Emigration From Ireland to Canada Discussed Before Committee
The Dublin Journal notes excerpts from the state on emigration raised by Robert John Wilmot Horton. The 1823 experiment sent 383 over age 14 and 186 under, costing 22 10s 6d per head, with potential savings if scaled. The committee hears that some districts in Cork show positive local impact, and questions whether 200 migrants per year could effect broader relief in Ireland.
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Ireland
Canada
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Qeehos
Csavadgar
Rubinson
Cnw
Commissaria
Prescott
Ramsay
Eee
Cork
Mallow
Newmarket
Lower Canada
Church of
Kingland
Upper Canada
Nhatta
Quebec
Cathulocaurch
Dublin
Emigration to Canada and Catholic establishments
A discussion on Irish emigration to Canada covers capital flow, employability, and the roles of Catholic and Protestant establishments. Emigrants numbered many artisans and laborers seeking work, with Canada offering lands, clergy support, and a generally religiously tolerant environment. The dialogue compares Protestant and Catholic land grants, tithes, and funding, and notes that emigration could aid capital return if properly directed through colonial policy and clergy coordination.
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America
Lower Canada
Retracts From Evidence On Emigrant Shipment From Ireland
Testimony details how emigrants were selected focusing on dispossessed small farmers with agrarian backgrounds. Early public terms caused suspicion that government plan was to remove people, but later interaction with veterans and settlers improved willingness to migrate. The inquiry notes the Canada settlement context and public sentiments as portrayed in Mr Robinson’s statement.
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Ireland
Canada
Abstrats from the Evidence O1OB Lord Killeen Questioning
Lord Killeen discusses the forty shilling freeholder system and its impact on property rights and representation. He notes subdivision into many small holdings harms landowners and questions how altering the qualification would affect the constitutional principle of representation and the influence of smaller tenants.
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Freeholdera
Ireland
Butter Trade Crisis Echoes Irish Agricultural Woes
Waterford Chronicle notes a ministers' consideration of a Dutch proposal to remove import duties on British goods in exchange for scrapping duties on Dutch butter and cheese. The potential shift could boost British manufacturers’ exports to Batavia and Indian possessions, but would worsen Irish butter competition in England. The piece warns Liberal trade moves may ignite anxiety in Butter Trade policy.
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Ireland
Netherlands
England
Batavia
Holland
Henry Pawnee
Waterford
Inquest Returns Verdict in Ballinamona Burial Case
Priday last James Bennett Esquire Coroner for County held an inquest on the body of Dunis Gr at Ballinamona. A verdict of wilfat mucer was returned against a person who has absconded. On Sunday another inquest spoke for Ellen Mor, Andy George, and Mary Ryan who perished in a hut fire on the lands of Cappan endict according to the Limerick Chronicle. Dublin printed and published at the Qffie Parliament street.
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Priday
James Bennett
Dunis Grat
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