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CSO/RP/1823/2421

Letter from John Galloway, 37 North Cumberland Street, Dublin, secretary to the commissioners for the relief of trade, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting on the commissioners' decision respecting 2 applications for extensions of time to repay loan instalments now due: one from Richard Sause, and another from Messrs J and B Sullivan. Seeks government approval for the new terms proposed, 23 December 1823. With subsequent annotation by Goulburn.

23 Dec 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/2422

Letter from Sir Edward Smith Lees, General Post Office, Dublin, secretary to the Irish Post Masters General, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, 27 December 1823, enclosing a list entitled 'Letters for the following Towns must be sent to the General Post Office before seven o'clock P.M.', followed by the names of 18 destinations, including Cork city. Lees emphasises that the mail coach serving those places departs at 7pm sharp.

27 Dec 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/2423

Letter from Dr Robert Perceval, Thomas B Vandeleur, James M Pike, Thomas Crosthwait, Roderick Connor, and Henry Cole, House of Industry, Dublin, visitors of the House of Industry, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting, as requested, with their recommendations on the amount of additional remuneration due to James Cumming, steward, and William Abbott, chief clerk, at the House of Industry. Relates to additional responsibilities undertaken during the absence of the institution's former governor, Richard Boyle, and also between Boyle's death and the appointment of his successor, Colonel George Morris.

26 Dec 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/2424

File of papers relating to application from John Wright, former surgeon of 88th regiment of foot and chief clerk of Ennishowen police, County Donegal, for promotion. And also relating to John Wright, formerly of the Dublin head office of police, and later chief constable of barony of Tyrawly [Tirawley], County Mayo, to continue in his post. It would appear that these are 2 different John Wrights, whom the clerks in the Chief Secretary's Office, have incorrectly confused as one, and filed their papers together. File contains a letter from Wright, Grouse Hall, Carn, County Donegal, chief clerk of Ennishowen [Inishowen] police, County Donegal, established under the peace preservation act, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, renewing the application of his former petition of 30 August 1820, requesting a promotion to the superintendence of a police establishment, 6 December 1821. Wright encloses a set of copies of letters of recommendation, testifying to his education and good conduct, 5 November 1812-6 May 1818. File also includes a letter from Thomas Disney, Dublin, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, 25 July 1822, enclosing, at the request of the Dowager Countess of Kingston, a letter from Gregory, to the countess, dated 6 May 1818, acknowledging receipt of her letter of recommendation in favour of Wright, a chief clerk in the police, and noting that his case will be considered, 'whenever a favourable opportunity offers'. The file also contains a letter from Wright, Carthage, Moville, County Donegal, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, seeking the return of the several supporting documents which accompanied a petition submitted by Wright, dated 14 November 1822. The file also includes a petition from several magistrates of barony of Tyrawly, County Mayo, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, in praise of the conduct of John Wright, since his arrival there as chief constable of police in Tyrawly, and requesting that he be permitted to continue in his post under the new constabulary act. They refer to his former years of service in the Dublin head office of police, and the reluctance of the latter to lose Wright's services on his move to Tyrawley in 1821; petition signed by 15 magistrates, 9 September 1822. [This latter petition would appear to relate to an entirely different John Wright]. [Contains list of names not given in this description]

5 Nov 1812-30 Nov 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/2425

Letter from James Connery, Ballyduff, near Lismore, County Kerry, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, complaining at police magistrate Major Samson Carter's delay in acting on information provided by Connery, respecting 2 depots of arms hidden in the area, including one 'in a grave yard', and another concealed in a coffin. Expresses frustration at Carter's desire to proceed with caution, as some of the arms were amongst 'the ashes of the dead', and to avoid creating 'animosity'. Also mentions information given in relation to the murder of the Franks family, 19 December 1823. Also further letter from Connery, to Goulburn, recommending 2 individuals, Maurice Connery and Michael Burns, for appointment as police sub-constables. Notes that both men are marked out by the local disaffected, as a result of their loyalty to government, 19 December 1823. Also further letter from Connery, to Goulburn, renewing his application on behalf of Connery and Burns, 3 January 1824.

