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CSO/RP/1823/921

Letter from William Woods, Tipperary, County Tipperary, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, 25 June 1823, enclosing petition of Woods to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting employment in the police establishment. Refers to his military service in 28th regiment of foot.

25 Jun 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/922

Petition of Jeremiah Connor, Athy, County Kildare, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting to be appointed as a petty constable under new police act. Refers to his military service in 9th Light Dragoons, 26 June 1823. Annexes copy of statement of recommendation from Major Edward Wetherington, London, former major of the 9th Light Dragoons, 30 August 1814.

26 Jun 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/923

Letter from John Lindsey, Sackville [O'Connell] Street, Dublin, chairman of the commissioners for relief of trade, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning application of Messrs Riall of Clonmel, County Tipperary, bankers, for loan of £30,000 from the commissioners, and requesting to know the Irish government's opinion on the matter, 30 June 1823. Also letter from John Galloway, board room, Sackville Street, secretary to the commissioners, to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, detailing the 20 year repayment schedule on the loan to Messrs Riall. Notes that it is not the intention of Messrs Riall 'to recommence the Banking business until they shall have repaid the loan even should they subsequently think of doing so', 3 July 1823; with subsequent annotation on reverse, of opinion of John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, 5 July 1823, with approval by Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, 7 July 1823.

30 Jun 1823-7 Jul 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/924

Letter from Reverend Joseph Jameson, diocesan school master of Leighlin, County Carlow, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, reminding Gregory of a letter to be sent by the Lord Lieutenant, to John Toler, Lord Norbury, Lord Chief Justice of Court of Common Pleas, directing Norbury to call on the County Carlow grand jury to make provision for carrying into effect the legislation respecting diocesan schools.

26 Jun 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/925

File of papers concerning application of Reverend JB Ridge, Erke, for compensation for use of buildings as barracks. Includes letter from Joseph Nicolson, Johnstown, County Kilkenny, chief police magistrate for Queen's County [County Laois] and County Kilkenny, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, responding, as requested, to a petition from Reverend Ridge, requesting remuneration for providing barrack accommodation to police at Erke [Ridge's original petition not present]. Also letter from Ridge, Eirke [Erke] glebe, near Rathdowney, Queen's County, to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, requesting an answer to his petition, and emphasising his financial difficulties from difficulties in collection of tithes, 25 June 1823. Also further letter from Ridge, renewing his application for payment of money owed, 31 October 1823.

14 Jun 1823-31 Oct 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/926

Statement of general account of expenditure and revenues of the Grand Canal Company for 6 months ending 28 February 1823, 'Together with the Amount of Interest on Loan which became due and payable within said half year'. Provides itemised list of company expenditure, including repair of passage boats, salaries, and repairs to locks and sections of the canal; company revenue includes tolls, turnpikes, rents, and fines. Also provides accounts of the Newtown colliery and the farm at Clonbrock. Account signed by Edward Geoghegan, bookkeeper of Grand Canal Company, and witnessed by Edmond Nugent, magistrate of Dublin city, 21 April 1823. Also letter from Daniel Corneille, John Armit, and Henry R Paine, Navigation Office, Dublin, directors general of inland navigation, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, returning the account, sent for their inspection, and reporting their observations on it; states that, 'the Revenue derived, both from the Canal and Colliery, is considerably less than the Income received in the preceding Half Year', 13 June 1823.

28 Feb 1823-13 Jun 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/927

Petition of Robert Lowrey, 6 High Street, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting an answer to his former petition, concerning his dismissal from the Rathcoole police establishment, following events at the Saggard [Saggart] fair, County Dublin, in 1822, and requesting re-instatement to his post.

30 Jun 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/928

List of names of each law officer employed in the office of Common Pleas, stating their job title, annual salary, and amount of money due to each officer from 5 January 1823-5 July 1823. List contains 18 individuals, including George Hill, prothonotary; John Clancy, filazer and exigenter; and the court's various clerks. List signed by Hill [July 1823]. [Contains list of names not given in this description]

[Jul 1823]

1823

CSO/RP/1823/929

Letter from J Hore, to [Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle], concerning the bill brought before parliament by Mr Martin [probably Richard Martin, MP for County Galway], for reclaiming waste lands. Observes that it is 'too complicated', and offers his own proposal, involving government taking control of all common lands, dividing it into plots of 5 to 10 acres, and offering perpetual leases 'at a low rent'. Emphasises the benefits of the scheme, including breaking up the bandittis who currently reside on them. Also details his suggestions for government purchase of bogs, to be leased in a similar way, and comments on the desirability of extending the civil police force to the north of Ireland; observes that the 'Presbyterian & dissenter IE [sic] Orangeman and the Catholic or Ribbondmen [sic] by their dissentions are driving the well disposed member of the Established Church out of the Country'. Describes the 'Orangemen or Presbyterians' as 'avowed enemies of Episcopacy & church Government and in politicks [sic]...rank Republicans…', 23 June 1823. Also letter from Harstonge Robinson, a commissioner of crown lands, to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, responding, as requested, with his opinion on Hore's proposal regarding common land, and stating that the scheme is 'vague and undigested'. Warns that it would take a substantial length of time to implement, thus not likely to bring any immediate relief to the unemployed peasantry, 27 June 1823.

23 Jun 1823-27 Jun 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/930

Petition of Patrick Canny [also stated as Kenny], Grouse Hall [Grousehall], barony of Ennishowen [Inishowen], County Donegal, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, concerning his removal from the police establishment of County Donegal, under command of Major William Webb, because of 'a trifling Complaint'. Requests reinstatement, 1 June 1823. Also letter from Major Webb, Grousehall, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, detailing the reasons for Kenny's dismissal, 26 June 1823. Also petition of Kenny, Carndonagh, County Donegal, to Wellesley, requesting an answer to his earlier petition, and emphasising his services to the excise department in suppressing smuggling [postmarked 6 August 1823].

19 Aug 1822-4 Aug 1823

1823