Note 47 — Front matter (continued 2)
Reading edition
The following are some of the most remarkable contributions:—
£ s. d.
Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen A2,000 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.