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London, England, 1864-07-08 00:00:00

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Yesterday a meeting of this institution was held
at its house, John-street, Adelphi—Thomvs Chap.
man, Esq., F.R.S., vice-president, in the chair.
There were also present—Captain Sir Edward
Perrott, Bart., Colonel Palmer, Admiral Gordon,
George Lyall, Esq., M.P., Captain De St. Croix,
W. H. Harton, Esq., Captain Ward, R.N., inspn.
tor of lifeboats to the institution, c..nd Richard
Lewis, Esq., its secretary. The minutes of the
previous meeting having been read, a reward of £3
was voted to the crew, of three men, of a shore boat,
for putting off and saving at considerable risk of

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Naval and Military Intelligence►

The Duke of Somerset, K,G., First Lord of the Admi-
ralty, Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir F. W. Grey, K.C.8.,
and Rear-Admiral Charles Eden, C. 8., Lords Com-
missioners, accompanied by Captain Hall, R.N., private
secretary to the Duke of Somerset, arrived at Portsmouth
dockyard yesterday by morning train from London on their
expected visit to Portsmouth. Their lordships soon after
arrival went on float and on board the Royal Sovereign, 5-
gun turret ship, lying off at moorings in the harbour stream,
and just commissioned by Capt. Sherard Osborn, C.B. At
the conclusion of the inspection of this formidable ironclad,
they embarked on the Fare Queen, paddlewheel yaeht,which
conveyed them out to the Channel fleet anchored at Spit-
head. They paid a visit to Rear-Admiral S. C. De cres,C.B.,
on board his flagship, the Edgar, screw line of battle ship.
On returning from the harbour to the fleet they disembarked
at the dockyard, where, accompanied by Admirals Sir M.
Seymour and G. Elliot, they visited the royal paddle yacht
Alberta, No. 5, steam launch, twin screws, the steam basin,
and other objects of interest in the yard, afterwards embark-
ing on board the Admiral Superintendent's barge, and pro-
ceeding on board their new paddle yacht Enchantress. On
landing from the Enchantress their lordships, with Capt,
Hall, were conveyed in the Admiral's carriage to the rail-
way station, whence they proceeded to London.
The Immortalite, screw frigate, Capt. Hancock, was yes-
terday officially inspected at Portsmouth by Vice-Admiral
Sir M. Seymour, G.C.B. As soon as the inspection was
over her crew commenced the process of stripping and dis-
mantling, preparatory to paying out of commission.
Yesterday the Sydenham, 1,050 tons, Captain D. Tosh,
belonging to Messrs Wilson and Cook, which has been
chartered by the Hon Council of India for the conveyance
of reinforcements to the East Indies, embarked the follow-
ing troops from Government-quay, Gravesend, for Calcutta
—viz., Capt, P. Jackson, Capt. R, L. Tottenham, Lieut. Re
J. Bonner, and 103 non-commissioned officers and men of
of the Royal Artillery, from Woolwich; Lieut. C. Jones and
25 men of the lat battalion 20th Regiment, from Chatham ;
Lieut. W. James and wife and 51 non-commissioned officers
and men of the 42d Royal Highlanders, from Stirling ;
Capt. W. Gair and wife and 20 men of the 77th Regiment,
from Chatham; Capt. A, Willes, Lieut. E. V. Hunt, and
77 men of all ranks of the 104th Bengal Fusileers, from
Parkhurst; Capt. G. C. Lane, Ensign C. V. Eccles, and 45
non-commissioned officers and men of the 2d Battalion of
the Rifle Brigade, from Winchester; total, 366 men of all
ranks, with 31 women and two children, the whole in
medical charge of Staff-Assist -Surg. Johnson. Prior to the
troops proceeding on board the Sydenham was inspected by
Major-General Eyre, and the embarcation was effected under
the superintendence of Brigade. Major Con grove and the offi-
cers connected with the Quartermaster's Staff from Chatham
garrison. The Sydenham is fitted with Dr. Normandy's
marine distilling apparatus, which is capable of producing
400 gallons of fresh water daily. The arrangements con-
nected with the embaroation of the troops were carried out
on the part of the Hon. Council of India by Capt. Cow, and
the Sydenham will leave the Thames to-day. The chartered
troopship Conflict will embark 400 cavalry and infantry
troops at Gravesend to-day for India, and the Michael Scott
a similar number on Saturday.

