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CSO/RP/1825/1481

Petition of John Gordon, publican and shop keeper, 29 Chamber Street, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting a post of employment under government. Claims he was forced out of business on account of the part he took in bringing forward Thomas Nugent [previously a waiter and assistant in his establishment] as a witness in the crown prosecution of a number of persons concerned in an attack on James Butterworth, clothier of Chamber Street on April 1825. Remarks he is of Scottish extraction and spent a period working under Mr Jameson, the distiller, 26 August 1825. Also letter from Gordon to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reiterating his call for relief following his instrumental part in ‘procuring the evidence’ of Nugent who acted against Hinchy and others for the assault on Butterworth, 15 October 1825. Also report from Thomas R Rogers, chief clerk, 2nd division of police, Dublin, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, confirming Gordon has sustained serious commercial injury since his contribution to the prosecution of Butterworth’s attackers, 20 October 1825. Also statement from Samuel Stephens, peace officer, applauding the action of Gordon and his wife in ‘collecting private information against the offenders’ who assailed Butterworth, 5 November 1825.

26 Aug 1825-5 Nov 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1482

Letter from George Ness, former merchant, 11 William Street, Dublin, to Lieutenant Colonel Meyrick Shawe, private secretary to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, enclosing a memorial to Wellesley seeking a post of employment under government. Outlines the course of his failure as an importer of silk and other fabrics for use of manufacturing industry; notes his ’severe losses’ and subsequent imprisonment for debt. Also refers to proceedings before the Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, Dublin, and the determination on his case by Peter Burrowes, judge. Complains he is ‘cast upon the world without a shilling with a large family anxiously depending on him’ and calls for aid. Also aide mémoire stating this applicant ‘is the same Person who made a great noise in the Corporation respecting the admission of Roman Catholics’.

13 Oct 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1483

Letter from Mathew Barrington, crown solicitor [Munster circuit], Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting on an application from Judith Houragan [or Hourigan] and Mary Houragan of Nicholas Street, Limerick, County Limerick, for relief or assistance. States the applicants have taken a full part in the prosecution of John Deegan and Timothy Ryan, both of whom were executed for their part in the murder of Daniel Connell of Bilboa, County Limerick. Observes for their maintenance, the women receive 5 shillings each per week, and requests in addition each be given the sum of £3 to purchase clothing, 5 October 1825. Also returns memorial from Judith Houragan and Mary Houragan to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting issue of a measure of financial relief in compensation for their part in the prosecution of Deegan and Ryan. They claim to have been present in the dwelling of Connell on the night of 5th December 1825, when a group of men ‘armed with Scythes and other Weapons’ broke down the door and gained entry; observes in the outrage that ensued, Daniel Connell was murdered and Michael Connell, Bridget Connell and Honora Connell were gravely wounded. Complains for their part they have not received adequate subsistence and their lives remain in danger, 20 September 1825. Also memorial from Mary Houragan to Wellesley, reiterating the basis for her claim on government and appealing for appropriate compensation, 2 January 1826.

20 Sep 1825-2 Jan 1826

1826

CSO/RP/1825/1484

Letter from an anonymous writer styled ‘A Citizen of Derry’, Londonderry, County Londonderry, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, offering some reflections on the election of the city magistrate [Major Young]. Suggests that Sir George F Hill, MP for Londonderry, should be asked if the holder is fit for office or whether he forced his way into power. Encloses copy of newspaper the ‘Londonderry Journal and Donegal and Tyrone Advertiser’ with two pieces on the back page concerning the election of the city magistrates. Includes two letters of support for the re-election of John Rea signed by a large number of persons.

7 Nov 1825-8 Nov 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1485

Letter from [B Wilson], Corville, [County Tipperary], to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, enclosing some documents for presentation before Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle. [Archivist Note - CSORP Register noting that the letter is from 'B Wilson for son', most likely in connection with an application for a post of employment for his son]. Includes annotation noting that applicant’s certificates were returned in June 1826. [Contains list of names not given in this description.]

