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CSO/RP/1825/1401

Letter from Major Benjamin Blake Woodward, [joint inspector general of prisons in Ireland], 41 Leeson Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, proposing an adjustment in the financial arrangements of the Lock Hospital of the city of Cork and the Westmorland Lock Hospital of Dublin. Stresses the utility of having the sum [£200 per year] usually presented to the Lock institution in Cork [which is attached to the South Charitable Infirmary] being credited to the Westmorland Lock Hospital, for the wider benefit of that establishment. Affirms, if the matter receives the sanction of government, the adjustment can be readily inserted in the regular accounts.

29 Nov 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1402

Letter from Alexander Nimmo, civil engineer overseeing public works in the western district, 78 Marlborough Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, calling attention to the need for a regular programme of repair and maintenance of particular roads in his district. Proposes that contracts be made with individuals to fill potholes and keep in good order the lines lately laid under his superintendence. He recommends that suppliers of ‘broken stone’ be contracted with and that stone depots should be placed at intervals of half an English mile along the routes. He adds in conclusion ‘I suppose it will be now desired to have the roads marked in English miles in consequence of the assimilation of weights and measures’. Also letter from Nimmo, Dublin, to Goulburn, explaining the roads referred to in his previous letter in need of particular oversight and care are those of Strokestown through Elphin and Boyle, County Roscommon, and from Swineford [Swinford] to Killala, in County Mayo. Comments on the considerable traffic on those lines as goods and local produce are carried across country.

26 Oct 1825-21 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1403

Letter from Richard Grace, moral governor, Richmond Lunatic Asylum, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reflecting upon charges made against him in an anonymous letter to Major Benjamin Blake Woodward, joint inspector general of prisons in Ireland. Encloses resolutions of the board of the asylum, composed of Dr Robert Perceval, Reverend James Horner, Francis L’Estrange, John David Latouche and James M Pike [chairman], who unanimously conclude the allegations ‘are totally unsupported’. Indicates the charges were considered over a period of time, with adjournments, and reference made to the testimony of Mary Ann Gough, ‘the principle person connected with the charge’.

1 Oct 1825-4 Nov 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1404

Letter from Major Alexander Taylor, Major Thomas N Edgeworth and Alderman Richard Smyth, commissioners for paving, Paving House, [Corporation for Paving, Cleaning and Lighting the streets of Dublin], Mary Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting permission to grant to a number of persons who are to be discharged from the establishment the equivalent of one month’s wages. Explains the men are to be discontinued in consequence of the recent change in the public lighting from oil to gas, and they estimate the cost of the suggested provision will be less than £100.

1 Nov 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1405

Letter from Nicholas Fanning, deputy chairman, Grand Canal Company, Grand Canal House, 50 William Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enthusing over the positive effect on the value of the company’s debentures, should a reduction of ½ a percent on the current level of interest be introduced. He expresses a hope, in company with Alderman Robert Harty [a director of Grand Canal Company] of paying a personal visit to the Chief Secretary at the next audience period to offer a further explanation. Encloses a statement from Messrs Gibbons and Williams, stockbrokers, 48 Dame Street, Dublin, to Fanning, in which they stress the likely benefits to flow from such a downward alteration in the level of interest on debentures of the Grand Canal Company.

14 Oct 1825-19 Oct 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1406

Letter from William Murray, assistant architect, Architect's Office, Board of Works, Lower Castle Yard, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting he has conducted a full assessment of the area of roofing next to the bedroom windows at the Chief Secretary’s lodge [at Phoenix Park, Dublin]. Observes the roof in question is laid at a very flat level of incline and is covered with patent slating; it incurs, he remarks, ‘a continual yearly expense in striving to keep it water fast’. As a permanent remedy, he recommends covering the area with copper of which he estimates the cost will be £268 8s 3d.

