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CSO/RP/1823/1372

Note from John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to the Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, reporting his opinion in relation to the commissioners for relief of insolvent debtors, and advising on need for the adjournment of the court of insolvent debtors [exact subject matter unknown].

28 Aug 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1377

Petition of John Kelegher [also spelt Keleher], Cork jail, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, complaining at his ongoing confinement in Cork jail, and at the conduct of Robert Hedges Eyre, magistrate of County Cork against him, in relation to an attack on the home of Reverend Robert Kirchoffer; Keleher annexes a list of the names of 14 individuals who were involved in the attack [subsequent annotation indicates petition was received 30 August 1823]. Also letter from Major Samson Carter, Dublin, chief police magistrate, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, responding, as requested, to Kelegher's complaints, 13 September 1823, and enclosing a letter from Eyre, Macroom Castle, County Cork, to Carter, Doneraile, County Cork, reporting on Kelegher's case, and stating that he is an 'infamous' and 'dangerous fellow', 5 September 1823. Also further letter from Keleher, Cork jail, to Wellesley, detailing his case, and renewing his complaints against Eyre. Emphasises that he was forced to join the insurgents, but gave information against them, 'as swoon [sic; soon] as I Got From them', 22 September 1823. Also letter from Mathew Barrington, Dublin, crown solicitor for Munster circuit, to Goulburn, reporting, as requested, on Keleher's case; states that he was one of the insurgents involved in an attack on the house of Reverend Kirchoffer, and also in a skirmish at Carriganine, 31 October 1823; with subsequent annotation on letter, by John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, 3 November 1823.

[30 Aug 1823]-3 Nov 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1378

Petition of Michael Brew senior, Leadmore, near Kilrush, County Clare, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, detailing his complaints, in relation to his 80 acres of land adjacent to the site of the construction of the new fishery quay at Seafield, County Clare. States that during its construction, his land, '…was made a mere Commonage of with Men Horses Carts Drays &c In Drawing Stones and Sand all other Materials…' across it. Further complains of the refusal of the commissioners of fisheries to pay him compensation for the damage caused [annotation indicates petition was received 3 September 1823]. He encloses letter from Henry Townsend, Irish Fishery office, Dublin, secretary to the commissioners of fisheries, to Brew, informing him that his claim cannot be recognised, 21 August 1823. Also letter from Alexander Nimmo, Dublin, civil engineer superintending public works, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting, as requested by government, on the matter, and denying the veracity of Brew's 'barefaced' claim, 8 September 1823.

21 Aug 1823-8 Sep 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1380

Petition of Daniel Kenny, Portumna, County Galway, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, emphasising his long employment as a barony constable in barony of Longford, County Galway, and requesting a pension in recognition of his service, 8 September 1823; with subsequent annotations by Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, and by John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, 15 Sep 1823.

8 Sep 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1382

Petition of Bridget Hogan, Ennis, County Clare, widow, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting payment of 10 guineas of salary which was outstanding to her late husband, Patrick Ennis, turnkey of Ennis jail, at the time of his death. States that he died during Bindon Blood's tenure as sheriff of County Clare. Emphasises the 'wretched and forlorn situation' of her family, 27 August 1823. Also letter from Reverend Michael FitzGerald, Ennis, local inspector of Ennis jail, to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, reporting, as requested, on the veracity of Hogan's claims, 6 September 1823; with subsequent annotations by Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, and by John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, 15 September 1823.

27 Aug 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1385

Copy of printed act of parliament Geo IV chapter 38, 'An Act for settling the Compensation to the Holders of certain Offices in the Courts of Law in Ireland, abolished under an Act passed in the First and Second Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, for regulating the same', 27 June 1823; with subsequent annotation on reverse, by John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, 21 July 1823. Also letter from Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, at Irish Office, London, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, referring to the above bill which he sent to Dublin, and requesting Gregory to organise the relevant warrants for the payment of compensation to Thomas Knox, Lord Northland and Lord Robert Seymour, former prothonotaries of the Court of King's Bench and Court of Common Pleas, and others, 4 July 1823.

