Rt. Hon. E. Lucas, Chairman (afterwards retired).
Com.-Gen. Sir R. I. Routh (afterwards Chairman).
Colonel D. Mc Gregor.
Lieut.-Col. H. D. Jones, R.E.
Sir James Dombrain.
Professor Sir Robert Kane.
E. T. B. Twisleton, Esq.
Theobald Mc Kenna, Esq.
The Second Relief Commission, appointed by Lord John Russell’s
Government.
Major-Gen. Sir J. F. Burgoyne, K.C.B., Chairman.
T. N. Redington, Esq.
E. T. B. Twisleton, Esq.
Com.-Gen. Sir R. I. Routh.
Lieut.-Col. H. D. Jones, R.E.
Colonel D. Mc Gregor.
The Poor Law Commissioners in Ireland.
E. T. B. Twisleton, Esq.
Rt. Hon. Sir W. M. Somerville, Bart.
T. N. Redington, Esq.
Sir Randolph Routh was in charge of the Commissariat from the
commencement to the end of the measures of relief.
It is due to Mr. Redington to state that his intimate acquaintance
with Ireland, and excellent judgment, were a never-failing ground of
reliance in the most difficult emergencies.
[43] One of the principal causes of the expense incurred, was the
necessity of finding work for every person in the neighbourhood of his
own home, which added greatly to the number of the works, and to the
proportion of them left unfinished.
[44] The first instalments due under the 9 & 10 Vic. c. 1 and 2 have
been already paid.
[45]
Viz., 25,000ℓ., being the aggregate of the two half-yearly
instalments under the 9 & 10 Vic. c. 1; and
291,000ℓ., the same under the 9 & 10 Vic. c. 107
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Total 316,000ℓ.
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[46] The proportions in which the expenditure was made a local or
general charge in the following unions, were--
Loan to Grant in
be aid of
repaid. rates.
{ Ballina £13,716 £43,610
{ Ballinrobe 12,183 27,997
County of Mayo { Castlebar 7,282 19,813
{ Swineford 6,620 31,797
{ Westport 5,624 37,993
{ Clifden 3,228 8,868
” Galway { Gort 7,663 18,475
” Clare Scariff 6,406 10,943
” Cork { Bantry 6,079 12,294
{ Skibbereen 13,451 21,627
” Kerry Kenmare 3,359 10,956
[47] The following are some of the most remarkable contributions:--
£ s. d.
Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen [A]2,000 0 0
H. R. H. Prince Albert 500 0 0
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager 1,000 0 0
His Majesty the King of Hanover, as
Duke of Cumberland and Chancellor
of the University of Dublin 1,000 0 0
His Imperial Highness the Sultan 1,000 0 0
The East India Company 1,000 0 0
The Corporation of the City of London 1,000 0 0
The Bank of England 1,000 0 0
The Duke of Devonshire 1,000 0 0
The Worshipful Company of Grocers 1,000 0 0
Messrs. Jones Loyd and Co. 1,000 0 0
” Rothschild and Co. 1,000 0 0
” Baring Brothers and Co. 1,000 0 0
” Truman, Hanbury, and Co. (including
50ℓ. from their clerks,
and 8ℓ. 10s. from their workmen) 1,163 10 0
” Smith, Payne, and Smiths 1,000 0 0
” Overend, Gurney, & Co. 1,000 0 0
An English Friend, two Donations 1,004 0 0
An Irish Landlord, for Skibbereen 1,000 0 0
Manchester and Salford Relief Committee 7,785 0 0
Newcastle and Gateshead ditto 3,902 0 0
Hull ditto 3,800 0 0
Leeds ditto 2,500 0 0
Huddersfield ditto 2,103 0 0
Wolverhampton ditto 1,838 0 0
York ditto 1,700 0 0
Cambridge University and Town, including
617ℓ. 10s. from Trinity College,
and 500ℓ. collected at the Baptist
Chapel in St. Andrew Street 2,706 0 0
Oxford University and City 1,770 0 0
Proceeds of a Ball at Florence given by
the Prince de Demidoff at San
Donato, besides 500ℓ. from the Florence
Relief Committee, and 9ℓ.
13s. 9d. from the English
servants at Florence 891 17 2
St. Petersburgh 2,644 0 0
Constantinople 620 0 0
Amsterdam; collections in the English
Church 561 0 0
Denmark; partly collected by Parish
Priests in the provinces 504 0 0
Malta and Gozo 720 0 0
Remittances from British Guiana, the
result of public subscription 3,000 0 0
Nova Scotia, including a vote of 2,250ℓ.
