The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-02 00:00:00

Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

Yesterday a meeting of this Institution was held
at its house, John-street, Adelphi, Thos. Chapmau,
Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the chair. Taere were also
present:Sir Edward Perrott, Bart., V.P. ; Admiral
Washiegton, F.R.S., Hydtograpaer of the Admi-
ralty Alex. Boetefeur, ; Admiral Gordon ;
Montague Gore, Esq.; Capt. W. H.' Hal!, MN.,
C.B. ; John Griffith, E 1..; Capt. Ward, R.N., In-
spector of Lifeboats to the Institution ; and Richard
Lewis, Egg., the secretary.

The reward of £6 108. was voted to the crew of
the institution's lifeboat stationed at Lytham, for
saving on Friday last, during a gale of wind, the
crew of 13 persons of the barque Brazil, of Liver-
pool, which at daylight was observed on Salthouse
Bank. The poor men had hurriedly abandoned the
ship in their boat, as the sea was rolling in fearful
violence over the wreck. The lifeboat came up jut
in time to save them from a watery grave, for fii a
few minutes after waids the seas filled the ship's boat,
and instantly sunk her. This valuable lifeboat has
this Winter saved 32 shipwrecked persons. Amongst
the number was a Liverpool pilot. On his relating
to his co-pilots the narrow escape he had had of his
life, and the noble exertions of the lifeboat's crew,
they voluntarily subscribed £l4 amongst them-
selves, and handed the amount to the lifeboat's
crew, in gratitude for their services in rescuing him
and 13 others from the American ship Annie E.

Hooper.
£6 9s. was also voted to pay the expenses of the
Po
f wind,
tind,
hcaw lifeboat in
tel n persons fromschooner Champion,
of Liverpool, which on the dawn of the 20th ult.
was observed, waterlogged, on the Scarweather
fromringa fearful gale
Sands, near Swansea. The cost of this valuable
lifeboat was presented to the institution by a lady
resident in Staffordshire, and her satisfaction must
indeed be great that she has thus contributed to
the saving of ten persons from an impending death.
A reward of £5 10s. was also voted to the crew
of the Cardigan lifeboat for rescuing three persons
from the smack Countess of Lisburne, of Aberyst-
with, which, during a heavy ground sea, struck on
Cardigan bar. After considerable difficulty the
lifeboat succeeded in reaching the wreck and in
taking off the crew, who, having previously lost
their boat, had no means of escape left, and in all
probability would, in the absence of the lifeboat,
have perished.
A reward of Xl3 was likewise granted to the in-
stitution's lifeboat at Hauxley, Northumberland,
for saving, under the most perilous circumstances,
four men belonging to the schooner Little Aggie,
of Berwick, which during a hurricane on Sunday,
the 21st ult., was totally wrecked near Hauxley.
This noble rescue had excited considerable atten-
tion in Northumberland, where the conduct of the
gallant fishermen who manned the lifeboat in such.
fearful weather had received universal praise.
A reward of £4 was also given to the crew of
the Thurso lifeboat, belonging to the institution, for
saving on the 19th ult., during a gale of Wind, the
crew of three men of the schooner Sisters, of
Wick. The vessel soon afterwards became a total
wreck. The cost of this lifeboat was presented to
the institution by A. W. Jaffrey, Esq., of St. Mil-
dred's.court.

A reward of £6 10s. was also given to the insti-
tution's lifeboat at Holyhead, for rendering impor-
tant services on the afternoon of the 20th ult. to the
barque Highland Brigade, of Whitehaven, by
which means the vessel was probably saved from
destruction.

Captain PRIEST, R.N., like all the other
honorary secretaries of the branches of the institu-
tion, spoke very highly of the behaviour of the life-
boats in very heavy seas and broken water.

A reward of £9 149. was also voted to the crew
of the Whitby old lifeboat, for saving 12 men be-
longing to the barque Royal Rose, of Falmouth,
which during tempestuous weather, on the 21st ult.,
had sprung a leak, and was afterwards totally
wrecked outside Whitby Pier.

