The Express.
London, England, 1860-08-02 00:00:00

ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.

An extraordinary general court of the governors
of the Royal HllllllOOO Society was held yesterday aftennion
at the board room of the offices, Trafalgar-square ; Mr. B.
Bond Cabbell, V.P., in the chair. After some fonual busi-
ness the secretary (Mr. Larnbton J. H. Young) lead the
minutes of the committee, which contained the following
miolution, as to dig late treasurer, Mr. Benjamin Hawes :
"That the committee, before proceeding to the onlinary
business of the day, desire to express their unanimous
appreciation of the great value of the services rendered by
the late treasurer to the society for nearly seveuty years,
and toesictird their sincere esteem, remird, amid respect,,
which his personal character, his urbanity as chairman, and
his unaffected zeal in the cruise of the preservation of life
secured to him during this long period, through the whole
of which he devoted himself with singular consistency and
ability to the promotion of the great object for which the
society was establialied in 1774 by his father, Dr. Hawes."
On the motion of the chairman this resolution was confirmed,
end a copy of it ordered to be sent to the bereaved family.
The following summary of the caeca that have come under
the operations of the society since December last was re-
ported :—Cases read, 59 ; successfully treated, 03 ; beyond
recovery, 8 ' • attempted suicide, 11 ; reward cases as speci-
fied below, 8 ; Hyde-park, cases read, 16 ; successfully
baited, 10 ; beyond recovery, 2 ; found drowned, 4 ; at-
, tempted suicide, 2. The following cases were recommended
by the committee for rewards for the gallant conduct reca-
pitulated in the various instances :—Frederick Cowell, sea-
man, Areta, in May, 185.'1, saved a hoe off Cape Leuwin,
Australia, who fell from the rigging u the vessel was going
at the rate of 9 knots an hour—silver medal. Mr. W. f.
Beaumont, third officer of Peninsular and Oriental steamer
Heddiugton, attempted to save J. J. Wigan, an apprentice,
at sea, ou the 25th of October, 1858—silver medal.
Peter Seeker, A. 8., her Majesty's ship Ruby,
saved William Borthwick, AM. who WM thrown Off
with another man in a collision off flataborough Head, Dec.
28, 1859, silver medal. Mr. J. Cameron, boatswain of her
Majesty's ship Queen, attempted to save Mich. Sinclair,
A. 8., of the same ship, who, on the 10th of May, 1860, fell
between that vessel and the Bellerophon hulk. F. Davis,
a seaman on board the Bellerophon, who was sick in his
berth, also leapt in the water to save Sinclair; silver medals
were awarded to both. Mr. W. lieygate, of
Hero, who saved the life of William Savage, his butler, on
the 17th Feb., 1841). The butler accidentally fell into a
brick reservoir, 15 feet deep, and partially covered with ice,
and Mr. Heymite heal in.,. cries for awietance ruehod from the
dining-room and plunged in, and after diving several times
succeeded in bringing the body to the surface, and with
great difficulty supported it, die edge of the brickwork
of the reservoir being 4 feet below the ground—
silver medal. Mr. E. H. Seymour, her Majesty's ship Ira-
perieuse, for maleavouring to save private T. S. Parks,
R.M., at Rhio Straits, China, jumping overboard after biro
in a place known to be much infested with sharks—silver
medal. James Bean, A. 8., her Majesty's ship Hannibal,
saved Henry Arnold, at sea, on the 26th February, 1860—
silver medal. A letter of thanks was also sent to Cliptain
Parkin, who also jumped in atter Arnold; but Captain
Parkin stated in his account of the transaction, that but for
Beau, who reached him first, Arnold must have been
drowned, as he could not swim. Josiah Morgan raved
Eliza Strout, a lunatic, who jumped into the river tisk,
neer Abergavenuy, the water being at the time intensely
cold from the snow from the hills, and the tide running very
strong—silver medal. Certain alterations in the rules were
then made, sad the election of trustees and members of the
committee proceeded with. The election of treasurer vice
Mr. B. Hawes was defezred, and the usual vote of thanks
to the chairman ten:Mated the business.