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Papers relating to an altercation between George Charles 3rd Earl and St Clair O'Malley in the Petty Sessions Court, Castlebar on 22 Oct 1842, which resulted in both of them forfeiting their positions as magistrates. The Earl took the case to the House of Lords in August 1843, where it created quite an amount of debate. The Duke of Wellington eventually settled the matter and both parties were subsequently restored to the magistracy in October 1843. The printed copies of correspondence were produced for the Houses of Parliament and contain copies of letters, newspaper extracts and plans of the courthouse. They also include documents relating to St Clair O'Malley at the time of the 1832 election in Castlebar.

This section covers some aspects of the affairs of the 2nd and 3rd Earls of Lucan in Ireland during the nineteenth century, mainly consisting of letters, but also including newspaper cuttings, legal opinions, legal costs, a report and a pamphlet. The material concerns such subjects as elections, the Act of Union, financial matters, the establishment of a police force on Innisturk, a court case with James Simson of Cloonagashel, Ballinrobe and local affairts in Castlebar. Letters from the agent in Castlebar document the build up to the 1826 election, when [George Charles] Lord Bingham, was returned as one of the two MPs for Co. Mayo. Two disputes of George Charles, who became third Earl, is also recorded. The first dispute was with his former agent St Clair O'Malley, which resulted in the dismissal of them both as magistrates in 1842. The second dispute, during the Famine years, was with the Poor Law Commissioners over the payment of poor rate and the failure of the Commissioners over the payment of poor rate and the failure of the Castlebar Board of Guardians to collect the rate. Copies of George Charles, 3rd Earl's lettersto his agent Mr. Young of Castlebar in the 1860s are to be found in P38/32/1, which also contains other letters relating to the militia, elections and other matters in Co. Mayo.

List of irrecoverable arrears relating to the County Mayo estate, containing approximately 180 entries. There are columns for the number in the ledger; the tenant's name; name of the holding; arrears due; period when due and observations. The observations' column is filled in for most entries and gives the reason why the arrears was irrecoverable, for example expiration of the lease, death of the tenant, insolvency and emigration. Many of the tenants were ejected. An arrear of £4.17.9, due in Nov 1829 for Bridge House, Castlebar, was allowed to Pat Murphy when he surrendered the plot for the improvement of the bridge. Includes pencil annotation 'Wills of Lord Lucan' in the cover sheet.