The Express.
London, England, 1861-06-04 00:00:00

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No. 4,621.1

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THIS EVENlNG—Proluction
of the owed spectacle wit► :ire scenery. Invites, At of
MAZIWPA. supported by Mr. James Holloway and a moat
powerful Druntate Company. To be followed b> M 'EN Ls IN
Tilt ilk' LE The Rocky Illoetotitla Wooa4ra Coucludl•p with
• comic ballet —Rotated pekes.

THE ROYAL HUMAYS
The anniversary meeting of this society was held
yesterday,at the Freemasons' Tavern, at half-peat 2 o'clock l •
the Duke of Sourness, M.G., in the chair.
It appeared from the report reed by Mr:;.T. H. Limbton
(the secretary), that during the past year 156 cuss, latently'
with risk to the lives of 167 persons, had been brought under
the notice of the society, and of the persons so immersed,
172 were successfully treated, the remaining 15 having been
' pest recovery. Among these uumbers were included 27 cases
of attempted suicide. During the same period the society,
conferred as rewards for gallantry to those who risked their
own lives to save the lives of their fellow-creatures, 24
honorary silver and 65 honorary braise medals, and 14
vellum and 16 parchment testimonials. They also voted
pecuniary rewards to 72 other persons (including landlords
of receing-houses for prompt admission and treatment of
bodies) for their exertions, and for affording accommodation
for medical treatment. During the last twelvemonth no
less than 68,792 persons bathed in the Serpentine river in
the morning and the evenings, when the society's boats
were in 'attendance, and out of that number there were 27
casualties, of which two were fatal, from not having been
discovered until beyond recovery. Five other individuals
were also saved from committing suicide, through the watch- '
fulness and prompt exertions of the society's boatmen. Dur-
ing the late frost the skaters and sliders in the parks and
Kensington-gardens were estimated at 563,470, of whom
146 had been rescued from drowning by the applisoces of
the society, viz., 15 in the Regent's-park, 51 in Kensington-
gardens and Hyde-park, and 80 in St. James's-wk. The
committee gratefully acknowledged the valuable aid ren-
dered by the medical officers of the society, whose gratuitous
services had been cheerfully and readily rendered for the
fitifilment of the objects of the institution, and which •
had been one great cause of its somas. Since the establish-
ment of the society the number of lives saved and restored
in this country, and mostly in or near the metropolis, was
30,000.
The CHAIRMAN presented Dr. Christian with the gold
medal of the society, as an acknowledgment of his ham&
during the apace of 15 years, rendered his gratuitous eel-
vicee to the society, and for having saved many lives by his
exertions. Ho also presented a silver medal to Dr. Mackin-
tosh, who swam to the relief of a soldier who sank whilst
bathing near Fort George, Guernsey, on the 9th of July,
1859.

Sliver medals were also presented to the following gentle-
men for gallant services in saving life :--Mr. Pilbrow, third
officer of the steamer Hindostan ; Mr. Austin Cooper,
second officer of the ship Agincourt; Mr. Amsted*
Rouneaklo ; Donald Urquhart, a sailor ; Ensign Chute and
Private Quigley, of the Bth King's Regiment ; the Rev. Dr.
Samuel Marcus Dell, of Ballymena ; Captain Edward
Hardin a, of her Majesty's ship Penian ; Mr. Marton.
Mr. THOMAh E. BAlag, the treasurer, read the financial
report, horn which it appeared that the income of the so-
ciety during the year from dividends, donation., and sub-
scriptions, amounted to 1,8971. 12s. 7d., whilst the expenses
amounted to 1,6891. 6s. 2d., leaving a balance in band of
2061. 13a. sd. He also referred to the service of the society's
superintendent is the park, whore salary they had raised
401. per annum.
Among the 'peahen were Sir Wm. Fraser, Lord Henniker,
Mr. Montagu Gars, Mr. Henry Formal, the Rev. Henry
Jackson, and Mr. Hawes.
The report was adopted, as were resolutions affirming the
vest usefulness of the society, and pledging the meeting to
its support.