Rev. Traill Hall--Captain Caffin's
narrative--Soup-kitchens--Officials concealing the state of the
people--Provision for burying the dead--The boat's crew at a
funeral--State of Dingle--Father Mathew's
evidence--Bantry--Inquests--Catherine Sheehan--Richard Finn--Labours
of the Priests--Giving a dinner away--Fearful number of
deaths--Verdict of "Wilful murder" against Lord John Russell--The
Workhouse at Bantry--Estimated deaths--The hinged coffin--Shafto
Adair's idea of the Famine, 364
CHAPTER XIII.
The Irish Relief Act, 10th Vic., c. 7--Rapid expansion of Public
Works--They fail to sustain the people--Clauses of the new Relief
Act--Relief Committees--Their duties--Union rating. Principal clergy
members of Relief Committees--Duties of Government
Inspectors--Finance Committees--Numbers on Public Works in February,
1847--Monthly outlay--Parliament gives authority to borrow
L8,000,000--Reduction Of labourers on Public Works--Task work
condemned--Rules drawn up by new Relief Commissioners--Rations to be
allowed--Definition of soup--First Report of
Commissioners--Remonstrances--Quantity of stationery used--Cooked
food recommended--Monsieur Soyer comes to Ireland--His coming
heralded by the London Journals--His soup--Jealousy--M.
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