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CSO/RP/1818/391

Letter from Edward Smith Lees, secretary to Post Master General, to Chief Secretary’s office, Dublin Castle, making recommendation for employment of Mr Murray. States that caliber of Murray's ability renders him ‘well qualified for the Vacant Situation in the Architects Office [in the] Custom House’.

7 Apr 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/392

Letter from Charles H Todd, Kildare Street, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, acknowledging receipt of reports from committee of the House of Commons of 1815 and 1816 regarding provision of accommodation for the mentally ill in Ireland, and plans drawn up for this purpose by architects James Bevans and Francis Johnston: accepted on behalf of the Commissioners for superintending Lunatic Asylums in Ireland.

12 Apr 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/393

Letter from Henry Gubbins, local inspector of gaols, Limerick, County Limerick, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reflecting on crowded state of jails in Limerick. Complains of the large numbers of convicts in held in both the City and County Gaols, with behavior in the latter being ‘very Unruly…well inclined to commit all sorts of mischief’.

6 Apr 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/394

Letter from Sir George Beckwith, Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin, to Sir Edward B Baker, Military Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing copy of memorial from prisoners confined in Limerick Gaol for relief, and accompanying letter from Major General O’Loghlin. Petition from prisoners, Limerick County Gaol, to O’Loghlin, makes complaint of lack of clothing, inadequate food and having to wear ‘Heavy Irons’; letter from O’Loghlin, Limerick, to Colonel Carey, emphasising the convicts of Limerick jail are in a ‘state of desperation’ and recounts detail of attack on prison sentry by ‘some of the convicts under sentence of transportation’.

14 Apr 1818-17 Apr 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/395

Letter from Ann Lyons, North Strand, north end of Montgomery Street, Dublin, to Chief Secretary’s office, Dublin Castle, requesting inclusion on pensions list. Refers to her previous application and support of the Commissioners of Excise and Stamp Duties, her late husband having served in office for a period of 56 years.

21 Apr 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/396

Letter from Reverend D Curry, Derry, County Londonderry, to Chief Secretary’s office, Dublin Castle, responding to a memorial for relief from prisoners confined in the gaol of Londonderry. Reports on allowance of foodstuff given per head to each prisoner and makes comparison with Lifford jail, County Donegal; also conveys that he has ‘prepared for each of the convicts a suit of clothes and two shirts (if required)’.

27 Apr 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/397

Letter from Reverend Forster Archer, Inspector General of Prisons Office, 78 Camden Street, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, responding to a memorial for relief from prisoners confined in the gaol of Limerick. Discusses food allowances given in gaol and reports reluctance of Grant Jury to increase amount allocated due to ‘the smallness of their funds’; compared to allowance of foodstuff in the jails of Clare and Kerry, he regards the Limerick allocation as ‘insufficient’ and declares intention to ‘endeavor to convince the G[rand] Jury of the inadequacy of the Allowance’; states prison inspector’s unwillingness to distribution new clothing amongst prisoners confined in Limerick prior to departure because they would likely ‘pawn or destroy’ the items. Encloses petition from the Criminal Prisoners confined in the Gaol of the City and County of Limerick to Gregory, requesting relief from want of food and clothing; they add as a postscript that ‘Poor Distressed Pet[itioner]s apprehend that Hunger and misery will Oblige them to have Recourse to Illegal proceedings at the risk of their Lives and the Lives of others’.

18 Apr 1818- 28 Apr 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/398

Letter from Reverend Forster Archer, Inspector General of Prisons Office, 78 Camden Street, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, responding to a memorial for relief from prisoners confined in the gaol of Londonderry. Reports on nature and quantity of foodstuff provided to prisoners in gaol, and restrictions imposed by the local Grant Jury on food allowances to inmates; also relates that the inspector ‘has provided for each of the Convicts a Suit of Clothes and two Shirts’. Encloses petition from prisoners of Londonderry Gaol to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting additional allowance of food to support ‘Necessities of Nature’.

2 May 1818-13 May 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/399

Letter from James Corry, secretary, Linen Board, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, enclosing warrant for £136.0.2, a figure appropriated in duties by the Trustees of the Linen and Hempen Manufacture, now with the Exchequer.

17 Apr 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/400

Letter from John Galloway, Office of the Commissioners for the issue of money out of the Consolidated Fund, Dublin, to Sir Edward B Baker, Military Secretary, Dublin Castle, regarding provision of loan of £2,000 to Hans Hamilton, for repair and development work on the harbour of Skerries, County Dublin. Encloses copy of letter from Hamilton, Mountjoy Square, Dublin, to Robert Peel, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting a portion of the grant for purposes of harbour improvement and stressing ‘the great advantage derived to the Trade of Dublin’ from completion of the work. Also includes copy report from James E Davis, 1 North Strand, Dublin, to Hamilton, making recommendation for extension of pier at Skerries harbour; also discusses utility of harbour development for cross channel shipping, and in particular emphasises the ‘advantages afforded to the Fisheries on this Coast’.

9 Aug 1816-13 May 1818

1818