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CSO/RP/1825/371

Letter from Henry Abbott, 70 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, promoting a scheme for the formation of a company to encourage the growth and manufacture of flax and hemp in Ireland for the markets of Great Britain. Emphasises the benefits to be derived from a wider extension of the trade to Ireland, not only as a satisfactory alternative to imported produce, but as a crucial means of employing the poor of Ireland. Encloses printed plan and prospectus for formation of a British and Irish Flax and Hemp Company outlining the various benefits to government and the Irish poor. Stresses the intention of the company to establish a suitable infrastructure for the proposed scheme, accepting for their part as investors ‘a fair return’. Notes past government encouragements or grower premiums paid to those engaged in the trade and alludes to a possible need for ‘legislative protection’ from the state.

3 Apr 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/372

Petition of Mary Dunne, Kilcock, County Kildare, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, complaining of distress and seeking measure of government assistance to emigrate with her two children to Australia. Explains in 1822, at the assizes of Naas, her husband was sentenced to death; but the judgement was later commuted to transportation to New South Wales. He is presently living and labouring in Patricks’ Plains [Singleton] and he has permission from his overseer to have the company of his family.

21 Mar 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/373

Letter from Joseph Doherty, New Ross, County Wexford, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting free passage for himself and family to Upper Canada. Reproduces overleaf a certificate from Edward Kavanagh and John H Talbot, magistrates of New Ross, affirming his good character and suitability for such an indulgence. They remark that Doherty, a farmer by profession, has given past service to the yeomanry infantry and the local police constabulary.

22 Mar 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/374

Petition of Ellen Dore [Dare], widow, Glin, County Limerick, [post town is Tarbert, County Kerry], to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking assistance with recovery of rental arrears of £3 12s from late tenant Ellen Walsh. Explains she let accommodation to Walsh, a crown informer, but she left without settling her rent arrears. Claims Walsh, who assisted in the prosecution of a man named ‘Scanlan’ for murder, is now in the company of or married to ‘Mansell’, a police constable, and in receipt of remuneration for her services to the crown.

6 Apr 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/375

Petition of Henry Doyle, hatter, Portadown, County Armagh, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting a free passage to [British] North America [Canada] for himself, his wife and 6 children. Refers to past military service of more than 13 years with the 7th dragoon guards, and complains of the poverty of his existence due to ‘the injury which his trade has sustained in Ireland’.

22 Mar 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/376

Letter from Jane Beirne, Cashcarrigan [Keshcarrigan], County Leitrim, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, complaining of dire poverty and seeking intervention for release of her husband from gaol. Refers to enclosed petition from her husband to the Lord Lieutenant seeking relief [not present] and asks that any reference made to the board of excise be ‘humanely done’ in order to effect a positive outcome.

22 Mar 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/377

Note from Lieutenant Colonel George Morris, governor, House of Industry, Dublin, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, reporting on the abandonment of a young child at the door of a widow’s house on 23 William Street, Dublin, and seeking an order for her care. Remarks the child, ‘Mary Williams’, named after the street on which she was found, is around two years of age, and states he has interviewed two witnesses in connection with the case, the widow at whose door the infant was deserted and Arthur Morrison.

26 Mar 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/378

Letter from Thomas Browne, 2 Lower Dorset Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, advancing application for appointment to the post of inspector of water fountains in the liberties area of Dublin city, following the death of James Pride. Observes the duties of that office are being discharged at present by Edward Hendrick, whom he presumes is ineligible to undertake the duties on a permanent basis, as he holds the position of supervisor of scavenging with the paving board. Refers to a number of recommendations from individual patrons previously forwarded to government and one lately issued by Robert Smyth, MP for County Westmeath. Also letter from Browne, 102 Great Britain [Parnell] Street, Dublin, to Goulburn, seeking a situation in the yeomanry office which has recently fell vacant on account of the death of [George L] Grabham. Recollects the death of his eldest son after the Battle of Waterloo, and draws attention to the quality of those who are prepared to sponsor his application for a post under government, including Colonel Hercules Robert Pakenham, MP for County Westmeath, and William Johnson, judge in Court of Common Pleas, Dublin.

29 Mar 1825-20 Jul 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/379

Petition of Catharine [sic] Feeny, Elphin, County Roscommon, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking admission to an institution for treatment of blindness. Explains for a period of 3 years she was ‘A Martyr to sore eyes’ and has lately become ‘stone blind’. Describes herself as an ‘unfortunate Dark Girl’ and complains she has no one to provide for her nor no one to lead or direct her, having lost her mother some years back. Memorial attested on underside by John French, Church of Ireland dean of Elphin. Annotation in pencil on back from CSO indicates that no help can be offered since there is no institution over which government has control that might benefit her condition.

21 Mar 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/380

Petition of William Ormsby, Marshal Hall, Dublin, marshal of Four Courts Marshalsea, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking inclusion of a clause in the proposed prisons bill to provide a permanent salary for his post and remuneration for past losses. Complains of negative ramification to his income caused by the bill to relieve insolvent debtors in Ireland [1822] and an amendment to same, by which prisoners were released from obligations to pay fees and rents to the marshal. Alleges over the period 1815 to 1824, he lost a total of £5,813 12s 5½d in personal income, not taking into account more recent losses. Also letter from Ormsby to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, expressing dissatisfaction at provisions of the new prisons bill as respects his own remuneration. Draws attention to a tenure spanning 36 years in office, and alleges the proposed salary of £700 per year is most inadequate since it fails to compensate him for loss of emoluments or income; suggests payment of a pension of £500 per year for life in addition to the salary. As to the deputy marshal and subordinate officers, he concurs over their payment by government but insists their appointment should rest with him.

11 Mar 1825-2 Apr 1825

1825