The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-03 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, Rut.,
vice-president, in the chair, There were also present Ad-
miral Sir George Sartorius, W. H. Harton, Esq., Colonel
Palmer; High Sheriff of Essex, John Gr,ffith, Esq., Adn si-
ral Bullock, Captain De St. Croix, and Richard Lewis,
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 a e
society, in rescuing the master's wife and child and twelv e
of the crew of the barque St. Lawrence, of Liverpool, whicl 1,
during a gale of wind and heavy surf, had stranded on the
Salthouse Sandbank, on the Lancashire coast, on the 201 h
ult. The captain and three of the crew refused to leave tt to
vessel, and the Lytham lifeboat, which also belongs to tine
institution, afterwards put off with the view of saving the( 02,
but they remained firm in their determination not to Tait
the ship, and the lifeboat returned to the shore. In t. he
course of the night they left the ship in their own boat, ; ind
had a narrow escape of their lives. The institution ilso
voted ato pay the expenses of the lifeboat. The Lytl lam
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 hand; some
present. Both lifeboats behaved admirably on theie c cca-
sions. The cost of the Southport lifeboat was the gift tc the
society of James Knowles, Esq., of Eagley Bank, and t hat
of the Lytham lifeboat, of Thomas Clayton, Esq , of Wal te-
field.

Rewards amounting to VI were also granted to the crew 7.1;
of the Walmer and Holyhead lifeboats of the institutioz I,
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 fo r
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 Kiloven, in Cartingfozd
Lough. Two ladies and one gentleman had unfortunately
perished on the occasion before assistance could reach them
from the shore.
A reward was likewise voted to a boat's crew for going
off and saving the lives of two sailors belonging to a Nor-
wegian vessel lying in the Downs. The men who had been
on shore, were returning to their ship in a small boat, when
they were overtaken by a sudden squall, which capsized her.
Some Deal boatmen observing the accident immediately
launched their boat and succeeded in saving the drowning

men.
Various other rewards were also voted to the crews of
shoro boats for saving life from different wrecks.
A resolution was passed expressive of the institution's
deep sympathy with the widow of the late Admiral Wash-
ington, F.R.S., hydrographer to the Admiralty. The gallant
admiral had, during a long series of years. rendered impor-
tant services to the liteboat cause, and had materially
assisted, in conjunction with the Duke of Northumberland,
in resuscitating the National Lifeboat Institution in 1851.

It was also stated that the institution had lifeboats ready
.o be sent to Eastbourne, Swansea, Arklow, and Teignmouth
(Devon).

It was reported that the late Milborne Williams, Esq., of
Whitechurch, Somerset, had left the society a legacy of £5O.
The Rev. it. S. Sutton, rector of Hype, near Hurst Green,
had sent the society £3 8s 6c1., as a thank offering from his
congregation for the abuncle.nt harvest of the present year.
Michael Steel, Esq. of Begbroke House, had likewise for-
warded to the institution a liberal donation of £lOO.

Payments amounting to £5OO having been made on vari-
ous lifeboat establishments, the proceedings closed.

SCANDALOUS OUTRAGE ON A LADY.

(From a Correspondent of the Morning Tost.)

BIARRITZ, Sept. 28.—A disgraceful scene has
taken place at this fashionable watering place,
where the Court at present resides. Among the
numerous foreign visitors there are a great many
o
Russians and Poles, who naturally look upoo,._:,
lanother with great hostility. As the synal3B.rhpe,,
of the French visitors are all for the Pole.s.,__is ;"'y .
too, are not regarded with very friendly frechil°-'
lady,
the Russians. Among them was a Freweeere she
who, having just arrived from Lembergse,rv.ng
1 the
had had opportunities of closely b
°,oparticularly
Polish character under great trials,o7attachment to
whoon determinedth e
enthu..
demonstrative in her expressions.
Buffering nation.
and admiration for that loenrgy
unpalatable to it
These demonstrations were!,
rvanic,
certain Russian lady of high rangy'
a punishment
by;
;:perr:laalned'irria ge , which
to put a stop to them
worthy of her countrywebrifecting her in the open
of this brutal act was with
that
mastic Frenchwomoeo:B;it
f the --
article her in the face
street, and in
.view
heck the name of the Russian lady
nla,st, r
was driving
Russians out of her visiting list.
her parasol.
the Empress str
Were extremely dissatisfied at this,
The Russia"
°thee Countess Przezdieeka, who,
especial,ll„, gle, is a sub'
reta;ned on the list.
and several other
pet of Alexander 11., was
although - •
A. fresh revenge was dete -
wined "P°l3* As the countess was returning from
au official soiree, a man accosted her with a letter,
„questing her to read it immediately. Thecountess
took the letter to her room and broke the seal.
Immediately some detonating powder, which was
in the seal, burst with a loud explosion, and the
countess's head-dress was on fire. Luckily her
chambermaid was
Dear, and extinguished the flames,
which had already burnt her eyebrows and part of
her hair. '1 he letter contained the fc.llowirig words:
"Wretched little Polish woman, do you think we do
not know that it is by your intrignes and your de-
gradation that you have succeeded in being admitted
to the intimacy of that m:serable little French
court ? We care very little either far it or yen. Do
not be. too proud of those miserable distinctions
which we know how to stop
your barefooted compatriots imagine thantrned, "L
and
triumph through you. You aro
13:::sed great and
when we like.theyet‘r!
they will be also." This affair.hass..
that it
,Niti be
universal indignation, and it is sia
brought foriyud in a court of justice.