life, two men whose boat was capsized daring a
strong westerly wind in Yarmouth-roads, on the
27th May. The accident having been observed
from the shore, the salvors immediately launched a
small boat through the surf,which was very heavy at
;he time, end fortunately arrived at tile spot Just
in time to sate the poor fellows, who were found.
struggling in the sea. Vezious other rewal ds were
also voted for saving life from different wrecks on.
the coasts of the United Kingdom. The meeting
then sanctioned payments amounting to upwards of
£1,900 on various lifeboat establishments of the in-
stitution. A communication was read from Lieut.-
G zmeral Knollys, expressing the thanks of his Royal
Highness the Prince of Waies for a photograph
presented to him by the institution of the Albert
Victor lifeboat, now stationed at Berwick-on-Tweed.
The boat was the gift of the City of Manchester to
the institution. His Royal Highness the Field,
Marshal Commanding-in-Chief and Earl de Grey
end Ripon had given instructions for copies of the
directions of the institution for the Restoration of
the apparently dead from Drowning to be cir.
culated amongst the several stations of the army
at home and abroad. The Hon. Rustomjee Jam.
setjee Jejeebhoy, member of the Legislative
Council of Bombay, had presented to the society
1500, through R. W. Crawford, Esq., M.P. Daring
the past month the institution had sent new life-
boats to 'l'eignmouth, Padstow, Holyhead, and
Dover. At several of these towns, and at Marl.
borough, in Wiltshire; the people had turned out in
large numbers to give a hearty welcome to the life-
boats. The cost of each of these boats was the gift
to the society of benevolent persons. The institu-
tion had also about 20 lifeboats building for places
on the coast. A contribution of £2O was forwarded
by the officers of her Majesty's ship Styx, at Ber.
muds, being the proceeds of some amateur enter.
tainments given by them for the benefit of the
lifeboat institution. Dr. Paget Blake, of Torquay,
had reported to the institution that he had recently
successfully treated, by the Marshall Hall method,
as adopted by the National:Lifeboat Institution, a
man apparently dead from drowning. The patient
was under water ten minutes before he was picked
up. He was then got hold of by a boat hook and it
brought on board a small boat and taken to land.
He was apparently quite dead, but after half an
hour's exertion on shore, Dr. Blake fortunately
restored him to life.

Naval Engagement off' the Island of Rugen,

BERLIN, July 5.

The official Staataanzeiger publishes the following
particulars of a slight encounter between the Prus-
sian and Danish naval forces off itugen

At noon, on the 2d, five Prussian gunboats were engaged
with a Danish frigate, believed to have been the Tordensk-
jold, and a paddlewheel steamer, to the north of the island
of Hiddensee, west of Rogan. The Prussian 3d gunboat
division fired 46 shots, the enemy about 150, many shells
bursting in the immediate vicinity of the boats. Officers
and crews behaved admirably, but were obliged to break off
the fight after an hour's engagement, as three of the guns
had become useless. The rifled battery of the 3d division
of Pomeranian artillery occupied Dranske, a point upon
the Wittow peninsula, opposite the north of Hiddensee, to
support the gunboats, and the despatch boat Grillo put out
from Swinemunde.

At 5 p.m. on the 3d, the Tordenskjold, 34, and the
Schleswig, 12, came within a short distance of Rugen to
reconnoitre the coast of Wittow. Lieut.-Colonel von Pode-
wils occupied Dranske with two companies of the 11th
Regiment and the 3d mortar battery of the Pomeranian
Artillery. The Danes remained passive. The Prussian
artillery fired 20 shells, 7 of which were seen to strike the
enemy. The Dates withdrew in a damaged condition, and
were 10 nautical miles to the east of Arcona by the
evening."

Advices from Stralsund of the 3d give another
account, of the same affairs. They state :
" In consequence of the engagement yesterday off Wit-
tow, in which the 3d division of screw gun boats attacked
a Danish frigate and a paddlewheel, the Ist and reserve
division, with the Grille, put to sea in the course of the
afternoon, Upon arrival they found the engagement had
ended some hours. The fight was begun by the gun-boats.
The frigate replied to their first shots by a full broadside,
which was received by the Prussians with a general hurrah.
The Danish missiles struck the water at a considerable dis-
tance from the boats. The Prussians succeeding in plant-
ing several undoubted hits in the frigate's side, and fire
beginning to issue from her port-holes, the Danish paddle-
wheel, which had been lying at a right angle to the frigate,
commenced a well-aimed fire at five-minute intervals, en-
veloping tie boats, especially the Jager and Salamander,
upon the right wing, in a dense rain of shells, while the
frigate slowly withdrew. Notwithstanding this heavy fire,
none of the boats were injured save the Salamander, which
received a slight damage to her outer timbers. The flotilla,
however, was unable to continue the engagement, owing to
four of the 10 guns of which it consisted becoming unfit for
service, and, therefore, retired after three-quarters of an
hour's fight.