The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-03 00:00:00

Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

A meeting of this institution was held yesterday
at its house, John-street, Adelphi; Thos. Chapman,
Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the chair. There were also
present Captain W. H. Hall, C. 8., Colonel Fitz.
Roy Clayton, W. H. Harton, Esq , Captain A. P.
Ryder, R.N., Alexander Boetefeur, Esq., Captain
Ward, R N., inspector of lifeboats to the institution,
and Richard Lewis, secretary.
A reward of £l4 was voted to the crew of the
institution's lifeboat, at Padstow, for their gallant
services in rescuing during a heavy storm on the
18th ult. the crew, consisting of 13 men, from the
brigantine Pandema, of Plymouth ; and schooner
Betsy, of Brixham, which had stranded on the
Doomed Bar Sand, off Padstow. The thanks of
the institution were also voted to Mr. Daniel
Shea, chief officer of the coastguard, for putting
Off in the lifeboat on both the above occasions.
This lifeboat is called the Albert Edward,
after the Prince of Wales. By a happy
coincidence she was also instrumental in res-
cuing a shipwrecked crew on the very day that his
Royal Highness arrived at his majority, on the 9th
November last.

Rewards amounting to £53 7s. were also voted to
crews of the lifeboats of the institution at Rye,
Winch ilsea, Ty nemouth, Middlesborough, Fraser-
burgh, Dundalk, Berwick, St. Ives, and St. Andrews,
for putting oft with the view of rendering assistance
to vessels which had signals of distress flying, but
which did not afterwards require the services of the
lifeboats. Some of the services on these occasions
were of a very laudable character, and were attended
with considerable risk. The lifeboats of the insti-
tution are often called out during heavy gales of
wind, in reply to signals of distress, especially in
the night time, from vessels which do not ultimately
require their help, the ships having succeeded in
getting out of danger. It was reported that tho
institution had, during the past three months, voted
£444 for rescuing, by its lifeboats and other means,
203 persons from different shipwrecks on our coast.
During the past year it had expended £12,583
on its lifeboat establishments and lifeboat crews.
The committee of the institution therefore earnestly
appealed to thepublic for continued support to assist
them to carry on its great and important work.
A reward of £6 was granted to six fishermen for
putting off and rescuing three out of seven coastguard
men, who had been capsized from their boat, while
proceeding to board a vessel during squally weather,
off Greencastle, on the coast of Donegal. Four men
u❑fortunately perished on the occasion, notwith-
stsuding the gallant and prompt endeavours that
were made to save their lives.

A levk ard of £2 was also voted to two fishermen
for saving six persons, whose boat had capsized in
a heavy sea off Faka, on the coast of Limerick.

It was reported that the mayor of Liverpool and
the lord lieutenant of Cardigan had, during the
past month, convened public meetings for the pur-
pose of presenting some silver medals of the insti-
tution, which had been voted by the society to diffe-
rent persons for their gallant exertions in saving
lives from shipwreck.

The institution had, during the past month, sent
a new lifeboat to Porthleven, on the Cornish coast.
The boat was the gift of Mr. Agar Robartes, M.P.,
who had also previously given the cost of a lifeboat
to the institution.

The committee decided to send a new lifeboat
ana transporting carriage to Fishguard, on the
Welsh coast, in lieu of those at present there.
They also decided to call the boat the Sir
Edward Perrott, cfter the honourable baronet of
that name, in acknowledgment of his long and
valuable services to the lifeboat cause as chairman
of the preparatory committees of the institution.
A letter was read from the Hainburgh Lifeboat
Society, requesting the co-operation of the National
Lifeboat Institution in placing a iifeboat at Heligo-
land.

It was reported that Mr. F. R. Magcnis had pre—
sented to the institution £262 10s. to assist it to
place a new lifeboat on th, coast. A legacy of
£204 16s. had been received by the institution from
the executors of the late Miss Gedge, of Yarmouth.
It was also stated that Messrs, Hoare, the
bankers, had given the society a donation of fifty
guineas, and also that the principal Llndon bankers
had recently contributed to its funds.
Admiral S.r George Sartorios handed to the in-
stitution £7l Bs. which he bad collected for it,
fifty guineas of which amount was from Mr. Henry
Green, of Bl'ickwali.

Payments amounting to £570 having been made
to various lifeboat establishments, the proceedings
terminated.