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Contents of subcategory '1823', 2509 records found

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Record 2311 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1823/2311

TITLE:

Letter from Reverend Bartholomew Pack, seeking appointment to church living of Ardagh, County Cork

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Reverend Bartholomew Pack, Youghal, County Cork, to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, renewing his application for appointment to the church living of Ardagh, in the diocese of Cloyne. Refers to a former recommendation on his behalf from Earl Kingston, and to the wish of other local nobility that Pack should be settled in that part of the county, 'where I have such considerable influence over the people'. Emphasises his service as a magistrate in the barony of Imokilly, County Cork.

EXTENT:

1 item; 3pp

DATE(S):

27 Aug 1823

DATE EARLY:

1823

DATE LATE:

1823

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1823/7605

Record 2312 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1823/2312

TITLE:

Letter from Major Higginson, Dublin, enclosing recommendation for government employment

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Major Higginson, 7 Talbot Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, 26 August 1823, enclosing a letter of introduction on his behalf, from Charles O'Neill, 1st earl O'Neill, General Post Office, Dublin, joint Irish Post Master General, to Goulburn. O'Neill recommends his friend, Higginson, 'who has been so long on your Books as a Candidate for the office of Governor of the House of Industry', 22 August 1823.

EXTENT:

2 items; 5pp

DATE(S):

22 Aug 1823-26 Aug 1823

DATE EARLY:

1823

DATE LATE:

1823

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1823/7606

Record 2313 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1823/2313

TITLE:

Letter from George Morris, governor, House of Industry, emphasising efforts to make financial savings to the institution

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from George Morris, House of Industry, Dublin, governor of the House of Industry, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, highlighting his efforts to make financial recoveries and savings to the institution's funds, and noting that the total estimated expenditure that he has submitted for the House of Industry for 1824, 'is less than the Estimate for 1823'.

EXTENT:

1 item; 4pp

DATE(S):

16 Dec 1823

DATE EARLY:

1823

DATE LATE:

1823

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1823/7607

Record 2314 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1823/2314

TITLE:

Letter from 1st marquis of Westmeath, concerning need to establish weekly petty sessions at Castletown-Delvin, County Westmeath

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from George Thomas John Nugent, 1st marquis of Westmeath, Clonteen, Drumsna, County Leitrim, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning his proposal to the 2 local magistrates, for the holding of weekly petty sessions at Castletown-Delvin, County Westmeath. Reports that one was willing to attend, the other, 'expressed the greatest unwillingness'. Westmeath requests government assistance in establishing the new arrangement, emphasising the 'blunders and mistakes occasioned by the conflicting acts of magistrates' holding individual hearings at their own residences, 26 November 1823; with subsequent pencil annotation by Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle. Also draft note by Goulburn, issuing instruction for content of letter of reply to Marquis of Westmeath.

EXTENT:

2 items; 5pp

DATE(S):

26 Nov 1823

DATE EARLY:

1823

DATE LATE:

1823

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1823/7608

Record 2315 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1823/2315

TITLE:

Letter from Henry Yeo, Dublin, concerning request for financial papers relating to works at Howth harbour

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Henry Yeo, 49 Dawson Street, Dublin, secretary to the former commissioners of Howth harbour, County Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, acknowledging Goulburn's letter requesting documents relating to the expenditure at the harbour works for the year ending 5 January 1824, and an estimate of expenditure for coming year. Yeo reports that under new legislation, 'all powers relating to Howth Harbour, and the Road from thence to Dublin have been taken from the former Commissioners', and transferred to new personnel. States that he has forwarded Goulburn's request to Alexander Milne, Whitehall, London, their new secretary. Also refers to the work of Thomas Telford, engineer, in preparing the usual parliamentary estimates for the work at Howth.

