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CSO/RP/1825/1921

File of material relating to proposals for the establishment of a chapel at the military garrison of Cork, County Cork. Includes letter from NM Cummins, Upper Dunkettle, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, Irish Office, London, seeking sanction for expenditure on a building that would double as a riding house and chapel for religious services at the military barracks of Cork. He recommends the employment of a chaplain who would also undertake teaching duties at the garrison school. Emphasises the importance of such religious instruction to the soldiers at a time when ‘every artifice is resorted to for the purpose of Degrading and vilifying the Established Church in this Country’, 15 February 1825.

15 Feb 1825-29 Mar 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1922

Letter from Sir William Cox, Tullamore, King’s County [County Offaly], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, Irish Office, London, calling for the terms of the tithe composition act to be made compulsory and for the first payment to be made on the first day of November. Observes on the manifold benefits the measure has brought to Irish society but expresses concern over those places where the act is not evenly implemented: he notes the ‘ignorant poor man cannot understand why he should be obliged to pay ten shillings for the tithe of his acre of wheat, whilst his near neighbour has only to pay ten pence’.

25 Feb 1825-7 Mar 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1923

Letter from Sir William Cox, Tullamore, King’s County [County Offaly], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, Irish Office, London, seeking a situation of employment for his brother in the police establishment of Ireland. Refers to a former application on his behalf supported by himself and James George Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown, and indicates that some recent development has rendered his case most pressing.

4 Apr 1825-12 Apr 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1924

Letter from Reverend Mark Cassidy, magistrate and Church of Ireland clergyman, Newtownards, County Down, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, referring to enclosed observations on the ‘cause of the discontents and disturbances in Ireland’ [not present]. States his views have been formulated through more that 40 years experience as a minister of the established church, in both the south and north of the country. Indicates his intention of making a further communication on another cause of discontent, that of the collection of tithes: ‘a strange cause to be assigned by a clergyman of the Established Church’.

8 Mar 1825-29 Mar 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1925

Letter from Timothy Crowley, London, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, Irish Office, London, seeking assistance in procuring a post of employment with the [East] India Company, [London]. Admits being anxious for his wife and family on account of failing to secure a situation in England, having made the journey from the city of Limerick, County Limerick. Claims to have acted as a crown witness in the case of ‘Buckley’ [as part of the prosecution of the murderers of James Buckley of Ardagh, in County Limerick] and indicates his good character can be verified by a number of key public figures such Mathew Barrington, crown solicitor [Munster circuit].

c1 May 1825-4 May 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1926

Cover letter from Robert Peel, Secretary of State, [London], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, Irish Office, London, enclosing a letter from Thomas Charles Stewart Corry, former MP for County Monaghan, Rockcorry Castle, County Monaghan, seeking introduction of a regulation to prevent those acting as assistant barristers for a county from practising as counsellor or as legal advisor in the same jurisdiction. Contends that if an assistant barrister is permitted also to act as professional legal advisor in a case over which he ultimately has power to judge, it tends to produce in the mind of the public a sense of injustice. As an example, he refers to a local legal case involving a tenant on the Rockcorry estate, over which the assistant barrister of County Monaghan [William Mayne] acted as both judge and counsel. Encloses ‘as a relique [relic], a piece of the stained glass window broken last July (when there was no orange procession) in the Church of Ballibay [Ballybay]. Judge from it the popish version of the word Conciliation’ [glass fragment not present]. Also reply from Goulburn to state the matter referred to is presently under deliberation by the committee on the state of Ireland and he ‘should therefore be unwilling to express any opinion as to the propriety of any change of the system’ governing the conduct of assistant barristers until such times as the investigation is complete.

10 May 1825-14 May 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1927

Letter from Reverend Edward Chichester, Church of Ireland rector, Kilmore, near Richhill, County Armagh, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, Irish Office, London, referring to his ‘hastily written’ anonymous pamphlet on the state of Ireland [not present]. Remarks upon a particular deficiency in the operation of the tithe composition act in the north of Ireland, and seeks an amendment to address the matter in the present session of Parliament. Calls attention to the potential for conflict between clergy and parishioners over tithe settlement, as is the case in the parish of Tynan, where Reverend Dr [Samuel] Blacker is now likely to face legal proceedings in the Court of Chancery.

5 May 1825-12 May 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1928

Letter from Dudley H Colclough, late lieutenant 4th dragoon guards, 3 Lower Jervis Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, Irish Office, London, complaining over the improper disposal of his military office and seeking the interference of government in securing compensation for the value of same. Alleges the office [a military commission as cornet] was sold for less than half its worth by Lieutenant Colonel Dunne without his permission, but despite a formal enquiry, he has not received any recompense.

27 May 1825-2 Jun 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1929

Letter from William Couling [Cowling], engineer, 40 Charles’ Street, Westminster, London, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, Irish Office, London, seeking appointment to the post of engineer on the intended survey and valuation of Ireland [Ordnance Survey of Ireland]. Claims to be well qualified to hold such a position having laboured in ’94 Counties in this Empire’ plus a period in Russia.

18 May 1825-20 May 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1930

Letter from Reverend John Chester, Church of Ireland rector, Glebe House, Ballyclough, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, Irish Office, London, seeking guidance on whether the Masonic order in Ireland falls under the Unlawful Societies Act [6th of George IV, chapter 4]. Conveys as master of Masonic lodge number 99 [Mallow], he was directed by the grand lodge to ‘proceed to transact business as usual’ but declined doing so having perceiving the continuance of the order to be at variance with the law. He recites an extract from a letter subsequently received from the grand lodge stating the society, as it is presently constituted, is not prohibited from meeting and operating as usual.

2 Jun 1825-11 Jun 1825

1825