by the House of Assembly 2,915 0 0
Barbadoes Relief Committee 2,575 0 0
South Australia £1,000 in money, and
an equal value in Wheat 2,000 0 0
Jamaica, including a vote of 525ℓ. by the
House of Assembly 1,537 0 0
Trinidad 1,350 0 0
Newfoundland 868 0 0
St. Lucia 614 0 0
Grenada 564 0 0
St. Christopher; vote of the Legislature
of the Island 505 0 0
Bermuda; vote of the House of Assembly 500 0 0
Hobart Town 500 0 0
Bombay 9,000 0 0
Madras 2,150 0 0
Remittance from the Mauritius, including
111ℓ. 16s. 11d. from the Seychelles
Islands, and 16ℓ. 7s. from Rodrigues,
and in addition to 2,211ℓ. 13s. collected
by the Vicar Apostolic and
sent direct to Ireland. (The amount
subscribed at the Seychelles Islands,
and at Rodrigues, is very remarkable,
when the poverty of their inhabitants
is considered.) 3,020 0 0
Collection at Basseterre, St. Kitts, from
Negroes belonging to the Congregation
under the charge of the Moravian
Missionaries, per Rev. G. W.
Westerley 15 17 10
Officers and crew of Her Majesty’s ship
“Hibernia” 167 17 11
Contribution by the Governor, Commissioner,
Lieutenant-Governor, and
officers of Greenwich Hospital, being
the sum allowed them for a festival
dinner in commemoration of the
battle off Cape St. Vincent 40 0 0
The 2nd Regiment of Life Guards 156 4 6
A diamond cross from a lady (realized) 42 0 0
Workmen employed by Sir John Guest at
the Dowlas Iron Works 176 17 10
Metropolitan Police 161 0 0
Proceeds of two amateur performances at
the St. James’s Theatre 1,413 0 0
Collected on board the British and North
American Royal Mail steamer “Hibernia”
for Ireland 51 12 8
Wesleyan Methodists; part of the first
distribution of collections in various
chapels 5,000 0 0
Members of the London Daily Press,
chiefly Reporters and Compositors,
in addition to other Contributions 88 18 0
Proprietors of the “Morning Herald”
and “Daily News,” each 100 0 0
“Punch” 50 0 0
Many of the smaller subscriptions, such as 800ℓ. from the Town of
Bridgewater, and 747ℓ. from the Bahamas, are more remarkable in
proportion to the means of the contributors, than many of those which
have been mentioned.
The officers and men of the Coast Guard raised a fund amounting to
429ℓ. which was expended by the members of the force in Ireland in
giving relief in the neighbourhood of their respective stations.
From the commencement of the distress, the Coast Guard has been
distinguished for its active benevolence.
The National Club in London collected a sum of 17,930ℓ., 1000ℓ. of
which was from various congregations at Brighton, 500ℓ. from an
anonymous contributor, and 500ℓ. from the Wesleyan Irish and Scotch
Relief Committee. This fund was intrusted for distribution to the
clergy of the Established Church in Ireland, acting under a committee
appointed for each diocese, headed by the bishop.
The amount collected by the London Committee of the Society of Friends
was 43,026ℓ., nearly the whole of which was disbursed through the
Dublin Friends’ Committee.
[A] Her Majesty also contributed £500 to the Ladies’ Clothing
Fund, which was established in connection with the British
Relief Association.
[48] Two United States ships of war, the “Jamestown” and “Macedonian,”
were manned by volunteers, and sent to Ireland and Scotland with the
following charitable supplies, for which no claim for freight was made.
These two cargoes will serve as a specimen of the rest:--
“JAMESTOWN.”
Corn and Grain:-- cwt. qrs. bshl.
Wheat 4 0
Barley 3 4
Oats 2 4
Rye 9 2
Peas 30 0
Beans 279 3
Indian Corn or Maize 339 2
Meal and Flour:--
Wheatmeal or Flour 96 1 0
Barleymeal }
Oatmeal } 19 2 16
Indian Corn Meal 4,229 3 0
Rice 154 1 4
Bread and Biscuit 1,048 3 21
Potatoes 61 1 1
Apples, dried 6
Pork 707 0 16
Hams 291 3 4
Fish 4 0 0
Clothing 10 cases, 18 barrels.
“MACEDONIAN.”
Landed in Ireland.
Indian Corn Meal, 5,324 barrels
at 196 lbs. each 1,043,504 pounds.
Rice, equal to 217 tierces at 6
cwt. each 145,824 ”
Beans, 6 tierces of 4 cwt., 66 bbls.
of 196 lbs., 38 bags of 100 lbs. 19,424 ”
Peas, 53 bbls. of 196 lbs., 100
bags of 100 lbs. each. 11,388 ”
Indian Corn, 38 bags of 100 lbs. 3,800 ”
Wheat, 1 bag 100 ”
Salt Pork, 1 barrel 200 ”
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Pounds 1,224,240 = 546-1200/2240 tons.
Besides 100 barrels Indian Corn Meal and 3 packages
of Clothing, landed as a “private consignment to the
Rev. Mr. Taylor.”
Clothing, 13 boxes, 3 bales, 3 barrels 19 packages.
Landed in Scotland.
1 package clothing,
1 barrel beef,
143 barrels meal,
133 bags oats,
2 barrels beans, and
8 chests of tea.