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CSO/RP/1822/61

Letter from Gervais Parker Bushe, Kilfane, Thomastown, County Kilkenny, assistant barrister of County Kilkenny, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, conveying that he was in attendance at a special court session convened under the Insurrection Act, but due to the unavailability of Mr Townsend proceedings were adjourned until 26th August.

13 Aug 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/62

Letter from G Baillie, Downing Street, London, England, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, making recommendation for appointment of Captain Whelan to post of police magistrate; mentions that Whelan has been ‘an active and intelligent Magistrate’ and asserts that ‘it is principally owing to his exertions that the peace of the Co[unty] Carlow has hitherto been better preserved than in some of the neighbouring Districts’.

7 Aug 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/63

Letter from Mary Anne Barnes, Clonmel, County Tipperary, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, requesting inclusion on concordatum or pensions list; refers to health difficulties in family and father’s service to government.

22 Aug 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/64

Copy list of papers to be laid before the Lord Lieutenant and the Privy Council: subjects alluded to include draft proclamation on arms and ammunition, proposal for appointment of magistrates for valuation of Limerick asylum site, proposal for election of Alderman Frederick Darley as member of Corporation for Preserving and Improving the Port of Dublin, proposal for order to change site of parish church of Ardcroney, County Tipperary, proclamation of a clean bill of health for ship 'Fortuna', under quarantine at Londonderry, application for license to import gunpowder from Colonel Robert Warde [Ward] ‘for the use of Public Works erecting at Bangor’, application for license from James Muspratt to import saltpeter for creation of ‘nitrous Acid, and other Chemical purposes’, and memorial from JT Cleary of Cork for permission to import gunpowder, which is to be stored in the magazine on Rocky Island, County Cork.

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1822

CSO/RP/1822/65

Petition of landed proprietors and landed gentlemen of barony of Carbury, County Kildare, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting a restoration of court sessions to town of Carbury [Carbery], which was discontinued by assistant barrister of county John Schoales; claims that Schoales acted without authority and the removal of the sessions to Maynooth is ‘an extreme inconvenience to the numerous population of the Barony’, signed by nine individuals.

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1822

CSO/RP/1822/66

Petition of one hundred passengers of brig Commerce of Workington, lying in a dry dock at Ringsend, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting enquiry and relief arising from loss of provisions while on board the brig which took on water following a severe storm, signed by Captain William McDonald, master of 'Commerce', and by ship’s mate, Richard Blair, and 24 passengers; claims that the ship encountered difficulties having sailed from Belfast under Captain McDonald for Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.

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1822

CSO/RP/1822/67

Letter from Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, to the Lord Chief Justice and Judges of the Court of King’s Bench, Dublin, enclosing memorial from Thomas Church, late joint deputy filazer and principle clerk, King’s Bench Office, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, appealing for compensation due to financial losses resulting from an act of Parliament for regulation of courts of King’s Bench, Common Pleas and the Pleas or Common Law side of the Court of the Exchequer in Ireland: Church stipulates that the act provides for an annuity of £200 a year for life ‘but is wholly silent with regard to any Compensation for his loss of the Annual payment of three hundred Guineas although his son has been deprived of the Situation as one of the Principle Clerks out of the profits of which your Petitioner had for so many years received it’; also refers to enclosed memorial of John Caffry, Patrick Marlow, John Duff, William Egan and Thomas Monks, clerks King’s Bench Office [not extant], complaining of reduction of labour and loss of remuneration; also includes letter from the Chief Secretary’s Office, to the Chief Justice, Court of Common Pleas, enclosing memorial from William Clancy, late principle clerk, Court of Common Pleas [not extant], complaining of loss of post due to operation of recent act of Parliament.

19 Apr 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/68

Petition of Simon Conway, Gaelic interpreter, Clare, County Mayo, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, referring to previous memorials for remuneration and requesting payment of a permanent allowance for his professional court duties; includes two memorials from Conway to Wellesley and one to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, on same subject providing detail of services rendered; also included letter from Conway to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, seeking recompense for court interpretation work; also includes letter from Gregory to the Commissioners for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, in which he recommends advance of wages for duties performed by Conway.

6 Apr 1822-20 Jul 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/69

Letter from Lord Bishop of Cork and Ross [Thomas St Lawrence], Bishop’s Palace, Cork, County Cork, to Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, acknowledging letter from Lord Lieutenant confirming appointment of Reverend George Armstrong as diocesan school master of Cork.

5 May 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/70

Letter from Rear Admiral Lord Colville, commander in chief on Irish coast, onboard 'Semiramis', Cork harbour, County Cork, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, conveying that he has written to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty for advice on the proposed expenditure involved in the preparation of ship Trent for use as a convict hulk; indicates that he seeks such sanction as the plan of renovation suggested by Dr Edward Trevor, ‘will so far exceed the expense which has been contemplated’.

10 May 1822

1822