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CSO/RP/1824/2031

Petition of Thomas Backas, [late of the city of Waterford], 74 Camden Street, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting a situation of employment under government. Recounts details of his discovery of an insurrectionary spirit in the city of Waterford while awaiting payment of wages for his work as paper stainer in July 1803. Remarks he encountered a number of armed men, intend on uprising, who stated their intention to ‘make themselves masters of the Castle of Dublin’. Indicates his information was received at Dublin Castle and following an investigation of his character, he was offered a situation or post which he then declined. Observes that ‘party business raging so high at present in Waterford’ and on account of his giving assistance to government, he was obliged to remove to the city of Dublin.

6 Dec 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/2032

Petition of George Downing, late permanent sergeant of yeomanry in County Cork, Tamlaught [Tamlaght], Mohill, County Leitrim, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to the police establishment or another post under government in the civil or revenue service. Describes himself as ‘a well disciplined man’ and indicates willingness to serve in any part of the country.

12 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1824/2033

Letter from Richard Archer, Sandymount, County Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, requesting appointment to the post of clerk in the civil accounts department as replacement for Robert Bates, who is recently deceased. Complains of limited retirement allowance of £86 per annum following discontinuation of his tax assessorship role; refers also to his initial appointment to the military department of the Chief Secretary’s Office in 1805, and his subsequent promotion to supervisor of taxes on a salary of £300 per year.

8 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1824/2034

Letter from Michael McGlezey [McGleazy], [Dublin], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, requesting appointment to the police establishment of County Dublin. Remarks an application for the post was sent ‘a few days ago’ to the Chief Secretary’s Office.

23 Dec 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/2035

Petition of John Power, [out pensioner, of the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin], late of 28th and 91st Regiments of Foot, Newtownbarry [Bunclody], County Wexford, to Lieutenant Colonel Meyrick Shawe, private secretary to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to situation in the police establishment of Ireland. Recounts details of active service in the French Wars under the Duke of Wellington. Offers commentary on his own capture as prisoner of war, following the Siege of Burgos, in 1812. Reveals he was brought to Holland, and put under pressure to join the Irish Brigade, and later incarcerated in prison ‘amongst the Refuse of Mankind’. Also affidavit from Power alluding to his war time adventures, imprisonment and chequered military career, given before John Beevor, magistrate of County Wexford.

10 Aug 1823-16 Dec 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/2036

Petition of John West, Monaghan, County Monaghan, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to the post of supernumery gauger. Recalls support of William Smith, late collector of County Armagh, for a similar post back in November 1808, but complains in the meantime he has not received any offer of employment.

28 Nov 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/2037

Letter from Thomas Browne, 1 Prussia Street, Dublin, to Lieutenant Colonel Meyrick Shawe, private secretary to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking attention to his claim of 5 years standing and ‘promise’ of a situation of employment under government, 3 March 1824. Also letter from Browne, 12 Montgomery [Foley] Street, Dublin, to Shawe, requesting appointment to vacancy in the Insolvent Court [Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors], Dublin, occasioned by the death of William Hyland. Refers to communication of documents relating to his outstanding claim on government and states that Lord Norbury [John Toler], Lord Chief Justice of Court of Common Pleas, will certify his qualifications for the position in question, which is worth in the region of £100 to £150 per annum, 12 April 1824. Also additional letter from Browne, 2 Lower Dorset Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, seeking a post of employment which he undertakes to fill ‘with strict Caution and Integrity’. Indicates accurate information about his person and qualification may be obtained from Lord Norbury, and from circuit judges William Johnson and Arthur Moore, 13 January 1825.

3 Mar 1824-13 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1824/2038

Petition of Peter Kenedy [Kennedy], Portstuart [Portstewart], County Londonderry, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a permanent post under government. Asserts he has given 16 years service to the crown ‘both by sea and Land’ but complains he is but an ‘Extra Man in the Preventative Waterguards’ at Portstewart. Remarks also upon an unsuccessful application to the Lords commissioners of the Treasury, for a commission in the preventative or revenue service.

16 Dec 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/2039

Petition of Daniel Foley, late sergeant of 96th Regiment of Foot, Tralee, County Kerry, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a situation of employment under government. Regrets that at his discharge from the military he was not entitled to receive a pension and laments reduction in circumstances following the loss of support from deceased friends. Refers also to loss of his uncle, Lieutenant Michael Foley [of 58th Regiment of Foot], who died in action in Alicante, Spain; and loss of second uncle, Lieutenant James Foley, who drowned off Pigeon House Dock, Dublin, while on board a packet ship bound for England.

1 Dec 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/2040

Petition of Thomas Barrett, excise officer [in Drogheda, County Louth], Athboy, County Meath, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment of one of his sons to a situation of employment under government. Explains dilemma of having been personally employed as an excise officer for 24 years, only to be reduced on the establishment to half his salary; refers also to earlier service under government as post master. Complains his present income is wholly insufficient for the maintenance of his family of 9 children and a wife. Admits to having received a measure of support from benevolent friends, but complains, however, of been forced to auction ‘every article of furniture he possessed’ in order to provide for his family.

15 Dec 1824

1824