Westward Cork Migration by Sail 1815-1860 by John Sutton

PART I CALENDAR OF CORK EMIGRANT SHIP SAILINGS 1815-60

RELATED NEWS and EVENTS * Proposal for Better Standards on Transatlantic Ships to BNA

‘We have been favoured with copies of the bills: For regulating the carriage of passengers in merchant vessels to the British possessions on the continent and islands of North America , and of the bills: To amend and consolidate the laws relating to merchant seamen, and For forming and regulating a registry of the seamen ". The former has already been published, but some amendments in committee are made, the principle of which are: that vessels shall not carry more than 3 persons per 5 tons, and have 5½ feet height between decks, or a temporary platform where there is no deck, and 3 inches between the deck and lower tier of berths; 50 gallons pure water, and 70 lbs. weight of bread stuffs for each passenger; ships not having compliment of passengers may carry 8 cubical feet of freight for each passenger, between decks. A surgeon to every vessel carrying 100 and more passengers, and sufficient medicines if less; master to pay £20 for landing a passenger not at the port of contract; two children under 13, and 3 under seven years to count as a passenger; master to pay 1s per day to each passenger for unavoidable detention beyond the day of sailing; master obliged to feed and keep on board passengers 48 hours after anchoring in port; wrong list to be considered as a misdemeanor and master punishable by fine, from £5 to £20; master to give bond to Custom for £1000 that ship is seaworthy, and all rules and regulations by this act shall be performed; no suit to be maintained if more than 12 calendar months after arrival in America, or return home. The act not to apply to passenger vessels not having more than one passenger to every 5 tons. The act not to extend to Bermuda and West Indies’ (courtesy of Gilbert Bossé, Quebec Mercury , 28 Jul 1835: The Ships List ). * Port of Quebec Report Vessels and settlers, arrived in the Port of Quebec, during the present and past year, from the Register at the Exchange Reading Room: Years Vessels Tonnage Settlers 1834 1122 315,863 30,217 1835 1132 323,305 11,580 Showing an increase of 10 sail and 7,442 tons, which is accounted for by many heavy ships which arrived there, especially in the early part of the season. Settlers to Quebec have fallen by 18,637. Total emigration from the UK to North America was slightly reduced with a comparable distribution achieved between BNA and the US, and just a few emigrants for Australia. 1836 A-LIST

Ship

Captain

Cork Dep

Arrival

Voyage Emigrants

Source

TRY AGAIN ELIZA ANN

R Heacock

22 Mar

New York

passengers 1 2 8 passengers 1 8 passengers 1 8 passengers 1 8 passengers 1 8

William Hyde 7 Apr

St Andrews NB

URANIA

Thomas Cooper Clarke Robert Hall

9 Apr

Quebec

PALLAS LOCHIEL

10 Apr 15 Apr

Quebec

W Flynn

St John NB