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CSO/RP/1825/1911

Letter from Reverend WL Beaufort, Church of Ireland clergyman, Glanmire, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, Irish Office, London, requesting permission to conduct necessary correspondence free of expense in connection with his plan to publish a second edition of the memoirs of Ireland [a follow up to an earlier work by his father, Reverend Dr Daniel Augustus Beaufort]. Also refers to enclosed anonymous tract [not present] which he had published in Dublin on the subject of a theological reconciliation with the Roman Catholic Church, written, he claims, in a ‘harmonizing spirit’.

10 Mar 1825-18 Mar 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1912

Letter from Reverend John Barrett, Church of Ireland clergyman, Navin, County Donegal, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, [Irish Office, London], calling for the terms of the tithe composition act to be made compulsory. Remarks upon the attitude of the local seneschal towards enforcement of the tithe act, a man, he complains, who is quite indifferent to the cause of the established church. Comments also upon the prevalence and persistence of illicit distillation in the locality, and recommends some measures to establish a licensed trade. [See also description CSO/RP/1825/1893].

27 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1913

Letter from William Frederick Bentley, pawnbroker, 45 Bride Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, Irish Office, London, recommending the introduction of a license fee for all pawnbrokers throughout Ireland and other reforms. Proposes that those doing business in larger towns or cities pay a fee of £100 per year, while those in smaller population centres pay just £50 per year, with the proceeds being invested in the maintenance of a constabulary force. Refers to the need for basic regulation and the introduction of a more professional structure with auctioneers to dispose of ‘forfeited pledges’. Recommends that William Hall, solicitor of St Andrew Street, Dublin, be entrusted with responsibility to draw up a legislative bill, which might in due course be put before Parliament. He request that himself and his son be appointed as auctioneers for the city and liberties of Cork.

26 Feb 1825-10 Mar 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1914

Letter from Benjamin Wright Betty, Cloneen, near Castlecomber, County Kilkenny, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, Irish Office, London, offering reflections on the state of Irish society and some suggestions for improvement. Proposes that strict regulations be imposed on sailing vessels operating off the Irish coast to prevent unauthorised passengers from going on board, a measure he supposes will curtail ‘Murderers, Robbers, and other depredators from evading the laws of their Country’. He further suggests that spirit retailers or inn keepers should be called upon to support a local constable ‘to keep the peace and prohibit that dreadful vice in Ireland sabbath breaking’. Also comments on the local manifestation of anti Protestants sentiments by some member of the lower orders who proclaimed their hope for a new Ireland government by a ‘Catholic King’. He lays the blame for such popular agitation in favour of emancipation at the door of the Catholic priesthood.

16 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1915

Letter from Francis K Bowen, 41 Tufton Street, Westminster, London, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, Irish Office, London, seeking assistance in obtaining a public position in England. Refers to his loss of office in the courts of Ireland [likely a reference to his removal from the post of keeper of the seal and registrar of attorney’s licences with the Court of King’s Bench, Dublin] and draws particular attention to the wide range of support he can call upon from significant public figures. Also copy reply from Goulburn acknowledging the authenticity of his testimonies and admitting he has ‘every reason to believe your character to be unexceptionable’. [See also descriptions CSO/RP/1824/907, CSO/RP/1824/1365 and CSO/RP/1824/1546].

27 Jun 1825-30 Jun 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1916

Letter from Major General Sir Herbert Taylor, [military secretary to Prince Frederick, Duke of York, Commander in Chief of the British army], Horse Guards, London, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, Irish Office, London, enclosing petition from John Byers, master of Orange lodge number 435, Bilisis [Billis], near Bailieborow [Bailieborough], County Cavan, and asking for consideration. Byers requests on behalf of the lodge to have the opinion of government if they may lawfully assemble on July 12 ‘to commemorate the memory of their happy deliverer King William’ in view of recent parliamentary enactments [principally the Unlawful Societies Act; 6th of George IV, chapter 4].

27 Jun 1825-4 Jul 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1917

Letter from Michael Casey, 3 Hay Street, [near Margaret Street], Hackney Fields, London, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, Irish Office, London, seeking a personal introduction with one of the directors of the ‘United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies’ [printed list of names enclosed]. If suitable employment can be obtained with that body, he anticipates ‘a comfortable livelihood’, if not, he is prepared to accept a post with the ordnance or the customs and excise department. Also second letter from Casey to Goulburn, reiterating his interest in securing employment in the ‘India House’ or as a labourer with the ordnance establishment.

18 Mar 1825-17 Apr 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1918

Letter from James Morgan Cooke, late lieutenant, Royal Cork City Regiment, Bantry, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, seeking appointment as chief constable in the police establishment in any part of Ireland or another post under government. Complains of an increase in local harassment by adherents of the Roman Catholic Church since his failed attempt to procure arms from government for a local volunteer Protestant corps. Laments since his deputation to the Earl of Bantry [Richard White] he is ‘completely persecuted’ and wishes to escape with his family from so ‘great a set of Jesuits as ever escaped from the gloomy walls of Maynooth’. Also second letter from Cooke to Goulburn, acknowledging his failed application for employment and remarking on the heightened political atmosphere present in the town. Encloses copy of ‘a song in praise of [Daniel] O’Connell which has been sung for the last two days in this town’ [not present].

6 Jan 1825-23 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1919

Letter from Henry Croker, Mallow, County Cork, brigade major of yeomanry for the counties of Clare, Limerick, Tipperary and part of King's County [County Offaly], to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, referring to the tranquil state of the country and remarking upon the contribution of the Roman Catholic clergy to the peace, which, he asserts, is motivated by a sinister ulterior motive. To conceal their actual political designs, he warns, the priests are substitution popular rhetoric [of the Roman Catholic Association] with ‘sermons’ encouraging adherence to the lawful authorities. Recites part of a letter from Reverend William Jones of Mallow in which that clergyman comments on the critical place of the Catholic Rent in the wider political campaign.

6 Mar 1825-10 Mar 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1920

File of material relating to the opposition of the timber merchants of the city of Dublin to the proposed warehousing bill for Ireland [?Importation Act of 1825]. Includes copy letter from John Curry, secretary, import timber merchants of the city of Dublin, to the commissioners of Parliamentary Enquiry, [Edinburgh, Scotland], outlining the resolute opposition of the timber merchants to certain provisions of the act insofar as it applies to the timber trade of Ireland. Complains the bill is flawed on grounds of cost required to implement, on the issue of ownership of quay property, as well as on expedience of operation, November 1824.

Nov 1824-27 Apr 1825

1825