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CSO/RP/1825/241

Petition of William Walch, former soldier, corps of artificers, Board of Ordnance, [County Armagh], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting a free passage to Quebec, British North America [Canada], for himself, his wife and 6 children. Attestation of statement provided below by William Byers, [Portrieve], Charlemont, County Armagh.

11 Mar 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/242

Petition of John Curran, former soldier, Royal Artillery Drivers, Moy, County Tyrone, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting a free passage to Quebec, British North America [Canada], for himself, his wife and 5 children. Claims his father and 3 brothers have given past military service to the crown and all are now resident in Canada. Attestation of statement provided below by William Byers, [Portrieve], Charlemont, County Armagh.

11 Mar 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/243

Petition of John Brown, Charlemont, County Armagh, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting a free passage to Quebec, British North America [Canada], for himself, his wife and 4 children. Attestation of statement provided below by William Byers, [Portrieve], Charlemont, County Armagh.

11 Mar 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/244

Petition of John Shaw, former baronial police sub constable, Cloonturk, Longford, County Longford, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting payment of financial recompense or superannuation for active service over a period of 29 years in the police establishment of Ireland. Encloses memorial to the magistrates assembled at session [Longford], seeking recommendation for a pension allowance. Shaw observes his regular salary has been discontinued and complains in 1820 he ‘lost the use of his leg, which was dislocated and wounded by a Riotous party at Killashee’ fair in County Longford. Document signed by 13 magistrates. With attached certificate from George Peacocke, surgeon, Longford County Gaol, indicating he provided treatment to Shaw, but advises he ‘can never expect the perfect recovery of the leg’.

6 Nov 1824-c15 Mar 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/245

Copy petition of the Protestant [Church of Ireland] parishioners of the parish of Caharagh [Caheragh], County Cork, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting aid be provided to build a parish church. States that Thomas Wood, one of their members, has agreed to supply a site for the proposed church at a reasonable cost, or alternatively that are agreeable to have a new building in the vicinity of the old graveyard. Remarks unlike their counterparts in neighbouring parishes, they have neither place of worship, resident clergyman or school; observes their rector, Reverend [John] Webb, only visits the parish once a year ‘for the purpose of Collecting his Tythes [tithes]’. Warns of the decline in religious observance and claims numbers of their community have ‘turned to mass and several have been buried without received Protestant burial’ rites. Complains that a number of applications for redress directed to the bishop of Cork and Ross [Thomas St Lawrence] have not received an answer, and asks that a reply to their memorial be sent to Thomas Wood Sr, Woodford, near Skibbereen, County Cork. Document signed by 70 parishioners with surnames Wood, Levis, Ross, Jermyn, Baker, Hitchcock, Taylor, Cue, Talbert, Cotter, Kingston, Roberts and Swetnam [Sweetman]. [Contains list of names not given in this description.]

c18 Mar 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/246

Letter from Reverend John Wilkinson, [Church of Ireland] curate of parish of Lower Langfield, Drumquin, Omagh, County Tyrone, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, enclosing memorial to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting a situation of employment for his 16 year old son in the police, revenue, military or any other position under government. Remarks, on account of an insufficient income, he is unable to provide the boy with a college education, nor is he inclined to recommend him to such a career from his own experience in the church. Also expresses his appreciation for granting assistance in connection with his case against the barrack department. [Contains list of names not given in this description.]

18 Mar 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/247

Petition of Michael Brenan, apothecary, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, complaining of being out of employment and seeking a measure of relief from government to aid restoration of his profession. Indicates he served his apprenticeship as an apothecary in the city of Dublin and claims to have recently held a ‘respectable’ dispensary in his present location. Notes beneath that his living quarters are opposite Read’s Woollen Factory in the city of Kilkenny.

c19 Mar 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/248

Letter from Robert Hughes, mayor of Wexford, County Wexford, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, drawing attention to his personal efforts to check false returns by local bakers of wheat and flour prices. Conveys suspicions over practice of fraud by the bakers and regrets that such behaviour has detrimental consequences for the poor of the Wexford town. Notes that a campaign of opposition has developed in response to his attempt to enforce subscription to an oath by those concerned in the supply side of the trade. Requests direction from government over future action, 3 February 1825. Encloses copy of printed notice circulated in the town of Wexford by the mayor. Recites substance of an act of the 30th of George III, chapter 30 requiring ‘all Millers, Factors and others concerned in the Corn and Flour Trade’ to present themselves before the mayor and take an oath. A penalty of £10 is imposed on those failing to comply with the regulation, signed by Hughes, 1 January 1825. Also encloses copy of printed notice circulated in the town of Wexford reproducing the text of the mayor’s notice [above] and stating opinion of legal counsel, Daniel O'Connell, that the act in question is invalid and need not be complied with, signed by O'Connell, Merrion Square, Dublin, 25 January 1825. Also copy of case on behalf of the crown relating to the point of difference between the mayor of Wexford and the bakers of that town. Opinion recorded on base from the Attorney General [William Conyngham Plunket] and the Solicitor General [Henry Joy] stating as the law has been repealed the mayor has no ground for enforcing subscription to the oath by bakers, 21 February 1825.

1 Jan 1825-21 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/249

Letter from Richard Dobbs, assistant barrister for County Antrim, Belfast, County Antrim, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reporting on the case of John Sarbey of Belfast and recommending he receive a refund of a fine levied upon him in connection with the prosecution of Alexander McAllister for an assault on Rebecca Rutledge. Annotated on top in pencil ‘granted’ by Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle. Encloses memorial from Sarbey, a bricklayer from Belfast, County Antrim, to Wellesley, complaining of being forced to pay a fine of £5 under green wax process in the action against McAllister and seeking redress. Emphasises as ‘a very poor man’ he is unable to withstand the charge and claims to have borrowed the money from ‘an indulgent employer’. Adds he is presently making small repayments on the sum. States that his account of the matter can be verified by Thomas Henry, governor of the house of correction, Belfast.

29 Jan 1825-17 Mar 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/250

Letter from Sir Charles William Flint, secretary, Irish Office, London, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, making reference to a letter from Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, to WH Porter, director, United General Gas Company, 14 King’s Arms Yard, London, [not present] and asking a copy be conveyed to the commissioners of the Paving Board, Dublin, ‘with directions to them to govern themselves accordingly’, 15 March 1825. Also copy letter from Porter to Goulburn, complaining the Paving Board have increased the number of lamps to be provided by almost a third, contrary to the agreed specifications for the work. Regards the enlargement in lamp stands as proposed by the board in the draft contract as a ‘useless and profligate waste’ and seeks permission to proceed on basis of original plan, 21 February 1825. Also letter from Gregory to Flint, enclosing a letter from Major Alexander Taylor, Alderman Mark Bloxham and Thomas N Edgworth, commissioners for paving, cleaning and lighting the streets of Dublin, Paving House, Mary Street, Dublin, in which they state in making their calculation for the quantity of gas lamps needed in the city of Dublin, street widths were not taken into account. Observes they produced their estimate ‘on the basis laid down in Mr Goulburn’s Letter’, 22; 24 March 1825.

21 Feb 1825-24 Mar 1825

1825