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CSO/RP/1824/1781

Letter from Sir Edward Smith Lees, secretary, General Post Office, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, reporting the robbery of mail from the post boy on route between Kilbeggan, County Westmeath and Tullamore, King's County [County Offaly], by 2 assailants, one of whom was armed.

10 Nov 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1782

Copy of order by Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, and Council, sanctioning appointment of Major General Burke as governor of the County Limerick lunatic asylum. Also query with heading ‘Who are the trustees of the Lunatic Asylum in Limerick?’ followed by a list of 13 names including John Fitzgibbon, 2nd earl of Clare, and Charles Vereker, 2nd viscount Gort.

28 Oct 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1783

Letter from Alexander Nimmo, civil engineer and supervisor of public works in western district, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, reporting on use of oatmeal as recompense for work completed on public works in west Galway parishes. Observes ‘in all the cases we could have had for ready money at least double the quantity of work done’. Encloses an account of cash wages and remuneration in oatmeal given to labourers on public works in the parishes of Moycullen, Killanan [Killannin] and Oughterard, County Galway, during the months of July and August 1824.

4 Nov 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1784

Letter from Lieutenant General Quin John Freeman, Richard French and Henry Singleton, commissioners of the Board of Works, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting advance of superannuation allowance to James Wildman, overseer of works with the Board of Works, at the Phoenix Park, Dublin, due to deterioration of his mental faculties. Also requests that a suitable person be appointed to fill the office he holds, 21 October 1824. Encloses copy letter from Francis Johnston, architect, Board of Works, Lower Castle Yard, Dublin, to Robert Robinson, assistant secretary, Board of Works, stressing urgency of finding a replacement for Wildman who is ‘totally inefficient and useless’. Affirms that Wildman for some 20 years has been a consistent employee and recommends application to government for subsistence to aid support of his family, 18 October 1824. Encloses certificate from Dr Alexander Jackson, medical doctor, and Andrew Johnston, surgeon, stating that Wildman was previously admitted to the Richmond Lunatic Asylum, Dublin, and cautions of likelihood of repeated attacks of insanity, 18 October 1824. Also letter from Freeman and Singleton to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, enclosing statement from Francis Johnston, indicating Wildman’s age, period of service and level of work remuneration, 13; 18 November 1824.

18 Oct 1824-18 Nov 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1785

Letter from Henry Townsend, Irish fishery office, Dublin, secretary to commissioners of Irish fisheries, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, proposing the water guard be vested with responsibilities for supervision and enforcement of regulations at fishing piers and harbours within their respective jurisdictions. Refers in particular to complaints over removal of materials and property to supply ballast for boats and other abuses of the harbour facilities, 7 October 1824. Also letter from James Dombrain, Coast Guard Office, Custom House, Dublin, comptroller general of the water guards in Ireland, to Goulburn, indicating that the assistance sought by the commissioners of Irish fisheries would be forthcoming ‘provided it did not interfere with their other duties’, 20 October 1824. Also copy reply from Goulburn [part amended in pencil] to Dombrain conveying the Lord Lieutenant’s sanction on proposals and to advise that instructions be issued to the officers of the preventative water guard for the purposes intended. Advises a record be kept of damage to port facilities or infringement of regulations.

7 Oct 1824-20 Oct 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1786

Letter signed by 10 magistrates of County Tyrone, Omagh, County Tyrone, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, offering defence of character of Andrew Cooke who was removed from the police establishment by an order from the Lord Lieutenant. Affirms that during Cook’s service in the police ‘he has been a proper, sober, vigilant & affective constable’ and requests his reinstatement. With certificate in Cook’s favour added to base by James Lowry.

