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CSO/RP/1822/3465

Copy of letter from Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Irish Office, London, to George Harrison, Treasury Chambers, London, assistant secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, concerning the case of the Dublin merchants 'interested in the recovery of the fees which it is now discovered have been illegally paid to the craner and wharfinger of that Port since the year 1809'. Encloses a letter from the merchants [sent with the original], offering to settle for a sum of £10,000. Goulburn advises that if a speedy settlement can be reached, they may accept a smaller sum; also advises on the matter of compensation for Lord Henry Seymour [Conway], patentee craner and wharfinger. Requests the opinion of the Lords Commissioners, 30 May 1822. Also letter from Harrison to Goulburn, in reply, reporting the Lords Commissioners'' approval of Goulburn's plan, 11 June 1822. Also note from Goulburn, London, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning arrangements for compensation for the merchants, 16 July 1822.

30 May 1822-16 Jul 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3466

Letter from George Harrison, Treasury Chambers, London, assistant secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting the Lords Commissioners' approval for superannuation to be granted to John Grill [sic], coast officer at Tralee, County Kerry, and to Robert Gamble, coast officer at Coleraine, County Londonderry, as recommended by the commissioners of customs in Ireland.

11 Jun 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3467

Letter from George Harrison, Treasury Chambers, London, assistant secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting the Lords Commissioners' approval for superannuation to be granted to John Rogers, Thomas Duke, Martin Burke, and John Baldwin, as recommended by the commissioners of customs in Ireland. Includes list of job held by each officer and their annual pension allowance.

11 Jun 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3468

Letter from George Harrison, Treasury Chambers, London, assistant secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting the Lords Commissioners' approval for superannuation to be granted to the 9 officers recommended by the commissioners of customs in Ireland. Letter includes list of name of each officer, with job held, and rate of pension to be granted. For example, Thomas Archer, coast surveyor, Wicklow.

11 Jun 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3469

Letter from George Harrison, Treasury Chambers, London, assistant secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting the Lords Commissioners' approval for superannuation to be granted to Peter Bovill [sic; Peter Berill], surveyor of customs at Valentia island, County Kerry.

11 Jun 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3470

Letter from George Harrison, Treasury Chambers, London, assistant secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning recommendation from the commissioners of customs in Ireland, for superannuation to be granted to Dennis McLaughlin, coast officer. States Lords Commissioners' opinion that owing to his state of health, he cannot be superannuated, but should be transferred to an indoor post.

13 Jun 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3371

2 letters from Henry Smyth, Fermoy, County Cork, merchant, to Richard Griffith, civil engineer overseeing public works, recommending the repair of the road between Fermoy and Tallow, County Waterford, and including information on the quantity of corn and butter which Smyth conveys on the road for exportation, and the quantity of imported culm and coal also conveyed on the road, 15; 20 August 1822; annotation by Griffith on reverse of letter of 15 August.

15 Aug 1822-20 Aug 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3372

Letter from Samuel Penrose, Rosemount, Ballincollig, County Cork, a magistrate for County Cork, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, 15 June 1822, enclosing petition of the trustees of the turnpike road between Cork city and Tralee, County Kerry, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, stating that the funds of the road are inadequate to pay for the improvements necessary to it; requests £5,000 from the consolidated fund, for public works to employ the local poor to carry out various improvements to the road. Petition signed by 11 trustees, including Penrose [15 June 1822]. Also statement of the income and expenditure of the trustees of the road, 1 August 1822, with annotation by Richard Griffith, civil engineer overseeing public works. Also estimate of expenses for each improvement required to the road, including the lowering of hills and rebuilding of bridges [August 1822].

15 Jun 1822-1 Aug 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3373

Letter by anonymous writer [postmarked Buttevant, County Cork], to Robert Walsh, Upper Quartertown, Mallow, County Cork, warning him, 'not to proceed in the taking of the lands that you now intend doing…it being Against the laws of the present state of things', adding 'Don’t fail obeying these orders' [1822]. Also anonymous letter [in identical hand and also postmarked Buttevant], from 'A Friend', to Henry Croker, Quartertown House, Mallow, warning him 'not to give more than 10 Acres of your lands to any one Tenant [.] The cause of giving a great quantity of lands to Any one is the cause of so Many poor creatures as there is…' [1822].

[1822]

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3374

File of papers relating to case of Lieutenant Henry Boyd Wray [Ray] of County Kilkenny police force, acquitted of the murder of Mary Delany at Bawn fair, County Kilkenny. Includes letter from Joseph Nicolson, Castlemorris, Knocktopher, County Kilkenny, chief police magistrate of proclaimed baronies in County Kilkenny, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting, as requested on his inquiry into the case of Wray, a member of his police establishment charged with murder, following an affray between the local people of Galmoy and police constables, at the fair of Bawn, 17 August 1822; encloses newspaper cutting of article reporting on Wray's trial at Kilkenny assizes, and his acquittal, 12 August 1822. Also includes petition of Wray of Erk [Erke], Rathdowney, Queen's County [County Laois], to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, detailing his case and requesting remuneration for his legal expenses, 17 August 1822. Also includes note by John Sealy Townsend, King's Counsel and legal advisor to the Chief Secretary's Office, concerning Wray's case, 27 June 1822, with opinion of Henry Joy, Solicitor General of Ireland, annotated on reverse [June 1822].

27 Jun 1822-17 Aug 1822

1822