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CSO/RP/1827/2131

Letter from William Hill [Principal clerk of the Commissariat Department, and Agent for Commissariat Supplies], Treasury Chambers, [London], to William Lamb, Chief Secretary, in response to enclosed copy of letter from Lamb to John Charles Herries, and informing him that the lords of the treasury have authorised a sum of £20000 from the 1827 grant of civil contingencies to provide for the expense of both fever patients and medical attendants. [See also CSO/RP/1827/2126].

5 Jun 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/2132

File of papers relating to addresses of condolence sent to King George IV, following the death of the Duke of York [Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany], from a variety of senders, including nobility, government officials, merchants, clergy, freeholders and citizens, as well as societies of Freemasons. Letter from George Wright, Armagh, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, forwarding address from the Society of Freemasons of the city of Armagh [not present]; copies of 3 letters from Goulburn, Irish Office, London, to Robert Peel, Home Secretary, forwarding addresses from Belfast, Antrim city and county and County Armagh; letter from William Tenison, High Sheriff of County Monaghan, to Goulburn, forwarding address from the High Sheriff and Grand Jurors of the county; and letter from Sir Charles [William] Flint, Resident Secretary, Irish Office, London, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, relating to address from County Down. Additional 12 letters from Peel, Whitehall, [London], to Richard Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, and Goulburn, acknowledging receipt of addresses received from: the diocese of Killalla and Achonry; Dublin city; Cork city; county Down; Youghal, [County Cork]; Waterford city and county; Sligo town and county; Belfast, [County Antrim]; County Antrim; Armagh city and county; County Tipperary; and County Monaghan.

7 Feb 1827-3 Apr 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/2133

Letter from Robert Peel, Home Secretary, Whitehall, [London], to [Richard Wellesley], Lord Lieutenant, informing him of the death of the Duke of York [Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany] at 20 minutes past 9 o’clock the previous evening [5 January 1827].

6 Jan 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/2134

Letter from Henry Hobhouse, [Under Secretary of State for the Home Office, and Keeper of State Papers], Whitehall, [London], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, enclosing copy of letter he received from Joseph Planter, Foreign Office, and copy of its enclosure, namely a letter from Prince Esterházy [Nikolaus II], Ambassador to the Emperor of Austria, Chandos House, to Prime Minister George Canning, relating to the death of Baron John Tyffe, who died at Vienna on 12 January 1826, and the proposed discharge of his debt of 700 florins [written in French]. States that Tyffe’s successor, Baron Jacques Tyffe, a Captain in the British Army, cannot be found on the army list, and indicates Tyffe owned property in Ireland. Subsequent letter from William Kemmis, crown solicitor, Kildare Street, [Dublin], to Gregory, informing him that despite investigations into Tyffe’s alleged family in Ireland, none could be found. Additional letter from L Sulivan [or Sullivan], War Office, to Gregory, enclosing second copy of Esterházy’s letter, and requesting him to enquire if either Jacques Esterházy or his sister, Jeanne Hill, are currently residing in Ireland. States similar enquires have been made in Scotland with no success.

6 Mar 1827-24 Jul 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/2135

File of papers relating to the will of Dr James Quinlan, a native of Clonmel, [County Tipperary], who died in Moscow, [Russia]. Includes: letter from George R Dawson, secretary, Whitehall, [London], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, referring to enclosed letter from Prince [Christopher] of Lieven, Ambassador to Russia [not present]; report by Chief Constable Michael Farrell, Head Police Office; 2 letters from Quinlan’s brother in law, John Daniell, Main Street, Clonmel, to Gregory; letter from William Morris Reade, Rossenarra, Callan, [County Kilkenny], to Gregory, relating to claim by Quinlan’s nephew Robert Quinlan to his estate; letter from Henry Hobhouse, [Under Secretary of State for the Home Office, and Keeper of State Papers], Whitehall, [London], to Gregory; damp press copy of letter from Gregory to Rev William Stevenson and Rev Thomas Flannery, [Clonmel], as well as copy of their reply; letter from Thomas Spring Rice [1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon], Under Secretary, Whitehall, to William Lamb, Chief Secretary, enclosing copy of letter from Lieven [written in French]; and letter from bankers Messrs La Touche and Company, Castle Street, Dublin, to unknown recipient, forwarding letter they received from Daniell. [See also: CSO/RP/1827/597 and CSO/RP/1827/1834, and possibly CSO/RP/1827/710].

31 Mar 1827-22 Sep 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/2136

Letter from Henry Hobhouse, [Under Secretary of State for the Home Office, and Keeper of State Papers], Whitehall, [London], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, enclosing copy of letter from Lt Col S Lindsay of the 29th Regiment, Chatham, to RW Hay, Colonial Office, relating to the delayed embarkation of convicts from Ireland to New South Wales [Australia].

3 May 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/2137

Letter from Henry Hobhouse, [Under Secretary of State for the Home Office, and Keeper of State Papers], Whitehall, [London], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, informing him that the convict ship ‘Cambridge’ sailed from Debtford [London] to Kingstown [Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin] on 30 March 1827, to transport 200 male convicts to New South Wales [Australia]. Annotation on reverse referring letter to Dr Edward Trevor, [superintendent and medical inspector of convicts], Dublin.

4 May 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/2138

Letter from Henry Hobhouse, [Under Secretary of State for the Home Office, and Keeper of State Papers], Whitehall, [London], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, forwarding copies of 3 documents for the consideration of the Lord Lieutenant [Richard Wellesley]: petition of convict Cornelius Kenny, Sydney, New South Wales [Australia], to Wellesley, seeking an investigation into the length of his sentence, with transcript copies of various certificates testifying to his character; covering letter by Gen Sir Ralph Darling, Governor of New South Wales, Government House, to RW Hay, [Foreign Office]; and letter from Hay, Downing Street, to Hobhouse.

13 Mar 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/2139

Letter from Henry Hobhouse, [Under Secretary of State for the Home Office, and Keeper of State Papers], Whitehall, [London], William Gregory, Under Secretary, informing him that the Irish newspapers have not been delivered to the office since the Robert Peel departed as Home Secretary. Requests that the delivery be resumed ‘and, that our file may not be incomplete, let those be sent which have been omitted up to the present time’. Additional letter from Thomas Venables, Whitehall, to Gregory, stating that a fortnight previously, he wrote to the editors of the ‘Dublin Evening Post’ and the ‘[Dublin Evening] Mail’ to request that copies of their newspapers be sent to Peel at his private residence in Whitehall Gardens, but that his request has been ignored.

19 May 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/2140

Letter from John Perceval, Whitehall, [London], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, expressing the approval of the Home Secretary, William Sturges Bourne, of the Lord Lieutenant’s [Richard Wellesley] wish that Maj Thomas D’Arcy, Inspector General of Police, be instructed to address the magistrates in Ulster relating to unlawful societies. Annotation on reverse by Wellesley.

12 Jul 1827

1827