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CSO/RP/1824/291

File of material concerning a proposal from a society of Ribbonmen in County Dublin to cease involvement in subversive activity in exchange for clemency from the Irish government. Includes letter from Richard N Bennett, barrister, 2 Harcourt Street, Merrion Square, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, seeking a response to a memorial from the Ribbonmen to the Lord Lieutenant, 16 July 1823. Also includes memorial from Reverend Andrew Lube, parish priest of St James’, William Yore, curate, and George Canavan, curate, St James’ Chapel House, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking clemency on behalf of Thomas Hughes, Ribbonman, who is presently incarcerated in Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin ‘under Sentence of transportation’, 26 February 1823. Also includes letter from Luke Plunket, [likely a Roman Catholic curate], 20 North Strand, Portmarnock, County Dublin, to Edward I Johnston, private secretary to Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, discussing detail of an interview with local leaders of Ribbonmen; indicates he received an undertaking from them ‘in the presence of the Alter…that the Ribbon System w[oul]d be entirely abandoned never again to shew itself in the City of Dublin’, 24 February 1823. Also includes memorial from Hughes, Kilmainham Gaol, to Wellesley, requesting a commutation of the verdict of transportation to that of confinement in prison, 22 January 1823.

22 Jan 1823-22 Jul 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1824/292

Copy letter from Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Irish Office, Westminster, London, to John Charles Herries, [joint secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury], declining application from William Dodd for compensation over personal losses caused by the activity of the Wicklow Militia in 1797, on grounds his case was fully settled in 1812. Encloses letter from Herries, Treasury Chambers, London, to Goulburn, returning memorial from Dodd [not present].

3 Mar 1824-9 Mar 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/293

Letter from John Galloway, secretary, Commissioners of Consolidated Fund, Board Room, 37 North Cumberland Street, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, seeking advance of grant of £5 for use in construction of around three miles of road from the north end of Limerick bridge to the bridge of Bunratty in County Clare. Refers to a grant of £5 made to Thomas S Rice for work on a section of the road near the town of Limerick and requests that Alexander Nimmo, civil engineer, be given orders to proceed with the scheme.

2 Mar 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/294

Letter from John Scott, Sinnott Street, North Strand, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting reinstatement to a situation of gauger in the revenue department. Complains he was ‘dismissed from the Excise, in a state of Excruciating sickness, on the report of John Foskey, Surveyor of Maryboro’ who had a quarrel with me’ and stresses he ‘was never accused of fraud to the Revenue and the charge against me (of inebriety) was unfounded and malicious’.

4 Mar 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/295

Letter from DW MacMullen [McMullen], Rathfriland, County Down, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, seeking resolution to the problem of providing maintenance for illegitimate children; he complains of excessive charges and a half yearly exclusion policy by the Foundling Hospital, Dublin. Alludes to the level of charges for admission to the hospital and the ‘real grievance to poor Country Parishes, namely that attending Bastard Children’; with opinion on back ‘in plain English’ from John Sealy Townsend, legal advisor to the Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle.

28 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/296

Letter from Chamberlen William Walker, secretary, Board of Education Office, 20 Kildare Street, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, requesting that judges of assizes be instructed to recommend provision by grand juries of ‘School Houses for Masters of Diocesan & District Schools’ in accordance with legal regulation.

1 Mar 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/297

Letter from Thomas B Vandeleur, judge, Cavan, County Cavan, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, drawing attention to the insufficient time remaining to dispose of criminal cases in Cavan court and indicating intention of himself and Richard Jebb, judge, ‘to adjourn the Assizes of this County until after the Assizes of Londonderry’. Observes a total of 350 offenses against the revenue laws must come before the court for trial.

14 Mar 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/298

Petition of John Gillmor [Gilmore], proprietor of the ‘Ballina Impartial’ newspaper, Ballina, County Mayo, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, requesting advance of £12 in connection with stamp duty. He claims to have paid ‘upwards of £200 within the last year’ and asserts the validity of his claim.

c15 Mar 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/299

Petition of John Hatton, 40 Thomas Street, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, requesting reinstatement to situation of sub constable in the police establishment of County Limerick. Admits poor judgment that led to his discharge ‘owing to his mistaken zeal in seizing a Gun from a Person who it afterwards appeared was justifiable in keeping it’. He complains of being with his family ‘in the most destitute circumstances’.

4 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/300

Letter from Major General Sir Henry Torrens, Horse Guards, London, to Henry Goulburn, Irish Office, Westminster, London, indicating that permission is given for leave of absence to Lieutenant Knox, 2nd Dragoon Guards ‘to enable him to fulfill the Duties of High Sheriff of the County of Donegal’. Also copy letter from Goulburn to Torrens, seeking approval from his commander in chief for extension of leave to Knox.

11 Mar 1824-12 Mar 1824

1824