Search the Catalogue

CSO/RP/1824/71

Letter from the Archbishop of Tuam [Power le Poer Trench], the Palace, Tuam, County Galway, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing letter from James Norris, sub constable, Mitchelstown, County Cork, pleading for inclusion on the pension list due to disabilities which arose from exposure to wet conditions while escorting prisoners to Clonmel in County Tipperary; with copy letter on back from MA Dalton, chief constable, Stannards Grove, barony of Condons and Clangibbon, County Cork, to Major Samson Carter, chief magistrate of police, Doneraile, Cork, confirming incapacity of Norris, who took ill following police duty and ‘lost the use of his right Side’. Also memorial from Norris to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, asserting he is without means of financial support and seeking advance of a pension.

10 Dec 1823-31 Dec 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1824/72

Letter from JE Gordon, 1 Holles Street, Dublin, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, expressing sentiments in support of the establishment of model schools in Ireland and making reference to a document outlining the major advantages of the plan. Indicates a number of towns appear to be in a state of readiness of such an initiative and invites further enquiry.

19 Jan 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1824/73

Letter from WS Curry, agent to Duke of Devonshire [William George Spencer Cavendish], Lismore Castle, Lismore, County Waterford, to Major Benjamin Blake Woodward, inspector general of prisons, 41 Leeson Street, Dublin, offering reflections on the discontinuation of the public bridewell situated at Tallow. Also letter from R Greene, sub-sheriff, Dungarvan, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, acknowledging letter with warrant from the Lord Lieutenant for the discontinuation of the bridewell. Also letter from Woodward to Goulburn, expressing view that the building in question is no longer suitable for use as a bridewell and noting Devonshire’s intention of constructing ‘a Good Manor Marshalsea’ in Tallow.

2 Jan 1824-9 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/74

Letter from James Lewis, ballast master, Ballast Office, port of Belfast, County Antrim, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, stressing the value of making additional improvements to the port and the likely increase in revenue returns. Indicating his intention of sending a deputation [to Dublin] for a personal interview in order to further explain proposals. Encloses copy letter to the Commissioners of Revenue Enquiry, emphasising the benefits of improving the port and seeking a monetary grant to assist with the planned development. Refers to a survey made by John Rennie, engineer, and to the approval of Nicholas Vansittart, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Downing Street, London.

5 Sep 1823-24 Dec 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1824/75

Anonymous letter signed ‘X,Y,Z’, Commercial Coffee House, Dublin, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, expressing outrage at the practice of fraud through the misuse of weights and measures in bakeries and shops. Recommends that both magistrates and clergymen participate in the regulation of weights and observes ‘those Thieves deserve to be punished more than the pick-pocket or street robber’.

19 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/76

Letter from Thomas Flanagan, Kilroy’s Hotel, Galway, County Galway, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing a document [not present] upon which he remarks ‘I shall Insist on Justice being done’.

17 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/77

Letter from Lord Courtown [James George Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown], Gorey, County Wexford, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, seeking the appointment of George M Dance to the situation in the law courts held by late father, James Dance. Also letter from Sir Ulysses Burgh to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing letter from Dance, 30 Marlborough [Marlboro] Street, Dublin, requesting use of his influence with government to secure for him the position of summonister or clerk of estreates of the Court of the Exchequer, previously held by father, who died leaving insufficient property ‘to discharge his Debts’. [See also description CSO/RP/1824/65].

10 Jan 1824-22 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/78

Letter from Thomas Casey, 5 Ely Place, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to the post of commissioner on the Board of Inquiry [Irish courts] vacated through the resignation of John Doherty. Also letter from Casey to Lieutenant Colonel Meyrick Shawe [private secretary to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley] pressing his application for nomination as commissioner on the board. Encloses letter from Casey to Wellesley, providing a detailed outline of his efforts to secure appointment under Government. He makes reference to an earlier application to succeed ‘Knott’ as commissioner of appeals and an unsuccessful attempt to gain promotion with the assistance of Lord Maryborough [William Wellesley-Pole]. Also copy of minute of conversation between Wellesley and the Earl of Limerick [Edmund Henry Pery] quoted in support of application by Casey.

20 Mar 1822-14 Jan 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/79

Letter from Daniel Webb Webber, Harcourt Place, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reflecting on charges against sub sheriff Mr Carson, possibly in connection with an application for a post. Also letter from Carson, Hibernian Hotel, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, expressing concern over the commencement of criminal proceedings against him and offering a robust defense of his character as office bearer; also mentions his dissatisfaction over failure to secure the post of under sheriff of County Westmeath.

19 Jan 1824-2 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/80

Letter from John Maxwell-Barry, 5th Baron Farnham, chairman, quarter sessions, County Cavan, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, seeking to learn whether magistrates of quarter sessions are empowered in law to sentence ‘prisoners convicted of misdemeanors to hard labour’, with response on back from John Sealy Townsend, King’s Counsel and legal advisor to the Chief Secretary’s Office.

15 Jan 1824

1824