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:--
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.
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 ” ------ Pounds 1,224,240 = 546-1200/2240 tons.