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CSO/RP/1818/61

Petition of Mrs L D Cartwright, Harcourt Street, Dublin, to Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, making request for relief due to loss sustained by the death of Mr Vickers, late secretary to Commissioners for Reducing the National Debt. Petitioner reasons that through the demise of ‘their principle support’ her ‘large family consisting of four daughters and one son… has sustained the most serious loss’. In such circumstances, she pleads ‘for aid for such calamity’.

2 Jan 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/62

Petition from John Cole, mariner, Bantry, County Cork, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, for post of tidewaiter or any other government appointment. Outlines experience gained at sea and in service of the Royal Navy, a career curtailed ‘when attacked with a Bowel Complaint he was Obliged to Request his Discharge to obtain medical assistance’; at present ‘having a Wife and Six Children, and out of any Employ [sic]’, petitioner seeks ‘tidewaiters situation at Cork, or any Post’. Encloses character certificate in which is stated that Cole ‘served as midshipman at Sheep’s Head Signal Station’ under command of Henry Ayres, Lieutenant, Royal Navy.

6 Jan 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/63

Petition of Peter Callahan, Carrig, Mount Nugent, County Cavan, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a civil post. Having served for a period in the Royal West India Rangers, and made earlier presentation of army discharge Instructions in application for a post, he requests assistance from the Lord Lieutenant in finding employment ‘in the Police, Ordinance, or a Watchman or door keeper at the Custom House’.

10 Jan 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/64

Petition of Mrs Margaret Clarke, 4 Margaret’s Place, North Circular Road, Dublin, to Robert Peel, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting payment of annuity. Desires to have an answer to earlier application and memorial for payment of Quarter annuity which became due upon the death of her husband, Edward Clarke. Being ‘in the greatest distress’ she hopes for ‘a favorable answer’.

13 Jan 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/65

Petition of Abigail Caffrey, 22 Dorset Street, Dublin, to Reverend John C Talbot, Private Secretary to Earl Talbot, Phoenix Park, Dublin, requesting to know the result of enquiry directed by the Lord Lieutenant in consequence of a complaint. Petitioner claims to be ‘in the utmost necessity’ so is eager to learn of outcome of [unspecified] investigation.

15 Jan 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/66

Letter from Charles Carleton, to Robert Peel, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, regarding application for post and to enclose letter written in support from his father, James Carleton. Enclosure by James Carleton makes recollection of past loyalty to establishment and service to government. As a reinforcement of personal allegiance, he recalls that ‘In the year 1793 I was in the office of Chief Magistrate, a year memorable in the Annals of Ireland…the Privy Council sitting at night when the then Attorney General, now Lord Norbury [John Toler] had me from the Mansion House to receive instructions on the measures to be adopted on the following day, when the streets were to be occupied by Artillery under direction of the Civil Powers disturbances occasioned by the Green Linnets as then called under command of Archibald Hamilton Rowan and Napper Tandy’; as further proof of loyalty, he submits ‘in the year 1796 the first Troop of Yeoman Cavalry that appeared mounted and disciplined in the city of Dublin was that under my command’; also mentions his patronage of government interest in elections in Cork, Tipperary and Limerick. Concludes with recommendation of son, Charles Carleton, a graduate of University of Dublin, for ‘Patronage and Protection’.

10 Jan 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/67

Letter from Thaddaeus Connellan, 3 Percy Street, London, England, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, requesting to have the Irish Bible forwarded to him and anticipating the positive effects for society. Observes that ignorance of spiritual matters together with drinking and card playing are endemic amongst the native Irish, but enthuses ‘that many of my scholars meet on Sundays and hold meetings with their Neighbours where the Tenets of popery are freely discussed with much sense and Judgment and a great quantity of the Scriptures is much sought for; known they are not in readiness yet the Committee of the Bible Society granted me 500 copies of the Gospel of St Matthew as soon as ready to give my scholars’.

20 Jan 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/68

Petition of John Clements, shipwright, Ringsend, Dublin, to Robert Peel, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting compensation for loss of an express packet. Provides outline of circumstances of loss of cutter, valued at £700, which was in use as a cross channel mail conveyance from Dublin to Holyhead. It is stated that on 4 November 1816, the master took on board Reverend Charles Beresford and his family, whom had in possession an order issued by the General Post Office, containing instructions that the vessel was to convey him to Holyhead or any other port in the vicinity; having reached Holyhead, Beresford indicated that he wished to proceed to Caernarvon harbour, Wales, where under the charge of a pilot, the vessel ‘struck on a sandbank and was totally wrecked’. In these circumstances, he appeals to receive ‘the fair value of his vessel or such other relief or compensation as your honor may think just and reasonable’. Reproduced at base of letter is copy of order held by Beresford signed by Edward Smith Lees, Secretary of General Post Office, dated 3 November 1816.

23 Jan 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/69

Letter from Sir Nicholas Colthurst, Cork, County Cork, to Robert Peel, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, transmitting the memorial of Mr Caldwell. He remarks that Caldwell was ‘formally a distiller in Cork’ and requesting an investigation of his case.

23 Jan 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/70

Letter from Reverend George Crane, Church of Ireland clergyman, Ardglass, County Down, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, to convey information on injury to three smack vessels laden with potatoes. Discusses details of case and investigation of those guilty and resolves ‘to do my duty as a magistrate’. Annotation on back in pencil expresses determination ‘to bring the Perpetrators to justice’.

31 Jan 1818

1818