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CSO/RP/1824/1981

File concerning complaints over conduct of John Wade, passage boat master on the Royal Canal. Encloses letter from Samuel Draper, secretary, Royal Canal House, Broadstone, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, seeking sanction for dismissal of Wade who had been earlier reprimanded for poor working practices on 2 December 1824. Refers to Wade’s recent incompetence [on Sunday 10 April 1825] during which the number of passengers on board his craft [the Newcomen passage boat] ‘far exceeded the number entered in his Book’, 2 May 1825. Also encloses report from Henry Frazer, inspector, to Draper, discussing at length his observations of Wade on the journey from Richmond Harbour, Cloondara, County Longford, to Dublin, and offering conclusion that Wade is characterised by an ‘incurable inaptitude for business’. Wade’s failure to keep correct and accurate returns for the passenger boat, he concludes, is not a ‘deliberate intention to defraud the Company’ but a result of simple incompetence, 13 April 1825. Also encloses response from Wade to the directors of Royal Canal, claiming any apparent inconsistencies in his bookkeeping during the presence of Frazer were caused by an apprehension that his wife was in extremely poor health and possibly facing death. Notes his own puzzlement in connection with the discrepancy in passenger figures obtained by Frazer and his own, 21 April 1825.

14 Jan 1825-13 May 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1824/1982

Letter from Jonathan Sisson Cooper, commissioner, and Darcy Mahon, inspector general of stamp duties, Stamp Office, William Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, reporting that a vacancy has arisen due to the resignation of Henry William Brooke of London, who held the office of distributor of Irish Stamps for Great Britain. Observes a temporary arrangement has being put in place to ensure continuity of business until the determination of the lord commissioners of treasury is known, with respect to retention of that post.

18 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1824/1983

Petition of William Farrell, late police constable, 16 Lower Pembroke Street, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking payment of remuneration on account of injuries sustained in defence of Churchtown barrack, County Cork, on 31 January 1822, in the course of an attack by insurgents. Refers to the severity of his wounds, his failure to receive compensation from Major Samson Carter, chief magistrate of police, and losses on the occasion of the attack amounted to near Stg£7. Recites names of William G Crofts, Cork, high sheriff of County Cork, and Reverend Matthew Purcell, Church of Ireland rector of Churchtown, as character witnesses.

30 Nov 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1984

Letter from Alexander Nimmo, civil engineer overseeing public works in the western district, Mount Allen [Mountallen], Roscommon, County Roscommon, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, reporting on progress of road construction in County Roscommon. Discusses advancement of new entrance to the town of Boyle and refers to additional work to be completed by Robert Edward King, 1st viscount Lorton of the Rockingham estate. Observes the road from Elphin to Boyle is not yet complete, mainly due to inclemency in the weather, and mentions plans to circumvent a steep hill on the townland of Creggan. Remarks also on progress of the road from Strokestown to Longford and the new embankment and bridge in the vicinity of Slieve Bawn; also refers to work on the line from Castlerea to Ballymoe, County Galway, and the line from the mouth of the Arigna River to the old colliery, which has had two bridges added.

