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CSO/RP/1825/1611

Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Meyrick Shawe, private secretary to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, to Thomas Taylor, clerk, Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, stating the Lord Lieutenant has no objection to an application from the Lord Mayor of Dublin to be appointed a county magistrate of Dublin. Encloses letter from Thomas Abbott, Lord Mayor of Dublin, Mansion House, Dublin, to Shawe, proposing the utility of his exercising the powers of county as well as city magistrate. Asks for leave to make application for the commission to the Lord Chancellor of Ireland [Thomas Manners-Sutton], which he desires to hold ’free of Fees’.

3 Oct 1825-4 Oct 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1612

Letter from Reverend Kennedy Kennedy, Church of Ireland rector of the union of Bourney, Roscrea, County Tipperary, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, expressing displeasure over an investigation of the part played by William Nash, chief constable of police in the barony of Ikerrin, who he accuses of partisan behaviour prior to the ‘burning and tearing’ down of the orange flag from the round tower of Roscrea. Describes the incident as an ‘outrageous insult upon Protestant feeling’ and one that is abhorrent to all persons attached to that denomination throughout the Empire. With annotation on back from the Attorney General [William Conyngham Plunket] stating the substance of the letter from Kennedy is made up of ‘opinion’ and advises it should not be given further consideration. [See also description CSO/RP/1825/981].

12 Aug 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1613

Letter from Richard Hare, Viscount Ennismore, [MP for County Cork], Convamore, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, referring to a memorial from the inhabitants of Dingle, County Kerry, and asking for the assistance of government [not present].

16 Oct 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1614

Letter from Reverend JM Ashe, Church of Ireland rector of Kilmolara, Neal Glebe [Nealepark], Ballinrobe, County Mayo, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, claiming an application for a portion of the parliamentary funds to erect a school house in the parish was not made with his knowledge or authority. Warns of the activities of an ‘indisposed person’ who will misapply any funds granted by government; he asks for a copy of the original application in order to ‘detect & expose such Conduct’. Reproduces overleaf a letter of reply from Gregory, refusing to advance any aid due to the suspension of all grants following a report from the commissioners of education enquiry.

23 Aug 1825-16 Oct 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1615

Letter from Reverend Wardlaw Ball, Drogheda, County Louth, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to the Church of Ireland living of Kilmoon and Piercetownland [Piercetown], County Meath, lately vacated by the death of Reverend [Thomas] Fairtlough. With annotation overleaf from the CSO stating the parish has been settled upon another applicant.

4 Oct 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1616

Letter from the Bishop of Killala and Achonry [James Verschoyle], Killala House, Killala, County Mayo, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, asking he be supplied with future reports from the select committee of the House of Commons on the state of Ireland. He also asks that reports from the select committee of the House of Lords [on the same subject] be conveyed for his use and also the appendix to the report of the commissioners of education enquiry. With annotation overleaf from the CSO advising on the availability and likely prospect of being able to deliver the documents referred to.

8 Oct 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1617

Letter from Dr Edward Trevor, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing a printed copy of the ‘Rules and Regulations for the Hulk Surprize’. Instructions in booklet include directions for the local inspector, the keeper, the ship keeper, the surgeon, chaplains and the guard; also gives general guidance on diet, punishment, salaries and discipline. Printed by George and John Grierson and Martin Keene, His Majesty’s Printers, Dublin.

cJuly 1824-5 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1618

Letter from Richard Robinson, Carrickfergus, County Antrim, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, calling attention to the need for a resident magistrate to administer justice in the district. Points out in the immediate jurisdiction of the county of the town of Carrickfergus there are 10,000 inhabitants, but no acting magistrate. He complains of the deficiencies of local governance with both the current mayor [Reverend Edward Chichester] and his deputy [Reverend John Dobbs] being otherwise disposed.

21 Nov 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1619

Letter from Isaac Topham, assistant secretary, Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor of Ireland, Kildare Place, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, seeking the permission of government to pay salaries to teachers of schools that wish to remain in connection with the society. Refers to a circular issued to schools [who have been in receipt of funding from the Kildare Place Society in the past] asking for a decision over whether they wished to remain in connection with the society or be affiliated with another educational agency. He points out that a number of schools have withdrawn from the society on grounds that salaries paid to teachers are provided by another educational agency, and a further number are awaiting information on the issue of whether a grant of remuneration for teachers will be made by the KPS. [See also description CSO/RP/1825/567].

17 Sep 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1620

Letter from Richard Price, publisher of the ‘Carlow Morning Post’ newspaper, Carlow, County Carlow, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting a proclamation from government in connection with the exchange of old bank tokens for new silver coins be placed in his newspaper. Claims his publication is read by the greater majority of the population of the county and the insertion of the proclamation will prove ‘useful to the ends of Government’. Also letter from John Grierson, [His Majesty’s Printer, Dublin], to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, indicating the proclamation was sent ‘by the night’s mail’ [to Carlow] for publication.

3 Dec 1825-5 Dec 1825

1825