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CSO/RP/1823/511

Petition of Henry Alley and his sister, Ellenor [sic] Alley, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, stating that they are the children of the late Reverend Henry Baldwin Alley, Church of Ireland rector of parish of Skirke [Skirk], Queen's County [County Laois], and requesting government relief. Emphasises their distressed circumstances, stating that Alley is blind, and his sister 'nearly blind'. Encloses certificate verifying their circumstances, and signed by 12 individuals, including local clergy. [annotation indicates petition received 24 March 1823]. [Contains list of names not given in this description]

[24 Mar 1823]

1823

CSO/RP/1823/512

Letter from George King, 3rd earl Kingston, Pulteney Hotel, Piccadilly, London, England, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting that Lyttleton Lyster be appointed as inspector of fisheries at Bantry, County Cork, following the resignation of John Boyce, 13 March 1823. Also letter from Henry Townsend, Irish fishery office, Dublin, secretary to commissioners of Irish fisheries, to Alexander Mangin, first clerk in civil department of Chief Secretary's Office, stating that he has received no news of Boyce's resignation, 31 March 1823.

13 Mar 1823-31 Mar 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/513

Letter from Charles Brenan, 22 Ann's [Anne] Street, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, referring to the application of his uncle, Reverend Dr Charles Sughrue, Roman Catholic bishop of Kerry, to obtain government employment for Brenan. Brenan expresses interest in post of commissioner of inquiry in the West Indies, vacant following death of Richard Hore in the sinking of the packet ship Liverpool. Encloses copy of letter from Sughrue, Killarney, County Kerry, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, concerning employment for his nephew Brenan, 12 November 1822, with copy of letter of reply from Goulburn, 22 November 1822.

22 Mar 1822-29 Mar 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/514

Letter from Thomas Orde Lees, General Post Office, Dublin, chief clerk of Irish Post Office, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning postage privileges on all letters and packets connected with the work of the commissioners of education.

3 Apr 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/515

Letter from Dan Meagher, Patrick Street, Cork, County Cork, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting permission to convey 260 gallons of whiskey onboard the ship 'Sir James Kempt', bound for Quebec, Canada, for the use of the government settlers onboard. Also requests that the whiskey be shipped free of excise duty, 'according to the practice in England'.

24 Mar 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/516

Letter from M Charles Fox, [Killenny, Queen's County [County Laois] ], barrister, to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, reporting on illness of Lord Chief Justice, and stating that he is too unwell to carry out his official duties at Kilkenny assizes. Requests that another judge be sent in his place.

31 Mar 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/517

File of papers concerning request of Edwin Thrackston, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, to be employed in the improvement of the Irish fisheries. Includes letter from William Le Poer Trench, custom house Dublin, secretary to the commissioners of customs, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, 24 February 1823, enclosing 2 letters from Thrackston, to Trench, concerning Thrackston's work in establishing a successful fishery on the Scilly Isles, and expressing his wish to be employed in a similar way on the Irish coast, 6 December 1822; 23 January 1823. Also encloses Thrackston's statement 'On the advantages to be derived to the Country, and the poor Inhabitants of the Scilly Islands, by increasing the fishing Establishment, now carrying on, on a small scale, at the Island of Tresco, Scilly, by Edwin Thrackston, agent to an association of Noblemen and Gentlemen, established in London for the relief of the off Islands of Scilly [sic]'; this statement is arranged as a serious of questions and answers concerning work to improve and enlarge the Scilly fishery, the sums of money expended, numbers of locals employed, quantities of different types of fish caught, and revenue generated [1822]. Trench also encloses a letter of reply received from Henry Townsend, Irish fishery office, Dublin, secretary to the commissioners of Irish fisheries, concerning Thrackston's wish for employment, and referring him to the Irish government, 13 February 1823. File also includes letter from Townsend to Gregory, reporting, as requested, the opinion of the board of fisheries relative to Thrackston's papers, and recommending that the government, 'could not appoint a more proper person to an Inspectorship in the Irish Fisheries…', 13 March 1823.

[1822]-3 Mar 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/518

Petition of Matthew Russell, Newry, County Down, rope and sail maker, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, concerning the delay in paying the fishing bounty to the poor fishermen of Newry and neighbouring ports, due to, 'a sufficient number of the Commissioners not attending so as to form a Board' to decide on the applications. Petition states that, as a result, the fishermen are unable to pay their debts to Russell for fitting out their vessels. Urges the board of fisheries to reach a decision, 7 March 1823. Also letter from anonymous writer styled 'Justice', to the commissioners of fisheries, complaining that the fishermen cannot pay their accounts, and warning that the conduct of the fisheries board will be infamous, 13 February 1823. Also letter from Henry Townsend, Irish fishery office, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, stating that the complaints made in both papers, 'are too well founded' and emphasising the need to address the problem of the lack of attendance of certain commissioners, 27 March 1823.

13 Feb 1823-27 Mar 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/519

Letter from John Galloway, commissioners' board room, [Dublin], secretary to the commissioners for the issue of money for public works from consolidated fund, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, acknowledging receipt of papers concerning issue of funds for construction of proposed line of road from Loughrea to Craughwell, County Galway.

1 Apr 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/520

Letter from FW Greene, Kilranelagh, County Wicklow, magistrate, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning prison legislation requiring that prisoners tried at quarter sessions be kept in district bridewells, and urging that magistrates instead be permitted to send prisoners to county jails, 'at least wherever that confinement shall be of such a length, as to hold out hope if its contributing to the improvement of the prisoner'.

26 Jan 1823

1823