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CSO/RP/1825/1901

2 letters from Reverend William Barker, Church of Ireland clergyman, Glebe [House], Newtownhamilton, County Armagh, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Irish Office, London, seeking explanation of a clause of the amended tithe composition act which appears to deprive certain church ministers of tithe income for a half year. Draws attention to an apparent deficiency in the provisions of the act for rectors who are circumstanced as he is, having entitlement to a single payment in the month of November.

2 May 1825-31 May 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1902

Letter from Edward Beatty, Tullyvernan, Aughnacloy, County Tyrone, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Irish Office, London, presenting thoughts on the reform of grand jury presentments in Ireland. Encloses copy of a ‘plan’ in which he identifies various corrupt practices and improvident expenditure of public money. In a series of 9 points, he outlines measures intended to rectify the abuses complained of such as the installation of accountable officials [‘conservators’], participation of freeholder interest in process and execution of public works by contract. Such refinements, he contends, if adopted by Parliament ‘would remove the evil in the management of the public money so loudly & justly complained of’.

12 Apr 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1903

Letter from John [Espine] Batty, Casino, Malahide, County Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Irish Office, London, seeking the appointment of his son to the situation of chief constable of police. Encloses letter from [J] Massy Dawson, [Gloucester Place, Middlesex, England], to Goulburn, recommending [Captain] Batty as a man fit and suitable to act as chief constable in the constabulary.

25 Jan 1825-1 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1904

Letter from Mrs Burdett, Loughtown House, County Kildare, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Irish Office, London, requesting intervention over particular financial demands by the British War Office on the public account of her late father, Colonel Burdett. Refers to her correspondence with Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Secretary at War, London, and states a demand is made on her father’s account for more than 5 thousand pounds.

12 Apr 1825-23 Apr 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1905

Letter from Messrs Brenfoot, 2 King’s Bench Walk, Temple, London, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Irish Office, London, enclosing a communication [transcribed by hand on underside] from Roger Kynaston, lay impropriator of the parish of St Botolpy without Aldgate, London, seeking the assistance and protection of the Chief Secretary against an attempt to repeal the statute of the 37th of Henry VIII, chapter 12 [Tithes in London Act, 1545]. Stresses his confidence in the law, as it regards ownership of ‘private property’, and complains of the conduct of the parishioners who are seeking to subvert his rights.

16 Apr 1825-10 Mar 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1906

Letter from Lieutenant Colonel William Blacker, deputy vice treasurer, Vice Treasurer’s Office, Dublin Castle, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, [Irish Office, London], proposing that £350 be added to the sum to be voted by government as bounty for the Presbyterian ministers of Ireland, in compensation for the loss of a fund for the support of widows and orphans, following the collapse of the banking house of Lord Newcomen [George Evory], Dublin. He observes the overall loss facing the Presbyterian Church is near £7,000 and confides ‘a stroke of this kind on the part of government’ will endear the northern people to the crown and do more ‘to promote the peace of it than army or Police or any thing else’.

24 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1907

Letter from Michael H Becher, Clyda, Mallow, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, expressing a desire for the establishment of a friendly institute in the town of Mallow and seeking to obtain legislative sanction for same. Refers to a publication by his brother, Reverend John Thomas Becher, on the creation of a friendly society at Southwell, England, and remarks upon the success of that institution [likely 'The Constitution of Friendly Societies upon Legal and Scientific Principles exemplified by the Rules and Tables of Calculations adopted ... for the Government of the Friendly Institute at Southwell' of 1824].

6 Mar 1825-29 Mar 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1908

Letter from Edward L Bridgeman, 22 Goswell Road, London, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Irish Office, London, seeking to purchase from government a small farm, some wasteland or ‘house having a large Garden’ in Ireland. Explains in the past he has been involved in commercial pursuits but anticipates being able to offer employment to the Irish peasantry, should he obtain a holding.

21 Mar 1825-23 Mar 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1909

Letter from Gustavus Brooke, chief constable of police and pay clerk, Longford, County Longford, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, [Irish Office, London], reporting on the oppressive means resorted to in the collection of ‘Catholic Rent’ [for the Roman Catholic Association]. Remarks that ‘well known Ribbon characters’ have assembled under the guise of ‘Raffles and Dancing’ and the priesthood are most active in the circulation and promotion of the views of Daniel O’Connell. Also transcribes overleaf a letter from Major Bond, magistrate, Newtownbond, County Longford, to Brooke, commenting on the burning of the dwelling of ‘Walsh’, a Roman Catholic who is apparently loyal to the king. Surmises the attack is linked to the man's failure to pay the Catholic rent, his name having been mentioned by the priest of Granard at mass on the Sunday prior to the incident.

11 Feb 1825-19 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1910

Letter from Michael Burke, 5 Rue de Poitiers, Faubourg Saint Germain, France, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Irish Office, London, seeking the appointment of his son, Denis Burke, to the situation of constable in the police establishment of Ireland. Concludes the boy ‘is now near 22 years of age & a remarkably prudent & well conducted young man’.

10 Mar 1825-18 Mar 1825

1825