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CSO/RP/1821/488

Copy of letter from Charles Grant, Chief Secretary of Ireland, Irish Office, London, to Thomas Taylor, Earl of Bective, concerning the Boyne Navigation, and stating that the provisions sought for by the directors of the Boyne Navigation, must be the subject of a private parliamentary bill, brought in on the petition of the proprietors, 10 April 1821. Also letter of reply from Bective, Saint James's Street, London, to Grant, thanking him for his letter. States that he will communicate Grant's information to the directors of the Boyne Navigation, 12 April 1821.

10 Apr 1821-12 Apr 1821

1821

CSO/RP/1821/489

File of papers relating to case of John Ball, Irish attorney, and his charges of embezzlement against Viscount Northland and the Right Honourable Thomas Knox, prothonotaries in Court of Common Pleas, Ireland. In his letters to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, Ball emphasises the efforts that have been made to assail and discredit his character, since his disclosures were made. Includes letter from Ball, 4 Leicester Square, London, to Grant, 2 April 1821, enclosing a newspaper extract referring to Ball as 'the Irish solicitor, who made...most valuable disclosures to Government, relative to frauds and embezzlements committed upon the Revenue in the Court of Common Pleas in Ireland', [1821].

[Jan 1821]-7 Sep 1821

1821

CSO/RP/1821/490

Letter from Dr Francis Barker, physician and Dr John Cheyne, Physician General, 6 Merrion Square West, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing copy of their work on the fever epidemic [not present]. Annotation on reverse, of draft letter of reply from Grant to Barker and Cheyne, 28 March 1821.

17 Mar 1821-28 Mar 1821

1821

CSO/RP/1821/491

Letter from Lieutenant Colonel William Blacker, Irish Treasury offices, Dublin, deputy Vice Treasurer, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, introducing a surgeon, F[rancis] Leigh, and recommending him to government.

22 Jan 1821

1821

CSO/RP/1821/492

Letter from Isaac B Bethel, 133 Stephen's Green, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, 2 January 1821, enclosing a loyal address from the corporation of shoemakers, Dublin, to King George IV, 1 January 1821.

1 Jan 1821-2 Jan 1821

1821

CSO/RP/1821/493

Letter from William Smith Bernard, sheriff's office, Cork, high sheriff of County Cork, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, 24 January 1821, enclosing newspaper extract from a Cork newspaper of a requisition from noblemen, clergy and freeholders of County Cork, to Bernard, requesting that a meeting be held to express their loyalty to King George IV and government. Includes list of names of all those who signed the requisition. Also letter from Bernard to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, 24 January 1821, enclosing a loyal address from the noblemen, clergy and freeholders of County Cork, to King George IV, agreed to at a recent meeting [not present - annotation indicates that address was forwarded to Henry Addington, 1st viscount Sidmouth, Secretary of State for the Home Department, London]. Bernard emphasises that the proceedings which followed the close of the meeting were directed by those of the 'lowest description', and not representative of the county.

[Jan 1821]-24 Jan 1821

1821

CSO/RP/1821/494

Letter from James McDonnell, Buncrana, County Donegal, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, on behalf of the spirit retailers of Buncrana, and referring to their petition to parliament, sent to General Hart, requesting the removal of the additional portion of the licence duty which they must pay, in excess of that paid by other licensed persons in the barony.

13 Sep 1821

1821

CSO/RP/1821/495

9 letters from John Killaly, Tullamore, King's County [County Offaly], civil engineer, and engineer to the directors general of Inland Navigation, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting on the eruption of the moving bog near Clara, King's County, its devastation of the surrounding area, and Killaly's efforts to halt its progress. Reports that it is 'an awful spectacle', 8 July 1821, and that the eruption has covered 'about 140 acres of arable, Meadow & pasture Lands to a depth of from 2 to 10 feet', 13 July 1821.

8 Jul 1821-14 Sep 1821

1821

CSO/RP/1821/496

Letter from William O'Brien, pauper's building, Four Courts Marshalsea, Dublin, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, emphasising his poverty and distress, and requesting that his name be placed on the prison's bread list, 3 February 1821. Also letter from William Logan, 40 Mecklenburgh [Railway] Street, Dublin, inspector of Four Courts marshalsea, Dublin to Gregory, stating that he will consider O'Brien's claims when a vacancy occurs on the bread list, 13 February 1821.

3 Feb 1821-13 Feb 1821

1821

CSO/RP/1821/497

2 letters from Sir William Betham, Office of Arms, Dublin, Ulster King of Arms, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning preparations for the installation ceremony of the Knights of St. Patrick, at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. In particular, concerning the need to remove the paling from North St. Patrick's Close, to allow unobstructed passage of the carriages. Encloses letter from William Little, secretary to commissioners for paving, cleansing and lighting the streets of Dublin, Paving House, Dublin, to Betham, informing him that the paling is in fact a matter for the Dean and Chapter of the cathedral, 30 July 1821.

2 Jul 1821-30 Jul 1821

1821