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CSO/RP/1823/841

Letter from John McDonnell, Belfast, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, making enquiry into government's intentions respecting the appointment of inspectors of Irish fisheries. Refers to his previous introduction to Gregory by Colonel John O'Neill, MP for County Antrim.

24 May 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/842

Petition of James Taaffe, Ballisodare, near Collooney, County Sligo, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, renewing his former request for government employment, and also requesting the return of his certificates of recommendation.

4 Jun 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/843

Memorandum from EFW Steinkopff, deputy assistant commissary general for Dublin, concerning authorisation for payment of money outstanding to William Mylne, agent employed by the late commissioners for relief of poor in the purchase of seed potatoes.

[1823]

1823

CSO/RP/1823/844

Letter from George Harrison, Treasury Chambers, London, assistant secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, 3 May 1823, forwarding a petition from Alexander Hoskins, requesting an investigation 'into the causes of his losses and ill treatment by the Irish Insurgents', [Alexander Hoskins, former land agent in Newcastle, County Limerick] [petition not present]. Lengthy annotation on reverse, of content of letter of reply, in Goulburn's hand.

3 May 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/845

Letter from Alderman Frederick Darley and Major Henry Charles Sirr, police magistrates, head office of police, Dublin, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, 9 June 1823, enclosing copy of letter from Peter Low, 15 Upper Merrion Street, Dublin, police magistrate of 3rd division of Dublin police, to head police office, applying for leave of absence of 2 months, on health grounds, originally dated 7 June 1823.

7 Jun 1823-9 Jun 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/846

Letter from Thaddeus O'Dowda, O'Dowda's Town [Bonneconlan], Ballina, County Mayo, to Captain Johnson, Dublin Castle, [probably intended for Edward I Johnston, private secretary to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle], referring to his former application for aid for relief of poor in parish of Kilgarvan, by provision of employment in a public works scheme to improve the direct road from Ballina, County Mayo, to Sligo, Boyle, and Dublin. Reports a recent inspection of the road by Alexander Nimmo, government's civil engineer, and expresses hopes that money will be granted for the work.

6 Jun 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/847

Letter from William Smith, Irishtown, Clonmel, County Tipperary, to 'Secretary at War, War Office, Dublin Castle', [probably intended for William Gregory, originally civil under secretary, who assumed the military under secretaryship in 1819, when the two roles were amalgamated], 7 June 1823, enclosing a letter [requesting police employment] [letter not present; presumably forwarded, as requested]. Also letter from William Smith, Maylor Street, Cork city, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to post of custom house store keeper in Cork, 17 December 1823; with subsequent annotation by Goulburn. [It is possible that these William Smiths are not the same person, but 2 separate individuals of the same name, whose cases were mistakenly filed together as one by CSO clerk during registration of the papers].

7 Jun 1823-17 Dec 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/848

File of papers relating to government purchase of plot of land on Bonham Street, Dublin, adjacent to the Four Courts Marshalsea, and in particular, the investigation of ownership rights of the plot. File includes letter from Lieutenant General Quin John Freeman, Henry Singleton, and Robert Gregory, Board of Works office, Dublin, commissioners of Board of Works, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, 7 June 1823, enclosing copy of report of Richard Martin, solicitor to Board of Works, concerning arrangements for the government purchase of the land in question, and in particular, his investigation of James Rooney's legal title in the land. Martin recommends a suspension of the planned purchase, on the grounds that Rooney, 'has not made out a clear and satisfactory Title to said Plot…', 5 June 1823. Martin encloses copies of 2 legal opinions of Serjeant Torrens KC, counsel to the Board of Works, 23 April; 29 May 1823. File also includes letter from Major James Palmer, 1 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, joint inspector general of Irish prisons, to Thomas Taylor, clerk, Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, 23 December 1823, enclosing letter received from Rooney, 52 Bridgefoot Street, Dublin, detailing his terms for the sale of his interest in the plot of land, 23 December 1823. File also includes letter from commissioners of Board of Works, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, 25 August 1823, enclosing a further report from Martin, concerning the investigation of Rooney's lease of the land from John Bonham, 22 August 1823, and, in turn, enclosing the legal case prepared by Martin respecting Rooney's title to the land, annexed with the opinion of Walter Hussey Griffith KC, counsel to the Ordnance and Barrack Board, 8 South Frederick Street, Dublin, 14 August 1823. The commissioners advise that, 'it appears that Mr Rooney is now enabled to make a proper and legal assignment of his interest in the premises..'.

14 Dec 1822-29 Apr 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1823/849

Letter from Dr Edward Trevor, Cove [Cobh], County Cork, superintendent and medical inspector of convicts, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, emphasising the 'good effects' of the prompt transportation of convicts following conviction and referring to arrangements for the shipping of northern convicts from Dunleary [Dún Laoghaire], County Dublin. Trevor also urges that only those prisoners definitely destined for transportation, be admitted onto the convict hulk [depot ship 'Surprize'] at Cork; and refers to arrangements for the embarkation of those wives and children of convicts, permitted to travel to New South Wales. Trevor returns a copy of a letter from George R Dawson, Whitehall, London, under secretary of state for Home Department, to Gregory 11 July 1822, enclosing a copy of a letter from Sir Robert Seppings, RG Middleton, and James Bowen, commissioners of the Navy, to Henry Hobhouse, Home Department, expressing their opinion on the proposed arrangements for the embarkation of convicts for transportation to New South Wales, in particular the embarkation of northern convicts at Dunleary [July 1822].

11 Jul 1822-4 May 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/850

Letter from Edward Synge Cooper, Markree Castle, County Sligo, MP for County Sligo, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning the ongoing construction of the road from Sligo to Ballifarnon [Ballyfarnon], County Roscommon, near the Leitrim collieries. Emphasises the financial burden of the road's construction, on the local barony, and requests government funds to complete it.

10 Jun 1823

1823