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CSO/RP/1824/191

Petition of Patrick Connor, late 88th Regiment of Foot, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to ‘some Humble Situation or Compensation for his future Support’. Recalls a period of early military service with the County Roscommon Militia, followed by less than ten years with the 88th Regiment in various parts of the globe and ending with action under Wellington at Waterloo, after which he was discharged; requests that an answer to his petition be directed to George Nesbitt, 151 Little James Street, Dublin. Also certificate in support by J Fergusson [Ferguson] of the 88th Regiment of Foot, Naas, County Kildare.

30 Jan 1824-31 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/192

Petition of Daniel Dillon, Clona [Clonagh], Maryboro [Maryborough], Queen’s County [County Laois], to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting assistance with emigration and acquisition of ‘a grant of land in upper Canada’. Mentions responsibility for a family of 11 children who are now ‘reduced to a very low state, living at pres[en]t on 6 acres of land at a high rent’. He states his personal recourses can only stretch to finding provisions for the journey.

22 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/193

Memorandum stating the legal basis for the appointment of a school master to the district school of Monaghan, County Monaghan, an institution which represents a consolidation of endowed schools of the dioceses of Kilmore, Raphoe and Clogher. Stipulates that the position of teacher will be held by Reverend Thomas Mooney and the right of appointment rests with the Lord Lieutenant ‘or other Chief Governor'. [See also description CSO/RP/1823/126].

[1824]

1824

CSO/RP/1824/194

Petition of the Bishop of Waterford and Lismore [Richard Bourke], the Duke of Devonshire [William Spencer] and the Very Reverend John Scott, dean and rector of the parish of Lismore, County Waterford, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting issue of a precept to the county sheriff to convene a jury for the purpose of ratifying an intended exchange of a portion of land owned by Devonshire called Warren Lands near the Deanary Glebe of Lismore parish, and a portion of land in the possession of Scott, known as Dean’s Glebe, ‘situate in the midst of the estate’ of Devonshire. Also report of the Attorney General [William Conyngham Plunket] to Wellesley, confirming the Lord Lieutenant has power to issue a warrant to the sheriff of Waterford ‘to call a jury of Twelve indifferent Freeholders’ for the purposes of verification, as stipulated by an act of Parliament for conveyance of crown lands.

2 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/195

Letter from John Graves and Major Henry Charles Sirr, chief magistrates, Head Office of Police, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reporting on their response to an increase in crime in County Dublin. Noting that a number of suspected larcenists were apprehended and patrols have been increased on roads and canals in the district. Drawing attention in particular to an influx of highway robbers from Country Meath, and stating that six persons are now held in custody with a hope of securing convictions and that detection is ‘rendered extremely difficult by the reluctance of persons of the lower classes of Society to identify the offenders’.

31 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/196

Letter from William Logan, prison inspector, 40 Mecklenburgh [Railway] Street, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reporting that prisoner John Fawcett has been on the bread list ‘for a considerable time’ but does not receive milk, which is afforded only to inmates on medical advice. Encloses memorial from Fawcett, ‘a Poor Distressed Debtor’, Four Courts Marshalsea, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting an allowance of ‘One Quart of Milk per day’. He recollects a period of service with the 16th Regiment of Foot and complains of exhaustion of funds since incarceration in prison some two years past.

21 Jan 1824-6 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/197

Letter from John Browne, inspector of stamp duties, Cavan, County Cavan, to Lord Forbes [George John Forbes, Viscount Forbes, MP for County Longford], Castle Forbes, County Longford, emphasising his fitness for promotion to the post of inspector general of stamp duties. He encloses a memorial to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting advancement to the post on the basis of service of 22 years and depth of experience; he stresses his ‘conduct never received the slightest censure’ during his tenure in office. Asserts that promotions are normally made on the basis of seniority and hopes for elevation upon the accession of Darcy Mahon to the post of commissioner of stamps.

27 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/198

Petition of John Herk, Thurles, County Tipperary, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to the post of sub constable in the police establishment of Ireland. Claims to have assisted with the maintenance of peace in his locality for a period of 3 years and on ‘two very Signal Instances, arrested two notorious offenders’; refers to the support for his application from Edward Wilson, chief magistrate for the baronies of Kilnamanagh and Eleogarty in County Tipperary.

6 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/199

Letter from the Bishop of Down and Connor [Richard Mant], Knocknagoney, Belfast, County Down, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, indicating that a matter of business connected with the chancellorship and archdeaconry of diocese of Connor, has been brought to fruition under the guidance of Mr McCausland [solicitor] and Dr [John] Radcliff [Vicar General, Church of Ireland]. On this account, he anticipates a favourable response to a memorial for aid.

17 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/200

Petition of Thomas Thornton, Chelsea pensioner, 51st Regiment of Foot, Collooney, County Sligo, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a post in the police establishment or the revenue department. Claims to be in receipt of ‘a small pension’ and includes note on reverse detailing military service of near relatives.

1 Feb 1824

1824