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CSO/RP/1824/611

Memorandum based on report by doctors ‘Dowell’ and ‘Hatton’, medical inspectors, concerning a noticeable spread in incidents of fever in the city of Dublin. Stresses large number of patients are being attended to in dispensaries and warns ‘several of the Cases have large families in their Sick Rooms’; signed by Lieutenant Colonel George Morris, governor, House of Industry, Dublin.

10 Sep 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/612

File of material concerning an investigation by the commissioners of inquiry into the activities of the office of sheriff. Includes letter from William Kemmis, crown solicitor, Kildare Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, indicating on advice of counsel a second precept of the commissioners of inquiry has been forwarded to Nicholas Murray Mansfield in anticipation of legal proceedings against him for failure to obey an earlier precept, 30 November 1824. Also includes letter from Lord Clancarty [Richard Le Poer Trench], Garbally, Ballinasloe, County Galway, to Webber, stressing advantages to be gained by a visit from the Board of Inquiry to the locality, 7 October 1824. Also includes copy of case with outline of difficulties complained of by commissioners, in particular the want of authority to compel attendance of witnesses and freedom to conduct investigations in different parts of the country; with opinion of the Attorney General [William Conyngham Plunket] and the Solicitor General [Henry Joy] on same; encloses letter from Daniel Webb Webber, Thomas P Dickenson and William Wynne, Office of Inquiry, Commissioners of Inquiry into Law Courts, Dominick Street, Dublin, to Goulburn, complaining of obstacles to investigation into the office of sheriff in the city of Dublin, in particular non compliance with the precept for attendance for examination; seeks extension of power to aid authority and expand jurisdiction ‘to parts of the Country, where we may have reason to believe, a Scrutiny would be beneficial to the public’, 12 August 1824. Also includes letter from Webber to Goulburn, reporting on failure of William White, late sub sheriff, city of Dublin, and of his partner, George Archer, to acknowledge precepts for attendance at enquiry, 7 August 1824. Also includes ‘Extracts from the Evidence of Mr Peter Warren and Robert Keily’ [1824].

7 Aug 1824-30 Nov 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/613

Letter from John Wray, chief constable of police, Swanlinbar, County Cavan, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, requesting leave of absence for a month in order to attend to some ‘Family matters’ that he left in ‘an unsettled way’ prior to joining the police.

24 Aug 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/614

Letter from MF Lynch, Mountjoy Place, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, seeking implementation of the financial arrangement previously agreed with government. Also letter from Lynch to Goulburn requesting ‘that the name of one of my family might be joined with mine’ in furtherance of the agreement. He insists ‘I was deprived since 1811 of one half of the Provision granted to me by the Irish Government’.

29 Mar 1823-11 Aug 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/615

Letter from Alexander Nimmo, civil engineer, Marlborough Street, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, returning memorial from Anthony Martin, attorney, Spiddle [Spiddal], County Galway, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking investigation of circumstances surrounding the use of outside labour to complete a road from Spiddle harbour to Moycullen; also raises accusation against works inspectors ‘Jones’ and ‘Plunkett’ over alleged ‘fraud and extortion’, especially in connection with organised raffles. Also letter from Nimmo, Galway, County Galway, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reflecting on the progress of public works in the region around Oughterard and expenditure on same; refers to memorial from Martin and observes he ‘restricted the employment on his estate of any persons but his own tenantry’: also indicates that those involved in arranging raffles were dismissed from posts.

5 Aug 1823-26 Aug 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/616

Letter from Richard Bourke, Limerick, County Limerick, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting that David Walsh, sub constable, barony of Clanwilliam, was fined a sum of 10 shillings ‘for misconduct in his Office’.

[31] Aug 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/617

Letter from Hill W Rowan, governor, Richmond General Penitentiary, Grangegorman Lane, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, seeking permission for the appointment of an additional female turnkey due to an ’increased number of female convicts’ interred in the institution. Also letter from Rowan to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, highlighting the need for a supplementary female warden and indicating that a second one will likely be required also.

25 Aug 1824-28 Sep 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/618

Petition of John Linehan, Adare, County Limerick, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a situation in the police establishment under Major Richard Willcocks [inspector general of police, Munster]. Claims to have served as naval seaman on board the ship ‘Bellerophon’ for a period of ‘5 years previous to her taking Bonaparte’. Also second memorial from Linehan to Wellesley, reiterating his application for a post in the police; indicates he has received consent from four local magistrates.

[1824]

1824

CSO/RP/1824/619

Letter from Rowley Lascelles, sub commissioner, Board of Records, 7 Cleveland Court, St James Place, London, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, indicating that agreement has been reached between himself, Sir Thomas [Edlyne Tomlins, legal writer and counsel to the Irish Office] and Lord Redesdale [John Freeman-Mitford, 1st baron Redesdale] in respect of the mode of progression on a publication for the press. Emphasises the need for sending copies by post of information connected with the Irish baronage and public offices, much of which is gleaned from work by [Sir Edmund] Lodge; also refers to enclosed sheet for collation with original [not present].

26 Aug 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/620

Petition of Dr Charles Orpen, 49 Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, complaining of personal disappointment arising from failure to attain promotion from the post of medical inspector at the Talbot Dispensary of the House of Industry. Offers resignation and recommends appointment of Dr Gordon in his place; he conveys intention ‘to turn his attention more exclusively to private practice’; stresses hope to succeed to a senior surgical appointment in the Richmond or Whitworth hospitals; he also declares himself discontented at having an apparent promotion reversed in favour of Dr Samuel Litton. Protests at personal vulnerability and inadequate income flowing from the post of medical inspector, at heavy labour arising from an increasing number of patients, and at having to visit structurally unsafe dwellings where he is continually at risk of disease. Observes he has withstood ‘three attacks of spotted fever and two relapses, within eighteen months, the effects of contagion’ and claims his ‘daily salary is often not sufficient, to cover the alms, which he cannot, in common humanity, withhold’.

12 May 1824

1824