The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-20 00:00:00

Trials of New Lifeboats.

Yesterday some harbour trials of three new lifeboats, to
be stationed on the Lincolnshire coast, took place in the
Regent Canal Doa, Limehouse. A large number of per-
sons had assembled to witness them. The boats are all of
the same size, being respectively.3oft long, 7ft 3in wide,
and rowing eight oars double banked. Their self righting
qualities were fully and satisfactorily tested on the occasion.
The water each boat shipped was self-ejected through patent
valves in 25 seconds. The boats were built by Messrs
Forrest ant Son of LimehGuse. The transporting carriages
of the boats, which were built by Mr Robinson of Kentish-
town, were also tried on the occasion, and were found to
answer admirably. Much interest was excited by a sailor
making some experiments in the water with one of the cork
jackets supplied to each man forming the crews of the In-
stitution's lifeboats. The sailor seemed to do what he liked
with the belt in the water, for its buoyancy was so great
that ho could not possibly sink, even if he could not swim.
It is a remarkable fact that although the lifeboats of the
Society were manned last year by about 6,(00 persons, not a
single life was lost from them during the fearful weather they
were often exposed to. The cost of the lifeboat (amounting
to about £500) has been presented to the National Lifeboat
Institution by different benevolent persons. The Skigness
lifeboat is named Herbert Ingram, after the late respected
representative in Parliament of Boston, who, with his son,
lost his life from a collision or shipwreck on an American
lake. The cost of this lifeboat was raised by Mr Ingram's
friends. The lifeboat will be publicly exhibited at Boston
on Monday next, on her way to Skigness. The Donna
Nook lifeboat is called the North Briton, after a ship en
board which the donor had made a long and prosperous
voyage. The Skeddlethorpo lifeboat is called the Dorinda
and Barbara, the gift of her attached friend. Commodious
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readily ',remised. the lifeboats a free conveyance over their
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OPENING OF A VOLUNTEER BARR AMIS.—The
new barracks of the Ist East York Rifl3 Volunteers was
opened with all the usual ceremonies on Monday last in
Hull. The corps marched through the town, headed by
their band, and on arriving at their new quarters the colours
were trooped, after which a feu dejoie. was fired, amid the
cheers of the spectators. In the evening a dinner, presided
over by Lord Londesborongb, was given in the barrack-
room. The Mayor, Mr J. Clay, M.P., Mr J. Sullies, M.P.,
Admiral DuncomLe, Al, P., Lieut.• Colonel Pease, General
Martin, Captain Strange of her Majesty's ship Dauntless,
and a large number of oth©r distinguished personages
were present,