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CSO/RP/1823/311

Petition of Owen O'Malley, Carrakeel, Newport, County Mayo, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting to be re-appointed to the vacant post of distributor of stamps for County Mayo, having previously held the post, [annotation indicates petition received 18 February 1823]. Also draft copy of letter from Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, to the commissioners of stamps, to obtain their opinion on O'Malley's application, February 1823.

18 Feb 1823-Feb 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/312

Letter from Dr Robert Reid, 16 Belvedere Place, Dublin, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, 18 February 1823, concerning his application for appointment to vacancy as physician in House of Industry, and enclosing a petition from Reid to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, requesting the post [petition not present].

18 Feb 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/313

Petition of church wardens parish of St. James, Dublin, to [Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle], concerning a 3 year old child abandoned in the parish. Requests government order to admit the child into the House of Industry's school in Channel Row [North Brunswick Street], Dublin. Petition signed by Reverend Edward Wingfield, Church of Ireland rector of St. James, and by Benjamin Woodcock and Thomas Orde, church wardens, [February 1823]. Contains annotation by Abbot, clerk and register to the House of Industry, stating that the child cannot be admitted, 19 February 1823.

[Feb 1823]-19 Feb 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/314

File of papers relating to application of Charles Farrell to obtain passage to New South Wales, Australia. Includes petition of Farrell, 4 Elliott Place, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, detailing threats made against him by the lower orders for assisting government, and explaining that he applied to the colonial office to emigrate, and received a passport to settle in New South Wales. States, however, that each time he has attempted to obtain passage on a convict ship sailing from Cork, he has been rejected [annotation indicates petition received 12 February 1823].

11 Feb 1823-14 Jul 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/315

Letter from William Urwick, Sligo, County Sligo, to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, concerning issue of charitable loans to the poor, by the London Tavern Irish Relief Committee. Requests confirmation of rumour that government have issued an exemption for notes of hand [debt securities used in the loan transactions] from the necessity of a stamp, and whether, 'an unstamped form of Security be sufficient to recover debts ….in a Court of Law', 15 February 1823. Also letter from William Gore, commissioner of stamps, stamp office, Dublin, to Gregory, responding as requested to the query, and stating that no such exemption was issued, 25 February 1823.

15 Feb 1823-25 Feb 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/316

Letter from John Saunders and Julius Besnard, Cork, County Cork, sheriffs of Cork city, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, emphasising the overcrowding problem in Cork city jail, and the urgency of the removal of convicts awaiting transportation. Refers to ships sent to Cork to receive convicts from Cork county and city jails, which 'are at present totally useless though attended with considerable expense to the Public..'.

24 Feb 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/317

Letter from Anne Devery, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, [2 February 1823], enclosing petition of her husband, Owen Devery, Clara, King's County [County Offaly], a mason, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting bail, and stating his innocence of charges against him of buying a pig and failing to pay for it, 2 February 1823. Encloses certificate of recommendation from his parish priest James Magauran of Lemanaghan; and also encloses a letter from Edmund Armstrong, Gallen, to Robert James Enright Mooney, Doon, King's County, magistrate, concerning Devery's committal to jail, 'upon a charge which I do not think it possible he can have been guilty, 30 January 1823; the same letter is also annotated by Edward Cox, Clara House, Clara, King's County, magistrate, referring to Devery as honest and industrious. Also letter from Thomas Simpson, keeper of Philipstown [Daingean] jail, King's County, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, stating that no Owen Devrey has been committed to his jail, and suggesting alternative jails in the county, 13 February 1823.

30 Jan 1823-13 Feb 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/318

Petition of newly appointed chief constables of police, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, concerning expenditure incurred during time in Dublin, awaiting receipt of authorised warrants, equipment, and instructions. Requests that their pay be commenced from the day of their arriving in Dublin. Petition signed by 11 chief constables, 8 February 1823; annotation on reverse of opinion of John Sealy Townsend KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, 26 February 1823. Also includes letter from William Percy, Caher, County Tipperary, chief constable of barony of Iffa and Offa West, County Tipperary, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, complaining of date of commencement of his salary, 10 October 1823. Also letter from Richard Willcocks, Palmerston, Dublin, inspector general of police for Munster, to Goulburn, responding, as requested concerning Percy's letter, and referring to the Solicitor General's opinion that chief constables should be entitled to pay from the date of their warrants, 20 October 1823.

8 Feb 1823-20 Oct 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/319

Petition of 'the most wretched tradeing [sic] and labouring classes of the City of Cork', to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, stating their opposition to the closure of the public coal yards, from which they have 'derived the greatest benefit', and emphasising their importance to the poor. Urges government not to '….leave us a prey to a Set of Coal dealers'. Petition signed by 146 individuals. [Annotation on reverse indicates petition received 7 February 1823]. [Contains list of names not given in this description]

[7 Feb 1823]

1823

CSO/RP/1823/320

Letter from Isaac Dejoncourt, to Marlborough Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning his request to retire from the Irish Post Office, and urging Goulburn's interference with the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, on the matter.

5 Nov 1823

1823