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CSO/RP/1825/1691

Note from Thomas Popham Luscombe, deputy commissary general, commissary general's office, Dublin, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, incorporating a ‘Return of Bank Tokens Exchanged by Commissariat Officers between 14th and 21st December 1825’. Table below includes column headings for ‘Stations’, ‘Date’, and ‘Amount’ and indicates a currency exchange took place at Newtownbarry, County Wexford, Ennis, County Clare and at Carlow in County Carlow.

22 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1692

Letter from Richard Griffith, civil engineer, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting on the appointment of 5 boundary surveyors to districts in the north of Ireland who are to be placed under the command of a captain of the Royal Engineers. Conveys that Joseph Conroy will be employed on the Londonderry [County Londonderry] district; Charles Cooper on the Coleraine [County Londonderry] district; Dennis O’Connor on the Antrim [County Antrim] district; Charles Stewart on the Dungiven [County Londonderry] district; and Edward Guthrie on the Dromore [County Down] district. Also copy letter from William Griffin, secretary, Office of Ordnance, Pall Mall, London, to Goulburn, requesting information on the surveyors appointed and to which district they are attached.

28 Nov 1825-16 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1693

Letter from James Morgan, president, committee of merchants of Cork, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, drawing attention to the need for an extension of the time allowed for the exchange of old bank tokens for new British silver. States in the view of the merchants and of the Bank of Ireland agents there is not sufficient time to complete the currency transactions before the deadline of 5 January 1826. He emphasises there is a particular shortage in the locality of British silver coins and in consequence local persons are ‘not parting with the old silver money’. [See also description CSO/RP/1825/1374].

22 Nov 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1694

Petition of James McColgan, Ramelton, County Donegal, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking a situation of employment in the police establishment of Ireland. Alludes to an earlier application to government for a post in the constabulary out of which he was directed to make contact with the local magistrates but without success.

20 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1695

Letter from Lieutenant Colonel A Wedderburn, governor, Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, conveying a recommendation from his superior officer in favour of the hire of accommodation at Ballymahon, County Longford, for use of troops stationed for the protection of boats on the Royal Canal. Indicates a suitable building can be had at the cost of 20 guineas per year, and proposing the directors of the Royal Canal Company be asked to cover the cost, 23 December 1825. Encloses a letter from Major General Taylor, Athlone, County Westmeath, to the deputy quartermaster general [Colonel S Brown], Dublin, making reference to the hire of a house at Ballymahon as a shelter for troops of the 61st regiment, 21 December 1825. Also encloses letter from Lieutenant Colonel GEP Barlow, commander of the 61st regiment of foot, Longford, County Longford, to Lieutenant Colonel Wooldridge, Athlone, advising on the feasibility of obtaining a guard room for the use of the troops stationed at Ballymahon, 20 December 1825.

20 Dec 1825-23 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1696

Letter from James Saurin, Henry Richard Paine and John Radcliff, directors general of Inland Navigation, Inland Navigation Office, 11 Merrion Street, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking sanction for an increase in wages at the rate of 30 shillings per annum to Phelim O’Neill and Moses Clements, lockkeepers on the [County] Tyrone Navigation. They observe on account of a recent improvement in the supervision of toll collections on the canal ‘an increase of Duty and responsibility’ is now required of the two men. The new collection practices, they enthuse, are ‘productive of considerable advantage’.

23 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1697

Letter from E Bruce, lieutenant, 1st royal veteran battalion, Portumna, County Galway, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, recommending William Burke, late private, as a suitable person to fill a situation in the police establishment of Ireland. Stresses Burke is ‘a well behaved man’ and in possession of suitable qualities for a post in the constabulary. Mentions he was lately discharged from the 1st royal veteran battalion on account of a reduction in army personnel.

19 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1698

Letter from Richard Grace, moral governor, Richmond Lunatic Asylum, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reporting the institution has no space for an additional female patient. He proposes, however, if Lieutenant Colonel George Morris, governor of the House of Industry, Dublin, could be enticed to accept one ‘incurable case’ from Richmond, a vacancy would be created for the person in question. Also letter from M Forde, Seaforde, [County Down], to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, requesting advise on procuring suitable accommodation for the mentally ill woman who is living in the locality. He remarks she is ‘very violent…a terror to the whole neighbourhood’ and previously escaped from the House of Industry. Points out the county has no purpose built institution and the prison has no separate wards for insane persons. Requests an order to have her admitted to some asylum.

23 Dec 1825-27 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1699

Copy letter from John Leland Maquay, deputy governor, Bank of Ireland, [College Green], Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, responding to a complaint from Colonel William Bagwell, MP for County Tipperary, over an apparent refusal by the bank agent based at Clonmel, County Tipperary, to provide silver currency for use of the Provincial Banking Company. Contends the matter was not one which warranted a communication with government since it was ‘of a private nature’. He adds, since the request, a consignment of silver was later allocated to the banking institution in question.

[1825]

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1700

Letter from William Kemmis, crown solicitor, Kildare Street, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, conveying a draft order for guidance of the police constabulary in dealing with individuals involved in rioting at fairs. Provides direction as to the police response to the threat of disturbance at fairs in counties Tipperary and Limerick [for the information of Thomas Philip Vokes, police magistrate, County Limerick, and Edward Wilson, chief police magistrate of County Tipperary]. Remarks the draft has the approval of John Sealy Townsend, King’s Counsel and legal advisor to the Chief Secretary’s Office, the Attorney General [William Conyngham Plunket] and the Solicitor General [Henry Joy], 22 December 1825. Returns letter from Richard Willcocks, inspector general of police, Cork, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, suggesting a strategy for dealing with faction violence at the fairs of Tipperary and Limerick. Stresses the police magistrate need be well informed about the likelihood of riot erupting at local fairs and should be prepared for the deployment of a magistrate and suitable force of police. Were such disturbances at fairs overlooked, he warns, lawlessness would prevail together with ‘a strong desire for the possession of arms’, 30 September 1825. Also returns letter from Wilson to Goulburn offering observations on the control of local party violence. Remarks of late the principle gangs engaged in such hostility have removed themselves from the scene of the fair and now congregate ‘in remote fields to carry on their sanguinary warfare’. He undertakes to do everything in his power to suppress such manifestations of insubordination, 3 October 1825.

30 Sep 1825-22 Dec 1825

1825