19 Dec 1823-3 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1823/2426

File of papers relating to case of Patrick Connell, crown witness in trial of perpetrators of murder of Major Richard Going, former chief police magistrate of County Limerick. Includes letter from Connell, 48 Fleet Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, recalling his role as crown witness in the trial of James Fitzgibbon and Patrick Nevill, both convicted and executed for the murder of Major Going. Emphasises that as a result, he was forced to leave the county and seek refuge in Dublin; expresses his anxiety for the safety of his sister who remains in County Limerick and seeks government assistance, 27 October [letter is dated 1824 but this is definitely an error, and should read 1823]. Connell encloses a letter received from his sister, Allicia [sic] Roache, Cappa, County Limerick, urging her brother to find 'some means or other to get myself and my Poor little Children out of this unfortunate Place'. Refers to the local murder of Mr Franks and his family, and her fears of meeting a similar fate, 14 October 1823. File also includes letter from Richard Willcocks, inspector general of police for Munster, Palmerston, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, responding, as requested, on the subject of Connell's letter, and referring to the 'importance' of Connell's evidence at the trial, 19 November 1823. Also letter from Matthew Barrington, Dublin, crown solicitor for Munster circuit, to Goulburn, responding as requested, with details on Connell's case, and relaying the content of his former letter, in relation to a previous petition from Connell. Barrington notes that it was not considered safe for Connell to return home following the trial, and refers to the subsequent arrangements made for his protection and support. Recommends that he might be considered for police employment, in order to support his sister who remains in County Limerick, 3 December 1823. Also includes a petition from Connell, 13 Lower Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, detailing his case, and his fears for the safety of his sister, and renewing his application for government assistance in order to protect her, 28 January 1824, with copy of letter of reply from Goulburn, to Connell, 31 January 1824.

14 Oct 1823-31 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1823/2427

Letter from James Daly, Dunsandle, County Galway, MP for County Galway, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, 11 December 1823, enclosing a petition from Mr Burke [not present]. Notes that Burke is a friend, and refers Goulburn to the assistant barrister of County Galway, for verification of the facts stated in the petition. [petition is dated 11 December 1824; it is not clear if that was an error by Daly, and it should state 1823, or if it was wrongly registered by the CSO clerks; possibly the former].

11 Dec 1824

1823

CSO/RP/1823/2428

File of papers relating to the Admiralty's concerns with the utility of local fishery surveys of Irish coast. Includes letter from John Barrow, Admiralty Office, London, second secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, 5 December 1823, enclosing a copy extract of a letter from Captain White, of the surveying vessel the 'Shamrock', to Barrow, originally dated 25 November 1823, expressing his concerns with deficiencies in the fishery survey of Strangford Lough, County Down. In particular, respecting the survey's positioning of a rocky shoal known as 'Butter Pladdie' [Butter Pladdy] on the lough. States that the fishery survey has placed the rock formation 1¼ miles from its actual position. On the subject of the fishery surveys, Barrow observes that the Lords of the Admiralty have been informed, '(how truly they do not pretend to say)', that the fishery surveys have constituted 'a considerable and useless expense', and reports plans to extend the Ordnance Survey to Ireland, and to carry out, in conjunction with the Admiralty, a 'scientific maritime survey' of the whole coast. Conveys the Admiralty's proposal, therefore, that works on all local surveys of coast might be discontinued. With subsequent lengthy annotation by Goulburn. File also includes letter from Henry Townsend, Irish Fishery Office, Dublin, secretary to the commissioners of Irish fisheries, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, responding, as requested, on the objections made by the Admiralty, concerning the fishery survey of Strangford Lough, 12 February 1824; encloses a copy of a report from Alexander Nimmo, Dublin, engineer to the Irish fisheries, to Townsend, offering a detailed defence of his work, and the survey, noting that, 'my survey did not come within four Miles of the place in question. The Chart is and professes to be a Chart merely of the Entrance of Strangford Lough showing that to be a direct [,] deep, and safe passage into an excellent Harbour, instead of the Crooked and dangerous course over a rocky Shoal as laid down by Mackenzie, and implicitly relied on by all books of pilotage…'. Nimmo expresses his astonishment that a chart should be represented as a 'defect of the Survey'. He observes that Captain White, 'has been employed several years….. in making surveys on the Coast of Ireland, but as no results have yet been made public, I am unable to say how far his operations are calculated to preclude the necessity of any part of the Survey we are now carrying on'. Also highlights problems in the work of a nautical surveyor employed by the Admiralty at Dublin Bay, noting that, 'From this instance I am not disposed to place implicit reliance on a Survey merely because it has been done by a person employed by the Admiralty'; Nimmo's report originally dated 26 January 1824. Also copy of a letter from John W Croker, Admiralty office, London, first secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, to Goulburn, acknowledging receipt of various documents on the matter. Reiterates the opinion of the Lords of the Admiralty that, irrespective of the correctness of the fishery surveys, 'it would be an unjustifiable waste of public money, to have detailed Surveys made, and charts printed, of small portions of the Coast, and on less scientific principles, when a general trigonometrical Survey of the whole is in contemplation'. Also requests that copies of all fishery survey maps be sent to the Admiralty office, 15 March 1824.

