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CSO/RP/1824/2211

Letter from George Harrison, Treasury Chambers, London, assistant secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing some copies of an advertisement [not present] in connection with the subject of the ‘Lunatics who have been left destitute at Edgarstown, Rhode Island’ [United States of America]. Requests that direction may be for their insertion in a few newspapers of Ireland.

21 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/2212

Letter from George Harrison, Treasury Chambers, London, assistant secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, transmitting a copy of a minute relating to introduction of uniform regulations across government departments on the subject of making superannuation provision for extra clerks brought into employment. Refers to the need for adequate provision for such employees following the act of 3rd of George IV, cap.113.

27 Jan 1824-16 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/2213

2 copies of a circular letter from John Charles Herries, joint secretary, Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, London, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting preparation of accounts showing details of superannuation allowance by public departments in Ireland, for submission before Parliament, as stipulated under an act of the 3rd of George IV, cap.113. Indicates that an exception applies to the departments of the vice treasurer, the teller of the exchequer, taxes, stamps and the postmaster general in Ireland. Provides specimen of form required from the public departments and explanation under heading ‘No 1’ and states it must be returned to his office in triplicate form; outlines further information required under heading ‘No 2’, to be completed on a similar form with a single modified column header.

6 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/2214

Letter from George Harrison, Treasury Chambers, London, assistant secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, acknowledging letter stating that a sum of Stg£1,200 remains on the Irish civil list unappropriated on account of the termination of one of the offices of commissioner of treasury, following the resignation of John Barry. Indicates that instructions have been given for preparation of a King’s letter to enable payment of clerks and other junior officers of the Chief Secretary’s Office out of the civil list of the Irish establishment.

25 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/2215

Letter from George Harrison, Treasury Chambers, London, assistant secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, responding to his request for a list of London wholesale paper prices, 15 April 1824. Encloses copy letter from John Church, comptroller of the stationary office, London, to John Charles Herries, joint secretary, Treasury Chambers, conveying he has not been able to ascertain the price of paper manufactured in Ireland and explains the delay in relaying information was caused by the lateness of arrival of specimens of paper from Ireland, 5 April 1824. Encloses a ‘List of Superfine and Second Papers supplied by His Majesty’s Stationer in Ireland [Sir Abraham Bradley King] for the use of the Several Public Departments [in Ireland]', giving detail of ‘Weight per Ream’, ‘Price with outsides’ and ‘Price with Insides’, signed by Church, and verified by James Lawrence, storekeeper.

5 Apr 1824-15 Apr 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/2216

Letter from John Charles Herries, joint secretary, Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, London, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, sending a memorial from the merchants of Belfast, County Antrim [not present] making request for permission to establish a banking organisation in that town. Requests that the matter be laid before the legal advisors to the crown in Ireland for their opinion as to whether a repeal would be consistent with existing legislation and the statutes presently in force; also recommends that the Attorney General [William Conyngham Plunket] should communicate with his counterpart in England [Sir John Singleton Copley] on the consequences of any change in law for the Bank of Ireland.

6 Apr 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/2217

Letter from George Harrison, Treasury Chambers, London, assistant secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, requesting to learn if the recent execution of upholstery work and supply of articles for use of His Majesty’s yacht ‘William and Mary’ was performed under the sanction of Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, and if so whether funds are available to meet the cost of the work, 12 February 1824. Also copy letter from Goulburn, Irish Office, Westminster, London, to Harrison, indicating that no record exists of an official order for the work referred to, nor, he emphasises, has work of that nature been in the past defrayed out of the Lord Lieutenant’s purse, 16 March 1825.

12 Feb 1824-16 Mar 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1824/2218

Letter from George Harrison, Treasury Chambers, London, assistant secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting authority for removal from office of Thomas Fitzgibbon, collector of excise, whom they recommend should be paid superannuation at the rate of £250 per year.

13 May 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/2219

Letter from Thomas Hoblyn, Treasury Chambers, London, assistant secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting that Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, sanction issue of the sum of £14, 450 3s 2¼d now remaining with the exchequer of Ireland and ‘applicable to the Civil List’ to Edward Mitchell, 1st senior clerk, office of Vice Treasury, Dublin. Adds that a King’s letter been prepared for the purpose and Mitchell is to get a bill from the Bank of Ireland for the sum which is to be made payable to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury in London. Also note making calculation of the ‘Amount of Savings on the Civil List in Ireland’.

23 Jul 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/2220

Letter from John Charles Herries, joint secretary, Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, London, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, indicating concurrence of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury with a recommendation from Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, for payment of a grant of £300 per annum to Thomas Monsell, late assistant barrister for County Fermanagh. Adds a letter to that effect is being prepared for the King’s signature.

24 Aug 1824

1824