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CSO/RP/1819/53

Memorandum by 'GH' to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning costs for the printing of statutes each year for the use of every magistrate in Ireland. Memorandum suggests that only those statutes 'useful and necessary for the Magistrates' should be printed, thus making 'a great saving to the Public'. Encloses a list of the Acts of Parliament for 1819, dividing them into categories of those deemed 'useful and necessary' to magistrates in Ireland, and those which are 'not requisite', and detailing the numbers of pages to be printed for each act.

21 Oct 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1819/54

Letter from Lieutenant WEH Allen of Royal Navy, Buncrana, County Donegal, to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, requesting consideration for appointment to an Inspector of Fisheries post. Expresses hope that naval officers on half pay would be entitled to hold such an appointment.

8 May 1819

1819

CSO/RP/1819/55

Statement of Dr Reverend Robert Burrowes, master of Enniskillen Royal School [Portora Royal School], Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, detailing his proposal to provide free education for 50 scholars, 'with a preference to orphans of persons of the clerical or military profession'. Regrets that typically, 'the "Free [emphasis on 'Free'] Schools of Royal Foundation" have no pretensions to the appellation', 18 December 1818. Also letter from Burrowes, Portora, Enniskillen, to Chief Secretary's Office, expressing thanks for the reply to his proposal and referring to the board of education's views, 17 January 1819.

18 Dec 1818-17 Jan 1819

1819

CSO/RP/1819/56

Letter from Matthew Barrington, Dublin, barrister, to John Fitzgibbon, 2nd earl of Clare, concerning his brother Daniel Barrington being appointed permanently to the post of clerk of the crown for county Limerick, in which post Daniel Barrington is currently acting. Refers to complications arising from the previous office holder, Bolton, who resigned the office and who is 'a Lunatic'.

[1819]

1819

CSO/RP/1819/57

Letter from John Cossart, Ballast Office, Dublin, secretary to commissioners for preserving and improving port of Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing copies of 2 letters, for the attention of the Lord Lieutenant, on the directions of the corporation for preserving and improving the port of Dublin. Encloses copy of letter from Cossart to James Court, Trinity House London, secretary to corporation of the Trinity House, concerning proposals from the merchants of Waterford, for improvements at Tramore Bay, County Waterford - often mistaken by vessels for Waterford harbour, and where many fatal shipwrecks have occurred. Reports the response of the Corporation for Preserving and Improving the Port of Dublin, following their inspection of the site, including their recommendation to build 3 small towers on Great Newtown Head, Tramore, 14 November 1818. Also copy of letter from Court to Cossart, in reply to above, reporting the opinion of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House, who agree with the opinion of the Commissioners of Irish Lights on the need to mark the headlands of Tramore Bay, 4 December 1818.

14 Nov 1818-22 Jan 1819

1819

CSO/RP/1819/58

Letter from Charles Dalrymple Lindsay, Church of Ireland bishop of Kildare, Glasnevin, Dublin, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning the Glasnevin Board of Health and the fever hospital. Annotated with the opinions of John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, and William Saurin, Attorney General for Ireland.

18 Mar 1819

1819

CSO/RP/1819/82

Letter from John Bourne, 55 William Street, Dublin, clerk of the peace for County Louth, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, stating that he has forwarded Gregory's letter and order to the secretary of the grand jury [of Louth], concerning documents required by Gregory.

16 Mar 1819

1819

CSO/RP/1819/83

Letter from Mathew Tod Byrne, Army Medical Office, Dublin, secretary of Army Medical Department, to Alexander Mangin, chief clerk, civil department of Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, concerning reports from various Boards of Health across Ireland in relation to the fever epidemic, forwarded to him by John Taylor. States that these abstracts provide no more information than he already had, for the report he is compiling on fever relief between 1 March 1818 and 28 February 1819 for Sir John Newport.

19 Mar 1819

1819

CSO/RP/1819/84

Letter from Sir George Beckwith, Commander of Forces Ireland, Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin, to Sir Edward B Baker, military secretary, Dublin Castle, sending a letter from Major General Butler concerning an attempted escape by 2 prisoners from Roscommon jail, County Roscommon. Encloses letter from Major General TL Butler, Athlone, County Westmeath, to Baker, concerning the 'horrid outrage committed' in the attempted escape. Notes that military reinforcements are present at the jail until the 2 prisoners, O'Hara and Brennan, are executed. Also letter from Captain Richard R Nugent, Roscommon, to Lieutenant Colonel Murray reporting on the escape attempt, including the strangling of the turnkey, as well as a recent attempt by a prisoner to bribe a prison guard.

29 Mar 1819-31 Mar 1819

1819

CSO/RP/1819/85

Petition of Sir William Betham, deputy Ulster King of Arms and Knight attendant of the most illustrious order of St. Patrick, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting possession of the keys of St. Patrick's cathedral, Dublin, for the preparation and duration of the installation ceremony, and requesting confirmation to exercise the rights and privileges of his office. Signed by Betham.

[Mar 1819]

1819