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Match 21 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1819/936
TITLE:

Précis of legislation relating to Irish vagrancy
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Note from Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, to John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, requesting a précis of vagrancy acts relating to Ireland, with a view to assimilation of those acts relating to Ireland and Britain, October 1819, with annotation of Townsend's reply, 26 October 1819. Also copy of précis prepared by Townsend of 'the vagrancy acts of Ireland taken from Ball's Index', [26 October 1819].
EXTENT:

2 items; 5pp
DATE(S):

26 Oct 1819
DATE EARLY:

1819
DATE LATE:

1819
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1819/V6
Match 22 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1819/968
TITLE:

Petition of William Whyte and Charles Atkinson, of Curry, County Sligo, opposing application for weekly fair at Bellaghy
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Petition of William Whyte and Charles Atkinson, resident tenants and inhabitants of Curry, County Sligo, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting that government refuse an application from petitioners in Bellaghy, County Sligo, to hold a market there. States that it is deliberately proposed to be held on same day of week as a market currently held at Curry, although the latter is without a patent. Annotation on reverse of opinion of John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, 26 May 1819.
EXTENT:

1 item; 3pp
DATE(S):

22 May 1819-26 May 1819
DATE EARLY:

1819
DATE LATE:

1819
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1819/W105a
Match 23 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1819/1121
TITLE:

File of papers relating to claims of Elizabeth Lumley, Cork city, for payment of outstanding salary owed to her late husband
SCOPE & CONTENT:

File of papers relating to claims of Elizabeth Lumley, Cork city, for payment of outstanding salary and other money due to her late husband, William Lumley, former director of Public Coal Yards for Cork city; and also relating to debts owed by Lumley on his death. Includes petition of Elizabeth Lumley, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, 24 July 1819, requesting payment of outstanding rents and salaries owed to Lumley, for one year commencing 1 December 1816. Signed by Sir Anthony Perrier, Cork, on behalf of his sister, Elizabeth Lumley. Also includes copies of account of money owed and accompanying receipts; also legal opinions of John Sealy Townsend, King's Counsel and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle. Also letter from Charles Evanson junior, director of Public Coal Yards for Cork city, Cork, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting settlement of money outstanding from his predecessor, William Lumley, 5 September 1819.
EXTENT:

13 items; 24pp
DATE(S):

1 Dec 1816-5 Sep 1819
DATE EARLY:

1816
DATE LATE:

1819
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1819/Treasvouch365
Match 24 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1819/58
TITLE:

Letter from Church of Ireland Bishop of Kildare concerning Glasnevin fever hospital, Dublin
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Charles Dalrymple Lindsay, Church of Ireland bishop of Kildare, Glasnevin, Dublin, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning the Glasnevin Board of Health and the fever hospital. Annotated with the opinions of John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, and William Saurin, Attorney General for Ireland.
EXTENT:

1 item; 4pp
DATE(S):

18 Mar 1819
DATE EARLY:

1819
DATE LATE:

1819
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1819/B117
Match 25 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1820/25
TITLE:

James Alcock, treasurer to city of Waterford, County Waterford: deduction of installment for construction of bridewell in city
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from James Alcock, treasurer to city of Waterford, County Waterford, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, requesting that an installment of £250, due on loan of £2,509 to facilitate building of bridewell in the city, ‘be deducted from the next payment issued from the Treasury’. Opinion of request on back of letter by John Sealy Townsend stating ‘It’s a bad precedent but under the present circumstances I believe it is most prudent to accede to it’.
EXTENT:

1 item; 3pp
DATE(S):

29 Jul 1820
DATE EARLY:

1820
DATE LATE:

1820
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1820/A31
Match 26 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1820/47
TITLE:

Reverend George Alley, Moymett Rectory, Trim, County Meath: on status of lease on theaters of Cork and Limerick
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Reverend George Alley, Moymett Rectory, Trim, County Meath, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting assistance from government on matter of status of lease on theatres of Cork and Limerick, in light of acquisition by Mr Harris of Dublin Theatre patent. Opinion of John Sealy Townsend added to back of letter: ‘I don’t know whether Mr Harris is disposed to be manager of a theatre in Cork or Limerick or not, nor do I see how this gov[ernment] can interfere in that matter - no patent is necessary for acting in either of those towns’; also includes incomplete memorandum or reply, likely to Alley.
EXTENT:

2 items; 4pp
DATE(S):

6 Mar 1820
DATE EARLY:

1820
DATE LATE:

1820
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1820/A54
Match 27 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1820/107
TITLE:

Thomas Verner, sovereign of Belfast, County Antrim: on confinement of lunatics at the House of Correction
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Thomas Verner, sovereign of Belfast, County Antrim, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, asking for direction regarding confinement of lunatics at the House of Correction. States that at present four lunatics are in custody ‘for whom there is not room nor any proper place’ and observes that ‘they do much injury, break Windows, [and] utensils’; opinion of John Sealy Townsend added to back of letter indicates that the practice is incorrect.
EXTENT:

1 item; 2pp
DATE(S):

21 Apr 1820
DATE EARLY:

1820
DATE LATE:

1820
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1820/B15
Match 28 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1820/166
TITLE:

Alexander Montgomery, Dublin: complaint by Thomas Belmour, turnkey, Kilmainham Gaol, against gaoler, George Dunn
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from magistrates of Head Office of Police to Alexander Mangin, Dublin Castle, enclosing copy report from Alexander Montgomery, 14 North Frederick Street, Dublin, respecting complaint by Thomas Belmour, a turnkey in Kilmainham Gaol, that gaoler, George Dunn refused to make a payment ordered by the Grand Jury of the city of Dublin. Includes letter from Henry Kelly, Wicklow, county Wicklow, in support of character of Belmour and hoping for resolution in his favour; also certificate in support of Belmour from Robert H Nixon, inspector of Kilmainham Gaol; also includes legal opinion of John Sealy Townsend regarding the unpaid dues, stating view that Dunn ‘should be advised to pay it immediately’.
EXTENT:

5 items; 10pp
DATE(S):

29 Dec 1819-18 Sep 1820
DATE EARLY:

1819
DATE LATE:

1820
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1820/B89
Match 29 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1820/236
TITLE:

Sir William Betham, Ulster King of Arms, Office of Arms: for custody of Irish Parliamentary Records and use of clerical assistant
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Sir William Betham, Ulster King of Arms, Office of Arms, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, requesting custody of the Irish Parliamentary Records and use of clerical assistant to attend the depository where the documents are stored; proposal is advanced on grounds that the office of keeper is now defunct, that no official is charged with attesting documents, and to facilitate access to the papers ‘for all official and judicial purposes’. Includes memorandum concerning storage and preservation of official records, deemed to be ‘of great National importance’, reference to discontinuation of the office of Keeper of Records of Parliament and responsibilities allotted to the Commissioners of Records; also attached printed copy of warrant from Viscount Whitworth, Lord Lieutenant. Also includes letter from William Shaw Mason, secretary, Records Commission, Tower, Dublin Castle, to Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, indicating that an explanatory paper on the question of custody of the Records of Parliament has been prepared, and hopes that an abstract might be presented to Gregory; also includes letter from John Sealy Townsend declaring that he has no legal objection to Betham’s proposals.
EXTENT:

4 items; 9pp
DATE(S):

13 May 1820-12 Jun 1820
DATE EARLY:

1820
DATE LATE:

1820
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1820/B174
Match 30 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1820/334
TITLE:

John Patrick, Rutland Square North, Dublin: on a warrant for loan to the Wide Streets Commission of Cork
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from John Patrick, Chairman of Commissioners for issue of money out of the Consolidated Fund, Rutland [Parnell] Square North, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, requesting that a warrant or certificate for loan of £5,000 for the Wide Streets Commission of Cork, be expedited, and complaining of ‘awkward situation in which our Board is placed’ with respect to delay; also includes note with opinion of John Sealy Townsend on matter who indicates that he has seen the proposals but has ‘not got any copy of the intended deeds'.
EXTENT:

2 items; 3pp
DATE(S):

27 May 1820-29 May 1820
DATE EARLY:

1820
DATE LATE:

1820
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1820/C193

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