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CSO/RP/1818/111

Letter from Sir Josias Rowley, Rear Admiral, ship Cyrus, Cork harbour, County Cork, to Sir Edward B Baker, Military Secretary, Dublin Castle, responding to request to provide a convoy to convict ship Atlas on route from Dublin to Cork. He informs Baker that he has ‘transmitted orders to the Commander of the ‘Shamrock’ to perform that Service’.

5 Jun 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/112

Petition of William Cusack, 4 Lower Sackville [O'Connell] Street, Dublin, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting that a complaint against him from the Commissioner of Stamps is reviewed and making application for a substitute position. Outlines that he was dismissed from position of Assistant Inspector of Dies and Plates, with the ‘Cancel Office’, of the Stamp Office, for he was accused of ‘given to a poor woman as waste paper some Cancelled Stamp’d Paper’; but as he received no pecuniary advantage and his conduct was and is ‘irreproachable and upright’ he appeals to be considered for employment again.

6 Jun 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/113

Letter from D Callaghan, President, Committee of Merchants, Cork, County Cork, to Robert Peel, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting a change to law on importation of foreign flour. In appeal to Peel, he promotes ‘the propriety of your modifying the Law so as to admit of landing and warehousing foreign Flour in Ireland for the purpose of its being exported’. Includes reply from Peel, Irish Office, London, stating that no parliamentary time was available to bring the matter forward, but as it stands the Lord Lieutenant has no ‘authority to sanction the Importation of Foreign Flour for the purpose of its being warehoused’.

15 May1818-3 Jun 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/114

Letter from William Downes, Chief Justice of Court of Kings Bench, to Sir Edward B Baker, Military Secretary, Dublin Castle, regarding allegations made by prisoner Thomas Flanagan on conduct of gaoler at Sligo jail. Declares that contentions on affidavit of Flanagan may be exaggerated but admits there is a suggestion of ‘great violation of the general Duty of the Gaoler’; in such circumstances, he recommends ‘the local inspector of the Gaol to examine into the facts’. Includes copy reply from Baker who claims that Flanagan’s charges are ‘so questionable a nature as not to admit of any interference on the part of Government’ but agrees that a local examination might be desirable.

10 Jun 1818-11 Jun 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/115

Letter from Sir Josias Rowley, Rear Admiral, ship Cyrus, Cork harbour, County Cork, to William H. Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, regarding implementation of instructions for provision of convoy for prisoner transportation from Dublin to Cork. Relays that he has ‘transmitted orders to the Commander of the Shamrock’, a revenue cruiser, in order to accompany vessels with convicts on board from Dublin.

18 Jun 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/116

Petition of convicts in city of Cork depot, County Cork, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting that a daily allowance of tobacco be made available for consumption. Explains that due to depot regulations and being far removed from friends, inmates that are ‘in habit of smoaking [sic] tobacco’ are unable to purchase or procure the commodity locally. Because of unavailability of tobacco, it is contended that convicts are ‘afflicted with swelled gums, and other consequences are likely to follow that may tend to the injury of petitioners health’.

17 Jun 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/117

Letter from Charles Brodrick, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Cashel, County Tipperary, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking approval for a commission of valuation for repairs to palace, offices and demesne of Cashel. Relates to charge of proportion of expenditure being made on archbishop’s successor in office; original application of 3 May 1803 being made to Philip Yorke, the Earl of Hardwicke.

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1818

CSO/RP/1818/118

Letter with enclosures from Sir William McMahon, Master of the Rolls, St Stephen’s Green, Dublin, to Robert Peel, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, regarding compensation due through sale of office upon retirement of Thomas George Digby, second examiner of the Court of Chancery. Encloses reproduction of correspondence between Digby and McMahon with outline of claim by Digby to receive dues; having paid £4,650 on accession to the office, sale of the post to Thomas Fenton will realize £4,000 but this figure is subject to a £500 deduction towards public funds; as Digby asserts this in insufficient compensation, he remarks ‘I throw myself on your Candor and Generosity for a Waver of the Demand of £500, or at least for a very considerable abatement’.

16 May 1818- 27 May 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/119

Letter from Francis Davies Murphy, Keeper, Convict Depot, Cork, County Cork, to William Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, making appeal for an advance of money to cover existing expenditure on necessities for convicts of £500 and a further sum of £200 for future outgoings. Encloses letter from Dr Edward Trevor, Cork, to Gregory, with information on escape attempt by Tipperary prisoners at Convict Depot, Cork, on water shortages and suggestion of placing convicts on board hospital ship in Cove harbour; Trevor encloses letter from Murphy on attempted prison break: ‘I take the liberty of sending you the three knives and two pieces of iron (part of the links of a chain bolt sent from Mayo) which were the only instruments I can discover to have been used in their attempt’.

29 Jun 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/120

Petition of Mary Coffey, Lakes of Killarney, County Kerry, to Robert Peel, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, to request acceptance of memorial to be presented by Sir Edward Baker on her behalf. Asks that ‘a reference will be made to her for an Answer to any objections’ to the claims she makes upon government. Document written from 74 Dame Street, Dublin.

18 Jun 1818

1818