EXTENT:

1 item; 3pp

DATE(S):

22 Dec 1823

DATE EARLY:

1823

DATE LATE:

1823

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1823/7609

Record 2316 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1823/2316

TITLE:

Letter from Richard Walker, Dublin, complaining at misfortune of his case respecting employment in Ireland

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Richard Walker, 5 Boyne Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, 16 December 1823, enclosing several papers [none present - subsequent annotation indicates that these were later returned to Walker as requested], concerning his complaint at his treatment by the preventive water guard, and emphasising the 'Galling and oppressive' nature of his case. With subsequent annotation by Goulburn. Also letter from Sir James Dombrain, Preventive Water Guard Office, Dublin, commander of the preventive water guard, to Goulburn, responding, as requested, on Walker's case. He states that Walker was nominated by the Treasury for appointment as a chief officer at one of the water guard stations in Ireland, but that on reporting to Dombrain for duty, 'it was immediately obvious that he was wholly unfit for the Situation being considerably over age and labouring under extreme deafness'. Dombrain defends his conduct, noting that as Walker 'was in great distress', he found temporary employment for him as an extra clerk in his office, and arranged financial assistance for him to return to England with his family, 18 December 1823; with subsequent annotation by Goulburn. Also further letter from Walker, to 'P Gregory' [presumably an error and intended for William Gregory, Under Secretary], Dublin Castle, seeking the return of his papers, 6 March 1823.

EXTENT:

3 items; 10pp

DATE(S):

16 Dec 1823-6 Mar 1824

DATE EARLY:

1823

DATE LATE:

1824

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1823/7610

Record 2317 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1823/2317

TITLE:

Letter from Thomas P Luscombe, Dublin, concerning arrangements for stabling of police horses

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Thomas Popham Luscombe, Commissary General's Office, Dublin, deputy commissary general, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting on utility of new arrangements for stabling horses used by the police in Leinster and Connaught, and proposing that this arrangement be made general, 19 December 1823; with subsequent annotation by Goulburn.

EXTENT:

1 item; 3pp

DATE(S):

19 Dec 1823

DATE EARLY:

1823

DATE LATE:

1823

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1823/7611

Record 2318 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1823/2318

TITLE:

Petition of John Keating, King's County [Offaly], requesting police employment

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Petition of John Keating, Cloghan, King's County [County Offaly], former conductor of Ordnance stores, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, emphasising the inadequacy of his military half-pay to support his family, and requesting employment in police establishment. Details his military service with the Royal Artillery in Madeira, Portugal, and Spain and his promotion to the post of conductor of the Ordnance stores, and also his service during the Peninsular War, 17 December 1823. With subsequent annotation by Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle.

EXTENT:

1 item; 4pp

DATE(S):

17 Dec 1823

DATE EARLY:

1823

DATE LATE:

1823

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1823/7612

Record 2319 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1823/2319

TITLE:

Letter from William Hull, County Cork, emphasising need to simplify legal process for recovery of small debts

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from William Hull, Lemcon, Skibbereen, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, referring to his former letter, emphasising the need to provide a simpler and less expensive means for the lower classes to recover small debts owed to them. Encloses, in support of his claim, a document entitled ' "a Manor Court Decree" taken by Richard Connell against Edward Butler, both of Kealfada, County Cork, demonstrating that the legal costs far outstrip the amount of the original debt; decree originally signed by John Sweetnam, seneschal [of Aghadown and Schull Manors], 4 October 1823.

EXTENT:

2 items; 4pp

DATE(S):

4 Oct 1823-17 Nov 1823

DATE EARLY:

1823

DATE LATE:

1823

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1823/7613

Record 2320 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1823/2320

TITLE:

Letter from Sir James Rowley, County Leitrim, renewing recommendation of Wilson Hutchison for employment

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Sir James Rowley, Drumsna, County Leitrim, to [Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle], renewing his previous application recommending Wilson Hutchison for government employment, 16 December 1823. With subsequent annotation overleaf by Goulburn.

EXTENT:

1 item; 3pp

DATE(S):

16 Dec 1823

DATE EARLY:

1823

DATE LATE:

1823

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1823/7614