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CSO/RP/1824/261

Petition of Andrew Browne, half pay lieutenant, 53rd Regiment of Foot, Garvagh, County Derry [Londonderry], to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a post in the revenue or police department. Claims to have served in a military capacity for 12 years in the East Indies and stresses his desire to serve the crown ‘in any way or part of the World’.

24 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/262

Letter from Robert Borrowes, solicitor, Stamp Office, William Street, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reporting that the commissioners of stamps have ordered a suspension of legal proceedings and a remission of penalties in the case of James McGrath, agent to Dillon family, who was accused of passing unstamped receipts. Also letter from Luke McNeal, Rathroe, Elphin, County Roscommon, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, referring to information relayed previously on suspected irregular practices by McGrath; he complains of legal pressure from the landlord and lack of financial recompense for the assistance provided. He recites an allegation against McGrath for handling unstamped receipts on three separate occasions during December 1821, March 1822 and June 1822.

9 Feb 1824-18 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/263

Petition of John Harrison, late police constable, [Castletown, County Cork], to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a post in the police establishment ‘in any part of Ireland’. Claims to have been ‘wounded in the Cheek at Church town in the County of Cork when it was attacked by the Insurgents in the year 1822’ and due to this injury he has difficulty in securing similar employment. Emphasises the needs of his family and mentions a character recommendations from Dr Trench of Ballinasloe, County Galway, Major Darcy and James Daly, the warden [MP] of Galway. Includes memorial from Harrison, Castletown, to Wellesley, seeking a situation in the police under Major George Warburton, chief magistrate, Ennis, County Clare and stressing the loyalty demonstrated by his father and other family members in military service to the crown and his own personal exertions with the revenue department.

c26 Feb 1824-10 Apr 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1824/264

Petition of Thomas Thornton, Chelsea pensioner, 51st Regiment of Foot, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a post in the police establishment. Complains of insufficient income of just 6d per day as pensioner and stresses his fitness for the situation being just 27 years of age.

16 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/265

Petition of Samuel Powell, 30 Mabbot Street, Dublin, to Edward I Johnston, private secretary to Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking appointment to a post under government ‘as Messenger in either the Castle, Custom House, or Stamp Office, or in some other situation’. He mentions departure from his holding in the barony of Balrothery, County Dublin, following a threat to life over his continued support for the police presence there; he also complains of his limited income of £35 per year from a freehold property on Moss Street in Dublin.

c13 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/266

Letter from John Galloway, secretary, commissioners of the consolidated fund, Board Room, 37 North Cumberland Street, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, indicating permission has been granted to Luke Teeling, iron founder, 2 Thomas Street, Dublin, for an extension of his repayment period to 12 months on a loan of £1500.

24 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/267

Letter from Edwin Thrackston, 12 Wells Street, Bristol, England, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, acknowledging receipt of letter on subject of the Irish fisheries and requesting to learn if his expertise is to be deployed. Reproduces copy of letter from Lord Exmouth [Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth], London, to Lord Suffield [Edward Harbord, 3rd Baron Suffield], offering a warm recommendation for the talents of Thrackston especially in reference to his exertions to establish fisheries on the Scilly Islands.

17 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/268

Letter from William Lindsey Darling, secretary, National Assurance Company, 3 College Green, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, referring to an enclosed memorial addressed to the Lord Lieutenant [not present] in connection with application for a charter.

10 Dec 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1824/269

Letter from William Thorpe, Seaview, Moville, County Donegal, to Lieutenant General George Vaughan Hart [MP for County Donegal], seeking interference to secure the situation of tide surveyor in Greencastle due to become vacant upon the superannuation of Samuel Curry and his deputy. Mentions his personal financial difficulties especially those arising from property bequeathed by his late father which is ‘encumbered with debts and legacies’. Observes the salary of the post of tide surveyor has been reduced to £120 per annum and its duties will entail attention around the clock ‘to board every vessel that comes into Lough Foyle’; also notices that it will require an ‘active young person’ with accommodation to be provided in one of the revenue houses along the shore.

9 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/270

Letter from Charles Crawford, 69 Abbey Street, Dublin, to Lieutenant General George Vaughan Hart [MP for County Donegal], promoting an application for his brother for a post in the police establishment. Observes his brother ‘served many years in the Donegal Militia’ but lost his small retirement pay on account of ‘his appointment to a Company’. Encloses letter from Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, to Hart, indicating his intention to convey to the Lord Lieutenant, Crawford's interest in securing a situation in the police.

26 Aug 1822-13 Dec 1823

1823