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CSO/RP/1823/1021

File of papers relating to appointments to posts onboard the new convict hulk 'Surprize' stationed at Cove [Cobh], County Cork. Includes copy of letter from Dr Edward Trevor, Dublin, superintendent and medical inspector of convicts, concerning his arrangements for appointments to the various posts, 19 June 1823, and in turn enclosing copies of Trevor's communications with Charles Mongan Warburton, Church of Ireland Bishop of Cloyne, and with Dr John Murphy, Catholic Bishop of Cork concerning each chaplaincy, 15 May-19 June 1823. Also includes draft or copy letter signed by William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, to Samuel Hollingsworth, inspector of convict hulk 'Surprize', reporting on the appointment of Reverend Philip Panter as Protestant chaplain; Reverend Thomas Croke as Catholic chaplain; Alexander Taylor as surgeon; and Mr Kavenagh as ship keeper to the hulk, July 1823.

15 May 1823-Jul 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1022

File of papers relating to finances of the Cork city public coal yards, and the financial claims of its director, Charles Evanson junior. Includes statement of annual accounts of the public coal yards in Cork, from 6 January 1822- 5 January 1823, produced by Evanson, with detailed opinion of the commissioners of public accounts annexed below, concerning Evanson's conduct in the disposal of the yards' stocks of coal, and including a copy of a letter from Evanson to the commissioners, concerning the balance of funds in Evanson's possession following the sales of coal, originally dated 8 April 1823. The report is signed by Donough O'Brien, secretary to the commissioners of public accounts, and signed and sealed by Maurice Cane, Hans Blackwood, and John Mahon, commissioners, 4 June 1823; with subsequent annotation on the reverse of account and report, of opinion of John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, 7 June 1823. File also includes letter from Evanson, Cork, County Cork, to Sir Nicholas [probably Sir Nicholas Colthurst, MP for Cork city], 17 June 1823, requesting his assistance in recommending Evanson's claims; encloses statement of account of rents and salaries still owed to Evanson for the period from December 1822 to 1 June 1823, when the yards were abolished; annexed below the account is a petition from Evanson to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, complaining of the hardship he has endured as a result of the unforeseen closure of the yards; requests government compensation, 17 June 1823. File also includes notes and memorandum concerning prepared by Dublin Castle on the matter.

8 Apr 1823-17 Jun 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1023

Petition of William Gaynor, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning the case of Henry Willinan, a discharged bankrupt, and stating that Willinan refuses 'to give the whole or any part of a salary of £20 a year' from his government job, for the benefit of his creditors, thus in breach of the insolvency legislation. Urges government to intervene, 27 June 1823; with subsequent annotation on reverse, of opinion of John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, 30 June 1823. Also letter from John Parsons, Dublin, a commissioner to the court for relief of insolvent debtors, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, responding, as requested, on the subject of the petition, 12 July 1823.

27 Jun 1823-12 Jul 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1024

Petition of William Carr, 11 Elliot Place, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to post of porter at the grand entrance of the custom house, Dublin. Refers to his previous employment as an assistant clerk and messenger in the Dublin southern district excise office, 14 July 1823. Also letter from Carr to William Gregory, Under Secretary, renewing his application, 23 July 1823. Also certificate from William Norton, custom house, Dublin, former pro-collector of excise, recommending Carr for appointment to the post, 23 July 1823.

14 Jul 1823-23 Jul 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1025

Petitions of Denis Swiney, Strokestown, County Roscommon, writing clerk, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting employment in County Roscommon police. Refers to inadequacy of his work as writing clerk to support his family [18 July 1823]; 7 August 1823. Also similar petitions of Swiney to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, 16 July 1823; 6 August 1823.

16 Jul 1823-7 Aug 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1026

Petition of Samuel Drimer, Headford, County Galway, military out pensioner of 41st regiment of foot, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, emphasising his family's distress and his difficulty in obtaining employment due to an injury to his right hand sustained in military service. Requests permission to sell beer 'free of Duty, as many other Pensioners are…'. Subsequent annotation indicates petition received 17 July 1823.

[17 Jul 1823]

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1027

Petition of Edmond Tobin, Clonmel, County Tipperary, former grenadier in 1st battalion of 88th regiment (Connaught Rangers), to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting a recommendation to obtain employment in police establishment. [Letter post marked 16 July 1823].

[16 Jul 1823]

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1028

Petition of Denis Murphy, Kinsale, County Cork, shopkeeper, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting assistance to obtain money owed by Marshall Hea, a coast officer employed by the revenue in Londonderry district, for payment of goods from Murphy's shop.

15 Jul 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1029

File of papers relating to problems concerning the misappropriation of rooms in the upper floor of the King's Inns allocated as storage for public records from the Vice Treasurer's Office. Includes letter from Lieutenant Colonel William Blacker, Treasury, Dublin Castle, deputy Vice Treasurer, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, 4 July 1823, enclosing copy of letter from Henry Harding, Vice Treasurer's Office, clerk of the records, to Blacker, expressing concern at arrangements for storage and accessibility of public records. In particular, complains that the rooms allocated for storage of records are already in use, or being prepared to be in use, for completely different purposes, such as an office for the law courts' taxing officers. Emphasises that, as a result, the safety of the records is threatened, highlighting a situation of records left in the dome of the Four Courts to become damp, or transferred to alternative locations, thus physically 'separating the Records of the Office by throwing them into several Repositories…'; 'what is the difference between letting the Records in the Dome perish from Damp and Dust, and sending them to a place where information cannot be obtained….if confined to a solitary room in the Kings Inns'. Harding also emphasises the importance of the records, 'in as much as they are connected with the property of ¾ of the Kingdom'. Urges intervention to ensure that rooms allotted to the records are not put to other uses, originally dated 13 June 1823. Also includes further letter from Blacker to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, urging government intervention before the public records suffer material damage, 3 September 1823; encloses further letter from Harding to Blacker, emphasising his concerns at the current storage conditions of the records left under the dome of the Four Courts building, and noting the 'destructive' effects of extreme cold, damp, and 'foul Air' causing, for instance, dry rot amongst the books. Complains that the upper storey of the Kings Inns set aside for records' storage has instead been fitted up and converted into various offices, 28 August 1823.

13 Jun 1823-3 Sep 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1030

Letter from John Revell, Ballydonarea, County Wicklow, farmer, to Edward I Johnston, private secretary to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, 14 June 1823, enclosing petition of Revell, to Wellesley, complaining at the conduct of the preventive water guard, alleging that they shot 6 of his geese on Christmas Day 1822; requests redress of his grievances.

14 Jun 1823

1823