The Irish CrisisTrevelyan, Charles E. (Charles Edward)
History
The Irish Crisis
Trevelyan, Charles E. (Charles Edward)
Ireland -- Economic conditions; Ireland -- History -- 1837-1901; Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852
{ 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
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