The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-02 00:00:00

Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

Yesterday a meeting of this institute was held at its house,
John-street, Adelphi, Captain Sir Edward Perrott, Bart.,
vice-president, in the chair, There were also present Ad•
Infra' Sir George Sartorius, W. H. Harton, Esq., Colonel
Palmer, High Sheriff of Essex, John Griffith, Esq., Admi.
ral Bullock, Captain De S. Croix, and Richard Lewis 3
Esq., secretary of the institution.
A payment of £7 10s. 6d. was ordered to be made to de-
fray the expenses of the Southport lifeboat, belonging to the
society, in rescuing the mastees wife and child and twelve
of the crew of the barque St. Lawrence, of Liverpool, which,
during a gale of wind and heavy surf, had stranded on the
Salthouse Sandbank, on the Lancashire coast, on the 20th
ult. The captain and three of the crew refused to leave the
vessel, and the Lytham lifeboat, which also belongs to the
institution, afterwards put off with the view of saving them,
but they remained firm in their determination not to quit
the ship, and the lifeboat returned to the shore, In the
course of the night they left the ship in their own boat, and
had a narrow escape of their lives. The institution also
voted £8 to pay the expenses of the lifeboat. The Lytham
lifeboat went off again, and ultimately succeeded in bring-
ing the vessel into port, much to the satisfaction of the
owner, who witnessed the persevering and gallant exertions
of the lifeboat's crew, to whom he made a very handsome
present. Both lifeboats behaved admirably on these occa-
sions. The cost of the Southport lifeboat was the gift to the
society of James Knowles, Esq., of Eagley Bank, and that
of the Lytham lifeboat, of Thomas Clayton, Esq , of Wake.
field.

Rewards amounting to £2l were also granted to the crews
of the Walmer and Holyhead lifeboats of the institution,
for putting of in reply to signals of distress from vessels,
but when their services were not ultimately required.
A reward of £2 was also granted to two fishermen for
putting off and saving the lives of four men, who, whilst re-
cently making for the shore off Yarmouth, Isle of Wight,
were capsized from their boat during blowing weather.

A reward was also voted to a boat's crew of four men for
putting off and rescuing three out of six persons who had
been capsized from their boat off Kiloren, in Carlingfoid
Lough. Two ladies and one gentleman had unfortunately
perished on the occasion before assistance could reach theta
from the shore.
A reward was likewise voted to a boat's crew for gaing
off and saving the lives of two sailors belonging to a 11.°r;
wegian vessel lying in the Downs. The men who had ITeu
on shore, were returning to their ship in a small boat, her.
they were overtaken by a sudden squall, which
"Pldiately
Some Deal boatmen observing the accident juin' dro fling
launched their boat and suceeeded in saving' the

men.
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Various other rewardo were also voted to the crews of
A resolution was
shore boats for saving life from different wrecks'
deep sympathy with
rendered i
ptashesewdideoswproefssaivee
ingtsn, F. 8.5., hydrographer to t.he Admiralty. The 1
admiral had, during a long series °frail' impart
allpor-
tant services to the lifeboat osok acl had Materially
assisted, in conjunction with the Duke_cf Northumberland
in resuscitating the Nations! Lifeboat Institntion in 1851 )
It was also stated that the institution had
lifeb *
Arkl oats ready
to be sent to Eastbourne, Swansea, °W) and Tei
gnmouth,
(Devon). the late Milborne
It was reported that Williams,d left the. l Esq of
Whitechurch, Somerset, Itssociety al "
The Rev. R. S. Sutton, rector of ft_ , n egacy of £5O.
had sent the society £3 8s Gd., as a thank•Y''e eciar Hurst Green,
congregation for the abundant harvest of offering from his
Michael Steel, Esq. of Begbroke Ho the present year.
warded to the institution. 1, i use, had likewise for-
s. ~oerai donation
Payments amounting to £5OO of £lOO.
vari-
ous lifeboat establishm having been made on vari-
ents
_____ , the proceedings closed.

Bank of England Return, Yesterday.
An Account> Plrettant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, fur the week ending on Wednesday, the 30th day
of Sept., 1863

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
iNOteti issued .. £29.229,310 Government Debt' £11,015,1C0
Other Securities .. 3.634,900
IGold Coin& Bullion 11,579,310
I Silver Bullion ....

£29,229,340

£29,229,30

BANKING D
Proprietors' Capi-
tal £14,553,000
Rest
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, Commis -
tnissioners of N a-
lional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-
counts) 9,270,486
Other Deposits 13,717,460
Seven Day and
other Bilis 791,817

PARTNENT.
Government Secu-
rities (including
DeadWeightAn-
unity) .E11,141,281
°tiler Securities 22.6.3,110
Notes
Gold and Silver 603,545
Coin

X 42,004,33 412,064,35 i
acARSITALL, Chicf Cashier.

Oct. 1, 1563.