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CSO/RP/1824/1021

Letter from Thomas Monsell, [assistant barrister for County Fermanagh], Redwood, County Tipperary, [post town is Parsonstown, King's County ], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting to learn if he is expected to serve as assistant barrister at the quarter sessions of Newtownbutler in County Fermanagh.

12 Jul 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1022

Letter from Henry Hobhouse, Under Secretary of State for the Home Department, London, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing memorial from James McKenna, teacher, 13 Fleet Street, Dublin, to Robert Peel, Secretary of State, London, requesting advance of financial aid to facilitate his departure from Ireland on account of a threat to his life following revelations to government on the activities of the Ribbonmen. Refers to coming into contact with John McDonnell, a classical teaching assistant to Reverend George Irwine, while employed in County Longford, and of discovering a conspiracy hatched by the Ribbon societies of Leinster and Ulster to be carried forward at a meeting in County Armagh; explains that his efforts to have the activists ‘brought to justice’ were undermined by the trial of ‘a disaffected man’ who was employed by Reverend Charles Henry Minchin, inspector of Longford jail [for whom McKenna carries out teaching duties] and in consequence was obliged to leave that country; continues that due to a perceived threat in his home county of Tyrone he is forced to reside in Dublin. Complains for all his labour, he received a remuneration from government of only £5 plus an additional £2 from Reverend Groves at Aughnacloy, County Tyrone; he appeals for aid to ‘afford him the means of leaving a country in which he is no longer safe and the more so as he has chosen the Established Church for his place of worship’. Also letter from McKenna to Goulburn expressing his need for a measure of assistance following provision of information against the disaffected. Insists ‘but for the imprudence of my confidential advisor [Minchin] in making a premature disclosure of my plans I would have succeeded in giving a complete check to the Ribbon System’. Also memorial from McKenna to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking remuneration as reward for his part in exposing the activities of the Ribbon societies and adding at present he ‘is incapable of making a living in any part of Ireland’ on account of his disclosures.

12 Jul 1824-13 Sep 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1023

Petition of Alicia Fitzpatrick, widow, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking the extension of financial aid. Claims her husband John Fitzpatrick, of the 11th Regiment of Foot was discharged on a pension following nearly 10 years service; continues he also acted as sergeant in the peace preservation establishment for around 3 years prior to his death at Leixlip in County Kildare; attested and signed by 7 individuals. [Contains list of names not given in this description]

18 Jun 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1024

Letter from Edward W Scott, 9 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, acknowledging receipt of appointment to the situation of assistant barrister for County Clare and noting the Lord Lieutenant’s intention of moving him to service in County Fermanagh. Encloses warrant for the appointment of Scott as assistant barrister for County Clare, sanctioned by Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, and countersigned by William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland. Indicates that Scott is nominated as a replacement for Charles Mahon, who is now deceased.

6 Jul 1824-12 Jul 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1025

Letter from Thomas Johnston, Wattlebridge, near Clones, County Monaghan, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, expressing opinion that strong opposition can be expected from members of the orange order around Clones in response to a circular issued by Earl O’Neill, grant master, stipulating that no processions should take place on the 12th of July. Acknowledges the ‘evil tendency’ of the orange marches and recognises ‘the Irritation they will produce not, even in the minds of the Catholic Body, but be hurtful to the liberal Protestant, the Dissenter, and Free-mason’.

1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1026

Letter from the Bishop of Kildare [Charles Lindsay], Lemington, Warwick, England, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, seeking permission for his son [also Charles Lindsay], archdeacon of Kildare, County Kildare, to advance his ecclesiastical career through use of ‘a vacant benefice in my disposal, which I have placed at his command’.

30 Jun 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1027

Copy letter from the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, to George Hatchell, 36 Upper Merrion Street, Dublin, indicating that a position can be offered to his son as clerk in the Civil Accounts Office but declines the offer of a second post ‘as a compensation for your loss of office’. Also letter from Hatchell to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, refusing the offer of the situation of clerk in the Civil Accounts Office due to the smallness of the income; he requests his eldest son, George Hatchell, be given the position. Also letter from Hatchell to Goulburn complaining of the loss of his situation and seeking a situation as ‘Chief Constable of Police, or an appointment under any of the public Boards, or new Parliamentary Commissioners’.

8 Jul 1824-Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1824/1028

Letter from Howe Peter Browne, 2nd marquis of Sligo, Kildare, County Kildare, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, expressing concern on behalf of the Turf Club over plans to lay a road through a horse racing course [?The Curragh] and requesting the opinion of law officers on the matter. Stresses, if unopposed, the proposed development that ‘will effectively ruin our King’s Plate race course’.

10 Jun 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1029

Letter from Dr Edward Trevor, supervisor of convict transportation, [Cove, County Cork], to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, stressing the immediate necessity for a suitable sailing vessel to remove 200 male convicts from the harbour of Cove [Cobh]. He emphasises that extra convicts will be added to the already crowded prisons by the coming assizes and mentions that another convict ship, previously applied for, is not expected to arrive until late July.

12 Jul 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1030

Letter from Sir Edward Smith Lees, secretary, General Post Office, Dublin, to Thomas Taylor, clerk, Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, requesting conveyance of a letter of permission allowing free postage to the Education Board. Also letter from John Leslie Foster, Commissioner of Education, Anti Chamber, [20 Kildare Street, Dublin], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, seeking sanction for transmission and reception of mail free of cost. Also letter from Robert Pauncefote, secretary, Commissioner of Inquiry into state of Education in Ireland, 13 Merrion Square, Dublin, to Goulburn, requesting the Lord Lieutenant ‘give an order to the Post Office, that the Correspondence, to and from this Board, may be free of charge’. Also memorandum on the request by the Post Office for an extension of free postage to the commissioner, with stipulations to prevent abuse.

3 Jul 1824-10 Jul 1824

1824