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CSO/RP/1818/291

Letter from Henry Yeo, secretary of Howth Harbour Commissioners, Customs House, Dublin, to Sir Edward B Baker, Military Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing copy of letter from Robert Peel on appointment of harbour master for Howth, County Dublin, and extract of letter from John Rennie on necessary qualifications for post; emphasises urgency of making the appointment as harbour is soon to be opened to receive mail packets.

17 Feb 1818-25 May 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/292

Letter from Henry Yeo, secretary of Howth Harbour Commissioners, Customs House, Dublin, to Robert Peel, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, respecting opening of Howth harbour for reception of shipping packets and need for appointment of competent harbour master. Encloses copy of letter from John Rennie, engineer, London, to Yeo, with report on arrival of capsterns and diving bell, 2 May 1818; also copy of letter from Yeo to Edward Smith Lees, secretary to Post Master General, indicating that the ‘Harbour will be ready for the reception of the Packets by the first of July next; provided the appointment of an Harbour Master shall take place in the interim’, 9 May 1818; includes copy of minutes of proceedings of Howth Harbour Commissioners on works and preparations for use of harbour by packets.

2 May 1818-11 May 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/293

File of papers relating to professional activity of Dr Robert Harding, medical doctor in charge of care of convicts in city and county jails in Cork. Includes letter from Harding to Sir Edward B Baker, Military Secretary, Dublin Castle, expressing view that he is ‘exonerated entirely from any participation in the fraud, whatever it was’, also stresses respectability and loyalty with reference to his prevention of a ‘plan formed by militia Soldiers for the destruction of the Gov[ernment] Magazine’ and support of government in recent election, for which he states, ‘I had my windows broken by Mr Hutchinson’s Mob’, 17 May 1818; includes journal of prison attendance for period from July 1816 -January 1818, with comments on state of health of inmates, for example, ‘Sarah Moony has got a fit of the asthma. Morly’s eye better. The sore legs would be speedily well if they were kept in bed’; also includes Dr Harding’s expenses for medical supplies, for period July 1816-December 1817 and bill of professional charges for services performed with convicts, mainly during 1816-1817; plus detailed statement of provisions supplied for convict ships departing from Cork, 1813-1817, indicating medical fees for attendance of Dr Harding; also includes letter from Harding to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, enclosing journal and expenses account, with report on state of health on outgoing convict ship: mentions that he passed as fit for voyage, a female convict, Mary Ann O’Neal, who he calculated was feigning illness, 27 March 1817; also letter from Harding to Robert Peel, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, expressing regret at apparent loss of confidence in his oversight of convict transportation from Cork harbour, and having his ‘reputation this publickly [sic] wounded’, also refers to commission of inquiry into prison and makes defense of conduct respecting treatment of prisoners, 1818; also letter from Harding to Gregory with enclosure of journal and reminding him that, for services rendered, ‘I have not as yet received any remuneration’, 12 January 1818; includes twelve receipts issued for various services relating to care of convicts, 1816-1818.

July 1816-1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/294

Letter from Dr Robert Harding, Cork, County Cork, to Sir Edward B Baker, Military Secretary, Dublin Castle, expressing thanks for recent letter and ‘friendship you have evinced for me’.

28 May 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/295

Letter from Henry Yeo, Summer Hill, Dublin, to Alexander Mangin, Dublin Castle, making recommendation of Lieutenant James Brown for post of Harbour Master at Howth, to the Lord Lieutenant. Encloses letter from Yeo, secretary of Howth Harbour Commissioners, Custom's House, Dublin, to Sir Edward B Baker, Military Secretary, Dublin Castle, confirming determination of Harbour Commissioners that Brown is ‘the most eligible and best Qualified Person to be appointed to the Situation of Harbour Master at Howth’.

2 Jun 1818-4 Jun 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/296

Letter from Judge E Mayne, Stephens Green, Dublin, to Sir Edward B Baker, Military Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing copy of ruling of Court of King’s Bench and declaration made respecting conduct of Dr William Harty upon inquiry at Newgate jail. Encloses ruling from court stating that an accurate medical certification shall be produced upon oath when demanded by the medical attendant serving in a prison, and that no doctor ‘shall have or accept of any Sum of Money, fee or gratuity from any Prisoner in their Respective Gaols…for or in respect of any attendance on or care of any such Prisoner or for or in respect of any Certificate, Answer or Affidavit relative to such Prisoner’; declaration signed by Mayne states that ‘I am desired by the Court to declare their disapprobation of Doctor Harty’s past conduct in demanding and receiving Sums of Money for granting Certificates of Health on Oath, also in accepting fees for attendance on Prisoners in the Gaol or its Hospital’.

9 Jun 1818-10 Jun 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/297

Letter from Henry Yeo, secretary of Howth Harbour Commissioners, Customs House, Dublin, to Robert Peel, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, relaying information related to establishment of moorings, buoys, a floating beacon, and employment of a pilot and boat crew at the harbour of Howth. Yeo also recommends making available ‘several Copies of Mr Giles’s Chart of the Soundings and bearings of the Harbour for the use of the Captains of the Packets’; notes that the cost, £370 plus payment of the boat crew, should be charged to account of the Belfast Office Corporation.

17 Jun 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/298

Letter from Margaret Holton, Post Office, Athlone, County Westmeath, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, requesting assistance with overdue pension payment.

1 Jun 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/299

Letter from Dr Edward Trevor, Dublin, to William Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, with enclosures related to case of a convict in Kilmainham Gaol, James Hannon, for examination by Sir Edward B Baker. Encloses petition from Hannon which states that he was convicted at the Lent assizes of Mullingar, in 1818, of circulating counterfeit Bank of Ireland notes, and claims that a monetary sum of £4.4.4 retained by the magistrate Mr Usher, has not been returned to him; also incomplete letter from Hannon, Mullingar Prison, to John Leonard McInally, Mullingar Court, County Westmeath, referring to outstanding £4.4.4, with annotation in pencil at top stating that ‘As you are not convicted of a felony but a misdemeanor you are entitled to the money in Mr Usher’s hands’.

14 Mar 1818-22 Jun 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/300

Four letters from Eneas Harrison, 4 Edward Terrace, Summer Hill, Dublin, to Robert Peel, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, seeking post and lamenting distress caused by legal pressures. Encloses petition from Harrison to Earl Charles Whiteworth, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, for post, making reference to heavy losses as a result of ‘Fines on Townlands for the practice of Illicit Distillation’ and a court decree by which heavy encumbrances were imposed on petitioner; explains to Peel difficulties over fines for illicit distillation and reference to his capture and imprisoned by the French on return from the West Indies, 22 June 1816; also incomplete letter of support written from 3 Bateman Buildings, Soho Square, London, to Peel, relating that Harrison is ‘a firm Supporter of the Friends of Government’ and mentions that he undertook ‘to travel upwards of four Hundred miles to support Mr Bagwell’ in the recent election for County Tipperary, 19 June 1816.

19 Jun 1816-25 Jun 1818

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