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CSO/RP/1823/839

Petition of John Bateman senior, Clonakilty, County Cork, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, referring to his years of service as sub constable in the East Carbery barony police, County Cork, and requesting a pension for his services [June 1823]. Encloses certificate of recommendation on Bateman's behalf, signed by 11 magistrates of County Cork, 22 November 1822. Annotation on reverse of petition, of opinion of John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, 10 June 1823. [Contains list of names not given in this description]

22 Nov 1822-10 Jun 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/865

Petition of Mary Berrell [also spelt Berril], 3 Ellis Quay, Dublin, widow, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, stating that she is the administratrix of the estate of her late brother, John Reilly, formerly of His Majesty's frigate 'Caroline'. Details her efforts to obtain payment of wages and prize money due to her brother prior to his drowning in 1800. Requests Wellesley's interference to obtain the money, 16 June 1823. Encloses copies of 2 affidavits by Mary Berrell, County Drogheda, one sworn before Luther Fairtlough, mayor of Drogheda [this is presumably an error in transcription, as Latham Fairtlough was mayor of Drogheda], 30 March 1821, concerning her efforts to obtain the money from William Baker, navy prize agent, Dorset Street, Dublin; and another sworn 18 June 1822, concerning her forwarding the necessary check to Baker's office, but for which she has received no payment. Also encloses copy of receipt received by Berrell from George C Baker, son of William Baker, acknowledging receipt of her check from Greenwich Hospital, 11 September 1818. Annotation on reverse of Berrell's petition, of opinion of John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, 17 June 1823.

11 Sep 1818-17 Jun 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/878

Petition of Richard B Rooney, Woollen Warehouse, Essex [Grattan] Bridge, woollen draper, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, concerning his loan from the commissioners for the relief of trade, and detailing the circumstances surrounding his repayment of the loan, culminating in the seizure of his business premises by the sheriffs and bailiffs. Requests a cessation of legal proceedings against him, 19 April 1823. Annotation on reverse of petition, of opinion of John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, 24 April 1823. Also letter from Rooney to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, renewing his request for assistance, before the forthcoming sheriff's sale of his assets [May 1823].

19 Apr 1823-[May 1823]

1823

CSO/RP/1823/892

File of papers relating to application of magistrates of baronies of Gallen and Costello, County Mayo, to hold quarter sessions in the town of Swinford, County Mayo. File contains letters from Sir William Brabazon of Swinford, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, and to William Gregory, Under Secretary, in support of the application, and emphasising the expense and inconvenience posed to the magistrates of those baronies due to the remoteness of the county's sessions towns, 11 June 1823-8 November 1823. File also includes legal opinion of Henry Joy, Solicitor General, on the power of the Lord Lieutenant to grant additional sessions towns [1823]. Also includes petition of magistrates of Gallen, assembled at Swinford petty sessions, 18 August 1823, to Wellesley, referring to their former petition, and reiterating the difficulties resulting from their distance from the county's sessions towns of Clare and Ballinrobe; petition signed by 6 magistrates, including Brabazon. Also includes letter from William Henry Ellis, assistant barrister for County Mayo, concerning the application, 18 October 1823; and the legal opinion of John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to the Chief Secretary's Office, concerning the matter, 3 September; 29 December 1823. File also includes copy of legal opinion of William Saurin, Attorney General and Charles Kendal Bushe, Solicitor General, in respect of a similar application from the gentlemen of County Galway, requesting quarter sessions to be held in Clifden, originally dated 22 January 1811. [Contains list of names not given in this description]

22 Jan 1811-8 May 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1823/893

File of papers relating to plans for new jail at Maryborough [Portlaoise], Queen's County [County Laois]; in particular to a dispute among the commissioners appointed by the grand jury to oversee the new jail, concerning its exact location. File includes letter from Lieutenant General Quin John Freeman, Henry Singleton, and Robert Gregory, commissioners of the Board Works, Board of Works office, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, 14 June 1823, enclosing copy of report of Francis Johnston, architect to the Board of Works, to Robert Robinson, secretary to the Board of Works, approving of the plans and estimates submitted for the proposed new jail, 13 June 1823. Also includes a printed notice from Lord De Vesci, Thomas Cosby, and JS Rochfort, 3 of the commissioners appointed to oversee the new jail, advertising a forthcoming meeting in Maryborough to 'enquire of the Value of the Grounds, Houses, and Buildings' on the site of the proposed new jail in the town', and listing the names of each individual affected, and arrangements for the 'purchase of your respective Estates, Rights, Titles, Terms, and Interests' on the site in question, 28 June 1823. File also includes letter from Major Matthew Cassan, Maryborough, burgomaster of Maryborough, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing petition of the inhabitants of Maryborough, expressing concern at efforts by the county's grand jury to alter the site of the jail, from the one already approved by government in the town centre, to a site half a mile out of town. Petition emphasises the loss to the town if the alteration is permitted, 16 July 1823; petition signed by 192 inhabitants. Also includes a letter from Thomas Cosby, Stradbally Hall, Queen's County, a governor of Queen's County, to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, concerning the disagreement respecting the site, 18 February 1824, and enclosing a petition signed by 4 of the 8 commissioners, addressed to Wellesley, detailing the history of the transactions and decisions made in relation to the new jail, and requesting government intervention to inspect each location; signed by Cosby; Thomas Trench, Church of Ireland Dean of Kildare; JS Rochfort; and John Cope Chetwood, 18 February 1824; with subsequent annotation on reverse of petition, of opinion of John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, 19 February 1824. File also includes letter from Robert Vicars, Coolbanagher glebe, Queen's County, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, referring to the above petition of 18 February 1824, and emphasising that it represents only the opinion of 4 of the jail commissioners, who 'desire to have the Gaol removed to about half a mile from the Court-house'. Emphasises that, 'The other four are equally desirous that the Gaol should be built opposite the Court-house at a distance of about 150 yards….', they being Henry Parnell, Lord de Vesci, Lionel Dawson, and Vicars himself. File also includes letter from Charles Kendal Bushe, 5 Ely Place, Dublin, Lord Chief Justice of Court of King's Bench, to Gregory, reporting his opinion on the presentment made at the last summer assizes for Queen's County, in respect of the site for the new jail, 23 February 1824. [Contains list of names not given in this description]

