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CSO/RP/1823/151

Petition of Henry Warren Grove, Dublin city, attorney, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to post of register of Court of Appeals. States that he is the nephew of the late James Warren, who formerly held the post, 11 January 1823. Encloses letter from Dr John Radcliff, judge of Court of Prerogative, Dublin, to Grove, in support of Grove's character and testimony, 3 January 1823. Also encloses letter from Charles Kendal Bushe, Kilmurry House, Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Lord Chief Justice of Irish Court of King's Bench, to Grove, lamenting the death of his old friend, James Warren. Informs Grove that he cannot solicit any favours from government, in recommending friends for appointments, as it would be inappropriate to the post he holds, 5 January 1823.

3 Jan 1823-11 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/152

Letter from Stapleton Stapleton-Cotton, 1st viscount Combermere, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin, Commander of the Forces Ireland, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, 9 January 1823, enclosing and recommending the petition of Dr James O'Beirne, surgeon extraordinary to the King, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting to be appointed a surgeon to the House of Industry, Dublin. Details changes in that institution since 1816, which have increased the amount of surgical work.

[Jan 1823]-9 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/153

Letter from Sir Edward Smith Lees, General Post Office, Dublin, secretary to Irish Post Masters General, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting an attack on the post boy conveying mail between Kingscourt, County Cavan, and Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, resulting in the robbery of the mail.

31 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/154

Petition of John McCullagh, Rasharkin, County Antrim, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, sent via Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting on recent activities of Ribbonmen in vicinity of Rasharkin, including attacks on Protestants and Presbyterians, and their homes. Notes a lack of resident magistrate, and urges government to prevent such 'atrocities', 30 December 1822. Also letter from Charles Henry St John O'Neill, 1st earl O'Neill, London, joint Irish Post Master General, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting his opinion, as requested, on McCullagh's petition. States that McCullagh is a grocer in Rasharkin, and 'a person of very bad character & his information not in any way to be relied on', 23 January 1823.

30 Dec 1822-23 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/155

Letter from Denis Browne, Castlebar, County Mayo, MP for Kilkenny city, to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, concerning a boy named Shevlin, whose parents were hanged for murder. Requests that the child be placed in a charter school. Also refers to problem of several convicts [in County Mayo], who have been waiting in the county jail for some time; urges their removal, 23 January 1823. Also letter from James Adamson, 55 Aungier Street, Dublin, secretary to Incorporated Society for Promoting English Protestant Schools in Ireland, to Alexander Mangin, first clerk, civil department of Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, stating that he has sent to Browne, a printed form of recommendation for the boy's admission to a charter school, 31 January 1823.

23 Jan 1823-31 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/156

Petition of Edward Walsh, Listowel, County Kerry, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, emphasising his family's financial distress and requesting government clerical employment. States that he formerly ran a business in Listowel, and refers to the impact of the collapse of several banks in Munster, and the economic distress of the times. Refers to enclosed recommendation from the Knight of Kerry [Maurice FitzGerald]; and from John and Edward Church, magistrates for County Kerry [not present]. Annotation indicates petition received at Dublin Castle, 24 January 1823.

[24 Jan 1823]

1823

CSO/RP/1823/157

Petition of John Craven, Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting the return of several certificates which accompanied Craven's petition to the Chief Secretary's Office in 1821, requesting employment as an Admiralty midshipman. Notes that the certificates, '... are of very great consequence to me, wheter [whether] I get an appointment or not…', 6 January 1823. Also letter from Craven to Goulburn, renewing his request, 15 January 1823.

6 Jan 1823-15 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/158

Letter from Richard Pennefather, Merrion Square, Dublin, judge and 4th baron of Irish Court of Exchequer, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, 28 January 1823, enclosing, and recommending, the petition of Mary O'Meara, Limerick, County Limerick, widow of Lieutenant General O'Meara, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, referring to the refusal given to her previous petition of October 1822, and requesting that her 3 children may be placed on the concordatum list. Emphasises her difficulties in supporting her family, 6 January 1823.

6 Jan 1823-28 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/159

File of papers relating to note from William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, [not in Gregory's hand], to Sir Charles William Flint, resident under secretary of Irish Office, London, forwarding papers concerning reactions to plans for a new valuation of ecclesiastical preferments. Includes copy of letter from Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, to William Shaw Mason, a receiver in First Fruits department, Dublin Castle, warning Mason of his unlawful conduct with respect to the Board of First Fruits, and his refusal to issue the funds due to church clergymen, 20 January 1823; also letter from Samuel Kyle, Trinity College, Dublin, provost of Trinity College, to Goulburn, 27 January 1823, enclosing petition of the provost, fellows and scholars of Trinity College, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, expressing concern at a suggestion by a clerk of Board of First Fruits, to carry out a new valuation of the First Fruits and profits of ecclesiastical dignities and benefices in Ireland. Details the history and workings of the system of benefices for fellows of the college, 25 January 1823. Also copy of letter from Goulburn to Kyle, acknowledging receipt of the petition, 31 January 1823.

15 Jan 1823-31 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/160

Letter from Reverend William Higgin, Richmond General Penitentiary, Dublin, resident protestant chaplain to the penitentiary, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, 22 January 1823, enclosing statement of Higgin, respecting the salary and duties of his post, and the unfulfilled promise received from Charles Grant, former Chief Secretary, that an additional post would be found for Higgin, to augment his income. Requests an additional £50 per annum, 22 January 1823. Also encloses copies of his correspondence with Grant, 26 November 1819-5 January 1822, as referred to in his statement. Also note by CSO clerk concerning sources of funding for Richmond General Penitentiary [January 1823].

26 Nov 1819-[Jan 1823]

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