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CSO/RP/1824/241

Letter from William Small, Custom House, Limerick, County Limerick, to Lord Gort [John Prendergast Smyth], seeking intervention with William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, in order to secure free postage of the 'Limerick Commercial List' to ports of the United Kingdom. Encloses copy of printed ‘Limerick Commercial List’ with information on imports, exports, duties on goods, ‘Goods from Bonded Entries’, ‘Goods in Store’, shipping times and grain prices. Also memorandum concerning request by Small relaying information reported by ‘Grierson’ ‘that no Commercial Lists are or can be Sent free of Postage, as they are not printed on a Stamp’.

17 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/242

Letter from James H Burke, deputy mayor, Galway, County Galway, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reporting on a complaint raised by Peter Lawless against pawnbrokers Messrs Traynor and Burke ‘for detaining an overplus on the sale of articles pawned and not redeemed when a Bill of Sale was furnished’; indicates Lawless had the case tried in court but afterwards wished to instigate a second hearing in hope of gaining a larger compensation. Also memorial from Lawless, half pay ensign, 36th Regiment of Foot, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, expressing his dissatisfaction at the decision of Burke and Manus Blake, magistrate, for allegedly failing to apply the law accurately to his claim and failing to award him full financial recompense as stipulated by an act of Parliament. Encloses abstract of an act on the subject of the regulation of pawnbrokers, with proviso that if a member of that profession refuses to pay an overplus on demand, for every offense they be obliged to ‘forfeit Treble the sum’.

27 Jan 1824-18 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/243

Letter from William Logan, prison inspector, 40 Mecklenburg [Railway] Street, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reporting on an investigation of whether any precedent exists for the supply of a tabinet [tabbinet] gown and capoch to the protestant chaplain of Four Courts Marshalsea, Dublin which arose following an application by Reverend Samuel O’Sullivan for these articles. Encloses letter from William Whitelaw, Vestry Room, confirming that O’Sullivan’s predecessor as chaplain, Reverend Stubbs, received the items of apparel in question ‘shortly after his appointment’. Also encloses estimate for supply of garments from Edward Kelly, [merchant tailors], 22 Andrew Street, Dublin.

2 Jan 1824-15 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/244

Petition of Patrick Kelly, housekeeper, 52 Plunket Street, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a post in the police establishment in St James’ district in Dublin. Claims to have acted for a period of 20 years as a housekeeper in the parish of St Nicholas and also served in the yeomanry corps under Colonel Shaw; also mentions having ‘taken many noted offenders’ but is now ‘materially reduced in his circumstances’ with a large family to support.

10 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/245

Letter from Robert Bland, late captain, 72nd Regiment of Foot, 35 French Street, Dublin, to Lieutenant Colonel Meyrick Shawe, private secretary to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, enclosing memorial to Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking appointment to any post under government such as ‘a Deputy Barrack Master or an under overseer of works in the Gas business’. He recalls a period of around 20 years spent in military service and complains of his lack of success in securing employment despite having tried for 16 months to find work. Also makes reference to his wife’s sickness and impoverished personal circumstances ‘as every little thing we had is unfortunately lying at the Pawn-Brokers’.

19 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/246

Letter from Lieutenant General Quin, John Freeman, Richard French and Robert Gregory, commissioners, Board of Works, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, enclosing copy letter from Sir George Fitzgerald Hill, Vice Treasurers Office, Dublin Castle, requesting permission to have certain modification made to the record department, in particular the remodeling of the interior, new furniture and the fitting of suitable storage presses. Includes estimate noting that the works will cost £128 14s 1d.

17 Feb 1824-19 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/247

Letter from John Morgan, Saleen, Cloyne, County Cork, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, advancing application for the post of deputy jerquer at the Custom House of Cork city, a vacancy having arisen due to demise of Isaac Jones. Refers to the support of Lord Kingston [George King] and the Marquis of Thomond [William O'Brien] and draws attention to the plight of ‘large family wholly unprovided for’.

20 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/248

Letter from John French and Edward Glascock, Commissioners of Stamps, Stamp Office, William Street, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, seeking sanction for ‘taking credit in account’ for the sum of £285 and for reimbursing to Michael Malins, 1st clerk, Stamp Office, the sum of £39.10s in consideration of funds provided for payment of individuals offering ‘secret information respecting Forged Stamps’.

6 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/249

Letter from Sir Edward Smith Lees, secretary, General Post Office, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, noting that the deadline for receiving letters from civil offices for dispatch by the mail coach for Cork is 7 o’clock ‘each Evening’, otherwise they cannot be delivered until the following day. Encloses letter from William Donlevy, president, Inland Office, GPO, to Lees, underscoring the necessity for mail from Dublin Castle to be sent in good time for Cork mail coach; he encloses a list of state letters and mail which arrived ‘too late’ with name of intended recipient of item.

24 Feb 1824-26 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/250

Letter from Messrs Fleetwood and Darley [attorneys and crown prosecutors], 38 York Street, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, seeking permission to proceed with prosecutions of individuals engaged in forgery of the new silver coins. They offer to conduct legal transactions in support of the crown ‘at a very moderate rate’ and make reference to the pursuit of gang of ‘Coiners’ resident in County Louth and to the dishonest activities of James Hunt in County Tipperary.

5 Feb 1824

1824