25 Nov 1823-15 Mar 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1823/2429

Letter from Peter Holmes, stamp office, Dublin, secretary to the commissioners of stamps, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing, as instructed by an order from the Treasury, London, a statement of the value of stamps, paper and parchment, received into, and issued from, the warehouse of stamped goods, stamp office, Ireland, for 3 months ending 10 October 1823, in Irish currency. Signed by Robert Mulock, comptroller, comptroller's office, stamp office, Dublin, 8 January 1824. Also encloses statement of account of the value of stamps in the possession of the various distributors of stamps across Ireland, prepared by stamp office, Dublin, for the quarter 5 July 1823-10 October 1823, also in Irish currency. Account arranged by county, stating the name of each distributor, the balance of cash, stamps, and other items, for which the distributor is accountable, including details on recent inspections of the stock of each distributor. Signed by Robert Mulock, comptroller, stamp office, Dublin, 8 January 1824.

5 Jul 1823-8 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1823/2430

Letter from Owen Wynne, Haslewood [Hazlewood], Sligo, County Sligo, MP for Sligo borough, to [Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary], Dublin Castle, in support of an application from William Hume, for an advance of government money to carry out proposed improvements to the harbour at Sligo. Emphasises need for providing employment to locals, referring to his fears for 'very great distress amongst the poor in the ensuing season' as a result of deficient corn and potato crops. Also notes his approval of the new road in progress from the Leitrim collieries to Dromahair, County Leitrim, under the supervision of Alexander Nimmo, civil engineer, 15 October 1823. Also letter from William Hume, Macdonald's Hotel, Dominick Street, Dublin, a commissioner for the improvement of the town and harbour of Sligo, to Goulburn, 26 November 1823, enclosing a report by Thomas Telford, London, engineer, addressed to the trustees [commissioners] for improving Sligo harbour, recommending the adoption of several parts of the proposals of Alexander Nimmo, engineer, for improvements to the harbour, originally dated 22 October 1822; it bears a subsequent annotation by Thomas Reed, secretary to the commissioners, stating that a copy of Telford's report was sent to Nimmo, accompanied by a copy of the resolution passed at a meeting [of the commissioners] on 18 November 1822. Hume emphasises the desire of the commissioners for the improvement of the town and harbour of Sligo, to obtain funds to complete the work already underway, in order to facilitate the 'rapid extension of the Trade of the Town of Sligo'; with subsequent annotation on letter, by Goulburn. Also letter from Hume and John Black, Macdonald's Hotel, commissioners, to Goulburn, registering their concern at a copy of a letter they have seen which was sent to Goulburn by Messrs Martin and Barklie, designed to 'excite unfavourable impressions on your mind, as to the application of the Commissioners for the Improvement of the Town & Harbour of Sligo'. Denounces such 'underhand' tactics, and emphasises the commissioners' commitment to the interests of Sligo town, 15 December 1823. Encloses a letter from Wynne, 18 [Great] Pulteney Street, Bath, England, to [Goulburn], reiterating his support for the application for government funds for the improvement of the harbour, 10 December 1823.

22 Oct 1822-15 Dec 1823

1823