, to Arbuthnot, reporting that in consequence of a repair to the gaol wall the sentry is no longer required.

17 Jan 1831-21 Jan 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/155

Memorial of Lieut William Henderson, half-pay, 5th Regiment of Foot, Hollybrook, [Clara, King's County, County Offaly], [post town Moate, County Westmeath], to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, seeking a public inquiry over a legal judgement taken against him and allegations that he was guilty of a breach of duty in connection with barrack rent and expenditure; pointing to various enclosures numbered 1-18 [not present] in support of his case and referring to his long standing loyalty in service of the King: noting his handling of an armed body of peasantry consisting of about 20000 persons ‘carrying Guns and Pikes’ and also his long period of service in support of government.

5 Jan 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/156

Petition of Matthew McDermott, late colour sergeant, 31st Regiment of Foot, Strokestown, [County Roscommon], to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, seeking assistance of government in apprehending a couple of reprobates who stole a selection of firearms from his dwelling; stating thatwhile in attendance at a meeting of the masonic lodge in Strokestown, his house was attacked and blundered by a party of Rockites, who took weapons, cash and personal effects, and also assaulted his wife and son; claiming also special treatment as out pensioner of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, London, with an ‘amputated right thigh’ following a military campaign in France. Affixing to base three seals as proof of membership of the ‘Highest orders’ of the free and accepted masons, lodge number 340.

4 Jan 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/157

Reports of the hospitals in Dublin admitting fever patients at the expense of government for the months of January, February, March, May, July, August, September and October 1831, submitted to the Chief Secretary’s Office by Dr Francis Barker, secretary, General Board of Health, [22 Bagot Street, Dublin]. Information and data are provided on patient for the hospitals under the jurisdiction of the House of Industry, the House of Recovery [Cork Street], the Meath Hospital and the Lying-in Hospital.

2 Feb 1831-4 Nov 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/158

Letter from Alexander Saunderson,magistrate, Castle Saunderson, Belturbet, [County Cavan], to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, expressing the views of local magistrates in relation to the size of the police constabulary stationed in various districts and seeking an extension of troops in Cortober [?]. With annotation on back [from Stanley] indicating that it is not in the government’s power to place a ‘large military force’ in the district referred to.

18 Jan 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/159

Letter from Edward Smith Lees, secretary, General Post Office, [Dublin], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, communicating over difficulties in receiving post from the interior of the country due to some impediments on the main road; noting that nothing was received or sent yesterday except the mails for London and Liverpool; commenting also on a ‘Reprieve’ sent to the High Sheriff of Monaghan [William Ancketill] over which he sent a letter with a special officer and two guards.

2 Feb 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/160

Letter from Bernard Mullins, Joseph Dennis Mullen, James Saul, William Woodlock and David Henry, directors of Royal Canal Company, Royal Canal House, [Broadstone, Dublin], to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, describing plans for an extension of the canal network in County Westmeath and seeking approval and financial aid for same; referring to plans to connect the town of Roscommon with the Royal Canal. Encloses printed ‘Map of a Proposed Offbranch from the Royal Canal at Blackshade to Athboy and Kells with an extension from thence towards Virginia’, drawn and surveyed by John Killaly. Also encloses a printed statement entitled ‘Canal Extension’ outlining the ‘benefits canals have been to this country’. Also two draft letters from Dublin Castle in reply to the directors.

1828-4 Nov 1831

1831