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CSO/RP/1824/531

Printed ‘Copy of Commission for inquiring into the nature and extent of the Instruction afforded by the several Institutions in Ireland, established for the purpose of Education’. Specifies operating framework for commissioners of enquiry, Thomas Frankland Lewis, John Leslie Foster, William Grant, James Glassford and Anthony Richard Blake, who are vested with powers to inspect, report upon and submit regulations, in respect of the management of diocesan, district schools and parochial schools; certified by Henry Hobhouse, Under Secretary of State for the Home Department, London.

24 Jun 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/532

Petition of Henry Ball, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking redress and justice over loss of son who was shot by officers of revenue while retrieving fishing hooks from a small boat on a lake near their farm; protests that his killing was motivated by ‘Wanton and Unequal Cruelty Without the Smallest Cause or provocation’.

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1824

CSO/RP/1824/533

Copy letter from William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, to Lieutenant Colonel Meyrick Shawe, private secretary to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, concluding that an application by Charlotte M Crosbie for extension of lapsed pension ‘is quite impracticable’; he suggests a small addition might be given to her income from the Concordatum [Concordation] fund. Returns memorial from Crosbie, 42 Northumberland [Street, Dublin], to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting a pension of £50 per year paid to her late husband, Captain Richard Crosbie, be continued to her, since she is ‘for the last ten years totally deprived of the use of her limbs’; refers to past loyalty of family and claims her husband ‘expended a large sum of money in raising a company for a Fencible Regiment’. Also memorial from Crosbie to Wellesley, claiming to be in the ‘Deepest Distress’ and seeking pension ‘or any other bounty’ to which she might be entitled.

2 Jul 1824-8 Sep 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/534

Petition of John Gordon, late staff sergeant, city of Dublin, 12 Townsend Street, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking appointment to the situation of inspector in charge of fires and cleaning at the Stamp Office. Outlines his experience in a military capacity including time spent with the 71st Regiment of Foot and the 5th and 9th garrison battalions; complains he was forced to retire on a pension ‘in consequence of his being slightly Ruptured’ and ‘incapable of bearing the fatigue of long Marches required in Escorting Recruits‘.

10 Aug 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/535

Letter from Frederick Darley and Major Henry Charles Sirr, chief magistrates, Head Office of Police, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, enclosing copy letter from Sir Garret Nevill, police magistrate, 6th Division, College Street, Dublin, requesting leave of absence for 3 weeks to depart for the country ‘for the benefit of my health’ as advised by his medical practitioner.

9 Aug 1824-10 Aug 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/536

Letter from Henry King, Sligo, County Sligo, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, making recommendation for John Anderson as person competent to fill the position of tide waiter at port of Sligo. Comments on his loyal character and emphasises he is ‘a very good Clerk and Accountant’.

31 Jul 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/537

Report from Isaac Ambrose Eccles, William Acton and William Revell, committee of superintendence, Wicklow Gaol, County Wicklow, indicating no particular deficiencies have been discovered at the prison in response to a complaint from Colonel William Whaley. Concludes that particular discomforts protested against by Whaley during his detention arose ‘out of the local circumstances of the Prison and has been therefore unavoidable’ and adds ‘no improper orders have at any time been given to the Gaoler and that no blame whatever appears to attach to any officer connected with the Prison’.

9 Jul 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/538

Letter from Reverend George Armstrong, Church of Ireland clergyman and school master, Louth Hall, County Louth, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, acknowledging receipt of warrant of appointment as school master in the union of schools of Cloyne, Cork and Ross, County Cork; he emphasises the need for alteration to the text of document to secure payment of salary for post which he has filled for some time without pay. Also letter from Armstrong to Goulburn, seeking copy of warrant of appointment for the union of Cloyne, Cork and Ross. Also copy letter from Goulburn to the Lord Bishop of Cork and Ross [Thomas St Lawrence], Bishop’s Palace, Cork, confirming that Armstrong is entitle to arrears of salary from the period of official appointment in May 1823. Also letter from the Archbishop of Dublin [William Magee], St Stephen’s Green, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, requesting transmission of warrant to Armstrong. Also letter from Chamberlen William Walker, secretary, Board of Education Office, 20 Kildare Street, Dublin, to Magee, confirming that the ‘Salaries allotted for the respective masters’ of the diocesan schools of Cloyne, Cork and Ross took effect from 6 May 1823. Also letter from Magee to Goulburn, raising issue of delayed remuneration to Armstrong for duties as school teacher. Also letter from Armstrong to Magee, expressing concern that his claim for salary can only be made from date of warrant, 20 July 1824, and complaining of dire personal consequences if the warrant is not modified.

7 Aug 1824-23 Sep 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/539

Petition of John O’Neill, Killenaule, County Tipperary, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to the police establishment of County Galway or elsewhere in Ireland. Claims to have served in Killenaule yeomanry and urges assistance since he is ‘reduced to the greatest distress with 10 in family to Support’.

6 Aug 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/540

Letter from Arthur Neville, 14 York Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, making a case for his engagement in the ‘management of a principle District’ or another position ‘in the arrangement of the general Survey of Ireland’. Offers some suggestions on how to make the proposed work one of greater efficiency and economy, such as the use of existing estate draughts and employment of independent surveyors.

29 Mar 1824

1824