The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-04 00:00:00

Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

Yesterday a meeting of this institution was held in John-
street, Adelphi ; Mr Thomas Chapman, F.R.S., in the chair.
There were also present Admiral Sir William Bowles,
K.C.B. ; Sir Edward Perrott, Bart.; Mr W. H. Harton ;

Admiral IV. H. Hall, C.B , F,R.S.; Mr AlExanicx

Boetefeur ; Admiral Gordon ;. Mr John Griffith ; Admiral
Bullock; Mr George Lyall, M P. ; Colonel Palmer, Cap-

tain De St. Croix, and Mr Richard Lewis, the secretary.
The minutes of the previous meeting having been read, a
reward of XG 108 was voted to tho crew of the institution's

lifeboat at Fleetwood for putting off in tow of a steam tug.
and Faving the crew of five men from the brigantine High-
land Mary of that port, which was driven on the Barnard
\Vharf Sand Bank on the 2011 ult. The institution ills)

paid L 3 126 GI for the valuable cervices of the steam A

reward of CO lOs was also granted to the crew of the lifeboat
of the institution at 6Juthport, for rescuing the crew of three

men from the smack Liver of Carnarvon. A reward of £25
was likewise voted to the crew of the Caister lifeboat
of the society, for putting off, on the night of the 26th
ult., and rescuing the crew of six men from the brig
Richmond Packet at Middlesborough, which was totally
wrecked on the Barber Sands off Cuister. The crew of
the same lifeboat also received ao for their laudable

services in going off several times to the help of the
people on board the wrecked steamship Ontario, and
subscquently taking off fifty-five men from that vessel and
putting them on board a steam tug, A reward of £l3 was
ale() granted to the crew of the Teignmouth lifeboat, be-
longing to the institution, for going off and saving one man
from the yawl Hero, of that port, which had struck on the
bar in a high sea early on the morning of the 11th ult. The
cost of this lifeboat was collected in China, after which coup.-

try the boat is called. A reward of XS lOs was likewise
voted to the crew of the lifeboat of the society at Lassie-

mouth for putting off twice during a heavy gale of wind,

and rescuing the crow of 3 men from the schooner Agnes.
of Scrabster, which was wrecked in a very heavy sea on
some rocks near Lossiemouth early on the morning of the
28th ult. A reward of £1 lOs was likewise granted to the
crew of the society's lifeboat stationed at Howth for putting
off, in reply to signals of distress from the lugger Castleton,
of Belfast, which had stranded on some rocks while work.
ing out of Howth harbour on the 15th ult. The cost cf this
lifeboat was presented to the institution by Gen. Sir George

Bowles, K. 0.8. A reward of £7 lOs was also granted to the

crew of the Arklow lifeboat of the institution for going off,
in reply to signals of distress, and rendering assistance to
the schooner Kate, of Liverpool, which was observed in
distress off Arklow during a strong gale of wind on the 19th
uit. The captain gave the crew of the lifeboat his note for
£lO 108 in return for the services rendered. Rewards
amounting to £35 were also granted to the crews of the life-
boats of the society at Newbiggin, Ilauxley, Tynemouth,
Llandudno, North Berwick, and Withernsea, for either as-
sembling or putting off during the recent stormy weather
in reply to signals of distress from various vessels which,
however, did not ultimately need their services. The silver
medal of the institution, a copy of its vote on parchment,
and £2 were voted to Mr Angus Campbell, carpenter on
board the cutter Princess Royal, belonging to the Edinburgh
Board of Fisheries, for his gallant conduct in wading into
the surf and effecting, after three attempts, a communica-
tion by which means a crew of eight men were saved from
inevitable death from the brig Eliza Hall, of Whitby,which
was totally wrecked, during a heavy gale of wind, on
the rocks outside the breakwater of Granton harbour, on
the night of the 22d ult. A reward was also voted to a
beat's crew of six men, for putting off in a fishing coble and
saving, at considerable risk of life, a crew of six men from
the schooner Forest, of Montrose, which had struck on the
Boghall Rocks, off Cresswell, on the Northumberland coast,
during a gale of wind. Various other rewards were like-
wise granted to the crews of several shore boats, for their
gallant exertions in saving life from various wrecks on dife
ferent parts of the coast of the United Kingdom, making
altogether a total of 104 lives saved by the lifeboats of the
institution and shore boats during the fearful gales of last
month. Payments amounting to upwards of £2,000 were
ordered to be made on various lifeboat establishments•
During the past month the institution had sent new lifeboats
to Donna Nook, Skegness, and Theddlethorpe, on the Lin-
colnshire coast. These boats were all the gifts of benevo-
lent persons to the institution. The three boats were libe-
rally conveyed to their destinations, free of charge, by the
Great Northern Railway Company. New lifeboats were
also ready to bo sent to Valentia, on the west coast of Ire-
land—Bridlington, Yorkshire, and other places. Commu-
nications were read from the Governors of the Cape of Good
Hope and Malta, expressing their thanks to the institution
for copies of its new instructions for the restoration of the
apparently drowned. The latter governor asked for an
additional supply of the instructions. It may be here
mentioned that the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, M.P.,
her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,
has rendered every assistance to the National Lifeboat
Institution in making these. valuable instructions known
throughout the colonies. It was also reported that the
Boulogne Shipwreck and Humane Society had made an
excellent translation into French of these important les' rue-
tions, and they were now being extensively circulated on
that part of the coast of France. The French Government,
through the Minister of Marine, had expressed its thanks
to the institution for the valuable information the society
had furnished to two officers of the imperial nevy on the
occasion of their recent visit to this country to inspect some
of the lifeboat stations of the institution. The proceedings
then terminated.

TIIE FATAL PRIZE FIGIIT.—On Wednesday the
Sheffield coroner resumed the inquiry into the death of a
pugilist, named Dawes, Who was killed in a prize fight at
Sheffield on Sunday week. After a few moments' delibera-
tion the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against
William Homer, Joseph Potts, William Stenton, and a
person to the jurors unknown, who acted as umpire in the
fight." The witnesses were bound over to prosecute at the
nest session. '