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CSO/RP/1822/3385

Letter from William Wainright, Richmond Lunatic Asylum, Dublin, secretary to Richmond Lunatic Asylum, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, 14 September 1822, enclosing letter from Dr George Renny, Army Medical Office, 5 Parliament Street, Dublin, to the governors of the asylum, resigning his post as a governor, 23 August 1822.

23 Aug 1822-14 Sep 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3386

2 letters from Alderman Frederick Darley, John C Graves and Major Henry Charles Sirr, chief police magistrates, head police office, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing petitions from several peace officers and constables of the Dublin police establishment [none present], requesting superannuation, following accidents and illnesses sustained in the course of their police duties. The magistrates state their recommendations for the pension entitlements for each individual; 28 December 1821; 12 January 1822. Also note containing calculations of the pension rate for each of the police salary bands, for the posts of chief constable, peace officer, patrol constable, watch constable, and watchman. Also copy of warrant issued by Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, to the police magistrates of each division of Dublin police, authorising the superannuation of the officers in question, and stating the rate of pension to be paid to each, January 1822.

28 Dec 1821-Jan 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3387

Petition of Patrict [Patrick] Grumley, 5 Cork Street, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting employment in police establisment; refers to his family's hardships. Petition signed by John Lambert, 14 Brabazon Row, Dublin, and by Thomas Price, 28 Cork Street, Dublin. Also certified by William Neill, clothier, 33 Chamber Street, Dublin, stating that Grumbly [sic] is a 'sober and honest' employee.

6 Aug 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3388

Letter from William H Bourne, 46 Dawson Street, Dublin, operator of the Dublin-Limerick mail coach service, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning the responsibility of grand juries for the improvement of unfenced ditches along road sides, and in particular, relating to the Dublin-Limerick mail coach road. Complains that although grand juries are empowered to present sums to carry out the necessary work, 'they are not bound to do so', referring in particular to the failure of the County Kildare grand jury to act; refers to instances of mail coaches sliding off the road at dark, and in frosty weather. Urges government to amend the grand jury laws on the subject.

11 Sep 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3389

Letter from George King, 3rd earl of Kingston, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, concerning the case of Henry B Foot, removed as a magistrate for County Cork, and praising Foot's conduct and respectability; Kingston refers to 'mistakes' made by the Lord Chancellor in his recent decisions to supersede magistrates, 19 December 1821. Encloses letter from Foot, Cork, County Cork, to Kingston, concerning news that he has been superseded as a magistrate, and presuming the cause to be an error or 'some underhand misrepresentation'. Details his active conduct and requests Kingston's interference on his behalf, 16 December 1822.

16 Dec 1822-19 Dec 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3390

Letter from Daniel Beere, Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer's Office, Court of Exchequer, King's Inns Quay, Dublin, secondary [clerk] to the Lord Deputy, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning their correspondence, in relation to a statement on the Remembrancer's Office.

31 Jul 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3391

File of papers containing repeated applications from Michael Stanley, for government employment, following his dismissal from the stamp office, Dublin. Includes petition of Stanley, 12 Russell Place, Dublin, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, referring to the circumstances of his dismissal as first clerk in the comptroller's office of stamp department in 1813, and requesting new employment, 16 December 1817. Also includes letter from William Stanley, stamp office, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning his father's case, and clarifying his own appointment to the stamp office, and that of his brother, 16 April 1819. Also letter from Mary Stanley, 17 Richmond, Dublin, to Grant, recommending Michael Stanley's case, 19 December 1820.

