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CSO/RP/1820/51

Letter from Henry Alcock, sheriff, city of Waterford, county Waterford, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment as commissioner of the peace for the county of Waterford. States that should he be given this role his operating jurisdiction would be widened and hopes to ‘be enabled to keep this City and Neighborhood quiet during the winter’.

17 Sep 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/52

Letter from William Saurin, Attorney General, [Dublin], to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, recommending formation of a commission to investigate the dilapidated condition of the mansion house and property attached to [Church of Ireland] Archbishopric of Tuam, county Galway. Also includes memorial from Power le Poer Trench, Archbishop of Tuam, to Talbot, complaining of the poor condition of the Mansion House, out offices, garden and demesne attached to his See, and asking that an Act of Parliament be invoked to enable a commission to carry out an inspection of the property in question.

14 Apr 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/53

Letter from John Barclay Alloway, Director of Public Coals, Mount Pleasant Crescent, Dublin, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to post of police magistrate. Claims to be a person of integrity and of loyalty to government, a member of the Guild of Merchants, and is ready to sacrifice his current post as director of the public coal yards if his application meets with success.

19 Aug 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/54

Letter from William Stuart, Church of Ireland Primate of Armagh, County Armagh, to Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, acknowledging his appointment to post of governor for proposed lunatic asylum for Armagh city and making recommendation for appointment to governorship for Reverend William Ball, Reverend James Edward Jackson, Reverend Samuel Blacker, John Windes, William Algie, Arthur Kelly and Dr Scott; remarks that if Dr Scott is employed in the medical department of the asylum, he wished to nominate Robert Thornton as governor in his place. Includes letter from Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, to Stuart confirming appointment as one of the governors for the lunatic asylum of Armagh; also includes damp press copy letter from Grant to Stuart acknowledging latter’s acceptance of post of governor and proposing similar position for the Dean of Armagh; also damp press copy letter from Grant to Stuart enclosing copy of the Lord Lieutenant’s proclamation in council on the proposed lunatic asylum in Armagh city [not extant].

17 Sep 1820-16 Oct 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/55

Letter from Thomas Thompson, Mecklinburgh [Railway] street, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing memorial from the Artists of Ireland to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, complaining of loss of exhibition space on Hawkins street, Dublin, arising from sale of premises by Dublin Society ‘to Mr Harris for the purpose of building a Theatre’: expresses opposition to the transfer of this property as they claim it is in contravention of public trust and against the spirit of an act of parliament that provided funding for the purposes of establishing an Exhibition Room for use of the Artists of Ireland. Includes letter from Thompson to Grant enclosing copy of ‘A brief outline of the intended Academy of Fine Arts established in Dublin by Royal Charter’.

30 Sep 1820-12 Oct 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/56

Letter from William Stuart, Church of Ireland Primate of Armagh, County Armagh, to Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, confirming assent with opinion of Lord Lieutenant respecting appointment of Dean of Armagh to post of governor in the proposed lunatic asylum for Armagh city. As to the prospect of Lord Lifford [James Hewitt] filling a similar role, he observes that he ‘has for many years withdrawn himself from all business, all Boards, and even from the church, the therefore is very unlikely to take any part in the management of so disagreeable a business as the Government of an Hospital for insane persons’.

5 Oct 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/57

2 letters from Isaac Ashe, Tamlaght Glebe, Moneymore, County Londonderry to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, laying out claims for payment of pension to wife, Frances, to be held in trust for sons, Isaac and William. Draft reply on back of one letter indicating that the Lord Lieutenant is in agreement with Robert Peel ‘to take no notice of Mr A[sh]’s Letters’.

7 Oct 1820-16 Oct 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/58

Letter from W Mossop, 144 Mecklenburgh [Railway] Street, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing memorial from the Artists of Ireland for presentation before the Lord Lieutenant [not extant].

10 Oct 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/59

Letter from James Adamson, secretary, Incorporated Society House, 55 Aungier Street, Dublin, to Thomas Taylor, clerk, Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, requesting to know ‘whether the Copy of the letter dated 18th May, applied for, is for his own use, and to supply the place of the original mislaid’.

11 Oct 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/60

Letter from William Gore and Edward Glascock, Commissioners of Stamps, Stamp Office, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, regarding structural works to an area located between the Public Hall and the Board Room of the Stamp Office. Encloses letter from Francis Johnston, Architect's Office, Dublin Castle Yard, to Peter Holmes, with detailed estimate for the proposed works on the Stamp Office property, which will include attention to the waiting room, the water closet and store room basement.

16 Oct 1820-20 Oct 1820

1820