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CSO/RP/1825/1761

Letter from anonymous sender, signed 'JH', to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, drawing attention to the need for compliance with the law [in relation to debts] amongst the wealthy as well as lower classes. Complains of the behaviour of a number of substantial individuals who are confined in the Four Courts Marshalsea and in Kilmainham jail, Dublin; claims they are ‘living in the greatest Luxury’ inside and have ample resources to settle with their lawful creditors. Encloses ‘Outline of a plan for compelling dishonest Debtors who have sufficient Property to pay their just Debts’. Wax seal of letter bearing monogram 'JH'.

c7 Jan 1826

1826

CSO/RP/1825/1762

Letter from Theophilus Blakely, Church of Ireland dean of Achonry, Rosstrevor [Rostrevor], County Down, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, seeking appointment to the deanery of Clogher [counties Tyrone and Fermanagh]. Claims his present holding at Achonry is worth £700; his sinecure at Killoran is worth £160; his parish of Cloonoghill [County Sligo], is worth £150; and his parish in County Londonderry is worth £500. States he would appreciate preferment to Clogher since he has many family connections in that region.

4 Jan 1826

1826

CSO/RP/1825/1763

2 letters from Lieutenant Lewis, transport office, Cove [Cobh], County Cork, agent for transports afloat at Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting on the term of demurrage of female convict ship ‘Lady Rowena’ [bound for New South Wales in Australia].

3 Jan 1826-4 Jan 1826

1826

CSO/RP/1825/1764

Letter from Richard Griffith, civil engineer, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, forwarding a copy notice [not present] on the work of the boundary surveyors and proposing it be published in the ‘Dublin Gazette’ newspaper and ‘in all the provincial papers of the Counties of Antrim, Londonderry and Down’. States such a course of action is necessary ‘in the hope of preventing future appeals against the Boundaries that may now be marked out by my Boundary surveyors and afterwards surveyed by the Ordnance officers’. Confirms he has sent a written communication to proprietors in the relevant districts and further suggests that copies of the notice should be sent to each district for public posting.

22 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1765

Anonymous letter to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, on the subject of the ‘miserable and starving Curates of the Established Church in Ireland’. Draws attention to the plight of the lower clergy of the church who often must tend to sickness, poverty and suffering amongst their parishioners but are themselves in the same class. Many curates have the care of large families, he observes, and remain in immediate need of a bill of relief to augment their incomes; remarks few have gained any material benefit from past acts of Parliament intended to improve their condition. He incorporates a set of 8 questions designed to be sent to the curates of Ireland to ascertain their income and living standards.

3 Jan 1826

1826

CSO/RP/1825/1766

File of papers relating to a legal issue over the form of certificate required since the year 1822 from foreign holders of Irish tontine annuities. Includes statement ‘respecting the form of Certificate required upon the pay[men]t of Irish Tontine annuities to persons residing abroad’ with opinion on same from the Attorney General [William Conyngham Plunket], 10 September 1825.

10 Aug 1825-6 Jan 1826

1826

CSO/RP/1825/1767

Letter from Philip Brennan, Roman Catholic parish priest, Fintona, County Tyrone, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting an investigation of a past complaint by his parishioners in the hope of it leading to ‘the suppression of any future display of Orange exhibitions’, 6 September 1825. Also letter from Brennan enclosing a memorial from the Roman Catholic inhabitants of the town of Fintona to Wellesley, calling for a public enquiry over the incursion of a number of yeomanry from County Cavan ‘in full military dress’ on the 12th of July. They complain, the Orange party were joined in their procession by several police constables based in Fintona. Expresses displeasure at the nature of the investigation into their grievances and contends only ‘a tissue of fiction’ can be expected from gentlemen or magistrates who themselves are part of the fabric of the Orange system. Memorial signed by Michael McSorly [McSorley] and 54 other individuals.

6 Sep 1825-21 Nov 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1768

Letter from Edward Johnson, deputy clerk of the peace, Courthouse, Wexford, County Wexford, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing a copy of resolutions stating that Mr Townsend, chief constable of police, barony of Bantry, is not capable of doing his duty due to his age. Attention is also drawn to the need for greater access to local medical practitioners to attend to the needs of constables in various stations across the county. Signed by Walter Hore, chairman of the general quarter sessions of the peace, Wexford. [Contains list of names not given in this description.]

9 Jan 1826-10 Jan [1826]

1826

CSO/RP/1825/1769

Letter from Thomas Boyd, Millstreet, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, seeking a directive from government to enforce the law as regards the exchange value of [Irish] currency [Irish money was assimilated with British by the Currency Act, 6th of George IV, chapter 79]. Remarks upon the existence of ‘murmuring and uneasiness amongst the lower order of People’ on account of the activities of local dealers who are not giving full value to money tendered for goods.

10 Jan 1826

1826

CSO/RP/1825/1770

Letter from Alderman Frederick Darley, John Graves and Peter Low, chief magistrates, Head Office of Police, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing an estimate of income and expenditure for the police department plus an estimate of funds required to support the establishment to the year ending January 1827 [none present]. They recommend, on account on inflationary pressures, an increase in the weekly wage of a regular watchman from 10 shillings in Irish currency to that sum in British.

31 Dec 1825

1825