13 Jun 1823-18 Mar 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1823/901

Letter from Conolly Geoghegan, Oughterard, County Galway, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning his complaints against Myles King, 'a favourite tenant' of Thomas Martin of Ballinahinch [Ballynahinch] Castle, County Galway; concerns King's seizure of Geoghegan's cattle in lieu of debt, owed to King by one of Geoghegan's tenants, Hugh King, 12 June 1823; with subsequent annotation on reverse by John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, 23 June 1823. Also further letter from Geoghegan, renewing his complaints against the 'fraudulent and outrageous conduct' of Martin's tenants, and also his suspension as a magistrate, 30 June 1823.

12 Jun 1823- Jul 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/910

File of papers relating to allegations of Mary Bryan against Michael Burke O'Brien, deputy sovereign of New Ross, County Wexford. Includes petition of Bryan, imprisoned in Wexford jail, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, complaining of the theft of money and other articles, taken from her possession by O'Brien when he committed her to jail, 18 May 1823. Also letter from O'Brien, New Ross, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, responding, as requested, to Bryan's petition, and offering an explanation for the 'foul' and 'unfounded' charges brought forward by Bryan, whom he believes acts under the instruction of a fellow prisoner with a grudge against O'Brien, 1 June 1823. Also includes letter from O'Brien to Gregory, 7 June 1823, enclosing affidavits of Nicholas Clarke, Margaret Kenny, and Henry Douglas, witnesses to events at the time of Bryan's arrest, in support of O'Brien's conduct, each sworn before Dr Edward Kavanagh, magistrate, 7 June 1823; with subsequent annotation on reverse, of opinion of John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, 18 June 1823.

18 May 1823-18 Jun 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/911

Petition of Walter Burke, 25 Brunswick Street, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, complaining of his unfair dismissal from his post as first clerk in the filazer and exigenter's office, Court of Common Pleas in 1821. Complains that James Clancy, newly promoted to filazer, dismissed Burke, and appointed a junior officer, James Lynam, as his deputy, 2 May 1823; with subsequent annotation on reverse, of opinion of John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, 12 June 1823, recommending the referral of the matter to the court. Also letter from John Toler, Lord Norbury, Lord Chief Justice of Court of Common Pleas, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning the court's inquiry into Burke's complaint, 21 June 1823, and enclosing the response of Clancy, to Norbury, Judge Arthur Moore, and Judge William Johnson, refuting the allegations against him; signed by Clancy, 17 June 1823.

2 May 1823-21 Jun 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/914

Letter from Henry Townsend, Irish Fishery Office, Dublin, secretary to commissioners of Irish fisheries, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, 19 June 1823, enclosing a statement of account detailing the expenditure of funds allocated to the commissioners of fisheries for the year 1822 [not present], and requesting their allowance for 1823 for 'the Encouragement of the Coast Fisheries of Ireland'.

19 Jun 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/923

Letter from John Lindsey, Sackville [O'Connell] Street, Dublin, chairman of the commissioners for relief of trade, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning application of Messrs Riall of Clonmel, County Tipperary, bankers, for loan of £30,000 from the commissioners, and requesting to know the Irish government's opinion on the matter, 30 June 1823. Also letter from John Galloway, board room, Sackville Street, secretary to the commissioners, to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, detailing the 20 year repayment schedule on the loan to Messrs Riall. Notes that it is not the intention of Messrs Riall 'to recommence the Banking business until they shall have repaid the loan even should they subsequently think of doing so', 3 July 1823; with subsequent annotation on reverse, of opinion of John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, 5 July 1823, with approval by Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, 7 July 1823.

30 Jun 1823-7 Jul 1823

1823