The Express.
London, England, 1856-09-05 00:00:00

PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECX.

Yesterday s resetiog of the Royal National Life-
boat lostitutlm was held at its how, John-street, Adolph' ;
Capt. Ltlll3lllT Fuson in the chair. Them ware use
present.—The 1t... C. B. (Nibble, MA. ' • Capt. Halsted.
R.N„ Lloyd's ; Bdwd. Hurry. Zs Capt.ll. Hardy, RN.,
James Peak*, Bag., sad Capt. Ward, R N., Inspector of
Life-boats to lbs Institution.
Mr. Lewis, the secretary, having reed the minutes albs
peerless woestiag.
The silver medal of the institution and 61. were voted to
a sailer aimed William Callaway, of Lyms Rsgta, is
acknowledsthest of his very gallant *Deduct by plumping
lath the sea la attempting to moue a man wh, was esprised
from a beat sear that place on the occasion of the late
regatta at Lyrae. Callaway was in the leading boat It the
tiro*, but es mein the aseideat he immediately bon
down to the saredged boat, saved two of her crew,
sad afterwards threw off his clothes and plunged into the
sea to the ensue of the third mast, who ova. unable to swim.
Ho memaded to groping him by the hair, and thus sup-
him shove thyammere water for a yammer of as hoer. Cal-
Cre:'s owe boat bad by this time been driven tameldembly
to leeward by tbs violence of the squall, and was therefor*
amebae to erode, any emir scree. At length a trawler berg
up tether, sad her grew threw out a rope, which Callaway
caught sad twisted *sued his diseogaged arm to snare it.
But the trawler wee going with sash velocity through the
water at the time, that immediately on the tightening of
the rope, the violence of the jerk dragged him and the us-
(*enlists sea, whom be was still supporting, and who was
new perfectly massless, under the water Callaway was thus
compelled to loose his grasp as his own life was nnw in lot-
marmot danger. The naba,py man, Thomas Hodder' wee
drowsed ; bat Callaway was mosidered to have acted with
mesh bravery and promptitude on the cam ion, and to bare
freely hazarded his own life In the duty of sarcouriag a
brother railer.

dl. 10a. wee also voted to the erew of the
life boat of the imatitation stationed at Barmouth, in son-
&Monti.a of their landsble seniors in patting of in the
life boat sad miming the crew of three men of the smack
Aim sad Catherine, which was stranded near the old light-
house of that phis, daring a heavy sale of wind on the
26th of July.
A reward of 61. 104 was likewies granted to the mew of
the life boat of the society stationed at Buie haven, for
patties off is the boat on the 13th alt., with the view of
modulate sallstasee to a vessel which was obsierted to the
dis'anes to Item a missal of distress flying. Before the life
beet had, hewever, bees a mile from the shore the ship was
Ihrtemately NM to pall down her colours and stand off to
see. The sealatimane• of this excellent life host received
valuable moistena from Sir Thomas Dike Ached, But.,
M.P., who, with his eharacterietic benevolense, built, et •
eossiderable expense, • house for her reception, and Übe-
welly eentribeted towards the firm cost of the boat.
A reward of 2/. was also voted to a fisherman named lotto
Peet, of Torquer. la consideratia• of his asluat•lie Pervious
la reemiag with his boat, is which be wee alone. two moose
whose boat bed leak dada, • heavy squall off Noose Poise,
which la about eight miles from the land.
A reword of MM. wee also voted to the mew of 15 men of
a Pakslsld yawl lo teeklaway of their gallant misdeal in
reseals( at reediewebit risk to their lives the crew of five
sees of the Free& deep Garland, which, daring thick
weather, woe worked ea the Newton* sand on the evades
of the 12th July lost. The seta Miele g observed • vessel CM the
sends immediately lireneked their yawl. On orates the
vessel they saw her striking against the sand, sad drifting
to browsed through the broken wider, which made it un-
safe for the yawl to vesture to sporoaoh her t but ea
bamboo the elooe's grew shrieking for help, sod helleviteg
the poser fellows' lives to be is great danger, the yawl men
nobly resolved to risk all la ea effort to save their fellow-
creatures. They fortunately succeeded fa their humane
effort, sod landed them In safety late in the night st Peke-
field. We trust that this gallant @trete will be trought
seder the amble of the Emperor of rho French.
The weed service sleep wes olio voted to Lieut. Gould?
R.N. (to whom the silver medal of the isetitution wee voted
for preview. services is 1845), for ressmine, with his boat's
crew of sic most, who bed received 251. for esivego, OR two
trips, sic psnees, including the captain's wife end • lady
possessor, from the brig George Lord, which, dor-
ies a strong gale was wrreked neer Brook Coast
Guard station, Isle of Wight. Immediately the +reek was
observed lambast Gould bad his boat conveyed on •
weggce opposite the ship, and baviog lowered her over the
cliff., be, with his tam, pat off in the boat. and brogstt beta
the wreck the captain sad his wife, a lady ra meager, sad
three of the elev. . . .

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It is somewhat singular that notwithetsodiept that bit
Majesty the Quintiles &residence on the island, there is not
a duple life-boat Matins neer the place Surely this mast
be an oversight, arising from the fart never having teen re-
oreseased to the paper authorities. We have seen what
Sir T. D. Aland end others have done in similar sues, end
we trust that soother winter will not he allowe i to pass
;,...i.autt,sout.ytterzPerie,
without.. ancient lifeboat, Guth es this imitation eels
soaddently recommend, being plved on the Lie of Wipht.
It war stated that at the recast Yarmouth regatta some
interesting trials were made with various life-boats and
other liberegerving sops , which were of a very satis-
factory character. Francis's Americen lib -.miss ear,
which was presseted to the institution by A. W. Jarsy.
Req., mereitset, of fit. Mildred's-ceert, was also imecessfully
experimeated with on the wastes.
A rocket, with lies attached, wr s thrown over a life-boat
off tot he We-
athered at about 120 yards from ilia beach, aid a hawses
having been carried out the tor was hauled coop it be-
twee the boat and the shore, hut fluting in the water.
I Four Mont boatmen and a patleman ratmde..ah..grhore..i.noyit
t:l7,ubm6tely3slaiwassireinyuatibiartunlianthasiendetnhhcessets,dwithout the ad-
' miring of heals air. The water was amo,th enmesh at the
tine, bat it Wm considered that the advantage of tbe ear
over an of the ordinary open eonveyar ors hitherto in me
low simily ar service would have been much nacre apparent in
a heavy am, from the violence of which the inmates of tue
ear would be so effectually protected. Many persons present
co the measles bad witnessed trials of the ordinarykora.
mental. mae—mek as slings, mate, buoys, tie , ha' their
'moral onialen was that the car Is 'apt tiny to any of them.
It woe likewise reported that the forthcoming camber of
the Li* Boat Jelerned of the society would errata's a de.
railed descriptson, with severe) illusreatinns, of sae life•
boat sow adopted with en mush memos by the ins•Putim.
We trust that through the benevolence of the public this
lasiltation edit he eashied to plea many additional life-hosts
of thistles. no *swot the onset where now lives are too
frequently liwt frees the scat of sack means of meow la
the lieu of atria.
TN pesessibil them elem&