The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-17 00:00:00

ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT
INSTITUTION
(Incorporated by Royal Charter).
PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen.
cRESIDENT —Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum-
berland, K.G., I.R.S.
CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., 1.R.5., V.P.
DEPUTY-CIIAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., 1.R.5., V.P.
APPEAL.
The Committee of Management have to state that, since
'lie beginning of the year 1860, the Royal. National Lifeboat
Institution has incurred expenses amount ng to £27,260 on
various Lifeboat Establishments on the Coasts of Eng:and,
Scotland, and Ireland.
During the same period the Lifeboats of the Institution
have Leon instrumental in rescuing tae Crews of the follow-
ing Vessels :
Barque Vermont, of Halifax. U.S. .. .. 16
Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon. .. 2
Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby
Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis .. .. 3
Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. .• .. 9
Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester .. 6
Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee .. 5
Schooner Rose, of Lynn •• •• •• •• 3
Brig Prodroma, of Stockton .. • • .. 11
Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough
Brigantine Freia, of Konigsberg .. 6
Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn
Brig Gloucester, of South Shields .. 7
Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham • • .. .. 6
Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford. 5
Schooner Prospect, of Berwick
Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose .• .. 1
Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulvarstone
Brig Pallas, of Shields .. • • .. 3
Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow •• 9
Smack John lium, of Yarmouth .•
Schooner Catherine, of Newry
Barque Niagara, of Shields •• • • .. 11
A Barge of Teignmouth
Brig George and James, of London
Brig Zephyr, of Whitby
Coble Honour, of Cullercoats
Schooner Eliza, of North Shields 7
Barque Oberon, of Liverpool
Brigantine Nancy, of Teignmouth „ 9
Smack Wonder, of Teignmouth .. 2
Brig Scotia, of Sunderland .. .. 6
Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole .. 5
Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge .. . 5
Brig Ann, of Blyth .. • • .. .. 8
Spanish Barque Primera de Torreviega (saved ves-
sel and one of the crew) .. 1
Sloop Hope, of Dublin
Schooner Druid, of Aberystwyth 5
Schooner Burrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and
crew)•Brig Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) 8
Schooner Betsy, of Peterhead (saved vessel and
crew)
Smack 3lerrion Lass, of Aberystwyth (saved ves-
and crew) .. 3
Schooner Fly, of Whitby (saved vessel and crew 4
Sleep Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives
Fishing-boats of Whitburn
Brig Arethusa, of Blyth .. 8
Schooner Dewl Wyn, of Portmadoo
Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris .. 2
Schooner 'William, of Morecambe 5
Smack Gipsy, of Newry .• •• •• •• 4
Schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston .. .. 4
Brig New Draper, of Whitehaven .. 8
Schooner William, of Liverpool .. .. 5
I.up.xer Nimrod, of Castletown .. 3
Brig Providence, of Shields .. '8
Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle
Schooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood .. .. 4
Barque Guyana, of Glasgow . 19
Brig Roman Empress, of Shields .. 10
Brig San Spiridione, of Galaxide 2
Schooner Von dor du Vouga, of Vienna .. .. 8
French Brig La Jeune Marie Therese 6
Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough .. 5
Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater
Ship Danube, of Belfast •• •• •• 17
Schooner Bortensia, ot Hanover .. .. 4
Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven • . .. 4
Brig St. Michel, of Marans 8
Schooner Epimachus, of Amsterdam .. 5
Barque Druid, of Sunderland
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Schooner Bellona, of Red Bay.. 1
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Brig Minerva, of Workington4
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Schooner Elizabeth and Hannah, of Newburgh .. 6
Brig Sisters, of %% filthy ..
Stockholmßrigantine Matilda, of • • 4
Brig Jane, of North Shields .. • • • • 10
Brig Trial, of Poole ~ •• •• ••
.. 7
Schooner Liberty, of Dublin :• ••3
Schooner Sylphiden, of Nakskov (saved vessel and
crew)
Barque Frederick, of Dublin
Barge Peace, of London
Lugger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft .. „
Smack Adventure, of Harwich..
Pilot cv.tter Whim, of Lowestoft
Barque Undaunted, of Aberdeen , „ 11
Wrecked boat on Blackwater Bank, on the Irish
coast .. • • • • • • • • .. 1
Schooner Skylark, of Folkestone „ 5
Brig Lively, of Clay. Norfolk .. „. 5
Schooner Rook, of Liverpool
Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland .. .. 5
Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth .. 6
Schooner Friends, of Lynn .. .. • • .. 4
' Schooner Eliza Anne, of Dublin .. • • .. 5
Brig Content, of Sunderland ~ • • • • 5
3
Smack Ellen Owens, of Cardigan •• • • • •134
Barque Cedarine, of Bermuda •• •• ••
Smack Frodsham, of Liverpool .. .. 2
Sloop William, of Liverpool .. .• • • 5
Sloop Elizabeth, of Teignmouth .. • • 3
Portuguese Barque Cruz V. .. I i
Ship Annie Hooper. of Baltimore, U. 5... •• 18
Barque Henry Everest, of Rochester .. .. 4
Total .. 763
For these and other Life-boat services the Institution hab
voted £2, 558 as rewards to the crews of its Lifeboats. It has
also granted rewards amounting to £572 for saving 502
-hipwrecked persons, by shore-boats and other means. mak-
ng a total of 1,302 persons saved from a watery grave during
the last two years and a half.
The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the
Society. ,nd other means, since its formation, is 12,690;
for which services 82 Gold Medals, 713 Silver Medals, and
£16,010 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu-
tion has also expended £64,300 on Life-boats, Life-boat
Transporting-can cages, and Boat-houses.
The public cannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts
now being made by this Institution to save the lives of Ship-
w reeked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at
'he present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions
he Society has made within the past few years, it has now
One Hundred and Twenty-three Life-boats under its man-
agement, tor the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough
iliciency, a large permanent annual income is absolutely
needed, if its humane mission is to be perpetuated.
The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con-
tributions:— £ B. d
Her Majesty the Queen • • .. annual 50 0 0
A Lady at Leith, per W. G. Slater, Esq.. don. 100 0 0
Clerk, Colonel, B.A. .. • • .. .. annual 11 0
Cotton, Sir St. Vincent, Bart.. .. don. 25 0
Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. .. annual 10 0 0
f?le, Lord Chief Justice .. .. don. 10 10 0
La_nshavre, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0
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Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony,g. • .. annual 50 0
Tepenoculai,tiLenadsyanlldelAennanwai..,... ••• .. annual 20 0
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duction into Northern Europe. It prevailed uni-
versally among our Pagan ancestors, the old
Teutons and Vcandinavians, for with them it was a social
law that whoever bestowed a name upon another was bound
to accompany it with a gift. There is a curious illustra-
tion of this ancient rule in a legend which is preserved in
the preface to the code of laws of Ratharis, king of the
Langobards or Lombards, The original name of this
people was Winiler or Winils, and they had for rulers the
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and the latter sumrncaed them either to pay or
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Among the gentlemen comprising the deputation
were the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, M.A., Mr.
P. A. Taylor, M.P., Mr. Benjamin Scott, F.R.S A.,
Chamberlain of London, Rev. Newman Hall, LL 8.,
Rev. R. Everest, Rev. J. 11. Rylance, Mr. W.
Evans (chairman of the Emancipation Society), Mr.
Edmond Beaks, barrister-at-law ; Mr. W. Sham,
M.A.; Messrs. W." Hargreaves, Jacob Bright, H.
J. Slack, James Beal, J. Gorrie, Harry Taylor,
Washington Wilks, F. W. Cesson. (hon. sec.), A.
H. Dymond, W. Farmer, R. Moore, &c.