16 Dec 1817-9 May 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3392

File of papers of returns of persons convicted of illicit distillation at spring assizes 1822, submitted, at the request of Dublin Castle, by each county jailor. Some returns state only the total number of individuals convicted at each assize, but most also contain a list of the individuals' names; some returns also refer to the sentences received. Numbers convicted at the assizes also vary, with some jailors reporting that no persons were tried for illicit distillation, whilst others contain lists of several dozen convictions. File contains returns submitted by the following jailors: William Brew, Ennis jail, County Clare; J Murphy, Cork county jail; John McKenny, Omagh jail, County Tyrone; John Gallogly, Enniskillen jail, County Fermanagh; Frederick G Bourns, Dublin city jail, Newgate; George Dunn, Dublin county jail, Kilmainham; John Turner, Armagh county jail; Edward Fielding, Mullingar jail, County Westmeath; John Short, Monaghan county jail; Thomas Simpson, Philipstown [Daingean] jail, King's County [County Offaly]; John Clarke, Maryborough [Portlaoise] jail, Queen's County [County Laois]; Michael Moorhead, Naas jail, County Kildare; George Gallogly, Cavan county jail; James Walker, Wicklow county jail; John Welsh, Cork city jail; Thomas Tallent, Kilkenny city jail; Samuel Leigh, Kilkenny county jail; Jonathan Thompson, Limerick county jail; William Price, Lifford jail, County Donegal; William Waugh, Londonderry county jail; John Fitzsimons, Galway county jail; John Crowe, Dundalk jail, County Louth, Patrick McKenna, Drogheda new jail; Kenny Moran, Castlebar jail, County Mayo; James Byrne, Galway town jail; Thomas Kirwin, Carlow county jail; James Blackwell, Limerick city jail; John Latrobe Wright, Waterford city jail; Hugh Gray, Down county jail; Joseph Heily, Roscommon county jail; Lemuel Gladwin, Wexford county jail; James Erskine, Carrickfergus jail, County Antrim; William Trimble, Trim jail, County Meath; William Ridge, Longford county jail; Francis Carson, Waterford county jail; John Irwin, Leitrim county jail; William Vowell, Tipperary county jail; James Beatty, Sligo county jail, 4-9 April 1822; also return from James Gregg, clerk of the peace for city and county of Londonderry, 8 April 1822.

4 Apr 1822-9 Apr 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3393

Letter from Major Alexander Taylor, Alderman Mark Bloxham, and Sir Charles Coote, Paving Corporation House, Dublin, commissioners for paving, cleansing and lighting the streets of Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, in response to a letter from the Lord Lieutenant, concerning the accumulation of funds from taxation held by the Paving Board, as reported by the parliamentary select committee investigating taxation in Dublin city; in particular, to the Lord Lieutenant's suggestion that ' "a very considerable reduction in the rate of Taxation might be effected…" '. The commissioners detail their observations on the committee's report, referring to marked passages in a copy of the report accompanying their letter [not present]. Details why a reduction in the paving tax would not be appropriate, and refers to reductions already made in the running of the Paving Board, 29 October 1822. Also letter from Thomas Ellis, MP for Dublin city, to Goulburn, [November 1822], enclosing statement of Ellis' observations on the above response. Ellis states that 'I have read the observations of the Commissioners of Paving on the proposed reduction of the Paving Tax, and must confess I cannot in that Statement discover one solid Objection to carrying the recommendation of the Committee on the local Taxation of Dublin into the fullest effect….'. Ellis objects to the commissioners' line of reasoning, emphasising that the key issue is '…not what is the greatest extent to which the splendour of the City & the comforts of its Inhabitants may be carried, but what is the least possible expenditure that may be consistent with the supply of their wants, and the security of their Health; there may be many improvements suggested which every man would wish to see realized, but if they suit not the exhausted Finances of a declining & impoverished City, they must be abandoned. Dublin is not now what it was, & if her municipal Establishments are on too extensive a Scale for her impoverished resources they must be diminished accordingly….', 30 November 1822.

29 Oct 1822-30 Nov 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3394

Report on the public works for the employment of the poor in the western district of Ireland, by Alexander Nimmo, civil engineer. Contains introductory letter from Nimmo to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, 16 October 1822, stating that his report details the 'Works carried on under my superintendence for the Employment of the Poor in the Western district - also a list of all the applications on that subject which have been transmitted to me by the Government'. Report contains a lengthy description of the 'Plains of Connaught', principally the centre of the province consisting of 'one large plain of Limestone which extends from the river Shannon to the Bay of Galway', and describing its topography and its sea ports, canals, and roads. Also a report on the proposed road improvements which Nimmo recommends to government in that district, including the Ballina and Longford mail coach road, Galway mail coach road, Westport mail coach road, with an explanation of the importance and advantages of each. The second part of the report concerns the 'Mountains of Connaught', discussing in detail the area's mountains and lakes, and its road networks, including the Ennis road, Achil road, the north mayo coast road, the Killery [Killary] roads, and the Connemara roads. Nimmo reports on the progress of road construction and improvements under his supervision in the area, including the Cleggan road, Ballinakill road, and south coast road. Also note added in Nimmo's hand, reporting on completed construction of a sea wall at Lenane [Leenane, County Galway], to form the main landing place for the fishery in Killary bay.

8 Oct 1822

1822