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CSO/RP/1823/201

Letter from John C Graves, head police office, Dublin, police magistrate, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, 30 January 1823, enclosing copy of letter from Thomas Casey, police magistrate of 5th (Mountjoy Square) division of Dublin police, to magistrates of head police office, requesting leave of absence of one month, 29 January 1823.

29 Jan 1823-30 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/202

Petition of Edward Cooke, 65 Marlborough Street, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, concerning his earlier petition to the commissioners of excise, requesting relief from the arrears of window and hearth tax, which he is 'utterly unable' to pay. Requests Wellesley's interference in the matter and includes copy of original petition and affidavit to the commissioners, sworn before Alderman Frederick Darley, chief police magistrate of Dublin city, September 1822.

Sep 1822-27 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/203

Petition of John Reed, Galway, County Galway, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting government employment. Details his family's distress following the death of his father, Andrew Reed, a church warden for the parish of St. Nicholas, Galway town. States that his father died of typhus fever, caught whilst working as a census enumerator, amongst 'the diseased and wretched' part of the population of his district. Petition certified and signed by James Daly, warden; Reverend H Morgan, vicar; and John Darcy and William French, church wardens of parish of St. Nicholas; also signed by the corporation of Galway, including James Hardiman Burke, mayor of Galway; James O'Hara junior, recorder; Matthew Thomas Smyth and William Smyth, sheriffs of Galway town; and John O'Shaughnessy, attorney. Includes seal of the corporation of Galway, dated 22 January 1823. [Annotation indicates petition received at Dublin Castle, 23 January 1823].

[23 Jan 1823]

1823

CSO/RP/1823/204

Letter from Samuel Ebbs, 6 Trinity Street, Dublin, to Edward I Johnston, private secretary to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting an answer to his petition, requesting employment in Irish revenue department.

30 Jan 1923

1823

CSO/RP/1823/205

Letter from Francis Anderson, Eastham House, Drogheda, County Louth, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, offering himself as a candidate for situation as a chief police magistrate. Refers to his 24 years of service as an officer in 23rd and 14th regiments of dragoons, including service at Battle of Ballinamuck, County Longford, during 1798 rebellion.

29 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/206

Letter from George C Morris, 102 Stephen's Green, Dublin, half pay lieutenant colonel, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to situation as a chief police magistrate under the new police act. Emphasises his connections with several members of parliament, 29 January 1823, and encloses letter from James Crosbie, Ballyheige [Ballyheigue] Castle, County Kerry, MP for County Kerry, to Goulburn, recommending his 'much esteemed friend, Colonel Morris for government employment, 25 January 1823. Also letter from Morris to Goulburn, urging consideration of his case, 30 January 1823, and including copy of extract of former letter from Goulburn to Morris, concerning Morris' application for post as chief magistrate of police, 13 September 1822.

13 Sep 1822-30 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/207

Letter from W[illiam] Halyburton, Enniskean [Enniskeane], County Cork, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, referring to his earlier petition requesting police employment for he and his 3 sons, Patrick, William and Henry, and referring to his services to government, 21 January 1823. Also letter from Richard Willcocks, Hibernian Hotel, Dublin, chief police magistrate for County Limerick, to Gregory, responding, as requested, to Halyburton's letter, and stating that he is 'wholly ignorant of any services rendered to the public by a person of that name', 29 January 1823.

21 Jan 1823-29 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/208

Letter from James Wolfe McNeale, Carlingford, Irish revenue port surveyor at Carlingford, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, 30 Janaury 1823, enclosing letter from Robert Farrier, Carlingford, to Goulburn, concerning his commission to be appointed a cockswain [coxswain] at Carlingford, on the recommendation of McNeale. Requests that the Lord Lieutenant signs the commission so that he may commence employment, 30 January 1823.

30 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/209

Letter from William Gore, John Trench, and Edward Glascock, stamp office, Dublin, commissioners of stamps, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting that a vacancy has arisen in stamp office, following death of Thomas Gorman, a stamper.

10 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/210

File of papers relating to request for funds to carry out repairs to pier at Ardglass, County Down. Includes letter from William Ogilvie, 12 Chester Street, Pimlico, London, England, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting news of damage to the pier at Ardglass, following a heavy gale, and emphasising the need for immediate repairs to be carried out, 6 January 1823. Also includes letter from William O'Hara, Killough, County Down, resident engineer at Killough harbour, to [Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle], 11 February 1823, enclosing estimate of repairs required to the 'buttress or pavement of Ardglass pier', detailing the estimated cost of each section of repairs. Signed by O'Hara [11 February 1823].

6 Jan 1823-10 Mar 1823

1823