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CSO/RP/1823/241

Letter from William Abbott, House of Industry, Dublin, chief clerk and accountant of House of Industry, to Alexander Mangin, first clerk of civil department, Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, stating the numbers of boys and girls enrolled in the institution's school.

7 Feb 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/242

File of papers relating to investigation into conduct of William Webb, chief magistrate of police for baronies of Innishowen [Inishowen] and Raphoe, County Donegal; and of the subsequent investigation conducted for government, by Mark Anthony Saurin, barrister. Includes letters and petitions, detailing complaints made against Webb, by Dr John Wright, clerk of Inishowen police establishment, relating to financial matters, irregularities in accounts of the police establishment, and irregularities respecting the payment of wages to its policemen - in particular to Wright being relieved of the responsibility of the police finances by Webb, and the consequences of Wright's subsequent refusal to vouch for the accounts of expenditure to be presented before the County Donegal grand jury; complaints by David Henderson, a policeman in the force, concerning Webb's conduct; complaints by Harkins, formerly farrier to the police establishment, concerning unpaid bills owed to him by the police establishment; complaints of McLaughlin; also the complaints brought by the grand jury of County Donegal, concerning vouching of the police establishment's accounts and charges made for forage for the police horses; and charges made by some of the magistrates of County Donegal, alleging neglect of duty and Webb's absence from the district. [This material has been arranged in bundles by Saurin, as evidence in his investigation - this arrangement has been retained]. Also includes letter from Saurin, barrister appointed at the request of Chief Secretary's Office, to investigate the matter, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, 29 January 1823, enclosing copy of his lengthy report into his investigation. Saurin exonerates Webb's conduct, noting that in some cases, particularly that of Dr Wright, personal 'animosity of feeling' was in evidence against Webb, and he concludes that in many cases, there was 'little to warrant' the accusations made, 27 January 1823. Report accompanied by lengthy appendix, containing additional information [27 January 1823].

1821-29 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/243

Letter from Sir Edward Smith Lees, General Post Office, Dublin, secretary to Irish Post Masters General, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting an attack on the post boy conveying mails between Kilcock, County Kildare and Summerhill, County Meath, by a man armed with a pistol, who stole the mail.

15 Feb 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/244

Letter from Joseph Massey Harvey, Limerick, County Limerick, president of Limerick city Chamber of Commerce, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing a letter which he asks Gregory to forward to the Archbishop of Tuam [not present- presumably forwarded as requested]. Also reminds Gregory of the petition of the Limerick city chamber of commerce to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting the appointment of Thomas Spring Rice, MP for Limerick city, as a Linen Board trustee, as a vacancy on the board has arisen following the death of Charles Moore, 1st marquis of Drogheda. Emphasises the chamber's investment in and promotions of flax cultivation.

1 Feb 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/245

Letter from Michael O'Brien, Kilnoe, County Clare, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, 6 February 1823, enclosing petition of O'Brien to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting employment in police establishment. Emphasises his condemnation of the recent attack on Wellesley at the Theatre Royal, Dublin.

6 Feb 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/246

Letter from William Neville, 58 Leeson Street, Dublin, to [Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant] Dublin Castle, requesting to be appointed as a police magistrate. Emphasises his dependent family and his financial embarrassment.

1 Feb 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/247

Letter from Joseph Pilkington, 14 Eden Quay, Dublin, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a vacant clerkship in a government department, 12 February 1823. Also copy of draft letter of reply from Gregory to Pilkington, February 1823.

12 Feb 1823-Feb 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/248

Copy of letter from John Strangman, Richard Fogarty and Edward Courtenay, committee of Waterford House of Industry, to Sir John Newport, MP for Waterford city, requesting that he recommend to government that strolling prostitutes be accommodated in the new House of Correction, instead of the House of Industry, as the latter is overcrowded. Notes that there are also many prostitutes on the streets of Waterford who cannot be committed to the House of Industry for lack of space, 9 November 1822. Also letter from Sir Charles William Flint, Irish Office, London, resident under secretary of Irish Office, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, acknowledging receipt of Gregory's note containing the Waterford petition, and stating that it has been forwarded to Sir Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, counsel to the Irish Office, for inclusion in any relevant bill to be introduced to parliament, 18 February 1823.

9 Nov 1822-18 Feb 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/249

Letter from Rice O'Connor, 6 Trinity Street, Dublin, attorney, to Edward I Johnston, private secretary to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Dublin Castle, concerning murder of Mr Russell in County Kerry 26 years ago. States that one of those responsible, named Shea, is being held in Tralee jail, County Kerry. Recommends the offer of a reward in the county, to secure the conviction of the remaining perpetrators.

1 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/250

Letter from Samuel Collins, Office of Public Accounts, Dublin, clerk to the commissioners for auditing public accounts [acting in absence of Donough O'Brien, secretary], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing, as requested, a copy of the last audited account from the director of public coal yards of Cork city, for year ending 5 January 1822 [not present]. States that the accounts for year ending 5 January 1823, have been received but not yet audited.

3 Jan 1823

1823