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CSO/RP/1825/1291

Copy letter from Alexander Mangin, clerk, Civil Department, Dublin Castle, to Richard J Hobson, vicar general of the diocese of Waterford, County Waterford, asking that a certificate [not present] be completed and returned. Subject is not speciefied but it appears from an inscription on side to be connected to a grant to the churches of Kill St Nicholas and Faithlegg in County Waterford for the sum of £380.

16 Aug 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1292

Anonymous letter from ‘A friend’ to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, offering his observations on the police establishment of Ireland. Claims to have identified through personal experience a number of defects in the constabulary. To begin with he points to a ‘want of unity, and judgement’ amongst the chief magistrates especially on some minor matters of law; such inconsistency, he warns, produces uncertainty in the minds of the constables and officers and leads to a public conception of partiality. He further comments upon the ‘want of uniformity in the dress of the Officers’ and observes such discrepancies in attire are often a source of ridicule; advocates use of a particular uniform for each province or one for the whole country.

[1825]

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1293

Petition of William Kelly, Dublin Road, Tuam, County Galway, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting a search of past editions of the ‘Patriot’ newspaper in order that his claim to the property of his uncle, Patrick Kelly, might be advanced. Stresses he believes the advertisement, allegedly placed by representatives of his uncle in 1820, sought applications from near relatives, who by reason of blood ties might have entitlement to his property. Notes his uncle emigrated from Ballina in County Mayo to the West Indies, some 50 years ago, and while there accumulated a ‘large fortune’.

20 Oct 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1294

Letter from Jonathan Sisson Cooper and D’Arcy Mahon, commissioners, stamp office, William Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting on a complaint from Edward Croker of Clonmel in County Tipperary, over a demand for fees from the stamp office, following election as a freeman to the local corporation. Having obtained the advice of the Attorney General [William Conyngham Plunket], he admits the demand against Croker should not be pursued, since he has not availed of any privilege nor sought election to office, 17 October 1825. Encloses letter from Colonel William Bagwell, MP for County Tipperary, Eastgrove Cottage, Cove [Cobh], County Cork, to Goulburn, drawing attention to Croker’s grievance, 21 September 1825. Also encloses letter from Thomas Keogh, solicitors department, stamp office, to Croker, demanding payment of a sum of Stg£3 in stamp duty which is due upon his elevation to the post of freeman with the Corporation of Clonmel. Warns if the fee is not paid to the receiver general of stamp duties within a fortnight, proceedings will be resorted to in the Court of Exchequer, 9 September 1825.

9 Sep 1825-17 Oct 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1295

Letter from Thomas Haffield, clerk of the vouchers and treasury accounts, Auditor General's office, Irish Treasury, Dublin Castle, to Thomas Taylor, clerk, Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, outlining intention of having a publication prepared with tables showing a comparison of the difference between British and Irish currency. Explains the structure of the guide and the rationale behind the calculations, which is being prepared to facilitate the assimilation of the two currencies [under the Currency Act – 6th of George IV, chapter 79]. In order to estimate the number of copies required, he asks if government is proposing to circulate amongst local magistrates or other officials in Ireland. Annotation on base from Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, stating he merely needs a sheet showing the basis currency conversion rates.

6 Oct 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1296

Letter from Lieutenant Colonel George Morris, governor, House of Industry, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, acknowledging an order made in connection with provision of a pension to William C Stoker, former keeper of the female penitentiary at Smithfield in Dublin. States he will allow the sum of £115 per year on the annual estimate for the institution towards Stoker’s superannuation allowance. Adds a reminder of his own claim for an allowance from government, as previously alluded to by the chief secretary.

19 Oct 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1297

Letter from John Killaly, civil engineer, Ennis, County Clare, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, stating intention of transferring responsibility to the directors general of Inland Navigation, Dublin, of various public works in the central district by the 12th of September. Remarks the roads, both finished and part complete, cover a distance of 110 Irish miles. He undertakes to convey to the directors general at the same time any tools or implements used in the works, 1 September 1825. Also letter from Killaly, Milltown Malbay, County Clare, to Goulburn, conveying a specific list of roads in counties Galway and Clare which he recommends be vested in the directors general out of his total remit in the central district. He admits, at present, to having under his supervision one assistant [engineer], a paymaster, a clerk, two principle overseers and some minor ones plus ‘a small number of men’ employed on the works. Observes they cannot be discontinued until the works are formally handed over to the directors general, 19 September 1825. Also letter from the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, to the directors general of Inland Navigation, expressing the Lord Lieutenant’s sanction of the transfer of roads previously under Killaly to their care. Describes specifically a number of roads in Galway and Clare which are to be entrusted to them in accordance with ‘an act to provide for the repairing, maintaining and keeping in Repair certain Roads and Bridges in Ireland’. With some amendments to text by John Sealy Townsend, King’s Counsel and legal advisor to the Chief Secretary’s Office, and inscription on side marked ‘settled’, October 1825.

1 Sep 1825-21 Oct 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1298

Letter from WH Griffith, barrister, Ordnance Survey Office, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, conveying proposals for the protection of points or markers to be used in the trigonometrical [ordnance] survey of Ireland. Draws attention to the potential for misunderstanding as to the purpose of objects used in the survey and recommends production of printed notices to inform and educate the public. These handbills, he suggests, might be placed on churches and near the scene of the survey, with the assistance and protection of local police. Equally, information on the whereabouts of the survey equipment should be communicated to those in positions of authority in each locality; he adds that Colonel Thomas Frederick Colby, of the Royal Engineers, could direct the officers of the survey in this respect.

30 Sep 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1299

Petition of Patrick Creaghton, Sellernane [Sellernaun], County Galway, [post town is Scarriff, County Clare], to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, complaining of harassment by Lieutenant James Frasier of the 1st royal veteran battalion and his men, and requesting a full investigation. Conveys on 20th August while invigilating a section of mountain estate under the direction of Philip Reade, he was assaulted and knocked down by Frasier, whom he had warned verbally over the trespass. Later, on 18th September, he was taken prisoner by soldiers of Frasier’s regiment ‘without any cause’ and confined in the barracks at Mount Shannon, County Clare; adds he was marched three miles to a magistrate, but was released without charge. Annotation on base from CSO advises he should seek redress from the magistracy if his grievance against Frasier warrants such a course of action.

15 Oct 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1300

Petition of Thomas Flinn [Flynn], Malahide, County Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment as permanent coast guard at Malahide. Although employed as ‘extra man’ in the preventative service, he complains his small remuneration is wholly insufficient to meet all the demands of his family. Remarks upon the high cost of provisions and claims to be ‘in a state of want’.

11 Oct 1825

1825