The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-02 00:00:00

Royal National Lifeboat Infititution,

Yesterday a meeting of this institution w4s held
at its house, JAn.street, Aldolphi, Thomas Chap.
man, E•q F.R.S., V.P., in the chair. `'tare wcre

also present Captain Sir E. Pcrrott, Bert., Mr i"j-
Cev?, M.P., Admiral (Jordon, Colonel
Alexander Hoerefenr, Adnr.ital W. 11. Hall, (1-H.O

F.R.S., Mr IV. If. 114rton, and Mr Richard Ip:wig,

ccretary.

The minutes of the previous meeting having been
read, th.! emnmittee expressed their deep Pyro pa th y
for the loss of life during the late fearful hipwrcele
off Tynemouth last week; and particularly in refer-,
nee to the loss of two gallant men, who unfortuo,
nately perished by jumping out of the Tynemoutit
lifeboat belonging to the institution. It appeared

that the performance of the lifeboat on that distress•
ing occasion elicited the admiration of the oldest

seamen in the place. The boat was in the act of
rescuing the crew of the schooner, when unfortu.

nately the expression used by the coxswain, " Como
lads, jump on board," was misunderstood by some'

of the lifeboat crew, four of whom thereupon jutnperi
on board the schooner, believing the lifeboat was
going to pieces. This circumstance so completely
deprived the remainder of the crew of their presence
of mind that they lost control over the boat, and a.
heavy sea striking her at the same moment against
the ship, all her oars, with the exception of two,

wero broken and her side stove in. Nino of thw
men, however, stuck to the boat, and with the two,

oars and the help of another boat succeeded ia

men,
e lifeboat htive kit

who unhappily-perished from t,

two widows and seven orphans. The inetitution.

voted £lOO in aid of a local subscription now

being made on their behalf. The institution had.
also paid the crew of the lifeboat £26 for their

gallant exertions on the distressing occasion in ques%

tion. The silver medal of the institution and a.

copy of its vote on vellum were also presented to
Mr Lawrence Byrne, chief officer of the coastguard.
at Tynemouth, for his gallant exertions in assisting
to save, by means of the rocket apparatus, some of
the unfortunate crew and passengers of the ill-fated
steamship Stanley on the occasion. The institution.

at once:sent down to Tynemouth, on Monday last,
a new lifeboat, to replace the disabled self-righting
boat, but the local committee decided yesterday

(Thursday) on retaining the latter, after being re-
paired in London. Rewards amounting to £l5O
were also granted to the crews of some of the life-
boats of the institution, for going off and rendering
the following important services to shipwrecked.
crews during the late fearful gales :—The Biakeney

lifeboat saved six men from the French chasW-
maree Eleanore, of Nantes, and five men from the
brig Ferand, of St. Malo. The Tramoro lifeboat
took off the crew of five men and ono passenger
from the schooner Sarah, of Waterford. The Los.

siemouth lifeboat saved six men from a direliet

vessel, after several shore boats had attempted in
vain to launch through the surf, The Newbiggen.

and Berwick lifeboats went out and ronderedimd

portant services to twenty-four fishing.boats and
their crews, numbering nearly 100 men, who while

out fishing were overtaken by fee; ful gales of wind.
The New Quay (Cornwall) lifeboat put off and ma.

cuod five men from the schooner Heroine, of Mild
ford. The Tenby lifeboat took off the crew of
three men from the sloop Active, of Carmarthen.

