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CSO/RP/1823/331

Petition of Thomas Millet, Thurles, County Tipperary, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting to be reinstated as a magistrate for County Tipperary. Emphasises his zealous conduct, in particular during recent disturbances in the county. Encloses newspaper extract of letter from the inhabitants of Thurles, to Millet, in praise of his conduct as magistrate; names of 86 inhabitants annexed below, 13 March 1815 [annotation indicates petition received 24 February 1823].

13 Mar 1815-[24 Feb1823]

1823

CSO/RP/1823/332

Note from Major Thomas Newcomen Edgeworth, 62 Gardiner Street, Dublin, a commissioner for paving, cleansing and lighting streets of Dublin, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting permission for leave of absence from his post on paving board, in order to attend the Longford assizes.

28 Feb 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/333

Petition of Margaret Hutchinson, Fermoy, County Cork, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, concerning the death of her husband, John Hutchinson, distributor of stamps for Fermoy, and requesting to be appointed to the post. Refers to her knowledge of the work, having carried out the job for many years in consequence of husband's ill-health, 22 February 1823. Also letter from Margaret Hutchinson, to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, emphasising her financial distress, and enclosing petition to Wellesley, requesting government assistance, 29 March 1823.

22 Feb 1823-29 Mar 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/334

Letter from Edward I Johnston, Phoenix Park, Dublin, private secretary to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, 22 February 1823, forwarding, for Gregory's attention, a petition of the election committee of Lieutenant Colonel White, to Wellesley, complaining of conduct of Captain Henry Ellis, commander of the water guard at Balbriggan, County Dublin, in dismissing men from the water guard who voted for Captain White rather than Sir Compton Domville; petition signed by John Hore, secretary of the committee; encloses affidavit of John Oram of Skerries, County Dublin, sworn before Frederick Homan, magistrate, 19 February 1823, stating that he was dismissed from his employment as a water guard, following his father's vote for Colonel White in the recent contested election [annotation indicates petition received 21 February 1823]. Also letter from Captain Ellis, Balbriggan, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, responding as requested to the claims against him and emphasising his 'unqualified denial of every allegation', 4 March 1823; encloses his affidavit sworn before John Mee, magistrate for County Dublin, explaining the reason for his dismissal of Richard Oram and Michael Oram and clarifying which members of the water guard possessed a vote, 4 March 1823.

19 Feb 1823-4 Mar 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/335

Letter from Captain WJ Graham, 7 Paradise Row [Wellington Street], Dublin, to Edward I Johnston, private secretary to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting a government situation or pension. Refers to the assassination of his father, a magistrate for Dublin city, by insurgents, and to his own military service.

25 Feb 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/336

Letter from Michael O'Grady, Listowel, County Kerry, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, 20 February 1823, appending a copy of a statement by O'Grady, which he sent to George Raymond, 'agent to an absentee Landlord', presenting an abstract of rents, tithes, taxes, and other expenses, incurred in 1822 on lands of Glourie [Glouria], County Kerry, rented by O'Grady from Mr Gun of Cheltenham, England, and demonstrating, 'the return I had from the produce of said Lands in said year to meet s[ai]d demands'. O'Grady emphasises the difficulties of the economic times for Irish tenants and urges need for agents of absentee landlords to exercise 'Moderation & sympathy', and to grant 'immediate abatements' of rent, 13 February 1823.

13 Feb 1823-20 Feb 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/337

Letter from Samuel Crookshank, Cork, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, offering his services for the post of manager of the convicts soon to be moved out of Cork city jail and housed on the convict hulk in Cork harbour.

12 Feb 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/338

Petition of magistrates and members of fever hospital of Ennis, County Clare, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, emphasising the extent of fever in Ennis in recent times, and reporting that their funds are exhausted, following money expended in constructing necessary additional accommodation at the fever hospital. Requests government aid to continue to operate until the forthcoming spring assizes [annotation indicates petition received 11 February 1823]. Also letter from Dr Francis Barker, General Board of Health, Dublin, secretary to the General Board of Health, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, responding, as requested, to the Ennis petition, advising that no further aid to the fever hospital is required, 25 February 1823. Also covering note from Dr Barker to Gregory, returning the petition, 4 March 1823.

[11 Feb 1823]-4 Mar 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/339

File of papers relating to request of Susannah Free, Dublin, to obtain an advance of her government pension. Includes petition of Free, 11 Pembrook Court, Baggot Street, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting an advance of her pension received for her former work as superintendant of the Bedford Asylum, Dublin. Emphasises her financial distress and her wish to complete the education of her son, 11 February 1823. Also letter from Free to Edward I Johnston, private secretary to Wellesley, requesting his support for her application, [February 1823], and enclosing a certificate of recommendation signed by Dr James Henthorn, Reverend William O'Connor, Edward Houghton, James Horner, and Francis L'Estrange, former governors of the House of Industry, Dublin, 20 February 1822. Also includes damp press copy of letter from Goulburn to Free, stating that the Lord Lieutenant has agreed to her request for an advance of £50 from her pension, 25 October 1823. Also letter from Lieutenant Colonel George Morris, House of Industry, Dublin, governor of House of Industry, to Goulburn, concerning sum of £50 to be issued to Susannah Free.

20 Feb 1822-14 Jul 1824

1823

CSO/RP/1823/340

Letter from directors general of inland navigation, navigation office, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, reporting the death of William Clements, keeper of the 6th lock on the Tyrone navigation. Recommends appointment of Clements' son to fill the vacant post. Letter signed by Daniel Corneille, James Saurin, and Henry R Paine, directors.

26 Feb 1823

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