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CSO/RP/1823/221

'An Account of the Presentments from the Quere Book of the County of the Town of Galway on which money has been advanced and paid in pursuance of the Act 3rd Geo IV Ch 34' [Employment of the Poor (Ireland) Act 1822], up to January 1823, by Alexander Nimmo, engineer of the western district of Ireland, by direction of Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle. Includes names of principal overseers; details of individual expenditures on public works undertaken; and funds provided by the commissioners for relief of poor. Also 'An Account of the Presentments from the Quere Book of the County of Galway -on which money has been advanced and paid in pursuance of the Act 3rd Geo 4th chapter 34', up to January 1823, also by Nimmo. Includes list of names of principal overseers of the work. Also a general statement of total expenditure in Galway district on public works, raised by presentment, government funds, and funds from the commissioners for relief of poor.

[1822]-Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/222

Letter from Jane Reade, Grove Cottage, Douglas, Isle of Man, widow of James Reade, formerly Irish revenue surveyor of Carlingford, County Louth to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, stating that she has not yet received her concordatum annuity which was due in December.

23 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/223

Letter from Michael Bourke, 11 Anglesea Street, Dublin, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, detailing his unsuccessful trip to Kilcullen, County Kildare, to obtain police employment under Major James Tandy, chief police magistrate of counties Carlow, Wicklow, Kildare and Dublin. Requests Gregory's influence to obtain employment in an alternative police establishment, or in any government post, before he must return home to County Galway.

29 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/224

Fragment of memorandum or statement concerning terms of legislation, or proposed legislation, concerning tithe valuations and hearing of cases involving non payment of tithes in ecclesiastical court. [Possibly by S Palmer] [Jan 1823].

[Jan 1823]

1823

CSO/RP/1823/225

Letter from Walter Bourne, Harcourt Street, Dublin, deputy clerk of crown for Irish Court of King's Bench, and clerk of crown for counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, and Monaghan, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, referring to their recent discussion, concerning the office of clerk of the crown, 18 January 1823. Encloses an abstract, compiled by Bourne, concerning expenditures of the office of clerk of the crown, and other related printed statements, and also Bourne's suggestions for additions to Sir John Newport's bill of last parliamentary session [none present].

18 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/226

Letter from William Logan, 40 Mecklenburgh [Railway] Street, Dublin, inspector of Four Courts Marshalsea, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting permission to donate worn out blankets from the prison, to the Mendicity Association, Dublin. Also requests that Goulburn visit the marshalsea, as is customary for the Chief Secretary of Ireland.

30 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/227

Petition of Charles Field, 22 Mary Street, Dublin, stamper in stamp office, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting promotion to post as a clerk in excise department. Emphasises the distress of his family, and the inadequacy of his salary as stamper. Also states that it is a post of 'particular hardship, and labour', without any chance of promotion, 25 January 1823. Encloses copy of certificate of recommendation from Richard Thacker, teller of stamps, in praise of Field's conduct and ability, originally dated 16 October 1821. Also encloses copy of certificate of recommendation from William Gore, John Trench [incorrectly reproduced in copy as French], and Edward Glascock, commissioners of stamps, originally dated 18 October 1821.

16 Oct 1821-25 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/228

Letter from Jeffrey Prendergast, Waterford, County Waterford, to [Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary], Dublin Castle, concerning the failure of his application for employment in police establishment. Also refers to information he has concerning activities of smugglers, 'to delude the Preventive Water Guard, and draw their attention to a particular point, in order to enable the smugglers to effect a landing at another'. Warns of imminent arrival of a ship named the 'Eliza of Flushing', belonging to a Belfast smugger named Perry, laden with tobacco, tea and gin.

26 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/229

Petition of John Meehan, at Grafton Street, Dublin, formerly sergeant in (13th) Limerick city regiment of militia, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, concerning the refusal of his application to obtain a pension, despite 23 years of militia service. Also his failure to obtain employment with Limerick city police under Richard Willcocks, chief police magistrate for County Limerick. Requests Wellesley's interference on his behalf, 1 February 1823. Refers to enclosures in support of his application for police employment [none present].

1 Feb 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/230

Letter from anonymous writer styled, 'Vale, your obedient friend and Wellwisher', to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning the Irish militia regiments, and offering suggestions for future militia legislation, concerning pension provision to officers. Complains of the 'barefaced partiality' of giving 'sinecures' to adjutants appointed in 1814, compared with the meagre pension provision for veteran adjutants who were in active service. Also warns that the militia colonels are 'troublesome', referring to prominent Irish landowners and militia colonels, who regard the militia under their command as 'part of their household troops', such as the O'Neills in County Antrim.

[6 Feb 1823]

1823