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CSO/RP/1823/2261

File of papers relating to supply of clothing and footwear to female convicts in Cork convict penitentiary. File includes 3 weekly reports from Alexander Kennedy, inspector of the convict penitentiary, Cork, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, from 19 November 1823-10 December 1823, referring to the lack of employment of female convicts, and in particular, to their 'deplorable situation for the want of proper clothing at the approaching inclement season', and the poor quality and flimsiness of their shoes, contracted for 'at a very low rate'. File also includes letter from Dr Edward Trevor, Dublin, superintendent and medical inspector of convicts, to Gregory, concerning his response to Kennedy's reports of a want of clothing for female convicts, and reporting on his examination of the accounts of Francis D Murphy, keeper of the Cork convict depot, and the discovery of bills for shoes, stockings, and bed gowns for female convicts in August and September, made 'without any authority', 29 November 1823. Also further letter from Trevor, to Gregory, on the matter, 2 December 1823, and enclosing a copy of a letter from Trevor, Dublin, to Murphy, Cork, concerning clothing sent to the penitentiary to be repaired and re-used, mentioning the need, 'to save the expense of clothing for the Convicts as much as possible' at their embarkation, originally dated 2 December 1823. Also letter from Murphy, convict penitentiary, Cork, to Gregory, reporting on 40 pairs of shoes and 30 pairs of stockings, 'as was found absolutely necessary to give the Female Convicts', even though they were soon to be embarked, 29 December 1823.

19 Nov 1823-29 Dec 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/2262

Petition of Thomas Howden [also spelt Howdon], Londonderry, County Londonderry, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, [postmarked 13 December 1823], enclosing his petition to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting police employment. Refers to his former service in the Rathmullen yeomanry corps [presumably Rathmullan yeomanry, County Donegal, and later at the signal tower [lighthouse] at Fannet Point [Fanad Head], County Donegal. Petition certified by Thomas Smith, former commander of the yeomanry corps, and a magistrate of County Donegal, 28 October 1823; and also by Andrew Knox, Thomas Brooke, and James Stewart, magistrates of County Donegal. Also separately certified by Charles Rea, Rathmullan, magistrate of County Donegal, 28 October 1823; Henry Irwin, Rathmullan, 24 November 1823; and Reverend William Lodge, Church of Ireland rector.

12 Oct 1823-[13 Dec 1823]

1823

CSO/RP/1823/2263

Letter from Sir Edward Smith Lees, General Post Office, Dublin, secretary to the Irish Post Masters General, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting an attack and attempted robbery on the post boy conveying the mail between Tullamore, King's County [King's County] and Kilbeggan, County Westmeath. Adds that the mail was not stolen: 'owing to a Country Man coming up they got alarm'd, made off & left the Mail behind them'.

12 Dec 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/2264

Petition of David McNaiers, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, concerning persecution he has suffered at the hands of 'the rebelious [sic] Mobs', and seeking government assistance and employment.

[1823]

1823

CSO/RP/1823/2265

Letter from P [?Browne], Dublin, to [Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle], recommending the case of William Coughlin, a chief constable of police in the barony of Shelburne, County Wexford, seeking a transfer to an alternative location due to 'private circumstances'. States that Mr Walsh, a chief constable in County Kilkenny, is prepared to exchange with Coughlin. Requests government sanction for the proposal, 6 December 1823; with subsequent annotation by Goulburn.

6 Dec 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/2266

Letter from George Thomas John Nugent, 1st marquis of Westmeath, Clonteen, Drumsna, County Leitrim, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, opposing plans to construct a new church building in the parish of Kilmore, County Roscommon, where he is the major landowner. Complains that he was not consulted on the matter before the plans were brought before the parish vestry, adding that, 'In my opinion the present Church is a sound one'. Requests that government order the project to be halted, until a report is prepared on the state of the current church building. Emphasises that as a result of the burden of supporting the local police force, the parish is already burdened with a heavy cess and other local taxes, 28 November 1823. Also letter from Isaac D'Olier, Dublin, secretary to the Board of First Fruits, reporting, as requested, on the matter, 4 December 1823; with subsequent annotation by Goulburn.

28 Nov 1823-4 Dec 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/2267

Letter from Samuel Leigh, County Kilkenny jail, governor of the jail, to Colonel Lindsay, [probably Colonel Martin Lindsay, commander of the 78th regiment stationed in County Kilkenny], acknowledging receipt of a £10 bank note for Michael Phelan, 'which note with your approbation shall be given to him in small sums, say one Pound on the first of every Calendar Month..'. [Letter presumably forwarded to Dublin Castle by Colonel Lindsay].

30 Aug 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/2268

Letter from John Bourke Fitzsimons, Sandymount, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning the financial affairs of Dublin city corporation, and referring to its law suit with the parish deputies. Notes his own efforts to persuade the city treasurer not to suppress the corporation's accounts for 1822, when forwarding those for 1823.

11 Dec 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/2269

Letter from Thomas Lyons, Cork, County Cork, on behalf of the committee of the Roman Catholic Schools for the Poor of Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, 13 December 1823, enclosing a petition from the committee, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, [not present; annotation indicates that the petition was forwarded to Major Benjamin Blake Woodward, a commissioner for erecting schools]. Lyons emphasises, 'The great benefit derived to the Poor from this establishment..'. With subsequent annotation by Goulburn.

13 Dec 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/2270

Statement from Walter Bourne, clerk of the crown for County Monaghan, [to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle], reporting on the result of his search through the county's pleas of the crown. Certifies that at a general assizes in March 1823, Patrick Smith was tried and found guilty of an assault on Thomas Brunker, by cutting Brunker on the arm with a scythe. Adds that Smith was ordered to be hanged by the neck.

4 Dec 1823

1823