The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-31 00:00:00

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Pagnell, " JOHN
rurther be mentioned that Dr.
.
for the county of Louth, sent a letter to th try,
which was Lrorwarded to the bench of _ ,ew-
a,,:ting that Michael Lyons had been under
treatment and care as
a lunatic by Dr. Callam.
• Mr. Rawlings then ob.,:rved that, for his clients, he had
no more evidence to call.
Mr. Jones, for the prisoner,urged that the conduct of his
client throughout was quite reconcilea.ble with the state-
ments made by the unhappy man at the duck when taken
into custody—viz., that he was under the impression that
the two men in the carriage intended to rob him, and that
his acts were in self-defence. ,
After the usual caution the bench committed the prisoner
for trial, the defence being reserved.
Mr. Jones made an application for the return of a fm:thcr
sum of money for the purposes of the defence, but the
magistrate declined to make any order.
Mr. Jones then sought to induce the magistrates to aocept
bail, but, Mr. Rawlings opposing, the Chairman said the
bench would not interfere, but leaves Mr. Jones to apply to
a judge.

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Royal National Lifeboat Institution

A meeting. of this institution was held veeteeday,
at its
hove, John-street, AdelpLi—Mr. Tnon.ea-
Chapman,
F.R.S., vice president, in the chair.
There were also present—C,ptain Sir Edward Per-
rota, Bart., Admiral M'Hardy. Mr. George las all,
M.P,, Captain de St. Croix,
anti Air. Richard
Lewis, the secretary. .
The following rewards were
voted at this and the previous meeting of the insti-
tution ;-1:12 to the crew of the Ipswich lifeboat
of the institution, stationed at Thorpe, Suffolk, for
gro
at
difficulty, off at midnight and rescuing, with
difficulty, the crew of six men from the brigat
Flo-
rence Nightingale, of London, which, during a
heavy gale of wind, was totally wrecked on Size-
well Bank, on the Suffolk coast. While engaged in
the rescue• of the shipwrecked men a heavy sea
struck the lifeboat and carried away one of her
brave crew ; but he fortunately regained the boat
1 by means of his lifebelt and a line. William Ale-x-
-ander, the gallant coxswain, had on several occa-
sions, in this and other lifeboats, been off to save
life under very perilous circumstances. The so-
ciety also voted to him its silver medal, in testi-
mony of his valuable services as coxswain of the
Thorpe lifeboat. The cost of this lifeboat was pre.
sented, about 12 months ago, to the National Life-
boat Institution by the residents of Ipswich. She
has since been the means of rescuing two ship-
wrecked crews from an inevitable death, besides-
rendering important services on one or two ecca-
sions to vessels in distress during stormy weather.
A reward of £4 10s. was also voted to the crew of
the society's lifeboat at St. Ives, Cornwall, for going
off and caving the crew of four men from the
schooner Azore.a! of Falmouth, which during a heavy
gale of wind had stranded, and afterwards sunk at
the entrance of the hai-bour of St. Ives. The cost of
this and of three other lifeboats was presented to the
institution by a benevolent laci.77 who has withheld her
name. A reward was likewise granted to the crew
of the lifeboat of the institution at Rhoscolyn, near
Holyhead, for going off in the night and rendering
important services to the barque Diadem, of St.
John's, Newßrunswick,which during foggy weather
was observed is a disabled condition off that place..
The life-boat landed four passenger's from the vessel.
A reward was also given to the crew of the New
Brighton tubular life-boat belonging to the society,
for putting off and rescuing the crew of six men
from the schooner Vigilant, of Kirkaldy, which was
totally wrecked during a strong wind on Taylor'a
Bank, near Liverpool. The life-boat was towed to
windward of the wreck by the steam •tug Blazer,
Liverpool, and remained by the vessel some hours
to see if she would float off or not, before the craw
were taken off. Before the lise-boat had proceedsll
far on her return, the vessel was seen to capsize and
become a total wreck. The thanks of the institu-
tion, inscribed on vellum, were voted to Mr. John
Long, agent for Lloyd's on the Isle of Wight; Alr.
Wm. Webb and Mr. James Webb, pilots, and £lO
to be divided between the two pilots and three other
men, in acknowledgment of the gallant and parse-
vering conduct in their pilot-boat in rescuing, at
cousiderable risk of life, the crew of six rren from
the brig Alabama, of Gloucester, which, during a
very heavy gale of wind, was totally wrecked on
the middle of the shingles while running through
the Needles, on her way to Southampton. Upon
nearing the distressed vessel, the sailors found it im-
possible to rescue the crew, owing to the fearful sea,
which ran so high as to break over the vessel's
maintop, completely obscuring the poor men in the
rigging who were shouting for help, and seemed
frantic with despair. The crew of the pilot-boat,
however, determined not to leave them, and stood
off and on all night until the weather bad some-
what moderated, when they succeeded with great
difficulty in snatching the six men from an inevita-
ble death, The Carmathen Bay life-boat of the insti-
tution had put off with the view of rendering assist-
ance to the French lugger, Jean P. Baptist, which,
during very foggy weather, had struck on a dan-
gerous sandbank in that bay on the night of the
223 inst. ; fortunately, however, the vessel suc-
ceeded in getting off from her dangerous positiohen,
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and afterwards proceeded on her voyage.
expense of this service, amounting
o l
paid by the institution. Various othert
9"
was
paid ar
se
also voted to the crews of some of the lifeboats of
the institution, and to those ofr psbuottrienbgoactffs fwoirtheitthheart
rescuing shipwrecked crews or e
view. It was reported that ofthmeolnitfebbsooafttshepresent ptrhee in-
stitution had, during thseven
year, saved 123 shipwrecked persons,
Tinhenadeldtrioetowioesnthtocorf
assisting several vessels into port.
shoreboats to whom the institution voted pecuniary
making
gresent year.
ilisvoessayssevde2dl6dluisr-iensg,
Far eotwro tatarldesos
efb3ja
had been
o3di9nat services £648 188. 2d.
granted by the institution. It has also, during the
same period, paid the sum of £7,055 Os. ld. on
appeal to the public for continued support
various lifeboat establishments. The committee
enable them to maintain the large fleet of life-
fficiency. It was also reported that Mr.
life-
boats of the institution, now
set
toaarteee earnestly yc
ch on,
numbering 125, in a
R. w. Hollon and Mrs. H I of Spellow Park,
had presented to the institution the cost of a new
lifeboat, to be stationed at. Filey, on the Yorkshire
coast. The institution had recently sent three new
lifeboats to the coast, one to be stationed at Tenbr,
another at Lytham, LancaTshhire, and the third at
had been presented to the e cost of these lifeboats
Bride Haven, Cornwall.
the several
society by benevolent
persons, and
railway companies bad
given the boats a free c
that the Governmentitis of
moveeerktlheneihrolrignehsatao
their respective destinaotn'veyallce
ordered them to build a lifeboatAlo ens st rhse. Fp
loarnr e
os
ft t
the re-
portedinstitution. The trustees
outfitter,
widow of the late Arltistees
tions amounting to of the late Mrs. Adams,
Mr. Adams, naval and military
Plymouth, had kindly remitted contribu-
tions to the institution. Par
meats, amounting to £2,850, having been made on
various lifeboat establish
establishments, the proceedings ter-
minated.

