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CSO/RP/1824/958

Letter from Richard B Cotter, secretary, Grand Jury, County Cork, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, enclosing memorial from the grand jury of County Cork to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting advance of half moiety of £1,351 13s 6d to enable construction of a bridge and causeway over the River Bandon at Baxter’s fjord on the mail coach road from Cork to Bantry.

6 Apr 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1207

Letter from John Sheppard, magistrate, Clonmore, Enniscorthy, County Wexford, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, providing information on earlier query concerning referring search warrants to chief constables of nearby baronies of Bantry and Shelmaliere, County Wexford. Annotation recorded overleaf states that any constable of the county can issue a magistrates warrant, with conformation by John Sealy Townsend, King's Counsel and legal advisor to CSO.

6 Sep 1824-8 Sep 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1423

Letter from Anthony Hutchins, magistrate, Ardnagashel, near Bantry, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, Irish Office, Westminster, London, offering observations on causes of instability in Irish society. Concludes the upper classes have failed in their responsibilities to the lower orders, providing neither a fair measure of justice nor general employment; in such circumstances there is ‘still the strongest necessity for continuing the Insurrection Act’. Traces much of social disquiet to factors such as corrupt use of public money in grand jury presentments and to an unfair administration of the law in tithe cases; advocates that legal consideration of tithe cases be conducted by assistant barristers at general sessions rather than by local magistrates. Observes should modification be made to the tithe or to status of church property ‘it will probably tend to the decline of the Protestant Religion in Ireland’. Offers assistance to government on necessary measures to bring stability to Irish society.

3 Jun 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1551

Report on the southern district of Ireland with details of work carried on at public expense during the year 1823 on roads in counties Limerick, Cork and Kerry, by Richard Griffiths, civil engineer. Provides full commentary on work and emphasises its value for extension of both law and order, and peace and tranquillity. Details work on various lines of communication, for example the Listowel to Newmarket road, the Castle Island to Newcastle road, the Newcastle to Charleville road, the Macroom to Glenflesk road, the Skibbereen to Crookhaven road, the Clonakilty to Ring road, the Timoleague to Courtmacsherry road, the Bantry to Skibbereen road, and work on the new entrance to town of Bandon; also mentions the proposed Bogra road and the road from Bantry to Kenmare. Refers to resistance of local peasantry to being employed by piece, they ‘wished to be employed by the day, and to do as little work as possible’. Detects signs of social improvement amongst the population who through participation in the public works have been elevated above ‘the wretched and desponding state to which they had been reduced by the effects of the Whiteboy warfare of the winter of 1821 (in which they were all engaged) and the dreadful famine of the spring and summer of 1822’. Also incorporates at back of report ‘A General Statement of Public Accounts for 1823’.

26 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1571

Petition of the superintending committee of the Bantry Poor School, County Cork, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting advance of funds to aid purchase of books and requisites for use of their teaching establishment. Conveys they have a school house for use of the Roman Catholic children of the neighbourhood, which was established primarily upon funds given by bequest from Reverend Daniel A Croly [Crolly], late parish priest of Bantry. Salaries of the school master and mistress are ‘paid from the half penny collection at the Chapel door’ in addition to some local subscriptions. Protests they cannot accept assistance from Protestant societies advocating use of scriptures ‘without note or comment’ since such is contrary to dogma and perceived to be part of a ‘proselytizing scheme’. Petition signed by Reverend Thomas Barry, parish priest and 5 other persons. With draft reply annotated on base indicating the Lord Lieutenant has no funds for the purpose envisaged. Aid may only be obtained from those societies who are concerned with the education of the poor of Ireland. [Contains list of names not given in this description]

[1824]

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1824

Letter from Richard Hare, Viscount Ennismore, Convamore, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, enclosing memorial from John Hull, [Skibbereen, County Cork], to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting a post of employment under government. Alludes to the services given to the crown by his late father William Hull, who acted as magistrate in the neighbourhood for 22 years, and was especially effective during the disturbances of 1821 and 1822. Recalls also his own exertions as assistant to his father and claims to have been ‘frequently instrumental in the apprehension of some of the most desperate Characters’. Certificates of attestation to character of William Hull added beneath from Richard White, 1st Earl of Bantry, John Evans-Freke, 6th Baron Carbery, and 6 other persons.

28 Aug 1824-27 Nov 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1836

Petition of Stephen Burke, chief constable of police, Bantry, County Cork, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting permission to take leave of absence from police duties for a period of two months, beginning 10 January 1825, in order to attend to law business in connection with a purchase of property. Adds if the issue is not attended to it will ‘materially injure‘ his own and his mother’s interests.

1 Dec 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1875

Letter from Richard B Cotter, secretary, Grand Jury of County Cork, Cork, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, seeking approval of the Lord Lieutenant for sites, plans and proposed contracts related to the construction of a series of bridewells and session houses in County Cork. Indicates that the plans have passed both the spring and summer county assizes of 1824 and have the consent of Major Benjamin Blake Woodward, inspector general of prisons in Ireland. Conveys that presentments have been obtained for building session houses with bridewells attached in the towns of Mallow, Middleton, Kanturk, Macroom, Bantry, Skibbereen and Clonakilty; and that it is proposed to erect individual bridewells in the towns of Charleville, Dunmanway and Bandon. Seeks decision from the Lord Lieutenant before the 16 December as the commissioners responsible for the proposed building have issued precepts and preparations are underway to contract with the architects for completion of the work. Encloses individual copy certificates of court presentments authorising expenditure on bridewells and session houses in the aforementioned towns in County Cork, all signed by James Chatterton, clerk of the crown for County Cork.

4 Dec 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1938

Letter from [William Wrixon] Beecher, Ballygiblin, Mallow, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, promoting scheme for a new road between Skibereen and Bantry, County Cork. Remarks that a sum of £2,400 would be required to complete the work, which would be ‘of great public utility’. Indicates that further information can be obtained through consultation with Richard Griffiths, civil engineer overseeing public works schemes. Encloses memorial from the grand jury of County Cork [assembled at summer assizes 1824], to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking assistance with funding for the proposed road which will be about 5 miles in length, signed by [Matthew] Deane Freeman, foreman.

14 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1824/2007

Letter from WS Currey, agent to Duke of Devonshire, Lismore Castle, County Waterford, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, acknowledging response from Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, to a memorial from the noblemen and gentlemen of County Cork indicating that no funds are available to assist with the cost of erecting a bridge over Baxter’s Ford [Fjord], County Cork, 29 January 1825. Also memorial from the noblemen and gentlemen of County Cork to Wellesley, seeking advance of financial aid to complete construction of a bridge over the River Bandon, in order to connect the mail coach road from Cork to Bantry. Indicates a sum of £1,351 13s 6d has been raised through presentment by the county grand jury and expresses hope that a grant for an equivalent sum might be forthcoming from government, signed by lords Bandon and Bantry and 65 other persons. Also memorial from the grand jury of County Cork to Wellesley, reiterating need for funds to build new bridge and stressing the project has the approval of Richard Griffith, civil engineer overseeing public works schemes, signed by John Deane Freeman, foreman. [Contains list of names not given in this description]

29 Jan 1825

1825