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CSO/RP/1823/161

Letter from John Grantham, 15 College Green, Dublin, civil engineer, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, stating that he must travel to London, and requesting to know when he may proceed, ‘as I have no other Business to detain me in Ireland, beyond what relates to my account’.

28 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/162

Letter from Richard Martin, Galway, County Galway, MP for County Galway, to [Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary], Dublin Castle, 26 January 1823, enclosing letter from John D’Arcy, to Martin, concerning a vacancy in the board of commissioners for Irish Fisheries, and requesting that Martin recommend him to Goulburn for appointment to post, [January 1823]. Martin recommends D’Arcy’s application, noting that, ‘you will find he expresses himself with less ambiguity, than on the subject of the employment of the poor…’ [a reference to the grant to D'Arcy from government for poor relief schemes in Clifden, County Galway, following 1822 famine]. Martin assures Goulburn of the great benefits of the public works schemes on the west coast of Ireland.

[Jan 1823]-26 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/163

Letter from Sir Charles Coote, 88 Baggot Street, Dublin, former supervisor of works to Dublin paving board, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, 21 January 1823, enclosing petition of his son, Charles Coote junior, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, detailing his former employment as a clerk in the board of customs, prior to reductions in the department; also refers to his father’s difficulties. Requests appointment to a post with customs department, [21 January 1823]. Also letter from Sir Charles Coote to Goulburn, acknowledging receipt of Goulburn’s letter of reply to his son’s petition, and requesting that his application be forwarded to the board of customs, 31 January 1823.

21 Jan 1823-31 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/164

Letter from John Bourke Fitzsimons, Sandymount, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning his son’s case and complaining of the conduct of Charles Stewart Hawthorne, commissioner of excise. States that although his son was reinstated to his post with the excise department, following his suspension, he has not yet been selected for duty in Dublin. Refers to '...Mr Hawthorne’s implacable abhorrence – and which indeed he has exerted to the cruellest degree of injustice…’, towards his son, for having '...prosecuted Mr Hawthorne’s protégé, & agent at Downpatrick, Thomas Hunter, to conviction'. Requests Goulburn’s interference on his son’s behalf.

24 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/165

File of papers relating to claims of John Dillon Croker, of Mallow, County Cork, for compensation, following the burning of his mills and machinery. Includes petition of gentlemen, clergy and inhabitants of Mallow, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, concerning the 'malicious' burning of Croker's property, and requesting government financial aid to re-establish his business. Emphasises the impact to the area, as Croker employs many of the labouring classes, 4 January 1823. Petition signed by 76 inhabitants. Also includes petition of Croker to Wellesley, emphasising the loss of employment to the area, following the destruction of Croker's mills in December 1822. States that the commissioners for the relief of trade have refused to advance him money on suitable terms, to rebuild his mills. Requests government's interference with the commissioners to secure the necessary terms, 7 May 1823. Also includes memorandum on subject, in hand of William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, 10 May 1823. [Contains list of names not given in this description]

4 Jan 1823-10 May 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/166

Note, dated 8 December 1874, stating that the item originally numbered 1823/5179 - a letter from Mr Hutchinson concerning his appointment as harbour master of Kingstown [Dún Laoghaire, Dublin] [1823] - was removed from the Registered Papers, and sent to the Register, Chief Secretary's Office. See CSO/RP/1823/2003 for the application referred to.

8 Dec 1874

1874

CSO/RP/1823/167

Letter from Francis O'Beirne, Carrick on Shannon, County Leitrim, magistrate of County Leitrim and chairman of central committee for County Leitrim, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning the toll system in operation on the River Shannon. Emphasises the potential benefits which could be realised by moving coal, sand, gravel and granite from Lough Allen area, by water, but warns that, 'By this Toll, a Navigation completed at the public expense is no sooner nominally opened than in effect closed; and any attempt by private Capitalists to engage in the Collieries surrounding Lough Allen, entirely discouraged'. Outlines the committee's proposals for how a toll system could be made fairer, by imposing it as a tonnage duty rather than as a lockage duty, 6 January 1823. Also letter from Francis Trench, secretary to Directors General of Inland Navigation, responding as requested to O'Beirne's letter, and the committee's proposal. Details the board's arguments in favour of maintaining a lockage duty, noting that, in setting the tolls, 'the Board were desirous to make the Navigation which had been formed at the Public Expense contribute to its own Maintenance', 22 January 1823.

6 Jan 1823-22 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/168

Letter from George Ellison, 109 Abbey Street, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, concerning his previous application to Dublin Castle, requesting an investigation of frauds committed against the public revenue; complains of failure of Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, to respond to his case.

20 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/169

Petition of Sergeant John Cain, Listowel, County Kerry, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting to know if his previous petition, with accompanying enclosures, to Goulburn was ever received. Concerns his application for compensation from government, for losses sustained by Cain, in his efforts against the Whiteboys and other 'rebels'.

25 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/170

Petition of John Lally, Milltown, near Tuam, County Galway, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, directed via William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning Lally's request for remuneration which was promised to him by the local committee of the union of Adrigoole and Liskyvee [Addergoole and Liskeevy], barony of Dunmore, County Galway, for his work 'in taking lists of, and visiting the different patients afflicted with contagious fever, which raged in that union during the latter end of Summer and the whole of last Harvest', 27 January 1823. Also letter from Lally to Edward I Johnston, Dublin Castle, private secretary to Wellesley, detailing his previous attempts to obtain remuneration, and requesting the return of the petition signed by Dr Little, relating to his claim, 3 March 1823. Also note by CSO official, concerning the whereabouts of Lally's petition [March 1823].

27 Jan 1823-[Mar 1823]

1823