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CSO/RP/1825/41

Letter from Alexander Nimmo, Dublin, civil engineer overseeing public works in the western district, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, indicating a further advance of £5,000 to the Bank of Ireland is required to carry forward the works in his jurisdiction. Remarks this is an appropriate season for making the presentments and observes he is awaiting some estimates from the country, but hopes to have ‘the whole complete in a few days’. Also note in response from CSO [with observation from Goulburn] acknowledging Nimmo’ s call for funds, but observing that the money in question should not be for work intending to be carried out over the period 1825-26, as this requires parliamentary sanction.

20 Jan 1825-8 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/42

Letter from Reverend Isham Baggs, Church of Ireland clergyman, 18 Frederick Street North, Dublin, to Lieutenant Colonel Meyrick Shawe, private secretary to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, enclosing a memorial to Wellesley seeking appointment to any vacant diocesan school in Ireland. Emphasises his 34 years standing in the established church and claims to have been master of a classical school in Navan, County Meath, for a number of years, and also to have kept a similar institution in Georges Place, Dublin. Complains of distress felt by himself, his wife and 9 children, due to financial difficulties. Memorial attested by Thomas Kingsbury, archdeacon of Killala, [County Mayo] and 6 other ecclesiastical persons. Annotation in pencil on back of letter in hand of Wellesley, advises checking his references with the Archbishop of Tuam [Power Le Poer Trench] and the Bishop of Clonfert [Christopher Butson].

10 May 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1825/43

Letter from Lieutenant Colonel George Morris, governor, House of Industry, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reporting on fulfilment of request by government for an increase in accommodation for the reception of fever patients in Dublin. Observes the Hardwicke Fever Hospital operated to capacity over the past year, with any additional fever patients being admitted to either Sir Patrick’s Dun’s Hospital, Dr Steven’s [Steevens] Hospital or the House of Recovery [or Fever Hospital], on Cork Street, ‘as vacancies offered’.

28 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/44

Letter from William Kemmis, Kildare Street, Dublin, crown solicitor, to Thomas Taylor, clerk, Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, requesting to learn if a demand for payment of rent by government from the Ballast Office, Dublin, should be settled by him and added to his account. Encloses part printed slip headed ‘Ballast Office Quay-Wall Tax’ with handwritten section indicating that a sum of £3 6s 2d is due up to 24 June 1824 for use of the King’s coal yard.

Jan 1825-2 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/45

Letter from Lieutenant General Quin John Freeman and Robert Gregory, commissioners of Board of Works, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, reporting that a plan and estimate offered by William Hunt, architect, for erection of a bridewell in the town of Kilrush, County Clare, is deemed ‘most eligible’ for the task in hand. Encloses copy letter from Francis Johnston, architect and inspector of civil buildings, Architect's Office, Dublin Castle, to Robert Robinson, assistant secretary, Board of Works, indicating that himself and Major Benjamin Blake Woodward, inspector general of prisons of the southern district, made an examination of two proposals from architects interested in contracting for building the jail. Upon joint deliberation it was agreed that Hunt’s proposal was most acceptable.

20 Jan 1825-27 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/46

Copy petition of Bridget Donovan [alias O’Connor], Charleville, County Cork, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting aid of government to take herself and family to the United States of America. Claims to have acted on behalf of the crown in the prosecution of 12 Ribbonman indicted in the murder of James Culreavy [Colreavy] of the parish of Aughamore [Aghamore], near Culm Kill [Collumkill], in County Longford, in the month of August 1815. Declares as a result of her testimony, Joseph Connell, Oliver Wallace, Thomas McGarry, and James Jordan, were found guilty and hanged in the town of Longford; she also assisted in the later trial of Thomas Armstrong and John McOwen, who were also found guilty and executed for the same offence. Complains for her trouble she has paid merely £80, and ever since has been subjected to harassment by the public on account of her service to government.

18 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/47

Letter from Alderman Frederick Darley, John Graves and Peter Low, chief magistrates, head office of police, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, requesting advance of the sum of £6,000 for maintenance of the police establishment in the district of Dublin. With query on back in pencil [likely by Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant] and comment beneath in a different hand on the likely source of the money and possibility of a smaller fund being utilised, until such times as a vote of Parliament for the remainder is passed.

29 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/48

Letter from B Hannagan, late lieutenant of 16th regiment of foot, Raphoe, County Donegal, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a situation in the preventative excise service. Alludes to an undertaking made by William Le Poer Trench, commissioner of revenue, to procure for him a post of employment in excise, and adds in postscript ‘Every moment in this part of the Creation I could have the opportunity of preventing illicit Distillation’.

27 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/49

Letter from William Westby, 6 Merrion Square, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, enclosing memorial from Reverend John Street, Church of Ireland curate of Bray, County Dublin [County Wicklow], to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking permission to succeed to post of regular clergyman of the parish of Bray. Claims to have been ‘zealously devoted’ to the parish during his tenure spanning a 10 year period and asserts he was the main driving force behind the construction of a male and female school house, a savings bank, and also carried out an extension to the present place of worship; remarks also on his success in collecting both tithes and church rates. Reflects on the recent appointment of Reverend William Plunket as his assistant in the parish, and expresses hope of being permitted to succeed to the living previously held by Reverend Knox, the archdeacon of Bray.

3 Feb 1825-4 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/50

Letter from Thomas Herbert Orpen, 13 Frederick Street South, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, acknowledging letter indicating a warrant will be issued for disbursement by government of £152 13s 1d for expenses associated with treatment of fever at Sir Patrick’s Dun’s Hospital, Dublin. Undertakes to present the warrant before the board at a meeting soon to take place and to convey to them the necessity to have accounts furnished each quarter.

29 [Jun] 1825

1825