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CSO/RP/1831/1609

Letter from Maj William Miller, [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, reporting on the misconduct of Constable Frazer, who has the charge of the Innishannon party of police in County Cork; recommending he be derated for failing to keep the barracks under his superintendence clean and in proper order.

24 Jun 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/1610

Letter from Maj William Miller, [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, referring to a submission from Captain Bartholomew Nangle and observing that strong exertions are been made to ‘inflame the minds of the People upon the subject of tithes’ and to encourage resistance to payment. Enclosing a letter from Nangle, chief constable of police, Midleton, County Cork, to Miller, drawing attention to the public display of handbills or notices on the issue of tithes; noting the items were put on display in the towns and villages of his district sometime during the night for reasons of secrecy; adding he removed two printed posters from the market house of Midleton, one with heading ‘To Farmers Tithe and [church]-Rate Payers’ and another advertising a number of [anti-tithe] publications being offered by Ferguson’s printers of108 St Patrick Street, Cork [both present].

5 Mar 1831-23 Jun 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/1611

Letter from Col Sir John Harvey, [Inspector General of Police], Dublin, to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, reporting on an application from the magistrates of Dunshaughlin [County Meath] seeking the establishment of a police station at Ratoath; admitting if government will give approval that a sufficient number of constables could be assembled in that place from the adjoining district. Enclosing copy of request from the magistrates at Dunshaughlin, signed by six members of the bench, and also report from Lieut George Despard, sub-inspector of police, Trim, stating the proposal is ‘a very desirable measure’ but warning that it would not be easily accomplished in view of the current regulations. Also enclosing a table showing the total number of policemen in the Dunshaughlin district, demarcating the number of constables and sub-constables, together with the total number.

3 Jun 1831-24 Jun 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/1613

Letter from Philip O’Reilly, Springville, Kells, [County Meath], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, requesting appointment to the post of chief constable in the police establishment; referring to enclosed letters from Lord Headford [Thomas Taylour, 2nd Marquess of Headfort] and Sir Marcus Somerville [MP for County Meath] [neither present]; with draft reply from Gosset written on top declining the request for a position in the police.

16 Jun 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/1627

Letter from Maj William Miller, [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, reporting on an application for promotion from Constable William Dann of the police constabulary of County Limerick; insisting that no policemen from the lower ranks has been promoting to the higher one during his term of office but acknowledging the virtue of promotion as a means of reward for faithful or exceptional service. Enclosing memorial of Dann, Kilmallock, [County Limerick], to Gosset, seeking issue of recompense on account of having supported Bridget Clarke, a crown witness, for a period of 38 days; stating she was seriously assaulted by James Nowlan of the 69th Regiment of Foot, who caused her to give premature birth to an infant child. Also memorial from Dann to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, calling for recognition and advancement on account of his exertions as a police constable; referring to his exertions in the constabulary during the troubled period of 1822-23 in County Limerick; also claiming to have suppressed the practice of turning up the Abbey lands of Kilmallock by bringing forward a crown witness who prosecuted seven men for the offence.

12 Jun 1831-16 Sep 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/1640

Memorial of James Ramsay, 42 Church Street, Dublin, to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, complaining of the conduct of the Paving Board and requesting alternative employment under government; outlining his past career beginning with service in the navy, the police constabulary and latterly the Paving Board as inspector of nuisances in 1827; stating that he objected to being redeployed as inspector of scavengers, offered to him after nearly three years in the previous department, and complaining the board stopped his salary and demanded the return of items of clothing; also copy letter transcribed overleaf from John Reilly, secretary, Paving Board [Corporation for Paving, Cleaning and Lighting the streets of Dublin], to Ramsay stating that Ramsay’s position will not be restored.

c28 Jun 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/1644

Two letters from Frederick Darley, Inspector General, Dublin Constabulary, Head Office of Police, Dublin, to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, seeking leave of absence from duty for a period of two months; confirming he has made arrangements to have his official responsibilities taken care of in his absence.

1 Jul 1831-6 Sep 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/1646

Letter from John Lynch, late corporal in Galway Militia, Headford, [County Galway], to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, referring to his application requesting appointment as a sub-constable in the police establishment, for which he was ‘over the age’; requesting the return of a character reference given by his commanding officer [unnamed].

4 Jul 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/1648

Letter from Maj William Miller, [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, recommending leave of absence for a period of one month for Capt Edward Rankin, Chief Constable, Macroom, [County Cork]. Enclosing certificate from Herbert Baldwin MD, Cork, [County Cork], stating that Rankin is suffering from ill health and is in need of ‘a change of air’ and time away from duties.

23 Jun 1831-30 Jun 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/1654

Letter from Frederick Darley, Inspector General, Dublin Constabulary, Head Office of Police, Dublin, to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, reporting on the misconduct of Francis Watchorn, Sub-constable, barony of Rathdown, [County Dublin], and recommending his removal from the force; alleging that Watchorn entering into a collusion with prisoners ‘to discredit the evidence for the Crown’. Enclosing a copy affidavit of Michael Johnston, crown witness, 17 Sycamore Alley, [Dublin], indicating that he was the robbed by a number of persons and stating that Watchorn’s evidence in the matter ‘is utterly false and untrue’; sworn before Darley, with a further explanatory note on the case overleaf.

2 Jul 1831-4 Jul 1831

1831