20 Nov 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1985

Letter from Robert De La Cour, [treasurer of County Cork], Beareforest, Mallow, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, promoting plan for valuation of landholdings to enable fair and equitable taxation of County Cork. Seeks financial assistance for valuation and hopes for introduction of a bill in support of proposal in the next session of Parliament, 15 January 1825. Encloses copy letter from De La Cour to Richard Griffiths, civil engineer overseeing public works schemes, outlining and expounding plan for proposed valuation of land in County Cork. Discusses need for compilation of a County Book in order that accurate information can be recorded and utilised in taxing the county. Refers also to the deficiencies of the existing assessment method and remarks on the need for an act of parliament to enforce levy demands on all towns, 20 November 1824. Also encloses printed copy of a presentment of the grand jury of County Cork stating intentions of making a survey of land holdings and denominations which are to be subject to the county levy; information is to be recording in a County Book under the superintendence of De La Cour; also with printed copy circular letter overleaf from De La Cour [to magistrates and resident gentlemen] requesting cooperation in proposed land valuation. Also encloses printed copy of ‘Heads of a Plan for A Valuation of the County of Cork for the Purpose of Equalizing the Levy of the County Assessments’. Also printed copies of valuation sheets intended for use in recording details of land holdings in County Cork, headed ‘Schedule No.2’ and ‘Schedule No.3’. Also letter from Griffiths, Mallow, County Cork, to Goulburn, referring with approval to De La Cour’s plan for a new county survey and recommending its sanction by the judges for use in every county of Ireland, 24 November 1824. Also letter from George King, 3rd Earl of Kingston, Mitchelstown, County Cork, to Goulburn, raising doubts over propriety of scheme proposed by De La Cour, especially on grounds on consent, legality and expense. Offers observations on county taxation and touches on the subjects of road building and the inconvenience caused by the insolvency of high constables. Requests opportunity to discuss his views on the survey question in a personal consultation with the Chief Secretary when in London, 21 December 1824. Also draft reply from the CSO to De La Cour indicating that as a measure for a general valuation of Ireland is likely again to occupy Parliament in the forthcoming session, specific legislation for the county of Cork would not be desirable.

20 Nov 1824-15 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1824/1986

Letter from Somerset Lowry-Corry, 2nd Earl Belmore, Castle Coole, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, requesting allocation of £70 for use of the minister and congregation of Seceding Presbyterian church at Lisbellaw. Indicates he is aware that this congregation have a claim to a portion of a grant of £220 recently voted by Parliament.

22 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1824/1987

Letter from Reverend Richard Wolfe, [Church of Ireland clergyman], Forenaghts, County Kildare, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, advancing claim to preferment in church having learned that a number of valuable livings are now in the gift of government, following the death of the dean of Kilmore [Reverend William Magenis]. Emphasises services given by his father to government and recalls recognition of same by the Duke of Wellington [Arthur Wellesley].

24 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1824/1988

Letter from Reverend Francis R Sandys, Church of Ireland curate, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, indicating interest in gaining the church living of Odagh, County Kilkenny, and requesting to learn if he should make the journey to Dublin for an interview with the Lord Lieutenant. Mentions past intervention on his behalf by Sir William Burroughs and claims to have accumulated 7 years experience in the church. Adds he is closely acquainted with the Flood family of Flood Hall, Thomastown, and is personally known to Mr Saurin, [?a relative of the late Attorney General of Ireland].

20 Dec 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1989

Letter from Reverend Henry Rochfort, Church of Ireland [rector of Castletown], Newtown Glebe, Tyrrellspass, County Westmeath, advancing claim to preferment or advancement in the church. Refers to his father’s contribution to Irish politics as MP and laments the ‘smallness of my present living which I have held since the year 1811’.

23 Dec 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1990

Letter from Sir Robert Shaw, Foster Place, Dublin, MP for Dublin city, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, making recommendation for promotion of Reverend Robert Shaw [Church of Ireland clergyman] of Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, to the parish of Dungarvon, County Kilkenny. Observes the vacancy has arisen on account of the advancement of Reverend Peter Roe to the living of Odagh, County Kilkenny. Describes his namesake as ‘a very zealous attentive Clergyman’, 1 January 1825. Encloses letter from Reverend Shaw to Sir Robert Shaw, setting out claim for return to Dungarvon, a parish he gave up 16 years ago to Roe, and asking for his intervention with government, 30 December 1824. Also letter from Reverend Shaw to Goulburn, seeking permission to succeed to the parish of Dungarvon. Claims a modest income of £150 per year might be expected from the living and recounts his resignation of that parish and also of Castlelane which at the time returned £350 per annum. Indicates he gave up his ecclesiastical holdings in order to advance ‘the objects of the Bible educational societies’ in which capacity he laboured for 15 years, ‘visiting the different parts of the Empire’. Complains of poor health and of having to teach school to provide for his family, 30 December 1824.

30 Dec 1824-1 Jan 1825

1825