The Express.
London, England, 1859-06-16 00:00:00

ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.

The eighty-fifth anniversary of this institution
wee celebrated last evening, in accordance with long-
established custom, by s Agora at the Fremantle Tams.
The Hoe. G. H. C. nsito, Y.P. p evaded; end there were
also present fir B. Hewes, Hr. W. Slava, Mr. F. Dundee,
M.P., Sir W. &taint, the Hon. T. J. Wynn, !Sc., dr.
The Qom, the patron of Use imitation ; the Prince Con-
sort, the Prince of Wales, end the rest of the royal family
and the Army and Navy,imetived the honours invariably pad
an each occasions and
.

-Bir B. Hawes. as officially .nected with that depart.
went of the public 11111,101. returned thanks for the anuy,
whose achievements fa the Russian war he celled special
attention to, and coneraboisted the country upon the het
that the Queen's troops had never fought in animal with cc
for the support of despotism.

The medals were distribute.' to than who had been
anoseaskl in ;wiling lives, the principal recipients bring
Mr. Myers, who, on the 23rd March, 1868, rearmed a
child, four years old, who bad fallen into the
Old Croydon Canal; Mr. Summer., • youth apparently
of about 18 years old, who rescued two ladim and • gentleman
off Cork ; the Hon. T. J. Wynn, who saved a companion,
Mr.V. Hemel), who was seized with cramp while swimming;
Mr. Thomas D. Lees, a gentlemen who ham been for eight
y~eeaars totally blind, rescued a child at Si. Andrew's, Fife ; M.•
Jamas Fosse, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, and mer-
chant of Besocaiss, whose redoes ancomees in saving life
from droving were thus summed up In the report of the
society— 'He was but ten jOllll old when he gave the
greatest proof. of his courage and eelf-dental In saving the
life ti young Chills, aged 18, who war near being drowsed
M the river -Rhone. From that time to the p'esent not one
year has elapsed that be has not saved eeveral persons from a
similar death. It would require en especial work to describe
all his sublime action* of devotion-6 medals of the second-
class 3 of the Bret-des. in gold, the viz. medal of Montyon,
and the creel of the Legion of Honour, are all monuments of
he. glory which set mute than writing. He has ravel from
the waves of the Rhone more than sizty pinions, who owe
their lives to him, and It is impoesible to enumerate all who,
during the great inundation in 1836, were rescued from
death by his manly intrepidity ; during eight thy. and nights
be never ceased rescuing the untorenate inundated.
A village of 1.800 persona, Immersed to the first
floor in the water all owed their mfety to Fora alone."'
This gentleman, whose breast was adorned with eerie.
decorteiono, and who added tree silver medal of the society to.
lbs number, was present, and retuned thanks fa French.
concluding a brief bat eloquent addrom wi'h the ezelasa.
lion " Viva rimmed Vive rAnglemne et I. IF.Oe'
Another recipient was Lord Hastings, for saving the Mfr of
Mr. H. B. Gough, at Woodsiow-on.the-ruir. /dim Bow-
bottom, a young lady 16 you* of age, who was Irment, re-
ceived the medal Lw merlon, her brother, two years olth Lm
a tack ten hat deep. Mary Hector.. for mewing mem OM
et
Bummer by heeling them up Geer a Oil Bub-constable
Ramsey, of the Irish polio., for loving a drovinhig woman
at Cull ; and Thomas Grifllths der saving a boy, right years
a age, as Hridperater, and vino mid that he had saved Aiken
lives from drowsing at Bridgewater and three at Burlingham,
were similarly rewarded.
Tree health of the enairmta, the hemmer, Mr. B. Mawea,
on., who it was stated was now in hia 110th year end had never
mimed me banquet until this for T 3 years, the bi.hcips end
clergy who had preached Lw the 7, and several other
toast., were dunk, and a liberal shorten In aid of she fund*
of the moiety osocluded the proceedings.
Mr. Higgs was the toaotma.tcr, and en efficient musical
Cliricomprising Mies Poole, ML..Wails, Mews. Hulks,
,Ctramin., and Lawler, contributed to the &MILER,'
lama of the moon by their vocal perkmiancirei

ROYAL NATIONAL LIFIIIOAT larriturioN.—
Dlr. F. R. Migeois, a yaclitematt, has premated the nun of
1001. to this haiitaque. Two or three pan ago Mr. Mae
genii liberally astral the society in siatiocisz on a &a-
prons plot of the man • lifeboat, which in nem bare li-
neamental dating some fearful storm. in rescabig 16 psalms
from Wen& le death by shipwreck.
ROYAL COLLEGE OP Sitaaroxs.—At a special
meeting of the Court of Fssaiaer., on lite 15th SAL. kin
Trail. de Lisa, of Cancans, Venezuela, b.vmr
the matisary examinations, was aditii.led • merser tit/
Collage. It toe be &meninx to the professes to know
that the fur a statue to John Hooter &Seedy
exceed 1,0001.
ORTIMAL PALAOS... OPERA CONCERT
Bow SUILLI/106 AND StIPIENCR—WILLINISDAT, duos
I 16. 6'____' P610,*". 2,618 i Clue. be swam ticases,
1 SAM Total slalom 4,634,