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CSO/RP/1824/1

Letter from Peter Dwyer, Glantrasna, near Rathcormac, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing memorial to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to ‘any active Situation’ under Government on grounds of his having prosecuted a couple of highway robbers who attacked and robbed him near Newcastle, County Tipperary in December 1814. Mentions coming under pressure from an associate of the thieves [Maurice Connell] to abandon pursuit of justice; and also refers to his relocation from the neighbourhood of Cappoquin, County Waterford, to Castlelyons, County Cork, for reasons of personal safety. Encloses letter to Goulburn, reiterating claim to assistance in recompense for efforts ‘for the preservation of peace & order’.

2 Jan 1824-9 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/2

Letter from William Young, late crown solicitor, Camden Villa, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, seeking appointment to post of clerk in 2nd office of police establishment due to the death of ‘Strachan’. Encloses copy memorial from Young to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, emphasising his breath of experience in preparing legal cases and offering his services in support of the police department.

1 Aug 1822-7 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/3

Letter from Thomas Elrington, Church of Ireland Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin, the Palace, Ferns, County Wexford, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, restating his recommendation for Reverend William Scott, for preferment to the parish of Kilranelagh and making mention of the conveyance of rights to the vicarage of Rathvilly, County Carlow, ‘to Government when vacant’. Comments upon issues raised in connection with implementation of tithe bill in the diocese.

1 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/4

Letter from John Doherty, Commissioner of Inquiry, Board of Inquiry, Stephens Green, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, submitting resignation as commissioner of board on grounds on having insufficient time to devote to office.

7 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/5

Letter from Peter Holmes, secretary, Stamp Office, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, conveying copy of account of incidents paid by the Receiver General of Stamp Duties for quarter ending 10th October 1823, indicating cost of a variety of individual items of expenditure, including payment for painting, newspaper advertising, supply of stationary, and £8 13s 4d ‘for Whiskey’; signed by Andrew Armstrong, receiver general.

3 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/6

Letter from Alexander B Howe, 13 Everett Street, Brunswick Square, [London], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, acknowledging his transmission of a letter to Lord Bathurst [Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst] in connection with his claim on property presently before the Treasury. Noting that he laments that 'some other applicants have sprung up in the persons of the Misses Tonge, who are distant relations of mine’.

6 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/7

Letter from John Barclay Alloway, late director of public coal yards, Mount Pleasant Crescent, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting a decision on the disposal of some implements which are stored in coal yard to enable an account to be closed and furnished to the Commissioners of Accounts.

30 Dec 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1824/8

File of material relating to application of Patrick Crowly, mason, Skibbereen, County Cork, for payment for repair of bridge between Glandore harbour and Castletownsend [Castletownshend]. Includes letter from Crowly to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, enclosing memorial to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, outlining case for reimbursement for work on bridge that was rejected for presentment before the county grand jury at behest of Judge Burton; includes certificate of support signed by members of grand jury and principle inhabitants of parishes of Myross and Castlehaven, 18 April 1823. Also includes letter from Richard Griffith, engineer, Newmarket, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting on detail of case and returning letters from Lord Kingston [George King] and Alexander O’Driscol pertaining to same, 3 January 1824.

15 Apr 1823-6 Mar 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/9

Outline of case concerning request by commissioners appointed for purpose of enlarging the outlets of the county gaol of [County] Cork for advance of payment of sums of £4,682 7s 6d and £215 claimed from the Consolidated Fund, with opinion of Solicitor General [Henry Joy] and Attorney General [William Conyngham Plunket]. Encloses copy of presentment intended to raise funds for enlarging outlets of gaol through ‘making a Bridge over the Southern Branch of the River Lee and a Causeway to Communicate with the said Bridge and County Jail and the new Western Road’ and to formally appoint commissioners to supervise work; signed by James Chatterton, clerk of the crown. Also encloses copy memorial from commissioners to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking funds for completion of proposed project. Includes letter from William Henry Worth Newenham, high sheriff of County Cork, Coolmore House, Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, stressing that work ‘is of the utmost importance, as until that is accomplished, the necessary Classification of Prisoners cannot be carried into effect’. Also includes letter from Richard Griffith, engineer, Dublin, to Goulburn, observing that ‘a mistake has arisen respecting that work, which has probably been confounded with the new entrance into the City of Cork’. Also includes letter from Newenham to Goulburn, reiterating plea for financial assistance with bridge. Also includes letter from Richard B Cotter, secretary to the grand jury of County Cork, to Griffith, acknowledging intention to grant funds for work and requesting further directions.

30 Dec 1823-4 Mar 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/10

Letter from Richard Hayes, late Royal Navy, Dundrum, Cashel, County Tipperary, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing memorial to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to situation of superannuated gauger in the revenue department; certified on base by Samuel Cooper, magistrate, and 6 others.

5 Jan 1824

1824