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CSO/RP/1823/31

Letter from William Shaw Mason, Record Tower, Dublin, secretary to commissioners of Irish records and a clerk to Board of First Fruits, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, responding, as requested, concerning the appointment of Reverend Edward Chichester to the living of Kilmore, County Armagh, and explaining the position of the board of First Fruits, respecting his appointment. Returns Goulburn's letter, with the copy of Chichester's letter enclosed in it [none present].

10 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/32

Letter from Trevor Corry, Gresham's Hotel, Sackville [O'Connell] Street, Dublin, magistrate for County Down, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting permission for the Directors General of Inland Navigation to communicate with the commissioners for the issue of money for public works, respecting the state of Newry Canal. Corry states that he has been asked by the Newry Chamber of Commerce to apply to both bodies on the subject.

8 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/33

Minutes of government correspondence concerning the provision of an office for transacting the civil business of the Board of Works department, separate from that of the Barrack Department, 15 January 1802-22 June 1814. Includes details of the subsequent search for suitable premises for the Board of Works, culminating in their relocation to offices in Talbot Street, Dublin, in 1814 [minutes prepared ?1823].

[1823]

1823

CSO/RP/1823/34

File of papers relating to the circumstances of the competition for the contract to provide mail coach services between Dublin and Limerick. Includes letter from Lawrence Parsons, 2nd earl of Rosse, Parsonstown [Birr], King's County [County Offaly], joint Irish Post Master General, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning the conduct of Lord O'Neill, his fellow Post Master General, in opposing the selection of William Bourne and his brother, to continue to provide the service. Details the circumstances of the competition between Mr Brotherton [of Liverpool, England] and the Bournes, for the mail coach contract, 21 May 1823. Encloses copies of 5 documents, numbered 1-5, referred to in his letter, including the advertisement for tenders; and letters from Sir Edward Smith Lees, secretary to Irish Post Masters General, 8 November 1822-15 May 1823.

8 Nov 1822-21 May 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/35

3 letters concerning the location of future meetings of the Board of Works. Includes copy of letter from Robert Robinson, Board of Works office, 5 Talbot Street, Dublin, secretary to commissioners of Board of Works, to Lieutenant General Quin John Freeman, a commissioner of the Board of Works and deputy Barrack Master General, concerning Freeman's request that future meetings be held at the former venue of the Barrack Office on Upper Merrion Street, Dublin, and informing him that 2 other commissioners prefer to hold the meetings at the new designated Board of Works Office on Talbot Street, 1 January 1823.

24 December 1822- 2 January 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/36

Letter from Reverend Forster Archer, [Dublin], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning his being replaced in his post as Inspector General of Irish Prisons, and emphasising his difficulties in securing arrangements for his pension. Requests Goulburn's assistance to resolve the matter.

27 Dec 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1823/37

Letter from Joseph Stevenson, Belfast, secretary of the joint boards of managers and visitors of Belfast Academical Institution, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning the boards' request for a renewal of BAI's parliamentary grant. Requests to know a suitable time for a committee to visit Dublin, and present their petition in person to the Lord Lieutenant.

10 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/38

Letter from James Corry, Linen Board, secretary to trustees of Linen Board, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, 14 January 1823, responding, as requested, respecting case of William Foster Dick, as contained in Dick's petition to Goulburn, November 1822, concerning his [Dick's] request to be permitted to occupy rooms in the linen and yarn halls, previously occupied by other members of his family's firm. Dick details the history of his late father's firm, Samuel Dick and Company, and its current position. Also complains of the conduct of his brother, and of a Mr Smith [or Smyth], a linen trader, and misrepresentations made by both men relating to William Foster Dick [petition returned by Corry]. Corry also encloses copy of an order of the Linen Board Trustees, stating their position respecting Dick's case, 15 October 1822.

15 Oct 1822-14 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/39

Letter from J Balfour, Curzon Street, London, England, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, offering his recommendation of Lieutenant Colonel Balfour of the 40th regiment of foot, for employment as a district inspector.

9 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/40

Letter from Thomas Pakenham, 2nd earl of Longford, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, expressing thanks for Gregory's response concerning an individual to be admitted to the Lunatic Asylum, 9 January 1823. Encloses a completed 'Form of affidavit &c, in Cases of Lunatics, whose Friends are desirous of placing them in the Richmond Lunatic Asylum'. Concerns the request of Patrick Gahagan, of Castlepollard, County Westmeath, to place his wife Mary into the asylum, 7 January 1823; witnessed by Longford, 9 January 1823. Also includes a certificate signed by Dr M Kenny, Castlepollard, verifying the patient's condition. Form also includes information on Mary Gahagan, and her next of kin. Also 2 versions of draft copy of letter from Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, to the moral governor of Richmond Lunatic Asylum, concerning the admission of Mary Gahagan, January 1823.

7 Jan 1823-Jan 1823

1823