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CSO/RP/1824/181

Letter from Major Benjamin Blake Woodward, inspector general of prisons, 41 Leeson Street, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, seeking to advance plans for expenditure on construction of jails and court houses in County Cork, as discussed with Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary. Also copy letter from CSO to Thomas P Luscombe, commissioners for relief of the poor, Dublin Castle, requesting advance of £3,000 for use of Woodward until such times as money can be raised for erection of jails in County Cork by local presentments. Also incomplete letter from CSO to Woodward indicating that upon presentation of receipt [on strength of local assizes presentments] to Luscombe, a payment of £3,000 may be claimed ‘to commence the necessary operations’. Also petition of the commissioners for building bridewells in the towns of Mallow, Kanturk, Clonakilty, Skibbereen, Bantry, Middleton, Macroom, Bandon, Dunmanway and Charleville [County Cork], to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting payment of the final installment of £3,200 for completion of jails ‘in order to have them Completely Available for County purposes early in the next Summer’, signed by Arthur Annesley and 7 other commissioners.

24 Jan 1824-Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/182

Letter from John Hawkins, Prerogative Office, Record Buildings, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, providing information on the use of office space in his building and requesting the use of one ‘unappropriated’ room situated on the upper lobby for the ‘Registry of the Court of Delegates’. Also letter from Joseph Hamilton, registrar, High Court of Delegates, 5 Upper Sackville [O'Connell] Street, to Goulburn, emphasising the accommodation needs of the court and enclosing a copy letter to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, outlining the case for the protection and security of the records now held. Also copy letter from Grant to J Robinson, 1 St Andrews Street, Dublin, acknowledging application for a safe place for custody for the records and indicating that Francis Johnston, architect, Board of Works, has arranged to provide suitable accommodation at the King’s Inns, Dublin.

5 Dec 1820-26 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/183

Petition of Anne Starling Phelan, widow, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment of her son Samuel G Phelan to a position in the revenue department or another post under Government. Claims to be a grand niece of General Sir Guy Carleton and General Thomas Carleton, a niece of Colonel Christopher Carleton and sister to Captain Christopher Carleton Starling ‘late of His Majesty’s Ship Serapis’. She requests aid being ‘in very Reduced Circumstances’.

14 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/184

Letter from Michael Balfe, Moate, County Westmeath, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting assistance over the imposition of fines for use of unsealed weights and seeking recovery of penalties on same. Encloses petition of the grocers, bankers and dealers of Moate, to Wellesley, requesting legal redress over fines levied for failure to keep accurate weights and measures in accordance with legal business practices; they assert the law in question is of ancient origin, that several traders are unable to pay fines, and asks for the intervention of the crown law officer against John Charles Lyons, seneschal of Mullingar, who instigated proceedings, signed by James Smith and 18 other persons. Also encloses printed summons demanding appearance of Balfe, Samuel Lawson, Thomas Gurd and Daniel Naile, in court of Mullingar, on 6 January 1824. Also letter from James Lyne, assistant barrister for County Westmeath, 2 Lower Mount Street, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reporting on the matter and claiming proceedings taken against traders in Westmeath were in order; suggests that a small number of individual cases might receive leniency but observes ‘that several of the dealers who were convicted, used two sets of Weights, a heavy set to purchase with, & a light set to sell with’. [Contains list of names not given in this description]

6 Jan 1824-4 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/185

Petition of Anne Wilson, widow, 22 Great Ship Street, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment of her son to a post of employment under government. Refers to the death of husband James Wilson, a keeper of Castle Chapel for 30 years, and complains the small income from the present holder of the office of £25 per year, is, after payment of accommodation fees, ‘Insufficient for us to exist on’.

5 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/186

Petition of Edward Kean, Hawkins Street, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a post in the Stamp Office. He highlights his qualifications for the position and claims he ‘has been by a train of unfavourable Circumstances, reduced from a state of independence, to very great distress’.

c13 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/187

Letter from Colonel Robert Ward, governor of County Down, Bangor, County Down, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, offering an explanation of arrangements for the operation of the post office at Bangor as agreed with John Lees in 1800; he observes the deputy post master, James Blackwood, ‘acted stupidly by interfering with the arrangements of his Superiors’ but expresses hope ‘that his case may be taken into favourable consideration’. Also letter from Sir Edward Smith Lees, secretary, General Post Office, Dublin, to Gregory, conveying that an order for dismissal will be rescinded provided Ward can ensure reimbursement of funds ‘received improperly by the Post Master’ at Bangor. Returns letter from Ward to Gregory, with explanation that his main wish is to ‘delay immediate removal from office’ of the deputy post master and to demonstrate ‘that negligence did not rest with him’. Also letter from Lees to Gregory, reporting a suspension of legal proceedings cannot be recommended in Blackwood’s case. Returns letter from Ward to Gregory, pleading for suspension of proceedings against Blackwood to allow presentation of his case before the Lords of Treasury in London. Also copy letter from Lees to [?Blackwood] reporting that a charge is payable for fees ‘improperly allowed’ and reciting details of remuneration fees to the post office of Bangor. Also abstract of accounts showing detail of monetary transactions between the GPO and Bangor Post Office, covering period 1801 to 1824.

12 Feb 1811-1 Mar 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/188

Petition of John Lawler, Ennis, County Clare, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment as barony constable in the police establishment of either County Clare or County Donegal. Stresses his political loyalty and his period of military service with the Clare Militia; also emphasises the support of commanding officer Major Charles Creagh.

13 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/189

Letter from Reverend J Conolly [Connolly], Ballingarry, Borrisokane, County Tipperary, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, offering recommendation and enclosing memorial of John Haskett, sub constable, barony of Lower Ormond, County Tipperary, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting compensation in recompense of service to police. Claims to have laboured in the force for a period of 14 years but in May 1816 ‘received some very serious wounds in his left side & thigh’, from duties connected with an incident at Borrisokane bridewell. Also encloses certificate from the magistrates of County Tipperary in favour of application by Haskett, signed by 6 individuals. Also encloses certificate from a medical doctor at Borrisokane confirming attendance on Haskett, who suffered from ‘a penetrating abdominal wound inflicted by a Bayonet’. [Contains list of names not given in this description]

20 Dec 1823-12 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/190

Petition of Tryphena Saunders, midwife, No 5 Ward, Lying in Hospital, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a situation of employment in maternity care. Claims her late husband served in the 73rd Regiment of Foot in Ceylon [Sri Lanka] and indicates a certificate of medical competence can be produced in support of her application.

26 Jan 1824

1824