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CSO/RP/1832/620

Letter from Capt J Vignoles, [Chief Magistrate], Ennis, [County Clare], to Sir William Gosset, [Under Secretary], refuting a claim contained in a letter from Lieut Col McDonald, commanding the 92nd Regiment, that the military have been unnecessarily employed to keep [the peace] at courts of petty sessions; noting the scarcity of constables at Milltown Malbay and adding that the requisition signed by N O’Brien for military assistance was in relation to a seneschal court. Also letter from Sir Hussey Vivian, Royal Hospital, Dublin, to Gosset, returning Vignoles report.

9 Feb 1832-16 Feb 1832

1832

CSO/RP/1832/923

Letter from [George Canning, 1st Baron] Garvagh, [Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry], Garvagh, [County Londonderry or Derry], to Sir William Gosset, [Under Secretary], disagreeing with the proposal of government to remove the 47th Regiment which is currently stationed at Magherafelt; drawing attention to the dangers of not having any soldiers stationed within a two day march of his area and warning that the south eastern part of the county is by no means in a comfortable state. Also letter from Rowley Miller, Moneymore, [County Londonderry], to Gosset, noting that resistance to tithes and rents is increasing in his area; observing for example that Mr McReynolds, Seneschal of [Clane] Manor Court, [County Tyrone] recently could not get a jury to try a tithe case and noting the release of men belonging to the Tobermore Estate who were committed for assault against himself and his son; seeking to have the military stationed at Tobermore to enforce tithes in that parish and the adjoining Ballynascreen parish. Also letter from [Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron] Templemore, Military Secretary, Royal Hospital, [Dublin], to Gosset, returning letters forwarded to him and noting that a detachment of the 61st Regiment are to be stationed in Magherafelt. Also damp press copy of reply from Gosset, Dublin Castle, to Miller.

3 Mar 1832-8 Mar 1832

1832

CSO/RP/1832/2775

Memorial of 20 inhabitants of Sixmilebridge, [County Clare], to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, noting that £80 was advanced to their area by the London Tavern Committee in 1822; claiming that the advance of money was charity and observing that Col William O’Brien, Seneschal, who was appointed to distribute the money is now demanding repayment. Also letter from O’Brien, Sixmilebridge, [probably to Sir William Gosset, [Under Secretary], claiming that following the conclusion of the immediate distress in 1822 he managed the funds of the Loan Fund Association in the town, using it to loan small sums of money to tradespeople; observing that the Ennis Loan Committee have called in a loan of £100 advanced to the Association which has resulted in the demands for repayment from weavers and other tradesmen.

9 Jun 1832

1832

CSO/RP/1832/4298

Letter from P Fullam, Office, 59 Bolton Street, [Dublin], to Edward Smith Stanley, [Chief Secretary], complaining about the conduct of Henry Cole, Seneschal of the Manor of Grange Gorman and magistrate in Henry Street Police Office who has bound him on bail to keep the peace; noting that he is a papist and [Cole] is an Orangeman and that the case involves Cole’s Marshal; mentioning [Thomas Brown], Register, James Blacker, magistrate; noting that Cole prevented him from cross examining Mr Buryham, grocer against whom Peace Officer Esterby had brought charges of illegally selling spirits.

3 Sep 1832

1832

CSO/RP/1833/2376

Petition from Hugh Dolan, labourer, Clonnakilla [Cloonakilly], Strokestown, County Roscommon, to Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess Anglesey, [Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Dublin], complaining that Bernard O’Connor, seneschal of the manor, Roscommon, [County Roscommon], is in collusion with James Gunnery Plunkett who owes Dolan and other wages; they are denied the usual legal process. Mentioning that Plunkett was in gaol for creating a riot between his tenantry and that of Cap Robert Nolan.

4 May 1833-20 May 1833

1833

CSO/RP/1833/3334

Letters from John Jonathan Quinn, 14 Exchequer Street (later 22 Moore Street), [Dublin], to Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess Anglesey, [Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Dublin] and Lieut Col [Sir William] Gosset, [Under Secretary, Dublin Castle], asking for support in his suit against his former employer Christopher Harmon, attorney, 27 Middle Gardiner Street, Dublin, for non-payment of wages, also naming his brother Ralph Harmon; including Quinn's affidavit and list of charges, and copies of correspondence between Quinn and Henry Cole, Seneschal, Henry Street Division of Police.

22 Jun 1833-10 Aug 1833

1833