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CSO/RP/1825/61

File of material relating to an investigation of a complaint following a raid for arms carried out by police in the town of Newtownstewart, in County Tyrone, on 12 October 1824. Includes letter from J Osborne, surgeon, Royal Navy, Newtownstewart, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, complaining of the police's raid on his house, allegedly carried out without formal authority, a ‘most serious and insulting outrage’. Protests the constabulary party carried away from his residance two swords, one of which was his official ‘regulation’ weapon as surgeon in the navy, the other a possession of his late father, who was an officer in the county yeomanry. Reserves particular criticism for Andrew Cook, a sergeant drafted in ‘for the occasion’ and Jones Crawford, local magistrate, who previously ‘caused much irritation’ in the district of Newtownstewart, 20 October 1824. Also includes letter from Captain King Barton, Newtownstewart, to Goulburn, seeking an investigation of the police raid. Observes that Crawford ‘has been on bad terms not only with me but with the most respectable people of this town and neighbourhood’. Alleges a personal vendetta motivated his sanction of the police search, 21 October 1824. Also includes letter from Major Thomas D’Arcy, Belfast, County Antrim, inspector general of police for province of Ulster, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reporting on memorial seeking reinstatement of Cook, who was dismissed the police establishment for exceeding the bounds of his authority on the case. Remarks his behaviour on the occasion in question ‘was highly reprehensible’ but observes should the Lord Lieutenant countenance his admittance again to the force, a useful ‘lesson’ will have been taught, 8 February 1825.

12 Oct 1824-8 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/62

Letter from Lieutenant General Quin John Freeman and Robert Gregory, commissioners of Board of Works, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, conveying a favourable report on plans, specifications and estimates for the construction of bridewells in the towns of Mallow, Middleton, Kanturk, Macroom, Bantry, Skibbereen, Clonakilty, Bandon, Dunmanway and Charleville in County Cork. Encloses copy letter from Francis Johnston, architect and inspector of civil buildings, Architect's Office, Dublin Castle, to Robert Robinson, assistant secretary, Board of Works, indicating that himself and Major Benjamin Blake Woodward, inspector general of prisons for the southern district, have made a full appraisal of plans and estimates for the proposed new jails in County Cork, and consider them acceptable and ‘well adapted’ for the intended purpose.

20 Jan 1825-27 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/63

Petition of Reverend Peter Lefanue, Church of Ireland rector of the parish of St Bridget, [9 Upper Camden Street], Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking permission to appoint a commission of 3 men to act as assessors of new dwellings or buildings in the parish. Cites an act of Parliament that entitles the incumbent of the parish to receive an annual charge according to the valuation of the premises in question. Nominates the persons of Arthur Battersby, Thomas McCready and Oliver Lodge to act as commissioners; with certificate on base indicating over the past 3 years no commission of valuation for the parish of St Bridget has been put in place by the Lord Lieutenant or the Privy Counsel, signed by John Ebbs, deputy clerk, Privy Counsel Office, Dublin Castle.

18 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/64

Letter from Dr Edward Trevor, [supervisor of convict transportation, Cove, County Cork], Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, suggesting that a suitable professional person be employed to prepare medical compounds for use at the penitentiary house in the city of Cork. Observes that due to the lack of familiarity of medical men at the institution with the art of mixing drugs, costs have far exceeded those pertaining at Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin, or on the convict hulk [ship] ‘Surprize’, based at Cove. Estimates if such a position was created, a saving of more than £34 per year might be made.

24 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/65

Letter from Robert Holt Truell, 15 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, high sheriff of County Wicklow, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting permission for leave of absence to visit his sick brother at Cambridge University, England. Remarks that due to ill health at present his successor in office, Sir Robert Arair Hodson, [of Hollybrook, County Wicklow] is unable to commence work; observes, however, that permission to depart to England has been granted by the senior judge of the Leinster circuit. Annotation on top in pencil by Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, reads ‘Granted, if no objection occurs’.

21 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/66

File of material relating to an investigation of a complaint against Neville Noonan, chief constable of police, barony of Abbeyshrule, County Longford, over confiscation of arms of prominent local gentlemen. Includes petition of Francis Guy, John Wilder, John Carrol, James Canning, Stephen Reynolds, John Corry, Robert Dimond and William Guy, yeomen and freeholders of County Longford, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, complaining of their arms being confiscated over the period December 1824 to January 1825 at the behest of Noonan. Appeals for restoration of their weapons, which are now legally registered, in order that they can protect themselves and their property. Petition signed by Sir George Fetherston [MP for County Longford], George John Forbes, Viscount Forbes, [MP for County Longford] and 7 others, c 28 January 1825. Also includes letter from Major Thomas Powell, Corkagh, Rathcoole, County Dublin, inspector general of the Leinster constabulary, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting on his investigation of Noonan’s conduct. While admitting the course of action taken was indiscrete, he concedes, Noonan was ‘placed in a situation of the greatest possible difficulty on account of the contradictory orders given him by the magistrates’. Observes he has ordered Noonan's removal to County Kildare and has communicated instructions for the arms to be restored to their owners, 7 February [dated 1824, but likely 1825].

c28 Jan 1825-26 Mar 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/67

Petition of James Taylor, Cavanaleck, County Fermanagh, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking investigation and redress at law over the alleged failure of a court at Newtownbutler to permit his prosecution of Patrick Connelly, Edward Connelly, Mary Connelly, Anne Connelly and William Carothers, whom he accuses of a serious assault against his person. Indicates the attack followed his attempted enforcement of the terms of the will of Isabella Burnside [as guardian and executer], under which Isabella Jane Taylor, a minor, was bequeathed £5 per annum out of the lands of Cornarouslan [Cornarooslan], in County Fermanagh. Also letter from Edward William Scott, 9 Fitzwilliam Square North, Dublin, assistant barrister of County Fermanagh, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, stating that Taylor has no grounds whatever for his complaint since he was unable to prove in court any entitlement to an income from the lands in question.

7 Jan 1825-31 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/68

Letter from Walter Glascock, 43 Lower Sackville [O'Connell] Street, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, lamenting over loss of post in the stamp office by William Glascock, a son of Edward Glascock, commissioner of stamps, stamp office, Dublin. Remarks upon the negative impact to his family of such losses and request that the attention of Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, be directed towards the plight of the ‘Irish Times’ newspaper, ‘which without assistance I fear must go down’. Also asks for return of a letter addressed to him from Lord Sidmouth [Henry Addington, 1st viscount Sidmouth].

28 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/69

Letter from Dr Edward Trevor, supervisor of convict transportation, Cove [Cobh], County Cork, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, proposing that a ship be permitted to embark male convicts held in the holding vessel [hulk] and in the penitentiary of Cork, ‘as soon as possible’, with female convicts to be boarded without delay. Observes this will provide space at the penitentiary for the reception of close to 100 ‘free settlers’ who are seeking to depart for New South Wales, in Australia; emphasises, in such circumstances, a ship of suitable capacity can then be engaged. With annotation added to base from [Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland] declaring ‘a Ship for 150 Male Convicts was ordered on the 22 Ult[im]o’.

3 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/70

Letter from Joseph D Jackson, secretary, Society House, Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor of Ireland, Kildare Place, Dublin, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, requesting an advance of funds from the treasury in order to meet financial obligations and ‘to continue its operations’. Stresses the heavy cost of meeting general expenditure with 490 new schools being added last year, and seeks measure of interim assistance until such times as a grant from Parliament is made. Annotation on back from CSO states the Lord Lieutenant does not have the means to make an advance of funds to the society.

9 Feb 1825

1825