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CSO/RP/1822/21

Letter from Peter Burrowes, Leeson Street, Dublin, barrister, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, offering observations on memorial of Simon Conway who seeks compensation for participation as court interpreter for County Mayo; conveys that the applicant was not adequately compensated and the question might require ‘legislative treatment’, but warns against setting a precedent that would result in a claim from ‘every county, whether his services were required or not’.

15 May 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/22

Letter from Andrew Thomas Blayney, Lord Blayney, Monaghan, County Monaghan, to Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, indicating that upon receipt of sufficient security an order will be given by the county treasurer for payment of £1,500, less a sum of £258.3.7½, to John Behan, architect and builder; enclosing memorial of Behan, 2 Upper Penbroke Street, Dublin to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, complaining that his contract to build Monaghan jail was terminated and that the commissioners and Grand Jury responsible for the project failed to pay an award settled by arbitration.

20 May 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/23

Letter from Reverend Thomas Blakeney, Roscommon, County Roscommon, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, acknowledging receipt of government grant of £100 for use of the poor inhabitants of Roscommon district, and to request that a consignment of seed potatoes might be conveyed by canal to Lanesboro [Lanesborough], ‘a great means, under Providence, of preventing a recurrence of scarcity in the ensuing year’.

25 May 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/24

Letter from James Redmond Barry, Donoughmore, Clonakilty, County Cork, magistrate, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reporting on wreck of American ship 'Albion', lost in Garrettstown Bay, and of recovery of 160 guineas in gold coin stolen during salvage operations; refers also to plight of survivor William Everhart, Chester county, Pennsylvania, United States of America, who lost over $8,000 intended for investment in British manufactured goods, and is now without means of support; includes affidavit from Everhart describing loss, signed by Edward Newsom, mayor of Cork; also includes query on behalf of the crown for the opinion of the Attorney General, with outline of claim to appeal of Joseph Radford and Ebenezer Radford respecting ‘their Exertions in and about the saving the ship Albion which was wrecked on the 27th March last on the Burrow of Ballyteigue in the County of Wexford’; also includes memorial from Radford and Radford, county Wexford, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, appealing for a just settlement in court of their claim to having saved the wrecked ship Albion and it’s cargo; also includes memorial from Radford and Radford, to Baron George, requesting that their appeal for appropriate remuneration for salvage duties relative to the ship Albion are heard before the justices of the next assizes.

14 Dec 1820-4 Jun 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/25

Report from Mathew Barrington, crown solicitor, Munster circuit, to Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, in which he rebuffs an application from James Cotter for a government post, presented on grounds of fear of reprisal following a local court hearing; includes memorial from Cotter, Bantry, County Cork, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, appealing for government post on grounds that his life is in danger due to his having provided evidence against ‘O’Neal’ who was involved in counterfeit production of silver coins, and was subsequently convicted and transported.

1 Jun 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/26

Letter from Josiah Bryan, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, enclosing subscription of ‘half notes’ for £20.5.0 to be used for alleviation of ‘our unfortunate countrymen who are suffering such distress from the want of a sufficiency of food’; undertakes to send the remainder of the money upon receipt of acknowledgement.

3 Jun 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/27

Letter from Richard Willcocks, Rathkeale, County Limerick, to Alexander Mangin, clerk, Civil Department, Dublin Castle, reporting on character of Johanna Bowen, who has presented a memorial for relief; includes memorial from Bowen, 16 Moore Street, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting financial support or allowance from government; relays that her husband, Denis Bowen, who acted as Steward to William Cox, received a threatening notice from the representatives of Captain Rock: the gang returned in the evening and demanded a pound note, which he was unable to provide, then ‘they Immediately desired him to Cover his head, Calling him a deceitful Rascal. When he entreated of them to Spare his life but without any more protestations they fired a Shot at him which entered his Breast and he instantly expired’, signed by 7 supporters.

6 Jun 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/28

Letter from Francis Berry, Tullamore, Kings County [County Offaly], to Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, reporting on outbreak of fever in the town and requesting sanction of Lord Lieutenant for formation of a board of health; cautions that if the ‘contagion be allowed to spread it will be peculiarly dangerous in this town from its population being so numerous’.

11 Jun 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/29

Letter from Thomas Bourchier, Baggot Street, Dublin, to Alexander Mangin, clerk, Civil Department, Dublin Castle, conveying that writs of summons for peers and bishops are issued in England, ‘we have nothing to do with them here’.

20 Jun 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/30

Letter from John Bayly, Debsborough, Nenagh, County Tipperary, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting an answer to a petition previously submitted from inhabitants of barony of Upper Ormond, County Tipperary, offering to form an association for the preservation of the peace, if supplied with arms by the government, 28 April 1823. Includes memorandum by Chief Secretary's Office official, containing proposals for content of a letter of reply to Bayly, [May 1823]. Also copy of the letter of reply from Chief Secretary's Office, to Bayly, May 1823.

28 Apr 1822- May 1823

1822