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CSO/RP/1824/141

Letter from Sir Charles Coote, Baggot Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, making reference to a previous communication and requesting a personal interview. Acknowledges the intention of government to lend a parliamentary report on the subject of local taxation in the city of Dublin, over which he seeks an audience.

23 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/142

Letter from Sir James Dombrain, comptroller general, Preventive Water Guard, Sackville [O'Connell] Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting on an complaint over an incident of damage to nets and theft of fish allegedly perpetrated by officers of the water guard department stationed at Kilkee in County Clare; he conveys detail of an enquiry by magistrate Mr Studdart [Studdert] who discovered the episode was the result of an accident and declares ‘I gave directions for the nets to be repaired at the expense of this Department’. Returns memorial from John McInerny, William Walsh, John Walsh and Thomas Walsh, fishermen, Kilrush, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, complaining of the conduct of Lieutenant Phibbs, chief officer of preventive water guard and 6 associates, all of whom, it is alleged, tore and robbed their nets of fish; also accuses Phibbs of being unfit to hold his situation, inclined to alcohol consumption and ‘his principle study is frequenting public Balls’.

26 Dec 1823-21 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/143

Letter from George Audown Lamb, magistrate, East Hill, Mountkennedy, [Newtownmountkennedy], County Wicklow, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting an uninterrupted supply of the statutes of Parliament for official use.

20 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/144

Letter from J Raymond, 35 Harcourt Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, seeking a personal interview in connection with a request for a situation ‘in any of the British Colonies It not being in your Power to comply with Sir Robert Shaw’s application for me at home’.

21 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/145

Petition of John Crowe, governor of Louth Gaol, Dundalk, County Louth, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment of his son Christopher Crowe to the situation of preventative surveyor of excise. Recollects a period of 28 years of service to government, part of which was spent in the office of Adjutant General, and mentions his ‘apprehension and Conviction of Several Gangs of the most desperate Characters’ while in his present role; emphasises the suitability of his son for the position applied for and asserts he would ‘render most incalculable Service to his Majesty’s Revenue in a County where Illicit Trade is carried on to a great extent’.

22 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/146

Letter from Joseph Wilson, Cottage, near Kildare, County Kildare, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, seeking advance of government patronage in recognition of past loyalty. Indicates he holds a small benefice given by Marquis Cornwallis [Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis] as a reward for loyalty in the 1798 Rebellion when he and family were held prisoners in Castlebar, County Mayo, ‘while [General] Humbert & his followers remained in possession of the place’.

15 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/147

Letter from William Edgeworth, 26 Great Strand Street, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reiterating his application for appointment to a situation in the police establishment of Dublin. Indicates he has gained prior experience of police service before moving to the revenue department and seeks rescue from ‘a most Painful State of adversity’.

15 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/148

Letter from William Kavanagh, late 45th Regiment of Foot, 10 [Exchequer Street, Dublin], to Edward Connor, 1st clerk, Military Department, Dublin Castle, seeking further information for advancement of his application for the post of barrack sergeant. Claims to have a commendation from the Duke of Wellington [Arthur Wellesley] and is ‘high on the list’ of those waiting for employment.

2 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/149

Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Meyrick Shawe, private secretary to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Phoenix Park, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing a letter from Reverend John Torrens, archdeacon of Dublin, offering a recommendation for John B Williams as a suitable character to fill the situation of junior clerk in the Office of Accounts at Foster Place in Dublin. Encloses letter from Williams, 61 Grafton Street, Dublin, to Torrens, seeking the benefit of his influence in an application for appointment as second clerk in the 2nd Division of police in Dublin. Also encloses note on vacancy in accounts office with recommendation for Williams by commissioner ‘Herbert’.

13 Jan 1824-24 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/150

Statement of resignation from Reverend Alexander McClintock, rector of Ballymartle, diocese of Cork, County Cork, indicating his cessation of the spiritual oversight of the parish and to declare the ‘entire Rectory and Vicerage vacant’; signed and accepted by Thomas St Lawrence, Bishop of Cork and Ross, the Palace, Cork.

31 Jan 1824

1824