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CSO/RP/1825/1011

Letter from Francis G Morony, Miltown Malbay, County Clare, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, seeking advice on the validity of old silver currency following a newspaper announcement on intended discontinuance of that medium. Asks whether the individual denominations of Irish silver coin will continue in use after 6 January 1826. States his concern is raised on account of having a substantial proportion of rents paid in silver by the poorer people, who are possessed of that money in ‘a large quantity’. Draft reply transcribed overleaf by Goulburn to effect that silver money will ‘not be taken at all after the 5th January next’ but replacement coinage will be sent.

20 Aug 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1012

Letter from George Harrison, assistant secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, Treasury Chambers, Dublin Castle, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, expressing rejection of an application from Sarah Davies of Dublin for relief on grounds the commissioners ‘have no means’ of giving any such assistance. Returns memorial from Sarah Davies, widow, 28 Jervis Street, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting payment of an annuity or pension. Recall the dedication of her late father, Whitmore Davies, a former surveyor of revenue buildings, who died at his desk. She notes he served as an ordinance officer during the 1798 Rebellion and was held in high esteem by Francis Needham, 12th Viscount Kilmorey. Also alludes to other financial misfortunes which pressed heavily upon both her mother and brother.

20 Mar 1825-20 Aug 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1013

Letter from Richard Willcocks, inspector general of police, Cork, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting upon a claim by Humphrey Marshall who seeks pay arrears for 10 days work as a constable in the police establishment of County Waterford. States he has consulted with Richard Ponsonby, chief constable of County Waterford, and concludes that no wages are due the applicant. Observes Marshall was dismissed the constabulary for being drunk and intoxicated, 17 August 1825. Returns letter from Marshall, City Marshalsea, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Phoenix Park, Dublin, pressing for payment of salary arrears that he claims are due him. Refers to his previous application to Willcocks which received no response and mentions his ‘distress is great’. [See also description CSO/RP/1825/723].

26 Jul 1825-17 Aug 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1014

Letter from Michael Casey, James Street, Hackney Fields, London, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting a certificate of character be forwarded to him for purposes of employment. States he has found work as a gate keeper and observes his employer is anxious to have a character reference, otherwise, he warns, ‘I will looce [sic] my Employment’. Points out in the past he has spent a ‘long time’ without a means of earning his living and in distress.

17 Aug 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1015

Petition of John Michael Reynolds, Swinford, County Mayo, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a situation in the police establishment of Ireland. Now aged 22 years, he emphasises his fitness for duties in the constabulary service. Points out he was raised in the army, for his father, John Reynolds, was sergeant in the Donegal militia for a period of 24 years; for the greater part of that period, he continues, his father served as a non commissioned officer.

18 Aug 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1016

Petition of John Ashe Rainey, 10 Capel Street, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a situation in the police establishment of County Down or elsewhere in Ireland. Claims to have sufficient military experience to undertake constabulary duties for he stresses he acted as first lieutenant in the Royal Rotunda Infantry during the ‘unhappy disturbances which took place in the years 1798 and 1803’. Emphasises a long family tradition of loyalty to the crown beginning with his great great grandfather Thomas Ashe, who served as captain at the siege of Londonderry. He observes his great great grandfather ‘actuated by the purest sense of Religion’ endowed a school at Magherafelt, County Londonderry, for the education of male orphans. His father, he continues, was a curate of the established church, but following his death he left behind a wife and 7 children who were forced to seek asylum in the school founded by his relative. Also makes mention of a son who was lost on board His Majesty’s ship ‘Clyde’ in May 1811.

