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CSO/RP/1826/2031

Letter from Richard Clerke, Bantry, [County Cork], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, seeking a position either in a ‘moral, religious or civil capacity’, noting his reputation earned from his former situation and undertaking to forward a memorial on the matter. Also letter from W Hill, Treasury Chambers, to Clerke, stating that the Treasury cannot offer him relief but that he should address his claim to the Lord Lieutenant.

3 Apr 1826-28 Oct 1826

1826

CSO/RP/1826/2032

Letters from Charles Cassidy, Sligo and Crossmolina, [County Mayo], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, requesting the return of his memorial soliciting a position, which was forwarded by Mr Fitzgerald of Dublin. Also letter from Edward S Hickman, Crown Solicitor for the Connaught circuit, 17 Middle Gardiner Street, [Dublin], to Goulburn, returning Cassidy’s memorial seeking a position having provided crown evidence in the trial of Gaffney, Dolan and Lavin for robbery and adding that Cassidy had once been employed by Mr Beatty, gaoler of Sligo Prison.

2 Oct 1826-2 Jan 1826

1826

CSO/RP/1826/2033

Letters from Dr William Kingsley, Licentiate in surgery and midwifery in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Valley House, Roscrea, [County Tipperary], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, enclosing a printed public notice entitled ‘Advice to prevent fever’ and explaining that it is intended for ‘the instruction of the lowest orders of the poor’. Offering advice on the treatment of fever.

23 Oct 1826-28 Oct 1826

1826

CSO/RP/1826/2034

Letter from Rev Samuel Gamble, Rathmelton, [County Donegal], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, seeking to be appointed clerk to the presbyterian synod of Ireland, following the death of Rev Edgar and noting that he has served for many years as clerk to the presbytery of Donegal.

26 Oct 1826

1826

CSO/RP/1826/2035

Memorial of William Stuart Frazer, to Richard Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, seeking to be appointed apothecary to the new lunatic asylum of Limerick; noting that he served his apprenticeship to William Watts, Sackville Street [O’Connell Street, Dublin] and was later employed by Widow Buchanan, Grafton Street, [Dublin]. Also covering letters from Frazer, to William Gregory, Under Secretary; noting that Frazer was also employed in Saint John’s Fever and Lock Hospital in Limerick. Also letters of recommendation etc from Thomas Spring Rice, Limerick; Thomas [Elrington], Bishop of Ferns, 9 Sackville Street, [Dublin]; Henry William Baylee, former treasurer of Limerick Fever and Lock Hospital; Rev Arthur Preston, dean of Limerick; Joseph Massey Harvey, Governor of Limerick Fever and Lock Hospital; Charles [Mongan Warburton], Bishop of Cloyne, See House, Cloyne; Hughes Russell, Treasurer to Saint John’s Fever and Lock Hospital; Boileaus and George, Dublin; William Watts, Sackville Street; twenty of the governors and medical officers of Saint John’s Hospital; Eleanor Buchanan, Grafton Street. Also Frazer’s certificate of qualifications from Apothecaries Hall Dublin. [Contains list of names not given in this description]

25 Apr 1826-May 1826

1826

CSO/RP/1826/2036

Memorial of Dr John Geary, Limerick City, to Richard Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, seeking to be appointed physician to the new lunatic asylum in Limerick. Noting that has served in the asylum connected to the House of Industry. Also testimonial signed by seventeen of the governors and committee of the Limerick House of Industry and extract from the committee books of that institution. Also covering letter from [Charles Vereker, 2nd Viscount] Gort, Limerick, to William Gregory, Under Secretary. [Contains list of names not given in this description]

1 May 1826-28 May 1826

1826

CSO/RP/1826/2037

Memorial of Henry Ellis, Rockbrook, County Kilkenny, to Richard Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, stating that efforts by his bailiffs to enforce civil bill decrees against upwards of 400 farmers in Gowran and Dungarvan have been violently thwarted by armed gangs; complaining that he has been unable to secure the assistance of the police, the sheriff or the magistrates. Also memorial of Ellis, addressed to the Bench of Magistrates for the county. Also statement from Peter Roe, late vicar of Dungarvan, Kilkenny, stating that Ellis was moderate in his charging of tithes. Also covering letter from [] Clarke, [Newtown], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary.

26 Oct 1826-9 Nov 1826

1826

CSO/RP/1826/2038

Letter from William Betham, Ulster King of Arms, Office of Arms, [Dublin], [probably to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary], seeking to be appointed to assist and advise the Attorney General in cases involving claims for a peerage in Ireland should such a position be created. Noting that Lord Redesdale has suggested that such a position be created.

25 Oct 1826

1826

CSO/RP/1826/2039

Letter from Mr Heyland, Kings Bench Office, [Dublin], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, requesting a meeting with Goulburn to discuss his official situation in the Court of Kings Bench, prior to Goulburn’s departure to England.

11 Nov 1826

1826

CSO/RP/1826/2040

Letter from James W Davies, Roscommon, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, wishing to know if government are prepared to appoint a sovereign to Roscommon town under that town’s charter as requested in a petition from the respectable inhabitants. Also complaining that the magistrates of the county have refused to allow a stipendiary magistrate into the county.

27 Oct 1826

1826