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CSO/RP/1820/672

File of papers relating to application for government post from Joseph Hardy, late Lieutenant Colonel, Antrim Militia, with various documentation in support of claim such as letters making declarations of loyalty and material relating to promotion of agricultural in Ireland. Includes petition from Hardy to King George IV recounting military service in period, 1775 to 1798, 1 February 1820; also includes letter from Hardy, 23 Molesworth Street, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, outlining past conduct and to emphasise contribution to agriculture knowledge through publication in press and membership of Dublin Society: encloses three printed copies of The Irish Farmers Journal Weekly Intelligencer, July 1819, August 1819 and February 1820, also printed copy of minutes of the Dublin Society for the Promotion of Husbandry and other useful Arts in Ireland, February 1820; also includes letter from Hardy, Tuthill’s Hotel, Dawson Street, Dublin, to Grant, offering himself for post on paving board, on basis of extensive military service, especially during the 1798 Rebellion, 15 December 1820; also includes extensive summary by Hardy, of military service and exertions in defense of government in county Wicklow and surrounding districts at the time of the 1798 insurrection.

17 Jul 1819-16 Dec 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/673

Letter from Edward Hendrick, 18 Mary Street, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing memorial requesting appointment as commissioner of Paving and Lighting; refers to breath of experience as accountant to the Foundling Hospital, treasurer to the Hibernian School and supervisor of taxes to board of Paving and Lighting.

4 Dec 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/674

Letter from Mountiford John Hay, 9 Molesworth Street, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to post in the police magistracy of Dublin; refers to service to government during the outbreak of Robert Emmett’s rebellion, 1803-04, assistance with construction of barracks in the south of Ireland and provision of ground to enable expansion of the post office in Dublin.

8 Aug 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/675

Letter from Thomas Jackson, moral superintendent, Bedford male Asylum, House of Industry, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing memorial to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to post of steward of Richmond Penitentiary; includes two letters from Arthur Stanley, captain, Dublin Merchants Corps, to Grant in support of application of Jackson.

31 Oct 1820-21 Jan 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/676

2 letters from Francis Hely Hutchinson Johnson, half pay lieutenant, 46th Royal WI Rangers, Kildorrow Lodge, Innishannon, County Cork, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to post of employment under government ‘in the service of my King and Country’.

28 Jan 1820-17 Feb 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/677

Letter from James Johnston, 15 Dominick Street, Dublin, to Alexander Mangin, clerk, Civil Department, Dublin Castle, enclosing copy letter from Johnston, Office of Inquiry, to Carew S O’Grady, in connection with claim for compensation for discharge of duties of first deputy clerk of the Pleas, to which the claimant has made no reply to request for further information.

6 Dec 1819-20 Jan 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/678

File of papers relating to charges and objections against the House of Industry by Samuel Gale, a pauper, who was excluded from that institution. Includes letter from Gale, 128 North King Street, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, enclosing letter to Reverend James Horner, House of Industry, complaining of ill treatment towards particular individuals, two of whom died before gaining admittance to the institution, and raising query as to the expediency of keeping a piggery with a stock of 50 animals, 18 April 1820; also includes letter from Gale, number 15 Ward, House of Industry, to Church of Ireland Archbishop of Tuam [Power Le Poer Trench], County Galway, relaying details of the case of Andrew Maguire, a pauper who died following expulsion from House of Industry ‘for carrying out some Cuts or pieces of Bread which belonged to some of the Paupers of the House, for the purposes of selling for them and purchasing Snuff and Tobacco in its stead’, 20 January 1820; also includes letter from Gale to Gregory, enclosing ‘sketch’ outlining misuse of resources in the institution, chiefly a critique of keeping pigs and cost of that facility, 2 February 1820.

20 Jan 1820-18 Apr 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/679

Letter from William Abbott, first clerk, House of Industry, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting that action is pending ‘on the Subject of Dispensary, and the distribution of Trusses and Bandages for the Ruptured Poor’ and to pass on names of four medical inspectors, from which two are to be chosen to undertake duties at the dispensary. Includes two letters from Crofton Fitzgerald, secretary, House of Industry, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, concerning appointment of a replacement for Dr John Cheyne, who resigned his post and replacement for Reverend Perceval, chaplain to the institution; also includes letter from Thomas Herbert Orpen, 13 Frederick Street South, Dublin, to Gregory, requesting appointment to post of physician at the House of Industry; also includes letter from Dr George Renny, Medical Office, Dublin, to Alexander Mangin, clerk, Civil Department, Dublin Castle, conveying impression from meeting with Grant that the vacancy occasioned by resignation of Cheyne will not be filled until a report from the commissioners has been transmitted.

25 Oct 1819-24 Mar 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/680

Letter from Daniel Webb Webber, Bertram Mitford, Thomas Staples and John Doherty, Commissioners of Inquiry, Board of Inquiry, Dominick Street, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reporting that their investigation into the duties and emoluments of the clerks of the peace has been suspended due to the imminent attendance of these officers at sessions of peace.

21 Jun 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/681

List of applicants for posts in the House of Industry with comments on response made to each individual by receiving clerk at Dublin Castle. Candidates offering themselves for employment include Joseph Cumming, Reverend Horner, Thomas Jackson, Richard Grace, Mrs S Free and Reverend Arthur S Adamson.

1820

1820