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CSO/RP/1818/1

Petition of General [Mervyn] Archdall, Grove, near Emo, Queen's County [Laois], addressed to Chief Secretary's office requesting appointment as trustee of the Linen Board. As someone resident in the north of Ireland ‘where the manipulation of linen is very extensive’ he declares himself available to fill the post. Annotation added on back in different hand 'that the vacancy has already been filled by the appointment of the Marquis of Sligo'.

1 Feb 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/2

Petition of Lancelot Armstrong, Catherine Street, County Limerick, to Reverend John C Talbot, Phoenix Park, Dublin, requesting that his application for employment be presented to the Lord Lieutenant, Charles Chetywnd Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot of Hensol. Having spent the earlier part of his life working at the south-west district army medical office in Cork, he reflects that his lack of success in finding a post ‘must be chiefly imputed to my want of a competent knowledge of mercantile or general business’. Also includes certificates of reference from Dr Bigger and J Pitcairne, both Deputy Inspectors of Hospitals.

11 Nov 1817

1817

CSO/RP/1818/3

Letter from Donough O’Brien, secretary, Office of Public Accounts, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, enclosing duplicate copy of sixth report of the Commissioners of Public Accounts, intended for presentation before Parliament. Directions added to the side of document in pencil stating that the report should be transmitted to London appears to have been acted upon as the report itself is not extant.

19 Feb 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/4

Letter from CP Archer, 34 Dame Street, Dublin, to Chief Secretary's office, regarding vacancy of vicarage of Newcastle, County Wicklow. He notes that the parish has been unoccupied since the elevation of Reverend [Thomas] Brownrigg to chancellorship of Christ Church, Dublin, in 1814 and that both Mr Trench and Mr St George declined to take up post, due he supposes ‘to the smallness of the income’.

29 Apr 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/5

Letter from Donough O’Brien, secretary, Office of Public Accounts, Dublin, to Sir EB Baker respecting preparation of statement on disallowances in the Post Office accounts between 5 June 1812 to 5 January 1817, earlier requested by William Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland. Delay has resulted as material is ‘very voluminous’ but is expected to be ready for presentation to the Under Secretary by ‘Saturday next’.

28 May 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/6

Petition of Robert H Archer, lieutenant, Royal Navy, 78 Camden Street, Dublin, to Robert Peel, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, for post of harbour master of Howth, County Dublin. Petitioner provides account of naval career to date which includes service against the French in 1806 and several military encounters against American forces from 1812. In support of his application, he cites as references the names of Sir Richard Lee, JP Beresford, Captain Searle, Lord William Fitzroy, William Waldegrave, JS Carden, Lord Cochrane, Alexander Skene, Sir Thomas J Cochrane, Sir Edward Baker and Mr Lees, secretary of the Post Office. Written from residence of Reverend Dr Archer.

[1818]

1818

CSO/RP/1818/7

Petition of Reverend George Alley, Mansion House, Dawson Street, Dublin, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, ‘for some ecclesiastical preferment’. In support of his application, he refers to development works in Holyhead harbour, Wales, undertaken at his initiative and production of a report entitled ‘An inquery into the state of the Charter Schools of Ireland, with a plan of improvement etc…’.

24 Jul 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/8

Letter from William Saurin, Attorney General, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, making recommendation for appointment of Joseph Grier as commissioner of the peace. Also refers to Dr Richardson’s wishes in connection with the vacancy. Annotation added in different hand stating that Grier ‘to be recommended as a Magistrate for the County of Armagh and Tyrone’.

1 Aug 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/9

Petition of Katherine Armstrong, Naas, County Kildare, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting that her claim for financial assistance be presented to the Lord Lieutenant. ‘As a widow of an old acquaintance’ she appeals for ‘an addition to the small annuity of ten pounds already granted (through your kind interference) by Earl Whitworth’. Annotation added to back of document to state that concordatum cases will not be taken ‘into consideration until some time in the course of the ensuing month’.

5 Sep 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/10

Petition of General [Mervyn] Archdall, Castle Archdall, County Fermanagh, addressed to office of Chief Secretary, requesting that Lord Lieutenant’s attention be directed to the case of a clergyman’s widow who pleads to be included on the concordatum list. She is described as being ‘left in most distress’d circumstances’ and her memorial is supported by ‘Lord Enniskillen and some of the most respectable Gentlemen of the County’.

19 Nov 1818

1818