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CSO/RP/1820/381

Letter from John Daly, 22 Upper Ormond Quay, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, requesting a post of employment ‘either at home or abroad’; refers to support of Marquis of Conyngham in his application for a position.

11 Feb 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/382

Letter from Frederick Downing, Roscommon, County Roscommon, to Alexander Mangin, clerk, Civil Department, Dublin Castle, expressing thanks for appointment to post and to observe ‘This county is not altogether so much disturbed as it has been heretofore, there has been a great number of Prisoners taken lately’.

4 Jul 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/383

File of material relating to claim for extra compensation from participants on executive body of the Drogheda Election Commissioners, convened to examine witnesses in Ireland with respect to a petition of James Gernon and others to parliament against the return by election of Henry Meade Ogle, MP for county and town of Drogheda, County Louth. Includes letter from John Chambers, chairman, Drogheda Election Commissioners, 60 Upper Dorset street, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, acknowledging reply to petition for additional compensation and continuing to press claim for payment of fees; with copy reply from Grant, Irish Office, London, England, indicating that their demand cannot be met, for ‘the opinion of the Speaker should be taken as decisive’, 11 July 1820; also includes letter from Chambers, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, inclosing letter addressed to Grant, requesting that he present a petition, also enclosed, to the House of Commons, with claim by Drogheda Commissioners to payment of £200 apiece for services performed in the executive, 30 May 1820; also includes memorial from mayor, sheriffs, burgesses and commons of the county of the town of Drogheda, to the Lord Justices of Ireland, making recommendation for appointment to post for Peter Van Homrigh, recorder of Drogheda, 14 January 1820.

14 Jan 1820-11 Jul 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/384

Letter from Earl of Desart, Desart, County Kilkenny, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, inquiring if government have power to grant money in advance on presentments for schemes of public works.

12 Jul 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/385

Letter from John Daly, Ennis, County Clare, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, requesting a post of employment, either ‘to a Chief Constables Situation in the Police, or a Chief Clerkship’; encloses letter of endorsement from James Daly to Gregory with recommendation from Marquis of Conyngham.

17 Aug 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/386

Letter from William Downes, Lord Chief Justice, Merrion Square, Dublin, to William Saurin, Attorney General, Stephens Green, North, Dublin, pressing advisability of having two judges sit on the commission and offering explanation of legal rationale supporting his opinion.

27 Aug 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/426

Letter from Samuel Eustace, 19 Mecklenburgh [Railway] Street, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting personal interview and enclosing letter from Sir Charles Vernon, Phoenix Park, Dublin, indicating that Eustace desires continued employment in same area of work, since his position of pay clerk at the works of Howth, County Dublin, is nearing termination.

28 Nov 1820-1 Jan 1821

1821

CSO/RP/1820/427

Letter from Chamberlain William Walker, secretary, Commissioners of Education, Board of Education, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, with observations concerning rent arrears on the school estate of Raphoe, County Donegal, and to detail nature of measures put in place by Commissioners of Education for management of property; refers also to memorial from Reverend Richard Graves, master of the diocesan school of Ossory, respecting consolidation of district and diocesan schools. Includes abstract copy of minutes of two meetings of the Board of Education, attended by the Provost of Dublin University [Thomas Elrington], the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and John Leslie Foster, indicating request of board for security from Alexander Irwin, agent of school estate of Raphoe, and Irwin's failure to meet stipulations of same.

7 Dec 1816-20 Jul 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/428

Report of the secretary of the Board of Education, to the Commissioners of Education upon the Diocesan Schools of Ireland, with reference to provisions of the Act of the 53rd of George III for establishment of schools: with comments upon returns from several dioceses, relative to educational provision, school accommodation and staffing. Includes a list of ten recommendations for amendment to 53rd of George III; also includes memorial of Bishop of Dublin [John George de la Poer Beresford], John Radcliff, S Kyle and John Leslie Foster, Commissioners of Education, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, respecting their plan for formation of diocesan schools in Ireland; indicates difficulty with 28th section of 53rd of George III which excludes schools that have received assistance from Grand Juries since passage of Act, and offers proposals for consolidation for diocesan schools in each province; also includes returns list of diocesan schools, abstract of returns and first schedule.

1 Feb 1820-20 Nov 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/429

Letter from Thomas Ellis, MP, Dublin city, Abbotstown, County Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, making recommendation for appointment of Joseph Lemmon, as successor to Joseph Clency, as stamper in the Stamp Office.

27 Nov 1820

1820