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CSO/RP/1825/1711

Letter from Thomas Popham Luscombe, deputy commissary general, commissary general's office, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, recommending the ship ‘Basilisk’ [likely anchored in the harbour of Kingstown, County Dublin] be given permission to sail for Cork, County Cork, with her cargo of £16,000 in new English silver for delivery to the agent of the Bank of Ireland in that place. He reports that £56,000 in Irish currency is ready for shipment to London in the morning, plus an additional IR£50,000 is expected from Cork. [Contains list of names not given in this description.]

29 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1712

Letter from Henry Watson, mayor, Limerick, County Limerick, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, seeking clarification on dealing with a local case of forgery and asking if the charge is bailable. With response on back from John Sealy Townsend, King’s Counsel and legal advisor to the Chief Secretary’s Office, stressing the accused person is entitled to bail. Encloses copy affidavit of William Worrall, Francis Street, Limerick, in which he accuses William Smyth, an attorney of the Tholsel Court and Edward Bernard, an insurance agent, of conspiring to defraud the fair creditors of Charles George Cotterill, a bankrupt merchant of the city of Limerick. Explains in detail the basis upon which his charges are founded and reproduces a letter allegedly forged by Smyth to further his criminal aims. Statement issued and sworn in the presence of Watson.

24 Dec 1825-28 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1713

Letter from Major Thomas Powell, inspector general of the Leinster constabulary, Corkagh, Rathcoole, County Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning a complaint from Peter Halsted alleging incompetence on the part of the police of Maynooth, County Kildare, following the theft of his cloak, 29 December 1825. Encloses letter from James Tandy, chief police magistrate for counties Carlow, Wicklow and Kildare, Grangebeg, Kilcullen, County Kildare, to Powell, reporting on the circumstances surrounding the stolen cloak. He states the item was taken by a man from the mail coach at Maynooth, whilst on route from Dublin to Athlone. Immediately, he states, the crime was reported to police and the thief promptly apprehended. In due course, the case came before the magistrates at the quarter sessions in Naas, County Kildare, but the owner, Halsted, failed to appear to prosecute the offender. In the event, the police constable who apprehended the culprit was awarded the cloak, 27 December 1825. Also encloses letter from Halsted, Ordnance Depot, Athlone, County Westmeath, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, complaining he was not informed by regular summons of the date of the court proceedings at Naas. Emphasises his dissatisfaction at the response of the police at Maynooth and asks for redress, 7 December 1825. Also encloses letter from [George] Boyd, police constable, Maynooth, to Halsted, insisting that since no effort was made to prosecute the man charged with the theft of the cloak ‘you have no further call to it, the Sub Constable who had the Cloak Sold it for 7 shillings’, 6 December 1825.

6 Dec 1825-29 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1714

Letter from George Taylor Jr, superintendent of works to the commissioner for paving, cleaning and lighting the streets of Dublin, 39 Camden Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting leave of absence for a period of 6 weeks to travel to London. Indicates his presence is ’urgently required’ there to assist in the settlement of the estate of a deceased relation.

28 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1715

Letter from Jonas Butterfield, Enniscorthy, County Wexford, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a situation in the police establishment in any part of Ireland. Refers to an earlier memorial and contends the reason for his persistence in making further application is attributable to ‘real distress’ on his part. Annotation on reverse from CSO indicates the government hold little expectation of being able to satisfy his objective.

12 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1716

Letter from Richard Hare, Viscount Ennismore, [MP for County Cork], Convamore, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, drawing attention to the claims of Dr Church of [Listowel, County Kerry] to government patronage. States he and his son were most active in their support of government during the disturbances in County Kerry and they sustained damage to private property at that time. Alludes to the expectation of a position in the colonial department for his eldest son as suggested by a communication from government in September 1824. He remarks the boy possesses ‘excellent talents’ and is well fit to hold such a position.

14 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1717

Letter from Edward Fisher, 19 Mary’s Abbey, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting a personal interview to discuss deceit and fraud in the tanning and leather trade. Claims he can offer a strategy or corrective ‘calculated to counteract the frauds in practice’ known to him. Expresses an expectation on foot of his information to securing an appointment under government, reflective of his 26 years experience in the trade. With annotation overleaf from the CSO to state he should direct a communication on the matter to Charles Rodolph Trefusis, resident commissioner of inland excise, Customs House, Dublin.

26 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1718

Letter from Denis B Bullen, medical doctor, Cork, County Cork, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking to be appointed as successor to Dr Hallaran [Halloran], late physical in the Cork lunatic asylum. States he is ‘fully qualified’ to fill the post in question which he believes is in the gift of government. With annotation below from the CSO indicating the institution in question is not in receipt of public funds, nor is it under the direct influence of government.

14 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1719

Letter from James Kelly, [clerk of the peace for County Galway], 14 Belvedere Place, Dublin, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to the post of clerk of the crown for the province of Connaught, which he has learned is to be held in union with the post of clerk of the peace for several counties in that region. Emphasises his 16 years experience in office is appropriate to assuming such responsibilities and stresses he has acted ‘to the satisfaction of the County’ in his past work.

9 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1720

Letter from Reverend Casar [Caesar] Otway, [Church of Ireland curate of Leixlip, County Kildare], Lucan, County Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to the situation of chaplain to the Royal Hibernian Military School, Dublin, soon to become vacant through the resignation of Reverend Thomas P Le Fanu, 7 December 1825. Encloses letter from Colonel Edward Conolly, Celbridge, Castletown, County Kildare, to Goulburn, recommending the appointment of Otway to the post of chaplain of the Hibernian School for which he is ‘particularly qualified’. Stresses his strong credentials and his experience in teaching children at the charter school of Celbridge, County Kildare, 6 December 1825. Also draft reply from Goulburn to Otway, acknowledging application but pointing out the position is already given a clergyman with outstanding claims on government.

6 Dec 1825-7 Dec 1825

1825