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CSO/RP/1824/2091

Letter from Alicia Osborne, widow, [Widow’s House], 2 Mercer Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, expressing disappointment at being refused inclusion on the concordation list for payment of a pension. Remarks with regret the passing of her late husband, Reverend Charles Graydon Osborne, who laboured both at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin [as dean's vicar] and St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin. Refers also to an earlier application for concordation, over which she was unsuccessful and laments both herself and her 4 daughters are ‘utterly destitute’. Claims to be a sister of the late Reverend Charles Maturin and a grand daughter of Reverend Maturin, dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral. Also letter from Osborne to Goulburn, acknowledging reply from the Chief Secretary’s Office and complaining over failure to secure a government allowance.

[1824]

1824

CSO/RP/1824/2092

Declaration of resignation from Reverend Peter Roe to Robert Fowler, bishop of Ossory, of the Church of Ireland parish of Dungarvon, County Kilkenny, in the diocese of Ossory [Roe having advanced to the living of Odagh, County Kilkenny]. Acceptance note annexed beneath signed and sealed by Fowler and witnessed by John Lawson and William Grace, notary public.

5 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1824/2093

Petition of Robert Webster, 22 Peter Street, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, complaining of failure to secure a permanent post as chief constable in the police of the barony of Inishowen, County Donegal, and alleging the behaviour of Major Thomas D’Arcy, inspector general of police for the province of Ulster, was governed by ‘Lustful desire’. Asserts that D’Arcy had expressed an attraction towards his step daughter and wished ‘to have this Lady for his kept mistress’. D’Arcy’s intention, he continues, was to ‘take a House separate from his Family for her’. Concludes his own failure to comply with D’Arcy’s overtures prevented his promotion in the police establishment.

28 Dec 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/2094

Petition of Susannah Davis, widow, Tallanstown, County Louth, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting extension of financial aid for maintenance of herself and family. Remarks her late husband Francis Davis, was chief constable in the barony of Louth, for a period of 5½ years and was previously employed as sergeant for 3 years and 6 months under the Peace Preservation Act. Stresses her late husband’s faithful service in the police and points out he ‘was particularly active in apprehending many of the principle persons concerned in the Burning of Wild Goose Lodge [homestead of Edward Lynch and family]’. Also certificate of the magistrates of County Louth in support of Davis’s application for a pension, signed by Mathew O’Reilly, chairman.

13 Dec 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/2095

Letter from John Trench, acting inspector general of excise for counties Waterford and Wexford collections, Enniscorthy, County Wexford, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, requesting a permanent appointment in the excise department as surveyor general examiner. Stresses he has been in the employment of excise for a period of 36 years, 14 of which he has held the post of acting inspector general. Comments on proposed appointment of new excise collectors prior to 5 January 1825, and remarks on the procedure of nomination, sanction and selection of officers. Refers to selection of the surveyor general examiners and notes that Pentland, Ryan, Flaherty, Moorwood, Miller and Clark have been recommended as surveyors.

24 Oct 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/2096

Cover note to letter [not present] from Colonel Hercules Robert Pakenham, MP for County Westmeath, to Lord Annesley [Richard Annesley, 2nd Earl Annesley] and the trustees of the Linen Board of Ireland.

[1824]

1824

CSO/RP/1824/2097

Letter from Thomas Popham Luscombe, deputy commissary general, commissary general's office, Dublin, to Edward Connor, first clerk in military department of Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, reporting on claim by Henry Frank for payment of an account for forage supplies for horses of the Limerick city police establishment. Considers the contract price for rations and use of stables, and also provides the date of commencement of work by Frank. Concludes with a query over the police constable’s handling of the contract with Frank. Also copy letter from Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, to Captain George Drought, head police constable, Limerick, County Limerick, referring to enclosed memorial and contract [not present] and seeking an investigation of Frank’s claim to outstanding payment.

1 Dec 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/2098

Letter from David Nagle, [crown informer], Cork convict penitentiary, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting a communication be sent to the governor of the penitentiary [Francis Davies Murphy] stating his proper status and liberating him ‘from the odium of a convict’. Remarks he is incarcerated for his own protection and indicates intention of moving to Canada, where he hopes to receive some land and financial assistance. Expresses inclination for a ‘help mate’ to accompany him on his journey but emphasises the need for a formal release from his stigma since ‘no respectable woman would think nothing of me whilst a convict’. Annexes to base copy of certificate from the magistrates of County Cork, in support of his application for assistance from government. They observe Nagle supplied ‘correct and useful information’ and demonstrated by his conduct a departure from the ‘errors’ of the past, which ‘he was led into by youth and inexperience’, signed by Colonel Sir Hugh Gough, A Hill, John Lambert and H Townsend, Buttervant, County Cork.

24 Nov 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/2099

Petition of Cornelius Keogh, [of St James’s Well, barony of Tirerill, County Sligo], Spadacini’s Hotel, College Green, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, complaining of conduct of magistrates William Weir, lieutenant, and John Ormsby, ensign, in inciting sectarian differences around the district of Rivertown, County Sligo. Refers to several memorials protesting at Weir’s behaviour and mentions specifically his use of ‘extortion and oppression’ in the collection of public cess. Emphasises his own political neutrality, which was demonstrated at the recent elections of Sligo, and appeals for intervention to prevent Weir from causing the ‘Introduction of the Rockite System’ in the locality through his abuse and misapplication of power.

29 Nov 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/2100

Letter from John Craven, Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, seeking information on recovery of a naval certificate and other documents enclosed in a memorial addressed to King George IV and left in the secretary’s office during the royal visit in September 1821, 12 January 1825. Also letter from Craven to Goulburn, referring to reply from the Admiralty Office indicating the certificate and memorial he seeks were sent back to Dublin Castle; requests return of letter from the Admiralty Office, 26 January 1825. Encloses letter from John Barrow, second secretary, Admiralty Office, London, indicating the documents were returned to the Chief Secretary’s Office on 5 October 1821, 24 January 1825.

12 Jan 1825-26 Jan 1825

1825