10 Oct 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1486

Letter from Reverend Thomas Handcock, Church of Ireland rector of Whitechurch, Kilmokea, New Ross, County Wexford, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, drawing attention to the plight of John Neill, a victim of financial calamity, and seeking relief. Gives his support to Neill, a member of the Roman Catholic faith, and asks that a response be forwarded to Reverend D Gornican, local parish priest. Encloses memorial from Neill, near New Ross, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, appealing for the benevolence of government having had the misfortune of personal loss. Explains due to an accidental fire which consumed his workman’s house, barn and haggard, he has lost an estimated £200 worth of corn. The fire, he laments, broke out while he was at the fair of Ballyhack on 29 September 1825, and he is now rendered without support for himself, his wife and family of three daughters. Memorial is signed and attested by George Glascott of Fruithill, plus 27 other persons. Also draft copy reply from the CSO stating the Lord Lieutenant can offer no means of alleviating the difficulties complained of by Neill.

4 Oct 1825-8 Oct 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1487

Letter from Laurence Parsons, 2nd earl of Rosse, and Charles O'Neill, 1st earl O'Neill, joint Irish Post Masters General, General Post Office, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, drawing attention to an application from the clerks of the British Mail Department in Dublin for a reduction in the number of working hours per week. Discusses the attendance requirements of the department in question and concludes an arrangement might be put in place that would alleviate the officers at the cost to the public of £38 0s 6d. With note on base from CSO to state any adjustment of the working schedule of the clerks should await the introduction of the post office regulations. Encloses memorial from Henry Clare, senior clerk, Edward Darley, Edward C Sheill and John L Draper, clerks of the British Mail Department, Dublin, to the Post Masters General, requesting permission to have an adjustment in working hours to enable each clerk to have one day off per week. They propose ‘at a very trifling expense’ that two of the existing clerks be allowance to be absent from the inward mail on Sunday; their duties to be performed by supplementary clerks at the rate of 1 shilling and 7½. They further propose that two existing clerks of the office be permitted to be absent from the inward mail on Tuesday; and that an extra clerk be brought in to assist with the morning outward mail, at the cost of half a guinea per week. [Contains list of names not given in this description.]

16 Aug 1825-18 Nov 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1488

Petition of the Reverend John Cooke, Church of Ireland minister, Arthur P Hunt and Thomas Morgan, church wardens of the union of Drumcannon, Tramore, County Waterford, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting police protection in the collection of church rates. States a local combination is actively obstructing their collection of dues, and the execution of court decrees is met with strong opposition ‘by the driving off the cattle and the locking of gates and doors and that on several occasions the distress was taken from them by force’. They further complain of bills being rejected by the grant jury, and lately, the protection of the police being withdrawn from them. They remark that opposition is well funded and organised with legal representatives at the ready to offer resistance in court. Without an income from the rates, they point out, the church at Tramore cannot be maintained nor the salaries of church wardens paid.

25 Nov 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1489

Letter from Owen Wynne, high sheriff of County Sligo, Haslewood House, Sligo, County Sligo, to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, seeking information on the arrangements for implementation of the act for uniformity of weights and measures which is to be passed by the legislature in January 1826. With annotation on reverse from CSO explaining some of the complexities with putting the act into practice in Ireland.

5 Nov 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1490

Letter from Dr Francis Barker, secretary, General Board of Health, 22 Bagot Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting on a visit to the Fever Hospital and House of Recovery on Cork Street, Dublin, on 14 November. He observes he found 227 patients in the institution, of which about one-sixth are hospitalised due to dysentery. Contrary to an earlier report which stated the number of vacant beds is 27, he finds that just 7 beds are unoccupied out of a total of 220. Recommends the governors of the Cork Street hospital be vested with power to admit as many patients as can be accommodated, with the government being obliged to fund the cost of all beds above the figure of 180. Encloses a report on the fever hospitals in Dublin, for the month ending 31 October 1825; provides statistics on the House of Recovery [Cork Street], the Hardwicke Fever Hospital, Sir Patrick’s Dun’s Hospital and Dr Steven’s [Steevens] Hospital [no data], indicating, for example, the number of patients admitted, deaths due to fever and beds not in use. Returns letter from James Montgomery, register, Fever Hospital and House of Recovery, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, observing due to a recent increase in demand for hospital beds, extra accommodation has been by necessity extended for use of patients.

31 Oct 1825-22 Nov 1825

1825