A reward of £4 was likewise voted to the crew of
the Groomsport (County Down) lifeboat of the
institution, for the important service she had
rendered to the disabled American barque Carioca,
which was observed, on the 19th ult., dragging her
anchors in a heavy gale of wind. The ship was
ultimately brought to a port of safety. Major
Maxwell, who was mainly instrumental in obtain-
ing a lifeboat for Groomsport, had zealously exerted
himself on the occasion.
Also voted £l3 16s. to pay the expenses of the
Whitby new lifeboat, for putting off and rendering
most important services to the barque .Alice, of
Leith, which was found in distress in a heavy surf
outside Whitby Pier on the 22d ult. The cost of
this valuable lifeboat was also presented to the in-
stitution by Mr. Jaifray, the gentleman above-
mentioned.

A reward of £6 10s. was also voted to the crew of
the Rye lifeboat, belonging to the institution, who
had, in conjunction with the crews of two Coast-
guard
boats, succeeded in rescuing from destruction
the American ship James Brown, which was ob-
served to be rapidly making water, in a heavy surf
on the Boulder Sandbanks, off Rye, on the 10th ult.
Also a reward of £5 9s. to the institution's lifeboat
at Plymouth, for assisting, in conjunction with a
Government steam-tug, in bringing to a place of
safety the Dutch galliot Aremana, which was ob-
served to be rapidly drifting on shore in a heavy
sea. This valuable lifeboat was the g gift t
likewiseo f Miss
Burdett Coutts to the National Lifeboat Institution.
Rewards amounting to .£4B 18s. Were
voted to the crews of the institution's lifeboats at
Tynemoutb, Scarborough, Holyhead, Plymouth,
Tyrella, Padstow, Carmarthen Bay, and Southport,
for putting off in replies to signals of distress with
the view of saving life from different vessels, but
which had either succeeded in getting out of danger
or had their crews saved by other means.
During the year which has just closed the life-
boats of this great and important institution have
rescued 358 shipwrecked persons on our coasts.
The boats have during the sameperiod been manned
on occasions of service and of quarterly exercise by
nearly 6,000 persons, and with the sole exception
of one poor fellow perishing, the institution
has most providentially not lost a single man
throughout the year in its perilous operations.
nted
The silver medal of the institution was
of Fleetwood; and to Mr. R.
to Mr. Swarbrick, waster of the ate.
ad-
miration of their noble
stances, 17 persons
Gleason Dock,from
means of the tug, under the
gale of wind and
amtuPgre'Wyne,
pilot, in Gerra.rnd
rescuing, b y
the barque
pleelpo
uUsd
which had strandtd during
high sea in M
sone altogether cum-
yeiorna, of
a heavy
orecombe Bay.
Where were 13 Persons engaged in this
_ervici, to suffering humanity, for which
'
gallant
they had
service th elsewhere received £55.
A reward of £lB wad voted to the crews of two
fishing smacks, in appreciation of their gallant and
persevering conduct in rescuing, at great risk of
life, the crew of four men from . •
the brigantine John
and Edwin, of Whitstable, which during the heavy
gale of wind and a terrific sea had sunk off that
place on Dec. 21.

An interesting report was read from the assistant-
inspector (Capt. D. Robertson, R.N.) of the institu-
tion on his recent inspection of the lifeboats on the
Irish coast. With one or two exceptions he found
the boats in excellent order.

It was reported that the late Mrs. Ann Cutto, of
the Old Kent-road, had left the institution a legacy
of £l,OOO free of duty.
A contribution of 2s. 6d. in aid of the funds of
the institution Ras received from the wife of an old
Scotch sailor. She was said to be a good sailor
herself,something
et hnto the lifeboat
and thought that f u
ned.verybody should give
The institution decided
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com-
pletely lifeboat at Bude Haven,
amounting
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renovate the lifeboat station.
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Payments
m ordered
eTnht The cordial
bwlisehre.
'cotrod ibael thanks of the meeting were presented
Chapman,
to Mr.for the able and zealous manner
in which he had presided over the meetings of the
committee during the past year. The thanks of the
institution were also unanimously given to Sir E.
Perrott, I3art., the chairman of its sub committee,
for assiduously aiding to carry on the work of the
institution.
The proceedings then closed.