TREASURE TROVE I—A lucky " find" is thus re-
corded in the recently published " Life of Caxton,"
written by William Blades :—ln the summer of 185 S, I
embraced an opportunity of inspecting the old library in the
Grammar School attached to the Abbey of St. Alban's. I
found a few valuable books, all contained (and I believe are
at the present time) in an old deal cupboard, upon which
the leakage from the roof had dripped apparently for years.
It must have been long since any one had touched a book
there, and the amount of dust and decay was certainly
enough to deter even a bibliomaniac from so doing. After
eX£ mining a few interesting books. I pulled out one which
was lying flat upon the top of others. It was in a roost de-
plorable state, covered thickly with a damp, sticky dubt,
and with a considerable portion of the back rotted away by
wet. The white decay fell in lumps on the floor as the un-
appreciated volume was opened. It proved to be Geoffrey
Chaucer's English translation of " Boecius do ConsolatiGno
Philosophise," printed by Caxton, in the original bindinexg,
as issued from Caxton's workshop, and uncut ! On -
amining the amount of damage it had sustained, I found
that the wet, which had injured the book, had also, by
separating the layers of paper of which the covers were
composed, revealed the interesting fact that several frets..
meats, on which Caxton's types appeared, had been used in
their manufacture. After vexatious opposition and repeated
delays the acting trustees were induce
be d to allow the
he o
ak
,
which they now prized highly, to deposited in te
of Mr. J. Winter Jones, of the British Museum, for the
, rebinding. On dissecting the covers they were
purpose of
found to be „wposed entirely of waste sheets from Caxton's
two or three being printed 011 one only. The two
press,
covers yielded no less than fifty-six half-sheets of printed
paper, proving the existence of three works from Caxton's
press quite wakuown before.