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CSO/RP/1823/950

Letter from Colonel John Bagot, Nurney, County Kildare, magistrate, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting clarification concerning application of former legislation to constables and sub constables appointed under the constables legislation 3 Geo IV chapter 103, 1822, 13 June 1823. Lengthy annotation on reverse, of opinion of John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, 14 June 1823.

13 Jun 1823-14 Jun 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/960

Memorandum requesting opinion of John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, concerning power of sheriffs to interfere with authority of new chief constables of police under the constable legislation, 26 June 1823. Townsend's response is annexed below, 4 July 1823.

26 Jun 1823-4 Jul 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/962

Statement of observations concerning the legislation passed relative to the appointment of overseers by each Dublin city parish to assess the city for the support and maintenance of deserted infants, chiefly to pay the £5 admission fee required to admit each child to the Foundling Hospital, Dublin. In particular, refers to problems arising at a recent meeting of overseers from several parishes, and requests clarification and guidance on several matters that have arisen in respect of the legislation: these include the failure of some parishes to hold a vestry and elect overseers to represent them; the ambiguity concerning parishes falling between both Dublin city and Dublin county jurisdiction, where differing legislation applies; the source of funds for meeting the practical expenses of carrying out the assessments; concern at the overseers' responsibility to assess the value of homes in the city in order to assess the ability of inhabitants to contribute to the provision; and the difficulty posed for those parishes in raising funds, where a considerable number of households have been declared insolvent. Statement submitted by George Irwin, secretary of the overseers, 29 French [Mercer] Street, Dublin, [27 June 1823]. With subsequent annotation on reverse, of opinion of John Sealy Townsend, legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, 30 June 1823. Also letter from Irwin, French Street, Dublin, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, emphasising the urgency of an answer to the queries posed by the overseers, and emphasising that, 'individuals in the respective parishes on the Good faith of being reimbursed have advanced Several Hundred pounds in order to Save those Unfortunate children from perishing in the Streets….', 21 July 1823.

[Jun 1823]-21 July 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/969

Petition of Denis Swiney, Strokestown, County Roscommon, writing clerk, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, concerning an assault perpetrated against him by Peter Nerheny, and complaining of the interference of John Dillon, a magistrate of County Roscommon, in relation to the case. Expresses concern at the complexion of the grand jurors likely to hear the case, being 'friends and relatives' of Nerheny, 2 July 1823. Encloses copy of Swiney's affidavit, sworn before Thomas Conry, magistrate, 14 May 1823, detailing the assault by Nerheny [transcribed as Nerney in the copy affidavit]. With subsequent annotations on reverse, of opinion of John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, 8 July 1823.

2 Jul 1823-8 Jul 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/972

Petition of James Watts, County Antrim jail, Carrickfergus, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, concerning his imprisonment in County Antrim jail, following his dismissal from his post as keeper of the jail in February 1822; attributes this to the 'malice' of William Stewart, the jail's former inspector, and makes several charges of misconduct against Stewart. Watts requests a government investigation of his case, 5 June 1823. Encloses copy of his petition to the board of superintendence of the jail, detailing the circumstances of his dismissal and imprisonment, and requesting an investigation of his case, May 1823. Also letter from Major James Palmer, 1 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, joint inspector general of Irish prisons, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, responding, as requested, on his inquiry of Watt's case, 5 July 1823; with subsequent annotation on reverse, of opinion of John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, 7 July 1823.

May 1823-7 Jul 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/985

File of papers relating to imprisonment of men for attack on home of Patrick Heagney, County Galway. Includes letter from Major Thomas D'Arcy, chief police magistrate for County Galway, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, referring to 2 alleged attacks on the home of Heagney, resulting in D'Arcy's arrest of some of those involved, 19 June 1823; encloses copies of 2 sworn informations respecting the attacks [none present]. File also includes petition of Michael Hayes, John Hayes, James Egan, Patrick Egan senior, Patrick Egan junior, Walter Costelloe, and John Egan, of parishes of Ballinakill [Ballynakill] and Clonrush, County Galway, but imprisoned in Galway jail, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, complaining of their imprisonment for Ribbonism, based on the testimony of Patrick Heganey [sic], and requesting bail; they deny the charges and attribute Heganey's antagonism to a familial dispute, 24 June 1823. Also further letter from Major D'Arcy, Dalystown, County Galway, to Gregory, responding, as requested, to the above petition, 1 July 1823. With subsequent annotation on reverse of petition, by John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, 8 July 1823.

19 Jun 1823-8 Jul 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1022

File of papers relating to finances of the Cork city public coal yards, and the financial claims of its director, Charles Evanson junior. Includes statement of annual accounts of the public coal yards in Cork, from 6 January 1822- 5 January 1823, produced by Evanson, with detailed opinion of the commissioners of public accounts annexed below, concerning Evanson's conduct in the disposal of the yards' stocks of coal, and including a copy of a letter from Evanson to the commissioners, concerning the balance of funds in Evanson's possession following the sales of coal, originally dated 8 April 1823. The report is signed by Donough O'Brien, secretary to the commissioners of public accounts, and signed and sealed by Maurice Cane, Hans Blackwood, and John Mahon, commissioners, 4 June 1823; with subsequent annotation on the reverse of account and report, of opinion of John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, 7 June 1823. File also includes letter from Evanson, Cork, County Cork, to Sir Nicholas [probably Sir Nicholas Colthurst, MP for Cork city], 17 June 1823, requesting his assistance in recommending Evanson's claims; encloses statement of account of rents and salaries still owed to Evanson for the period from December 1822 to 1 June 1823, when the yards were abolished; annexed below the account is a petition from Evanson to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, complaining of the hardship he has endured as a result of the unforeseen closure of the yards; requests government compensation, 17 June 1823. File also includes notes and memorandum concerning prepared by Dublin Castle on the matter.

8 Apr 1823-17 Jun 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1023

Petition of William Gaynor, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning the case of Henry Willinan, a discharged bankrupt, and stating that Willinan refuses 'to give the whole or any part of a salary of £20 a year' from his government job, for the benefit of his creditors, thus in breach of the insolvency legislation. Urges government to intervene, 27 June 1823; with subsequent annotation on reverse, of opinion of John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, 30 June 1823. Also letter from John Parsons, Dublin, a commissioner to the court for relief of insolvent debtors, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, responding, as requested, on the subject of the petition, 12 July 1823.

27 Jun 1823-12 Jul 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1050

Petition of Mary Miller and Honora Kevin, widows, Ennis, County Clare, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, emphasising their financial distress and requesting exemption from payment of county cess. Refers to their farm in the barony of Burren, County Clare, and their difficulties at a time of 'general distress and misery'. States that Miller is the widow of a former soldier, and that Kevin's late husband, James Kevin, took his life 'in consequence of pecuniary Embarrassments', 9 July 1823. With subsequent annotation on reverse, of opinion of John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, 20 July 1823.

9 Jul 1823-20 Jul 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1091

Petition of Henry Daves [also spelt Davis], to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting remuneration for his years of service as a barony sub constable for Ikerin [Ikerrin], County Tipperary. Emphasises his old age and injuries. Petition certified by James Butler, Sir Henry R Carden, and Daniel J Webb, magistrates of County Tipperary, 24 July 1823. With subsequent annotation on reverse, of opinion of John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, 29 July 1823.

24 Jul 1823-29 Jul 1823

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