5 Nov 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1407

File of material relating to application by Richard Sause, banker, Carrick on Suir, County Tipperary, for a reduction in the terms of repayment on his loan of £20,000 granted by the commissioners for the relief of trade. Includes letter from Sause, Carrick on Suir, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, seeking a decrease in repayments on his loan from the commissioners. Complains if instalments on his loan are demanded at the rate of a one-eight part it will strike a serious blow to local commercial credit and be ‘ruinous to my property’, 13 October 1824. Also includes copy letter from Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, to the commissioners for the relief of trade, stating the Lord Lieutenant's acceptance of a repayment of £1,000 from Sause at the present period ‘but cannot give any further extension than allowing him to pay £1800 annually until the whole debt is discharged’, 5 November 1824. Also includes letter from Sause to Goulburn, requesting another adjustment in the rate of repayments on his loan. Explains he has had the ‘misfortune to lose some thousands of pounds by the unexpected failure of the extensive provision House of Clarke & Page of London’ and in addition has been lumbered with extra demands due to withdrawal from the banking business. Asks that the commissioners accept an instalment equal to the twentieth part of the repayment now due. With respect to settling his loan, he requests parity of treatment with Messrs Riall of Clonmel [bankers]. He warns of being ‘materially injured’ in the event of his being pressed to make full payment of the due instalment, 7 October 1825. Also includes letter from John Galloway, secretary to the commissioners for the relief of trade, 37 North Cumberland Street, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, declaring his opposition to granting any further indulgence to Sause. Refers to a previous application from Sause for a reduction in the terms of his loan repayment, which was part acceded to by government. He stresses the commissioners’ practice of weighing ‘each case upon its own merit’ but notes Sause’s circumstances are not on par with those of Riall, and in consequence are not deserving of the same treatment, 25 October 1825. Also includes letter from Sause to Goulburn, stressing his ‘total inability’ to meet the terms of the loan repayment and requesting the intervention of government to ‘put a stop to Law proceedings’ which now hang ominously over his own and his family’s future, 17 August 1825.

5 Sep 1822-17 Aug 1826

1826

CSO/RP/1825/1408

Letter from Thomas Popham Luscombe, deputy commissary general, commissary general's office, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, discussing arrangements for exchange of currency in some southern and western counties of Ireland and seeking issue of a proclamation by government to that effect. He states intention of bringing on shore £100,000 from HMS sloop ‘Cleo’ [anchored at the harbour of Kingstown, County Dublin] and of loading that vessel with old coinage, expected to be between £80,000 and £90,000 in total, for the return voyage. Encloses copy of document containing information on plans to carry on an exchange of silver in the counties of Limerick, Clare, and Waterford; and part of counties Tipperary, Wexford and King’s County [County Offaly]. Detail below shows the town in which the exchange of old bank coins for new silver is to take place, whether the supervisor is an officer of the commissariat department, a collector of customs or excise, or an agent of the Bank of Ireland, and the date the transaction will take place.

3 Nov 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1409

Letter from Alexander Nimmo, civil engineer overseeing public works in the western district, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting on the opening of the new line of road from Swineford [Swinford] via Foxford and Ballana to Killala in County Mayo. States in length the road measures 21 miles and 6 furlongs [Irish] and has been ‘entirely made at the public expense’ except for a section of about one mile in extent. Given the situation of the road, he anticipates, it will likely become ‘a great thoroughfare’ and will consequently require ongoing maintenance and repair. Through his exertions in the western district, he observes, the designs of the Post Master General have been substantially realised, for on the line running from the town of Longford in County Longford to Belmullet in County Mayo, there are a total of 19 post towns or mail coach stops.

3 Nov 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1410

Letter from Alexander Nimmo, civil engineer overseeing public works in the western district, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, offering a breakdown of the cost to the public of laying the new roadway through the towns of Strokestown and Elphin, and of sections of road at Croghan, Estersnow, Slieve Bawn and a new entrance to the town of Boyle in County Roscommon.

28 Oct 1825

1825