The Express.
London, England, 1863-10-02 00:00:00

ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE BOAT INSTITUTION.

Yesterday a meeting of this Institution was held
at It. home, Joheatreet, Adelphi, Captain Sir Edward
Permit, Bart, Vice-Preident, in the chair. A payment of
ii 10s. ed. was ordered to be made to defray the expenses
of the Southport lifeboat, belonging to the society, in res-
cuing the master's wife and child, and twelve of the crew of
the barque St. lIIIMPOOS, of Liverpool, which daring • gale
of wind and heavy surf, bad 'treaded on the &Moues Sand-
banks on the Lancashire oast, on the 20th ult. The
eaplaiu and three of the crew refused to leave the vessel,
awl the Lytham lifeboat, which elm belongs to the insti-
Milos, afterwards put off with the view of amine them, but
tMy remained firm in their determination not to quit the
clip and the lifeboat returned to the shore. In the coarse
of the night they left the ship in their own boat, and had •
Narrow temper of their lives. The institution also voted 81.
to pay the expense. of the lifeboat The Lytbem lifeboat
meet off spiv, sal ultimately succeeded in bringing the
venni into port, much to the satisfaction of the owner, who
witamed the persevering and gallant exertions of the life-
boat's crew, and made them a very bndorm• present. Both
lifeboats behaved admirably es themeesudeme. The South-
port lifeboat wee • gift to the moiety by Mr.
James Knowles, of &girl Murk, end the Lytham
lifeboat • gift by Mr. Themes Clayton of Wakefield.
Rewards amounting to 211. were greeted to the memo( the
Widmer end Holyhead Motivate of the institution for putties
off, in reply to signals of distress from vends, although
their services were not ultimately required. A reward of
21. was granted to two fishermen for putting of and saving
the lives' of four men, who, whilst recently mekiag for the
shore off Yarmouth. Isle of Wight, were splaed from
their boat during blowier* weather. A reward was voted
to a boat's crew of four men for putting off and rescuing
three out of wiz names who had been capsized from their
boat off Rollmop, in Carlingford Lough. Two ladies and
one gentlemen had nefortunately perished on the occasion
before mistime* could reach them from the shore. A re-
ward wee voted to a boat's crew for going off and eerie' the
lives of two sailors belonging to • Norwegian vessel lying
to the Downs. The men, who had bees on shore, were
returning to the ship in • small boat, whim they were over-
taken by a sudden squall that impaired bee. Some Deal
boatmen observing the accident immediately put off, and
succeeded in saving the drowning men. Various other
reverse were also voted to the crews of shoe* boats for
swirl life from wrecks. A resolution was passed ex-
presso* of the institution's deep eympathy with
the widow of the late Admiral Washiegtoe,
hydrographer of the Admiralty. The gallant ad.
aural had, daring a long series of years, rendered
important 'mime to the lifeboat came, and sate-
redly misted, in conjunction with the Deka et North-
umberland, in resuscitating the Umlauting ie 1851. lt was
reported • that the late Mr. Milborne Williams, of WWl-
church, Somerset, bad left the society • legacy of 501„ and
that the institution bad lifeboats reedy to be sent to
homes, Swansea, Arklow, and Teimmoatb. The Rev.
it. a Batton, rector of /type, near Hundirreee, bed sect
the widely :11. its. ed. as • thankofferies from his conmera.
Nos for the abandeat harvest of the present year. Mr.
Mich..' Staid, of Beebrolie-house, bed forwarded to the
Mutilation the liberal donation of 1001. Payments, emanat-
ing to 5001., having been made os various lifeboat establish-
mats, the proceedings tormiaated.

EfnusgzoLD.—lf in any family in
the kingdom pure bread would be expected to be locust It ts In
that of bar Meat eracloul Majesty Mimes Victoria, and we Ind
the Queen private below prenouncea Barwick's Baking Powder
"a most excellent and useful Invention." The same holgrnent
has by thousand, id Walken been pmnonneed upon this powder,
which Is now extensively used eirogsboat the length and breadth
of the lend.--iAdverttesmant)