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CSO/RP/1825/51

Letter from Connor Oates, 4 Greggs Lane, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, staking claim to a reward of £10 for provided information leading to the capture of a convict named ’Hughes’, an escapee from Waterford Gaol. Notes the appeal for public assistance appeared in the publication ‘Hue and Cry’ dated 27 November 1824. Insists his information was central to the apprehension of the convict and his ultimate detention at Cork, despite a claim to the contrary by the gaoler of County Waterford, 1 February 1825. Encloses letter from James Bruce, gaoler of County Waterford, to Oates, stating that Hughes was apprehended in Dublin by peace officers ‘Flannigan, and ‘Hartley’. His capture was ‘in consequence of fresh Information Received by them from other persons’ and states a payment of £6 was given to them as the ‘principle agents in his apprehension’. Confirms that Oates is entitled to the remaining sum of £4 upon presentation of a receipt, 30 January 1825. Also letter from Oates to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, stressing his claim to the full reward of £10 and requesting a reply.

30 Jan 1825-1 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/52

Petition of James Purcell, Binghamstown, near Belmullet, County Mayo, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking assistance and redress in recovering outstanding arrears of Stg£121 8s 5d claimed for completion of plaster work on the courthouse of Castlebar, County Mayo. Indicates the work was conducted under direction of Denis Browne, high sheriff for County Mayo and MP for Kilkenny city, and Mr Passworth, architect on the project. Emphasises that despite a legal bid, he has been unable to force Browne to issue the arrears of payment, which he alleged was granted by the grand jury of County Mayo.

31 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/53

Petition of Arthur Annesley, Sir Augustus Warren, William Henry Moore Hodder, William Henry Worth Newenham, Joseph Deane Freeman, Savage French, Justin McCarty, Edward Wallis Hoare, Thomas George French, William Henry Herrick, Clement John Foster and Reverend Somers Payne, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting advance from the Consolidated Fund of £8,300 to be applied to the construction of bridewells in the towns of Mallow, Middleton, Kanturk, Macroom, Bantry, Skibbereen, Clonakilty, Bandon, Dunmanway and Charleville. Directs the money should be sent to James Delacour, treasurer of County Cork, and indicates the county grand jury have agreed to repay the grant in 12 instalments. Signed below by 10 of the commissioners for erection of bridewells in County Cork.

[1825]

1825

CSO/RP/1825/54

Letter from Samuel Percy Lea, secretary, Commissioners of Crown Lands, Treasury Chambers, Dublin Castle, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, conveying a number of demands for payment of work connected with professional surveying duties over the period, 5 January 1824 to 5 January 1825 [none present], and seeking the Lord Lieutenant’s sanction for settlement of same. [Contains list of names not given in this description.]

7 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/55

Letter from Donough O’Brien, secretary, Office of Public Accounts, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, conveying a report and abstracts of accounts of Donaghadee harbour, County Down, for the two quarters ending 5 January 1824 and 5 April 1824, plus supporting documentation [none present as returned to Public Accounts], and requesting the Lord Lieutenant’s sanction and signature.

12 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/56

Petition of the inhabitants of the Church of Ireland parish of Derrybrusk, diocese of Clogher, County Fermanagh, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting intervention to prevent their intended new church being placed on a distant site due to pressure from a nearby member of the gentry. Alleges their rector, Reverend George Harris, has fell under the influence of a local landed gentleman who wishes the new place of worship to be located ‘contiguous to his Castle and Demesne’. Despite having earlier agreed with the two church wardens and a majority of the parishioners that the old church site should be utilised, Harris, they claim, has changed his mind about the location of the proposed church ‘under pretence…of removing it from floods, which…rise upon the road in the winter season’. Remarks the intended replacement building has the sanction of the bishop of Clogher [Robert Tottenham Ponsonby Loftus]. Signed by John Beatty, church warden, and 40 other parishioners.

c27 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/57

Letter from Sir Edward Smith Lees, secretary, General Post Office, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reporting on a misunderstanding and delay in the delivery of cross channel mail for London. Encloses copy letter from Frederick Homan, British Mail Office, Dublin, comptroller of British Mail Office, to Lees, explaining that the mail intended for Friday’s post to England was detained in office, on account of it being placed it in a different holding cabinet; notes this was caused by the pressure of mail brought about by the earlier non arrival of a [Royal Mail] shipping packet and complicated by the absence of Mr Parsons, who placed the mail in the holding press. [Contains list of names not given in this description.]

7 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/58

Letter from William Kemmis, Kildare Street, Dublin, crown solicitor, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, concerning award of contracts to companies offering to supply gas light to the city of Dublin, 14 February 1825. Encloses copy letter from John Leckie, accountant and secretary, Dublin Gas Light Company, Foster Place, Dublin, to Messrs Kemmis and Carmichael, solicitors, indicating it was found necessary to seek a further explanation on measurement of streets, with a view to ascertaining the correct quantity of lamps required. Confirms that when in possession of this additional information, a copy of the draft contract will be sent by return post, 12 February 1825. Also encloses copy letter from William Kenifeck, secretary, Hibernian Gas Light Company, 2 Palace Street, Dublin, to Kemmis and Carmichael, observing they have sought further clarification on measurements made by the paving commissioners, in order ‘to distinguish between the streets which have been measured for double and single rows of lighting’. When received, they anticipate making a speedy return of the draft contract with necessary observations on same, 12 February 1825.

12 Feb 1825-14 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/59

Letter from Reverend John Pennefather, Church of Ireland rector of St Johns, Newport, County Tipperary, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, advancing claim to preferment in church having learned of the death of the dean of the diocese of Kilmore [Reverend William Magenis].

4 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/60

Memorandum from R Sleater to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, commenting on his part in the preparation of some material for a publication, possibly relating to Irish genealogical history. Remarks the manuscripts worked on was a ‘mere revision’ of an earlier work by John Lodge [author of The Peerage of Ireland, or a Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom, 1754] or more specifically was the output of a copying clerk who was employed by the records commission of Ireland.

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1825