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CSO/RP/1818/711

Letter from William Gore, Thomas B FitzGerald, and Edward Glascock, Commissioners of Stamps, Stamp Office, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, indicating that Thomas Hacket, clerk, Receiver General’s Office, has been granted a two weeks leave of absence, due to ill health, and requesting permission to appoint an assistant to that office.

1 Apr 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/712

Letter from William Gore, Thomas B FitzGerald, and Edward Glascock, Commissioners of Stamps, Stamp Office, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, indicating that a weekly list of imports and exports is published in Belfast by Taggart’s Mercantile Journal. Also includes letter from the Commissioners of Stamps to Sir Edward B Baker, Dublin Castle, regarding petition by Joseph Folingsby, Comptroller of Customs, Belfast, County Antrim, to publish a list of imports and exports free from stamp duty; they express view that since Taggart has been producing these figures for eleven years ‘the publication of a Second List, free from duty, might prove injurious to the Stamp Revenue’. Includes petition from merchants of Belfast, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting that Folingsby be permitted to publish the list, ‘a most desirable and useful publication for the Commercial interests of this Town’, supported by names of 75 individuals, representing various business concerns.

31 Mar 1818-14 May 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/713

Letter from John N Russell, Limerick, County Limerick, to Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, requesting intervention in legal proceeding taken against him for fraud by the Commissioners of Stamps; refers to encloses copy memorial [not extant] to Commissioners of Stamp Duties and discusses legal costs and penalty of £20.

3 Apr 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/714

Letter from William Gore, Thomas Burton Fitzgerald and Edward Glascock, Commissioners of Stamps, Stamp Office, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, responding to enquiry seeking to determine if communication had been made with the Court of Common Pleas on subject of fraud committed against the Stamp Revenue ‘in an Office of their Court’. Indicates reluctance to press investigation further as such action ‘might be considered an interference with the proceedings of the Commissioners of Enquiry’.

10 Apr 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/715

Letter from William Gore, John Trench and Edward Glascock, Commissioners of Stamps, Stamp Office, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reporting on case of John N Russell, Limerick, County Limerick, who was called to appear in the Court of Exchequer on charge of fraud against the Stamp Law. Conveys that charges raised before local magistrates by Alderman Wilkinson and Mr Calcott, were found to be outside jurisdiction, but that proceedings will continue in the Court of Exchequer ‘for the recovery of the penalty incurred’. Also includes copy petition from Russell to Commissioners of Stamp Duty in Ireland, requesting that proceedings against him are stopped on grounds of cost and that he had made a previous appearance in court, the charges against him being dismissed. Letter from JW Russell, Limerick, County Limerick, to Gregory, requesting alleviation from proceedings and related legal costs, on behalf of his father who has ‘been confined for some days with a fever’.

Mar 1818-5 Jun 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/716

Letter from William Gore, Chairman, Commissioners of Stamps, Stamp Office, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, indicating that in relation to the charges against John N Russell for fraud against the Stamp Office, they do ‘not feel themselves justified in recommending any mitigation whatsoever of the penalty incurred’.

27 Apr 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/717

Letter from John N Russell, Limerick, County Limerick, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, requesting relief from repercussions of bearing the penalty for evasion of stamp duty.

23 Apr 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/718

Letter from William Gore, Thomas Burton Fitzgerald and Edward Glascock, Commissioners of Stamps, Stamp Office, Dublin, to Sir Edward B Baker, Military Secretary, Dublin Castle, providing opinion respecting memorial of John Moore and David Lynch, who are charged with failure to pay stamp duty. Confirms accuracy of statement provided by the Memoralists and asserts that as they have ‘paid each one penalty we do not deem it necessary to proceed further’. Encloses memorial of John Moore, 21 Jervis Street, Dublin, and David Lynch, 4 Great Strand Street, Dublin, flour merchants, asking for liberation from further legal proceedings.

6 May 1818- 5 Jun 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/719

Letter from Peter Holmes, secretary, Stamp Office, Dublin, to Sir Edward B Baker, Military Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing an account of incidental expenses paid by the Receiver General of Stamp Duties, for quarter ending 5 April 1818, on behalf of the Commissioners of Stamps. Expenses detailed on account include legal services, printing requisites, advertising, carriage, stationary and wages.

1 Jun 1818-9 Jun 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/720

Letter from Peter Holmes, secretary, Stamp Office, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, enclosing an account of incidental expenses paid by the Receiver General of Stamp Duties, for quarter ending 5 January 1818, on behalf of the Commissioners of Stamps. Expenses detailed on account include legal services, printing requisites, general supplies, carriage, stationary and wages.

24 Feb 1818-5 Mar 1818

1818