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

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Royal. National Lifeboat Institution.

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following rewards were
voted at this end the previous meeting of the insti-
tution :—.£l2 to the crew of the Ipswich lifeboat
for
putting off at midnight and rescuing,great
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Nightingale,d
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
by meats of his lifebeit anti a line. William Alex-
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
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chair.'
has since been the means of rescuing two ship-
wrecked crews from an inevitable death, besides
rendering important services on one or two occa-
sions to vessels in distress during steamy 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 saving the crew of four men from the
schooner Azores, of Falmouth, which during a heavy
gale of wind had stranded, and afterwards sunk at
the entrance of the harbour of St. Ives. The cost of
this and of three other lifeboats was presented to the

institution by a benevolent lady whohaswithbeld 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 passengers from the vessel.
A reward was also given to the crew of the New
Brighton tubular life-boat belonging to the EQciety,
for putting off and rescuing the crew cf six men
from the schooner Vigilant, of Kirkaldy, which was
totally wrecked during a strong wind on Taylor's
Bank, near Liverpool. The life-boat was tcwed 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 crew

were taken off. Before the liee-boat had proceeded
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; Mr.
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 perse—
vering conduct in their pilot-boat in rescuing, at
considerable risk cf life, the crew of six men hem

the brig tiabama, of Gloucester, which, during a
very heavy gale of wind, was totally wrecked ou
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 had some-
what moderated, when they succeeded with great
difficulty in switching the six men from an inevita-
ble death, The Cermathen Bay life-boat of the insti-
tution bad 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
22d inst. ; fortunately, however, the vessel suc-
ceeded in getting off from her dangerous position,
sandbank in that bay on the night of the
and afterwards proceeded on her voyage. The
expense of this service, amounting to £5 45., was
paid by the institution. Various other rewards were
~,.st.tring the
also voted to the crews of some of the lifeboats of
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the institution, and to those of shoreboats for either
rescuing shipwrecked crews or putting off with that
view. It was reported that the lifeboats of the in-
stitution had, during the seven months of the present
shoreboats to whom the institution voted pecuniary
rewards had also saved 216 lives, making altogether
a total of 339 lives saved during the present year.
For these joint services £6,18 18s. 2d. had been
granted by the institution. It has also, a
year,assist
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various lifeboat establishments. The committee
earnestly appeal to the public for continued support
to enable them to maintain the large fleet ofll
boats of the institution, now numbering 125, inl 6-
a
state of tfficiency. It was also reported that Mr.
R. W. Hollon and Mrs. }lollop) of Spellow Park,
bad presented to the institution the cost of a new
lifeboat, to be stationed at Filet',
same period, paid the sum. of £7,055
on the Yorkshire
coast. The institution had
brecently sent three new
lifeboats to the coast, one t
another at Lytham, Lancashire, e stationed at Tenby,
Buds Haven, Cornwall. Theire, and the third at
had been presented to the cost. of these lifeboats
persons, and the several railwaysciety by benevolent
given the boats a free conveyance companies had
their respective destinations. over their lines to
re-
ported that the Government Messrs. Forrestt
ordered them to build . of Mecklenburg had
institution. The trustees a lifeboat on the plan of the
widow of the late muratees of the late Mrs. Adams,
outfitter, Plymouth, had Adams, naval and military
amounting to ,ilaodokindly remitted contribu-
tionsto the institution. Pay-
ments, amounting to 1:2
various lifeboat establishments, the proceedings ter-

TREASURE TROVE !—A lucky "find" is thus re-
corded in the recently published " Life of Caxton,"
written by William Blades :—ln the summer of 1858, 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
eat-mining a few interesting books. I pulled out one which
was lying flat upon the top of others. It was in a most de-
plorable state, covered thickly with a damp, sticky dust,
and with a considerable portion of the back rotted away by
wet. The white decay fell in lumps on the floor aseun
appreciated volume was opened. It proved to be GeoffreythPhilosophies,"
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