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CSO/RP/CA/1823/6

Memorandum by author identified as 'S N E' [Stephen N Elrington] providing an eyewitness account of a meeting of the Catholic Association at unknown location, chaired by the O’Conor Don; [Daniel] O’Connell and [Richard Lalor] Sheil noted that ‘duly qualified Catholics were ready to claim their freedom’ of the city of Dublin from the corporation, that the public would be asked for subscriptions to assist the court cases and that O’Connell and Mr Ford, an attorney, would provide their legal services gratuitously; O’Connell criticized the administration of justice in the inferior courts, proposed that a committee be established to prepare details of facts to be presented to parliament and highlighted the shortcomings of the Court of Conscience where ‘conscience generally remained at the door but never went in’, the Manor Courts where the party to get the verdict was he ‘who gave the Seneschal and the Jury the most whiskey, the chairmen for counties and assistant barristers who were not appointed ‘until it was found they could not rise at all in their profession’ and claimed that ‘the Orangeman got everything … The Catholic got no justice’; H O’Connor, [Nicholas] Mahon, Mr Mullen and O’Connell discussed the exclusion of catholics from the board of directors of the Bank of Ireland noting the defeat of Sir John Newport’s motion in the House of Commons, Sir Samuel Romilly’s opinion was that catholics were eligible and Mullen’s suggestion that catholics force the issue by purchasing Bank of Ireland stock; O’Conor Don was disappointed that they had been ‘waiting on Dr Murray’ [Daniel Murray, archbishop of Dublin] ‘relative to the New RC Churchyards’, recalled that both he and [John] Troy [Catholic archbishop of Dublin] had been on the Catholic Convention in 1793 and called for the clergy and laity to unite for the purposes of petitioning on catholic emancipation; O’Connell replied that the clergy could join the association for free and added that the Catholic Convention had been the ‘Real Representative of the People’.

29 Nov 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1831/413

Letter from Francis H O’Flaherty, clerk of petty sessions, Petty Sessions Office, Lisburn, County Antrim, to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, seeking advice on whether he can claim from the crown expenses or fees associated with the preparation of legal cases involving felony and larceny; explaining some of the difficulties he experiences in the matter of getting his costs settled; noting also in postscript the case of Thomas Edward O’Flaherty, who is in prison for assault, and seeking the determination of government on same; with annotation in response to main query on back by Richard W Greene, law officer. Also copy warrant for appearance of John Hamilton in a case brought by John McCameskey [McCaskey] andRobert Mcanalley, Lisburn, for a demand of £4 12s 0d in damages in connection with a lease of land, signed by Rev Snowden Cupples, seneschal, Manor of Killultagh.

14 Feb 1831-21 Feb 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/479

Letter from Edward Farrell, out pensioner, Ballylangford, County Kerry, to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, complaining of an impending legal action against him by the magistrate and seneschal and seeking redress; stating he is due before the next assizes of County Kerry and calling for an investigation of his case; claiming also to have ‘faught and bled’ for his country for a period of 11 years.

23 Feb 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/2518

Letter from Earl Kenmare [Valentine Browne, 2nd Earl of Kenmare], Killarney, [County Kerry], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, requesting that the Lord Lieutenant nominate a person to act as weighmaster in the town of Killarney; adding that such an appointment will eradicate abuse and aid the extension of the butter trade. Enclosing a letter from John Murphy, seneschal and weighmaster, Killarney, to Browne, drawing attention to the need for a public weigh house where sellers can have their butter fairly weighted and receive an honest price; complaining of existing abuses in the locality and calling for an official nomination, in accordance with law, of a person to fill the situation of weighmaster on a full time basis.

14 Oct 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/3076

File of documents concerning an investigation of a complaint made by Patrick Fullam against Henry Cole, magistrate, and others of the Rotunda Division of Police in Dublin. Includes letter from Fullam, Office, 59 Bolton Street, [Dublin], to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, accusing Cole of ‘shamefully’ neglecting his duty for several months per year and alleging that both Sir William Stamer and James Blacker, police magistrates, are ineffective in office; describing Cole as ‘Vindictive, uncourteous & petulant’ in style and stating he receives a salary of near £400 for acting as seneschal of Grangegorman and Glasnevin in addition to his police income of £500 per year. Also includes copy letter from Cole to the magistrates of the Head Office of Police, dismissing Fullam’s claims as groundless and unfounded in fact; stating that no complaint has ever been made against him for negligence of duty and explaining the motive for Fullam’s behaviour arises from his dismissal from his own manor court, where he was engaged as an attorney; remarking that Fullam has his heart set on revenge over the incident and his ‘conduct…resembles that of a madman’.

12 Nov 1831-8 Dec 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/3244

Letter from John Morphy [Murphy], seneschal, Killarney, [County Kerry], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, requesting that government provide a grant of clothing for the poor who are in a destitute state due to want of employment; discussing the formation of a local board of health and enclosing a copy of the ‘Kerry Evening Post’ newspaper with details of a number of resolutions to confront contagious disease and cholera.

7 Dec 1831-16 Dec 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/3274

Cover note and memorial of John Moore, seneschal, Alexander Chesney and James Coates, magistrates, parish of Kilkeel, County Down, to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, indicating that a board of health has been formed and requesting the sanction of government on same; enclosing copy of resolutions indicating that a board of health will be nominated to address the danger of an outbreak of cholera; appending the names of 13 persons to serve on the board.

7 Dec 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/211

Letter from Trevor Corry, Newry, [County Down], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, reporting on a proposal made to the seneschal [Isaac Glenny] to hold a meeting with the intention of petitioning Parliament for the repeal of the union; remarking also on the determination of local Orange lodges to assemble to oppose the measure; seeking the advice of the law officers of the crown.

10 Feb 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1108

Letter from Robert Brimsley, Chief Constable, Brookboro [Brookeborough, County Fermanagh], to the Chief Secretary [Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley], acknowledging that a fault occurred on the part of sub-constables William Hall and Joseph Robinson insofar as they both took their place on a jury at court sessions in the village of Rosslea; noting they were called upon by the seneschal Mr Jackson to do so; also noting an objection by Patrick McCaffery to the Lord Lieutenant.

23 Nov 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1832/452

Letter from Henry Hume. Seneschal, Mallow, [County Cork], to Sir William Gosset, [Under Secretary], forwarding a list of freeholders entitled to vote for the member from Mallow [not extant] and seeking remuneration .

7 Oct 1831

1831