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CSO/RP/1823/1121

Letter from Sir Edward Smith Lees, General Post Office, Dublin, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, concerning arrangements for the continuance or withdrawal of the military escorts for the protection of the northern mail coaches on the Belfast, Enniskillen and Derry lines; also concerning the temporary presence of a 3rd guard on each mail coach, 15;16 May 1823. Also copy of letter of reply from Gregory to Lees, emphasising the temporary nature of both arrangements, May 1823.

15 May 1823- May 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1122

Letter from John Reily, Fairview Avenue, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, 12 May 1823, enclosing a copy of Reilly's letter to Goulburn, 5 May 1823, requesting appointment to vacant post of governor of Richmond General Penitentiary, or governor of House of Industry, Dublin. Also letter from Reily to Charles Oldfield Bowles, private secretary to Goulburn, requesting appointment to post of supervisor of works at the paving board, Dublin. Reily refers to suggestions previously submitted by him in relation to the post, and in particular, concerning the case of Sir Charles Coote, who formerly held the post, 24 October 1823; Reilly also encloses copy of letter from Major Alexander Taylor, a commissioner of paving, to Reily, in praise of Reily's conduct in his post at the paving board, 20 November 1820, in support of his application.

5 Apr 1823-24 Oct 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1123

Petition of Ann Doyle, 18 Patrick Street, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, stating that she is the widow of Private Bartholomew Doyle of the 1st Foot Guards, killed at the Battle of Waterloo, and requesting government relief, or a free passage to London, to join her son.

31 Jul 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1124

Petition of Nicholas Magean, Saintfield, County Down, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, referring to his 'great and important Services to Government previous to the Rebellion of 1798', as a United Irish informer, and to remuneration received from the Irish government, via Lord Castlereagh, for his services. Emphasisies his family's financial distress, and requests free passage to emigrate to Upper Canada.

31 Jul 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1125

Letter from Dr Edward Trevor, Dublin, superintendent and medical inspector of convicts, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, 2 August 1823, enclosing letter from Samuel Hollingsworth, superintendent of the convict hulk 'Surprize' at Cobh, Cork, to Trevor, reporting the resignation of the Roman Catholic chaplain recently appointed to the ship, on the grounds that 'the Convicts on Board are such a desperate set that to go on among them as Chaplain is more than he could undertake'. Also refers to possible plans for a rising among the convicts onboard. With subsequent pencil annotations on reverse of Trevor's letter, by Gregory, and by Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle.

2 Aug 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1126

Petition of John Kelly, Clara, King's County [County Offaly], to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, concerning a green wax process and fine issued against him for his failure to appear as a witness in the prosecution of Timothy Rabbit. Kelly states that his absence was due to ill health and requests to be released from payment of the fine. An affidavit by Kelly is annexed to the petition, emphasising the truth of his claim, sworn before Edward Cox, magistrate, 1 August 1823. Also further petition of Kelly, to Wellesley, renewing his request, and noting that the fine is larger than he had first realised, 7 August 1823. Also copy of letter of reply from Dublin Castle, to Kelly, August 1823.

1 Aug 1823-[Aug 1823]

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1127

Petition of Patrick Leahy, Clonmel, County Tipperary, civil engineer, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning his involvement in several public surveys as an assistant to Thomas Townshend, engineer to the commissioners for draining and improving bogs. Emphasises that he never received the reward which was promised to him for the standard of his work, noting in particular that of his survey of Lough Neagh, 'executed Trigonometrically' with particular accuracy, and to his technical inventions. Requests employment on a public survey, 31 July 1823. Also petition of Leahy, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, renewing his request for employment as a government engineer [29 October 1823].

31 Jul 1823-[29 Oct 1823]

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1128

File of papers relating to request of Henry Manning, storekeeper to Richmond General Penitentiary, for salary increase. Includes letter from Manning, Richmond General Penitentiary, Dublin, provisions and clothing storekeeper to the penitentiary, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, 19 July 1823, enclosing petition of Manning to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting an increase in salary, in lieu of the loss of the free accommodation that originally accompanied the post, 19 July 1823; petition accompanied by copy of certificate from Samuel Hollingsworth, former governor the penitentiary, concerning Manning's diligent conduct, 24 April 1823 [a copy of the same is also annexed to the petition]. Also letter from Hill Wilson Rowan, governor to the penitentiary, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, responding, as requested, to Manning's petition, 6 August 1823, and enclosing letter from Hollingsworth to Gregory, originally dated 20 March 1822, denying Manning's claims respecting the loss of the apartment which accompanied his post.

20 March 1822- 6 Aug 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1129

File of papers relating to subsistence payments made to John Houlahan and Edward Carr, government informers, County Kerry. Includes letter from Robert Leslie junior, Tarbert House, Tarbert, County Kerry, magistrate, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, 19 May 1823, requesting that government settle the enclosed accounts, as 'The Persons that this money is due too [sic], are calling on me daily for payment': enclosed is account of George Ware, seeking payment for food and lodgings provided for Carr, and the account of John Smith, seeking payment for same provided to Houlahan, both dated 17 May 1823. File also includes letter from Mathew Barrington, Dublin, crown solicitor for Munster circuit, to Gregory, responding, as requested, on Leslie's application for payment, 6 June 1823. File also includes letter from Barrington, Limerick, to Gregory, reporting, as requested, on claims made in a petition from James McCormick [petition not present], that Houlahan 'who had given Evidence on the part of the Crown in the County of Kerry was in the habit of transmitting unfounded statements to Government and was not deserving of any further remuneration', 28 July 1823. Also includes petition of Houlahan, Tarbert, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, referring to his being forced to leave his home after giving evidence on behalf of the crown, and mentioning the protection granted to him by Leslie. Urges government to grant him proper support, 8 January 1824; petition signed by Leslie, and by William Sandes and T Sandes, 9 January 1824. Also letter from Barrington, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting, as requested, in detail on the cases of Houlahan and Carr, 16 January 1824.

19 May 1823-27 Mar 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1823/1130

Petition of William Bruce Hill, Clonderrick Cottage, Athlone, County Westmeath, half pay lieutenant of 6th Garrison Battalion, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to temporary post of superintendent officer overseeing the Ballinasloe Canal, under John Killaly, engineer, or to any other post. Emphasises family's financial distress.

4 Aug 1823

1823