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CSO/RP/1823/1264

Letter from Reverend David Stuart, 1 Florinda Place, Dublin, Presbyterian Seceding minister, to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, making inquiry on the progress of a petition submitted to government by Mrs Bradstreet, 'a truly deserving old woman'.

26 Aug 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1315

Letter from Reverend David Stuart, [Dublin], Presbyterian seceding minister, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing a copy of an address from the Presbyterian Seceding Synod of Ireland, to Goulburn, which a deputation from the synod wish to present in person to Goulburn. Address praises Goulburn's work in Ireland, referring to his 'arduous and unremitting' duties, exacerbated by economic depression, party spirit, and the 'alarming state of the South and West of Ireland'. Emphasises that, 'the People under our inspection have borne the pressure of the times with equanimity..', and also emphasises their loyalty to the government. Expresses thanks for 'the invaluable blessings of civil and religious liberty; copy of address signed by Reverend Dr Samuel Gamble, moderator of the Seceding synod, 1823.

1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1397

Petition of James Charles Mulligan, Tullyconnaught House, near Banbridge, County Down, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, recommending the Belfast Academical Institution for government attention. Emphasises its important role in education in the north of Ireland, and in particular, as a seminary for the Presbyterian church, and refers to its many benefits. Refers Wellesley to an article on BAI published in the 'Belfast Newsletter' of 18 July 1823.

25 Jul 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1643

Letter from Reverend Dr Samuel Gamble, Rathmelton [Ramelton], County Donegal, Presbyterian minister of 2nd Presbyterian congregation, Ramelton, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning an address presented by the Presbyterian Synod of Ireland, and requesting to know if it ever reached Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant.

22 Oct 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1815

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 Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, in defence of the character and conduct of the yeomanry corps. Emphasises that whilst the ranks of the 3 yeomanry corps in County Limerick are 'filled' by Protestant and Presbyterians, very few of those are individuals might be classed as Orangemen. Croker also defends their conduct when detached to work with military regiments, 1 March 1823. With subsequent annotation on reverse, of copy of letter of reply from Goulburn, at Irish Office, London, to Croker, 17 March 1823.

1 Mar 1823-17 Mar 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1868

Letter from David Hutcheson [registered by CSO clerk as Hutchinson], Tandragee, County Armagh, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting, on behalf of the Presbyterian Seceding Synod, to know if the new congregations which were applied for, have been provided with the regium donum in the parliamentary estimates, 28 April 1823. With subsequent annotation overleaf by Goulburn, and also annotation on reverse, of copy of letter of reply from Goulburn, Irish Office, London, to Hutcheson, 3 May 1823 [the latter annotation not in hand of Goulburn; Goulburn is also incorrect in styling him 'Reverend' - as regium donum agent he was a Presbyterian layman, not a minister].

28 Apr 1823-3 May 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1922

File of papers relating to repeated applications of Reverend Isaac Ashe, County Londonderry, for government compensation, referring to his services and sufferings, and to his debts, and also his disappointed hopes in obtaining the post of master of the Royal School Cavan. Includes letter from Reverend Ashe, Tamlaght glebe, Moneymore, County Londonderry, Church of Ireland rector of Tamlaght, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning his request to obtain 'justice' from the Irish government, 15 November 1823, and enclosing a copy of a letter by Ashe to the editor of the 'Dublin Evening Mail' newspaper, detailing his case for public attention, and referring to promises made by various individuals in government over the course of 25 years. Requests that the editor will publish several letters received by Ashe from the Lord Lieutenant and others, concerning his case, 15 November 1823. Also includes letter from Ashe, to [Goulburn], restating his case, and referring to his advanced age, poor health, and financial difficulties, and also detailing the claims of his wife for government attention, her late father having been a magistrate in County Wexford who, 'made himself obnoxious to the Insurgents [in 1798]..' by his loyalty to the crown'. Requests government relief, 10 December 1823. File also includes letter from Isaac Ashe junior, at Dr. MacDonnell's rooms, Dublin, to [Goulburn], concerning his failed attempts to seek a meeting with Goulburn, concerning his father's case, [January 1824] and enclosing a letter from his father, Reverend Ashe, Tamlaght glebe, to Goulburn, reiterating his case for compensation in light of his sufferings as a result of his 'faithful discharge of publick [sic] duty to my King and Country…', 14 January 1824. Also letter from Reverend Ashe, Tamlaght glebe, to [Goulburn], referring to his work on a statistical survey of his parish, and on his communications with William Shaw Mason, secretary to the Irish Board of Records, concerning his hopes for its publication; also refers to his unsuccessful application for the post at Cavan School, some 20 years previously, 22 January 1824. Ashe also submits a copy of extracts from letters received from the Irish government, as proof of his claims; the letters date from 29 January 1797 to April 1802, and include extracts of letters from Earl Camden, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between 1795 and 1798. Ashe also submits a paper, offering his recommendations on the benefits to the country by offering an extension of the leases held by tenants on ecclesiastical land in Ireland, noting that similar 'short and precarious' tenures of church lands in France, 'contributed, in no small degree, to the Revolution..' in that country. Ashe also submits his suggestion that the Roman Catholic clergy should receive government payments for their support, similar to the regium donum received by Ireland's Presbyterian clergy, noting that it might render them more 'independent' from the views of their flocks, and more attached to government, 18 November 1823.

15 Nov 1823-10 Feb 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1823/2173

Letter from John O'Neill, 18 Chapel Street, Curzon Street, London, MP for County Antrim, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, [London], enclosing 2 petitions for government consideration: first, the petition of Reverend John Marr, minister of [the 2nd] congregation of Presbyterian Seceders in Ahoghill, County Antrim, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin, renewing requesting that his congregation be placed in the first class band, in order to receive an increased regium donum. Emphasises the size and respectability of his congregation [March 1823]. And secondly, a similar petition from Reverend Thomas Carmichael, minister of the 1st congregation of Presbyterian Seceders in Ahoghill, County Antrim, to Wellesley, referring to his financial hardship, and also renewing his application for an increase to his regium donum; his original petition certified by 3 individuals, including Reverend Henry Leslie, Church of Ireland rector of Ahoghill [March 1823]. Also copy of letter of reply from Goulburn, Irish Office, London, to O'Neill, 13 March 1823.

[Mar 1823]-13 Mar 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/2296

Letter from James Lowry, Dublin, Presbyterian clergyman, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, complaining of his treatment at the hands of the police commanded by Captain Fitzgibbon [FitzGibbon] stationed at Slain [Slane, County Meath], as Lowry passed through on his way from the north of the country, to Dublin. States that he was arrested, after refusing to pay for another person's liquor, at the lodgings he had taken for the night, [annotation indicates petition received 2 December 1823]. Also letter from Major Thomas Powell, Dublin, inspector general of police, responding, as requested, to Lowry's claims: encloses a report from Captain Gerald FitzGibbon, chief constable, Slane, to Powell, offering a different version of events, and stating that the intoxicated person who had refused to pay for liquor was Lowry himself. Reports that, 'the Prisoner was much intoxicated and almost in a State of nudity'. Fitzgibbon notes that Lowry has since been arrested again on similar charges by the police at Dundalk, County Louth, 10 December 1823.

[2 Dec 1823]-19 Dec 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1824/563

Letter from Robert Peel, Secretary of State, Whitehall, London, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, acknowledging receipt of an address from the ministers and elders of the Seceding Presbyterian Synod of Ireland and indicating ‘His Majesty was pleased to receive the same in the most glorious manner’.

2 Sep 1824

1824