The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-06 00:00:00

Royal National Lifeboat InstitutiolL

A meeting of this institution was held yesterday
at its house, John-street, Adelphi—Thomas Chap-
man, EEq., V.P., in the chair. There were
also present Sir Edward G. L. Perrott, Bart, Ad-
miral Gordon, George Lyall, Dq., M.P., Colonel
Palmer, Admiral Hall, C. 8., F.R.S., Alexander
Boetefeur, Esq., Admiral M'Hardy, W. H. Harton,
Esq., Captain Ward, R.N. (inspector of lifeboats of
the institution), and Richard Lewis, Esq. (the sec-
retary).
The minutes of the previous meeting having been
read, a reward of £6 was also voted to the cie Kr of
the Withernaea lifeboat of the society, for going off
and rescuing a fishing boat and her crew of three
men on the 16th ult. A reward of £9 was also
granted to the crew of the New Brighton tubular
lifeboat, belonging to the institution, for going off
to the barque Corea, of Guernsey, which had
stranded during squally weather on Taylor's Bank,
Liverpool, on the 19th ult. A reward of £9 was
likewise voted to the crew of the Campbeltown life-
boat of the institution, for saving the master and.
crew of 12 men from the Norwegian barque Iris,
of Stavanger, in Machrihanish Bay, near the Mull
of Cantyre. A reward of £5 10s. was also granted.
to the crew of the lifeboat stationed at Castletown,
Isle of Man, for rescuing the crew of the schooner
Water Lil:y, of Pwllhell. A reward of £H
was likewise voted to the crew of the lifeboat of the
society at Lossiemouth for going off and saving the
crew of three men from the sloop Barbara, of Burg-
head, which was totally wrecked during the heavy
gale of wind off Lossiemouth, on March 11. A.
reward of 16 was also voted to the crew of the life&
boat belonging to the institution at Scarborough,
for going off and saving one man from the smack
Howard, of Grimsby, which was totally wrecked off
Scarborough on March 27. A reward of £lO was
likewise granted to the crew of the Sheringham

(Norfolk) lifeboat for putting off and saving the
crew of five men from the French lugger Chasseur,
which had struck on some rocks near the village of
Sheringham during some stormy weather on the 7th.
March. Rewards amounting to £O2 were likewise
granted to the crews of various shore and fishing
boats for going off and saving the following ship—
wrecked crews on difftrant parts of the coast of the,
United Kingdom—Schooner Britannia, of New
Quay, two men saved ; fishing boat of Shetland,
two; sloop Shamrock, of Wicklow, two; pilot boat

in distress off Lerwick, seven ; smack Mary Ann,
of Portleone, seven ; brig Palladiam, of Shields,
seven; brig Undaunted, of London, seven; fishing
boat in distress off Hilton, Ireland, five; brig
Alice, of Newcastle, nine; fishing-boat, ok
Cul lercoats, four; Norwegian sloop, Syken,
of Stavanga, five; and brig Sane, of Wise-
beach, six ; total, 63 lives saved. It was re-

ported that the French Government had requested

the favour of the institution to order for it three
lifeboats, to b 3 stationed on exposed points of the
French coast. The lifeboat builders, Messrs,
Forrest, had also ready two lifeboats to send to
Holland and Bremen. A report was read from the
assistant-inspector of lifeboats, Captain D. Robert-
son, R.N., on his recent visit of inspection of its
lifeboats on the Irish cast, all of which he found in.
excellent order. It is stated that Captain Reed.
R.N,, of Marlborough, was collecting, in Wiltshire.
the cost of a lifeboat station; and that Mr R. Affieck,

of Manchester, and Mr W. Bishop, of Boston, and
other commercial travellers, were raising amongst
themselves the expense of a lifeboat establishment.
Legacies had recently been received by the institu.
don from the executors of the following persons :
The late Mr Milborne Williams, of Whirchurch,
£45; Mr W. Websdale, of Ipswich, £79 16s ; Mr
Samuel Clark, of Huddersfield, £l4 lOs ; Mrs Ann
Thompson, of Blackheath, £B2 8s Id. Edmund
Clowes, Esq., had also forwarded to the inst, tution
a donation of 100 guineas. The institution di, tided
on issuing some new instructions for the restora don
of the apparently drowned, based on the combined
ptineipies of Dr, Marshall Hall and Dr. H. 11.
Silvester. Payments amounting to nearly X 1,200
having been made on various lifeboat
orents, the proceedings terminated.

THE WOMEN OF ALABAMA.—An Alabama paper,
the Columbus Sun, says :—" D. C. Humphrey has

issued a peace proclamation to the people of Alabama, which
is not read, much less observed. A man named Greets gave
:s, Miss Juliette Chapman a bundle of them to hand to her
friends. Upon being told what they were she, tossing them
into the river which she was crossing. replied—' Do you.
think, sir, that I would boar such papers to my countrymen r
and turned in contempt from the wretch. There, now, said
Greets, ' look at that ; how can We have peace when the
women carry on so r A few Federal officers wore looking.
on. The Federal officers endeavour to ingratiate themselves
into good society, but the ladies will not notice them. They
gave a concert, promenade, and supper, issued the gold-
edged tickets right end left; I,?nt n9t a sinle
would uttend,"