The reuarth liftboat went out and assisted to Silva

the ship Far West, of Newport (Monmouth), and
her crew of twenty-two men, from a very perilone
position. The Dungeness lifeboat rescued fifteen
men from the berque Louis the Fourteenth of Dune
kith. The Yarmouth surf lifeboat put off and gal•
lantly saved three of the crew of the barque Sce.
Serpent, of South Shields. Toe winterton life•
boat took off and brcu;ht safely ashore six men
from the brig John, of Hartlepool. The Dundee
lifeboat, Miry ILirtley, w nt out in tow of a steam
tug, and saved lour men from the schooner David
and John of Montrose, making a total of 113 lives
saved by the lifeboats of the institution during the
recent heavy gales on the coast, many of which
gallant services had taken place during a dark mid.
night storm. The lifeboats of the institution at
Campbeltown, Penarth, Weimer, Rye, Winchelses,
Porthduillaen, Southport, Lytham, Scarborough,
and Padstow, bad also gone off during the recent
gales in reply to signals of distress from various
vessels. In some instances the vessels had, by the
time the lifeboats arrived alongside, succeeded in
getting out of danger, or in weathering perilous
points; bat in other oases, unfortunately, the casual-
ties had been so sudden and so complete that all.
vestige of both vessel and crew had disappeared
before the lifeboats could possibly reach the scene of
the disasters. Payments amounting to £96 10s.
were made for those services. The crews of the
Weimer, Becton, Tyrells, and Dungeness lifeboats
had also assembled in readiness to go off to the
succour of the crews of different vessels, For these
services the society voted £lB 14s. Rewards
amounting to £25 ware also granted to the crews
of various shore boats, for their services in saving
several shipwrecked crews on the coasts of the
United Kingdom during the past month. Alto‘
gether, during the storms of the last two months the
lifeboats of the institution and shore boats, to whose
crews the society had granted rewards, had happily
been the means of rescuing nearly 250 shipwrecked.
persons. The silver medal of the institution andi,
a copy of its vote on vellum were likewise pre-,
seated to Mr J. B. B alkeley, coxswain of the Teignet
mouth new lifeboat of the society, in admiration of
his long and gallant services in assisting to save
in the lifeboat, and by other means, a large num-
ber of shipwrecked persons. The Controller"
General of the Coast Guard submitted to the
National Lifeboat Institution a list of about fifty
places where it was desirable to place a small handy
class of lifeboat, in the absence of lifeboats belong.,
ing to the institution. 'The committee decided to
give this important question their best consideration.
R. B. Mannion, Esq., of Piccadilly, had, on behalf of
a friend, presented to the society £3OO to pay for et
new lifeboat for Ardmore, Ireland: Miss Wardell
had also munificently sent to the institution £320 to
defray the cost of a new lifeboat and carriage for
Alnmouth, on the coast of Northumberland, in hen
of a small boat and carriage now on that station.
The committee expressed their sincere regret to
learn of the deceasof the late Mr R. Ransome, of
Ipswich. He was a warm friend of the lifeboat
cause, and had materially assisted in establishing
the " Society of Friends" lifeboat at Selsey, on the
Sussex coast. Payments amounting to upward of
£2,000 were ordered to be made on various lifeboat
establishments; and £1,500 of the funded capital of
the institution was ordered to be sold to assist in
meeting these heavy payments. It was stated that
one of the four lifeboats presented by the city of
Manchester to the institution, named the Robert
Whitworth, had, on its way to its station at Bride
lington, been exhibited during the past week at
Manchester, Leeds, and Bradford. The sight of
the lifeboat had excited the greatest interest in those
inland towns. A lifeboat presented to the society
by the town of Birmingham had also, en route to its
station at Sutton, on the Lincolnshire coast, been
exhibited in that town. It was calculated that
100,000 person turned out to witness the lifeboats
on these occasions. The first lifeboat given by the
commercial travellers to the institution has been
forwarded to its station at Piel, on the Lancashire
coast. The society had also sent new lifeboats,
during the past month, to Hornsea, Yorkshire, and
Valentia, on the west coast of Ireland. Messrs.
Forrest and Son, the lifeboat builders of the iasti4
tution, stated that they had forwarded to Cronstadt
a fine sixeoared lifeboat, on the plan of the society,
making the sixth lifeboat supplied to the Russian

Government, in addition to two furnished to the:
Russian Steam Navigation and Trading C?mpiny,
The proceedings then terminated.