The Express.
London, England, 1863-06-05 00:00:00

ROYAL NATIONAL LIARBOAT INSTITUTION.

A meeting of this institution was held yesterday,
at its bones, John-street, Adelphi ; THOMAS CILAPYAN,
Esq., F.R.S., vice president, in the chair. A reward of
141. was voted to the crew of the New Brighton tabular
lifeboat of the institution, for their laudable exertions in put-
ting off in tow of the steam-tug Universe, of Liverpool, and
rescuing, during a strong wind, and in a heavy sea, the crew
of ten men from the brig Levant, of Bristol, which had
stranded on the inside of the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay,
on the 11th ult. ; also 81. Lis. to pay the expense
of the Hastings lifeboats of the society in going off and
saving the crew of four men from the smack &lianas%
of Ramsgate, which was totally wrecked on the Fist Groyne
Rocks, off Hastings, during a gale of wind on the 19th ult.
Mr. Roe, chief offiosr of the coast guard, was thanked by
the institution for going off in the lifeboat on the occasion.
The Lyme Regis lifeboat of the institution was also the
means of rescuing from destruction the schooner Vulcan, of
that place, which was observed, during a heavy gale of wind,
to be rapidly driving on the rocks off Lyme Regis, on
the 19th ult. This valuable lifeboat had, on one or
two previous occasions rescued shipwrecked crews under
the most perilous circumstances during dark stormy wea-
ther. Various other rewards were likewise voted to the
crews of other lifeboats of the society, and to those of shore
boats for putting off with the view of suooouricg vessels in
distress. The second service clasp of the institution was
voted to Mr. G. Beataon, inspecting chief °Mow of coast
guard at Fnuierburgh, and the silver medal of the society
to Mr. Alexander Forbes, shipbuilder of Peterhead, and the
thanks of the institution inscribed on vellum to W. J.
Parsons, A. Gray, and J. Simmons, and Si. to them and to
two other coast-Fiord men, in testimony of their gallant
conduct in rescuing at considerable risk of life eleven out of
fourteen of the crew of the ship Genoa, of Liverpool, which
during a very heavy gale of wind and high surf was
wrecked some time since on Rattray Brigs rocks near
Peterhead. A reward of 10/. was also voted to the crew of
a fishing yawl, for putting off and rescuing at risk of life the
crew of ten men from the brig Faith, of Colchester, which
during a gale of wind and very heavy sea was wrecked on
Blakeney Bar on the 19th ult. A reward of 41. was also
voted to the crew of a fishing smack for putting off and
rescuing the crew of thirteen men and a pilot from the
brig Alli, of HeLingfors, which during squally weather was
wrecked some time since on the Hasborough Send, on the
Norfolk coast. A reward of 5/. was likewise granted to the
crew of the smack John Hooper, of Plymouth, for rescuing
the crew of four men from the ketch Helena, of Newport,
Monmouth, which bad nook during a strong gals of wind
near the Eddystone Lighthouse, on tbe 18th of March last.
It was reported that the executors of the late Mrs. Ann
' Cutto bad paid to the society her munificent bequest of
' 1,0001. The trustees of the late Mr. Jame* Miller, of
Glasgow, had also paid to the institution • legacy of 1001.
left to it by that gentleman. It was also stated that at the
annual meeting of the Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows,
held on Saturday last, it had been resolved to make • volun-
tary subscription throughout the order in aid of the
National Lifeboat Institution, in consideration of its *Liu.
thropic and national character. it was likewise reported
: that Lieutenant William Farquhar, R.N., of H.M.S. Race-
' horse, on the China station. had forwarded a kind donation
of M. to the institution. Payments amounting to 384/.
having been made on various lifeboat establishments, the
proceedings terminated.