1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1017

Petition of the Protestant members of the established church of the city of Waterford, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting that Reverend William Price be appointed as rector to the united parishes of Kill St Nicholas and Faithlegg in County Waterford. Applauds Price as a most suitable candidate for the post having been an ordained member of the Church of Ireland for a period of 18 years. As an individual, they stress ‘his exertions to promote Morality and Religion have been unremitting, arduous and most successful’ and as an advocate of the established church he has been ‘highly distinguished by his able and profound Theological Writings’. He has remained without a parish and his only means of income is a small salary of £100 per year for a lectureship held under the corporation of Waterford. Signed by Sir Simon Newport, mayor of Waterford, and 271 others including aldermen and councilmen, 25 May 1825. Also draft letter from Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, to Newport, acknowledging memorial for the appointment of Price to the post vacated due to the death of Reverend Richardson. States it is not in the power of the Lord Lieutenant to elevate Price to Kill St Nicholas and Faithlegg but is willing to offer him the living of Dungarvan, in County Waterford, August 1825. Also letter from Price, Waterford, to Goulburn, expressing appreciation for the offer of Dungarvan and indicating his intention of making a call to Dublin Castle to convey his gratitude in person, 31 August 1825.

25 May 1825-31 Aug 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1018

Letter from Edward Wilson, chief police magistrate of County Tipperary, Thurles, County Tipperary, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, making a case for payment of a financial allowance to John Patterson, a former police sub constable in the barony of Middlethird, County Tipperary. States Patterson is ‘in great distress’ and makes reference to a couple of enclosures in support of his case, including a certificate from Andrew Armstrong, medical doctor [none present]. [See also descriptions CSO/RP/1825/11 and CSO/RP/1825/823]. Wilson also asks permission to make a payment of £8 or £10 to James Henessey, who acted for the crown at the last assizes, in connection with prosecution of those accused of burning his house. Adds below an acknowledgment of the receipt of the first half of a £10 note [just received by post] for the remuneration of Henessey. [Contains list of names not given in this description.]

26 Aug 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1019

Letter from Alderman Frederick Darley, Peter Low and Major Henry Charles Sirr, chief magistrates, head office of police, Dublin, recommending that William Brown, second clerk, second division of police, Dublin, be issued with a superannuation allowance as stipulated under the 48th act of George III, cap.140. Encloses memorial from Brown to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, making application for a retirement allowance. Refers to the service of his late father, William Brown, who acted as chief clerk with the second division of police between the years 1808 and 1819. He adds he came to succeed his father in the police office on a salary of £80 per year, but found through regular application to duties his health continued to decline. Attaches to his memorial a certificate from James Henthorn, police surgeon, who reports Brown, his patient, ‘labours under an enlargement of the liver’. With annotation on back from John Sealy Townsend, King’s Counsel and legal advisor to the Chief Secretary’s Office, pointing out no evidence exists to show that Brown’s condition was ‘acquired in the performance of his duty’.

c3 Aug 1825-24 Aug 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1020

Letter from Major Thomas D’Arcy, inspector general of police for the province of Ulster, Belfast, County Antrim, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting on a complaint by Reverend James Kelly, Roman Catholic parish priest of Tempo, County Fermanagh, over the return of two previously removed policemen. Concludes that Kelly’s complaint on the issue at question ‘is not founded in fact’, 22 August 1825. Returns memorial from Kelly to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, referring to an alleged assault and later incursion on his house by a number of policemen stationed at Tempo, the object of which, he states, was to take his life. Recalls having the matter brought before Edward W Scott, assistant barrister of County Fermanagh, and although the constables were acquitted by the court, he made a successful application for the removal of Sergeant John Beaty, Francis Irvine, Henry Magee and James Edwards from Tempo. Complains that recently Irvine and Magee have been permitted to return to the village station and requests their removal as he claims to be in ‘imminent danger of his life’, [August] 1825. Encloses an extract of a letter from Lieutenant John Joyce, pay clerk of County Fermanagh, Enniskillen, to D’Arcy, reporting on Kelly’s complaint. Observes in the matter brought before him he finds ‘the Police only did their duty and that they had no design to hurt or offend the Priest’. Observes that the police constables removed from Tempo after the trial were ‘for the convenience of the Service’ not because Kelly had made an application for their removal, 15 August 1825. [See also description CSO/RP/1825/176]

15 Aug 1825-22 Aug 1825

1825