The Express.
London, England, 1867-12-10 00:00:00

TO THE 'DMZ OT TITS EXPRZES.

Sin, —I trust you will kindly allow me to state
through the medium of the Daily News, for the informa-
tion of lifeboat crews and others, that Mr. Matthew
Butcher, the honorary secretary of the National Lifeboat
Institution at Great Yarmouth, tells me in • communica-
tion I had the pleasure to receive from him this morning,
that none of the six poor men who formed a portion of
the crew of the Gorlestone Beschmen's Lifeboat which
upset on the 3rd ivat., and who perished on that disastrous
occasion, had on • lifebeit. This institution had the
pleasure to present a few years ago to the crew of
the lifeboat in question • complete set of cork lifebelts,
precisely like those worn by the crew' of its own lifeboats.
It is a stringent condition in the rules of this institution
that no roan without having on a lifebelt shall go afloat
in its lifeboats on occasions of service. Sometimes there
is actually a difficulty in keeping the men in the heaviest
weather out of the hfeboats of the . institution, and on
these occasions those men who have first succeeded in pft•
'easing themselves of alifebelt, have the choice to go afloat
in the boat. Unfortunately, the natural carelessneu of
this class of men, as in the case of miners, leads them too
often to neglect the means of safety even when placed in
their hands. I am induced to make these few remarks at
the present time, in order that full and continued weight
may be given to the value of lifebelts. I may add that
during the past 15 years, out of the many thousand per-
sons who have been afloat in the boats of the National
Lifeboat Institution in heavy seas and bad weather, only
18 persons have been lost during that period from all
causes. A wore striking illustration of the safety of the
society's lifeboats, and of the value of the lifebelta, cannot
possibly be given.—l am, Ike., RICHARD LBWIS.
Royal National Lifeboat Institution, 14, John-street,
Adolph', Dec. 9.

PROPOSED FENIAN DEMONSTRATION IN LIVER-
" funeral procession," to take place on the 15th,
was placarded in Liverpool on Sunday last, and handbills
distributed at the doors of various Roman catholic chapels
in the town. The police authorities, however, having the
power under a local act of parliament to prevent proces-
sions passing through the streets of the borough, promptly
interfered; the placards were torn down, sod the distributors
of bills warned to desist from their operations. It is be-
lieved that for the most part the catholic clergy of the
town discountenance the proposed demonstration. Yes-
terday morning Mr. Clint, chairman of the watch
committee, and Major Creig, the head constable,
had an interview with the mayor on the sub-
ject, during which It was reported that if the proces-
sion wereallowed to take place there would inevitably be
• collision between the orangemen and the catholic., which
might have the most serious results. It is understood
that the mayor will have either to-day or to-morrow a
conference with the catholic clergy, and that of ter the repre-
sentations made to him by Mr. Clint and the chief con-
stable he will issue notices forbidding the procession.
Later yesterday afternoon a number of leading members of
orange lodges had an interview with the mayor, and stated
that if it coat them their lives, the orangemen of the town
would interfere to put a atop to a procession on the part
of Fenian. or Roman eatbolics, and urged his worship to
use all his efforts to prevent the demonstration taking
place.
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