27 Jun 1823-21 Jul 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1404

Letter from Messrs Stewart & Swan, 6 Leinster Street, Dublin, land agents and managers of the estates of Henry Temple, 3rd viscount Palmerston, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning works to raise the weir of the River Liffey at Kilmainham, Dublin. Expresses concern at the potential damage at the Chapelizod Mills and the low lying land between the weir and Chapelizod, forming part of Palmerston's estate, due to 'a great body of back water' which will be created, 15 September 1823. Encloses copy of report of Alexander Nimmo and George Halphin, Dublin, civil engineers, to Graves Chamney Swan, reporting their opinion on the works, and offering a detailed account of the movement of water in the river, and the likely consequences of the works to the land at Chapelizod mills, originally dated 5 September 1823. With subsequent annotation by John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, 18 September 1823, and also copy of letter of reply from Goulburn, annotated in pencil.

5 Sep 1823-15 Sep 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1430

Printed letter with hand written entries, from Noble Johnson, under sheriff of Cork, sheriff's office, Cork, to John Townsend, Clonakilty, County Cork, informing him that a fine of £5 has been imposed on him for failure to attend as a juror at the county assizes in August 1822. Subsequent annotation on reverse of letter, contains Townsend's affidavit, sworn before Samuel Bennett, magistrate, Clonakilty, denying receipt of any original summons to attend as a juror, and stating that at the time of the assizes, he had gone to London to seek medical attention, having been 'deprived of sight', 12 September 1823. [Townsend has presumably sworn the affidavit on the reverse, and forwarded the letter to Dublin Castle, to seek government redress].

10 Sep 1823-12 Sep 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1458

File of papers relating to applications of William Wilson, County Armagh, requesting relief from a forfeited recognizance. Includes letter from George Harrison, Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, London, assistant secretary to Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, 11 September 1823, forwarding a petition from Wilson, Drumnahincion [Drumnahunshin], parish of Kilmore, near Richhill [Rich Hill], County Armagh, to the Lords Commissioners, requesting investigation of the case. In the petition, Wilson requests relief from a forfeited recognizance for £20 which he entered in to as security for the appearance of James Kinney at County Armagh summer assizes, on a charge of theft of a wheelbarrow. States that as Kinney failed to appear when required at the assizes, a green wax process was issued by the sheriff against Wilson. Requests, however, that as Kinney later stood trial and was acquitted, the recognizance should be superseded, 30 August 1823. File also includes further letter from Harrison, Treasury Chambers, London, to Goulburn, 25 September 1823, enclosing a further petition from Wilson, renewing his request for the recognizance to be cancelled, 11 September 1823. Also letter from George Vaughan Hart, Kilderry, Londonderry, County Londonderry, MP for County Donegal, to Stephen Rumbold Lushington, Treasury Chambers, London, joint secretary to Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, in support of Wilson's application, 14 September 1823. File also includes letter from Walter Bourne, 17 Harcourt Street, Dublin, clerk of the crown for County Armagh, to Goulburn, reporting, as requested, on Kinney's case and Wilson's application, 1 October 1823. Also copy of letter of reply from Goulburn, to high sheriff of County Armagh, instructing the cancellation of all proceedings against Wilson in respect of the forfeited recognizance, dated 1 January 1823 [although this would appear to be an error, and likely intended to be 1 January 1824]. File also includes petition from Wilson, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, complaining of the refusal of Christopher Reed [also spelt Read], formerly sub sheriff of Armagh, to return Wilson's full £20, 18 February 1824. Also letter from Read, 6 Mecklenburgh [Railway] Street, Dublin, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, responding, as requested, on Wilson's case, and explaining his own actions, 19 April 1824; with subsequent annotation on reverse by John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office.

30 Aug 1823-19 Apr 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1823/1469

Letter from Henry Yeo, Batchelor's [Bachelor's] Walk, Dublin, secretary to the commissioners of Howth harbour, County Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning the commissioners' uncertainty regarding legislation empowering them to act at Howth, and requesting the Lord Lieutenant's sanction for them to continue to direct the works at the harbour, 10 September 1823. With subsequent annotation on reverse, of opinion of John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to CSO, 20 September 1823.

10 Sep 1823

1823