3 May 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1824/1787

File concerning disposition of crown land in town of Wicklow, County Wicklow, in possession of George David Ronan [also spelt Rowan], merchant. Includes letter from Lieutenant General William Fyers, Major General Brooke Young, John Butcher and Major J Baddeley, Office of Ordnance, Lower Castle Yard, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, enclosing an extract of a letter from Fyers [Commander of the Royal Engineers] directing the clerk of works to obtain further information on a piece of ground located at the fair green in the town of Wicklow, County Wicklow, identified as a possible location for a new military barracks; notes that the property in question is presently held by Ronan by conveyance from the crown, 31 May 1824. Also includes letter from Ronan, Wicklow, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, stressing the cost to him of renting the plot of ground as well as his expenditure in making improvements. Expresses opposition to disposal of property to government and indicates interest in securing the ground for his own use, 10 October 1824. Also includes letter from John Maxwell-Barry, 5th Baron Farnham, and Hartstonge Robinson, Crown Lands Office, Treasury Chambers, Dublin Castle, commissioners for crown lands in Ireland, to Goulburn, advising that further government direction be suspended until the outcome of Ronan’s negotiations with the lords of the treasury is known; notes that formal letters patent will not be necessary if Ronan succeeds in his plans for ‘absolute purchase’ of the plot, 4 November 1824.

29 Aug 1821-24 Nov 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1788

Letter from Archibald Hamilton Rowan, Leinster Street, Dublin, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, seeking determination of the Lord Lieutenant on findings of a select committee of the House of Commons who advocate a reduction in local taxation for the city of Dublin, 28 February 1824. Also letter from Major Alexander Taylor and Alderman Mark Bloxham, commissioners for paving, Paving House, Mary Street, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, responding to request from the Lord Lieutenant for a reply to Rowan’s submission for a reduction in tax, 15 March 1824. Encloses copy letter from commissioners for paving to Goulburn, quoting from a report of the select committee on taxation in Dublin and offering justification for their present demands on households, 29 October 1822; encloses cover letter and copy memorial from the commissioners to Charles Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot of Hensol, [Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1817-1821], complaining of financial burden arising from a disallowance of expenditure by the commissioners of imprest accounts and seeking warrant to enable payment of outstanding sums, 3 April 1820; also encloses copy memorial from commissioners for paving to Lord Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth, [Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1813-1817], urging alleviation from ruling on their spend by the commissioners of imprest accounts, 26 January 1816. Also letter from Sir Charles William Flint, secretary, Irish Office, London, to Gregory, asking that Rowan be informed that after thoughtful consideration of the issue the Chief Secretary is not at liberty to recommend a reduction in paving tax rates, 27 March 1824. Returns copy letter from Gregory to the commissioners for paving, dated 3 February 1816, and letter from the commissioners to Goulburn, dated 6 November 1823.

26 Jan 1816-27 Mar 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1789

Copy affidavit from John Butler, 17 Montgomery [Foley] Street, Dublin, and James Kinsella, 22 Lotts, near Abbey Street, Dublin, employees of the Dublin Gas Light Company, stating they were subjected to an attack by a number of unknown assailants ‘armed with sticks’ at 10pm near their place of employment at North Lotts. Alleges the assailants also attacked Timothy Carty, Michael Carroll and John Murphy, who sustained serious hurt and injury. Adds they can offer no explanation for the assault upon them ‘except that they are disliked by tradesmen for working under prices regulated by them’, sworn before Peter Low, police magistrate, Dublin, and marked ‘X’ by both informants. Also anonymous letter signed ‘an Irish man’ to Mr Holloway, Dublin Gas [Light Company], warning of consequences of employing tradesmen at levels of pay below that agreed ‘at the Board of London’. Warns if the company continue to employ tradesmen who accept reduced wages ‘the Whole Place will be set fire to’. Such a course of action, he advises, would cause the death of a number of people, ‘but We can spear [sic] a few’.

13 Nov 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1790

Letter from John Cotter, chairman, committee of merchants, Cork, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, complaining of disadvantages resulting from the long delay in despatching of mail from the town of Waterford, County Waterford, for the city of Cork. Refers to unsuccessful application to the postmaster general for a nightly despatch of mail and seeks intervention from government, 25 September 1824. Encloses ‘Copies of the Correspondence between Sir Edward S. Lees, General Post Office Dublin, & the Committee of Merchants of Cork, on the detention of the Cork Letters in the Post Office of Waterford’, 22 April 1824-20 September 1824. Also letter from Lees, General Post Office, Dublin, to Goulburn, stating that the object sought by the merchants of Cork cannot be obtained ‘without great embarrassment or considerable expense’. Considers issues such as serving the whole of the county, of revenue, of operational impediments, and cost of service to Cork city, 25 October 1824. Also draft reply from Dublin Castle to Cotter, providing full consideration of their proposal for a more expedient despatch of mail from Waterford for the city of Cork.

25 Sep 1824-25 Oct 1824

1824