Mr. Evans appropriately introduced the deputa-
tion, after which Mr. Cheston read the resolution,
as follows :

" That this committee, constituted without respect to
political party or social distinctions, for the development of
British anti-slavery feeling, has learned with profound sa-
tisfaction the issue, on the Ist of January, of President
Lincoln's Proclamation, declaring the freedom of all persons
held as slaves in the States, or parts of States, in rebellion
against the United States Government. That the Presi-
dent's injunction to the persons declared free to abstain
from violence, except in self-defence, and to accept reason-
able terms of hired service, with the offer of military em-
ployment under the United States Government, is an effec-
tual rebuke to the imputation thataervile war was contem-
plated by the Proclamation, or that the liberated negro
would be left to starvation and crime. That this committee
recognises in the limitation of that declaration of freedom
to the districts so described no indifference on the part of
the President and his Cabinet to the injustice and evil of
slavery in other districts of the Union, but an act of sub-
mission to the Constitution, and of faithful regard to their
official oaths. That this committee also connects with this
Proclamation of freedom, under the authority of martial law,
the offer of compensation to loyal slaveholders for the loss
of their slaves and that great scheme of emancipation sub-
mitted to Congress in the Message of Dec. 1, 1862, as an
amendment to the Constitution. That those acts, taken
together, and with them other measures tending to the free-
dom and equality of the subject race, inspires this committee
with hearty confidence in the anti-slavery purposes of the
United States Government. That this committee therefore
offers to President Lincoln and his ministers, through their
representative in this country, its warmest congratulations
upon the auspicious aspect they have given to this new year,
and joins with the President in invoking for these acts of
freedom, justice, and mercy 'the considerate judgment of
mankind and the gracious favour of Almighty God.' "

Mr. TAYLOR, M.P., expressed the great pleasure
he felt at the course the American Government had
lately taken in regard to slavery. That course would
greatly strengthen the people of this country, many
of whom had been misled as to the origin and re-
sults of the war. Slavery had been one of the causes
which had sown dissensions between the two coun-
tries. He therefore believed that the Proclamation
would not only tend to the entire abolition of sla-
very and the continuance of the Union, but that it
would greatly conduce to a lasting peace between
England and America. (Hear.)
The Hon. and Rev, BAPTIST NOEL said he cor-
dially approved Mr. Lincoln's policy. He had ob-
served Mr. Lincoln's honest intention to maintain
the Constitution on the one hand, and to do what
the Constitution allowed, on the other, for the libe-
ration of the slave. The President had used the war
power which had been put into his hands, and he
(Mr. Noel) hoped that, under God's blessing, it
might be the means of bringing the rebellion to a
close. In abstaining from taking the same course
in the Border loyal States
on.st
he recognised
But he (Mr
sedthe Presi-
dent's submission to tti c
_e
Noel) hoped and trusted the loyal States would ac-
cept the liberal offer which the Government had
made; and that, before long, America would be free
from the stain of slavery. (Applause.)
The Rev. NEWMAN HALL said the opinion of this
country on the American struggle had been greatly
misrepresented. The leading newspapers, which
were supposed to represent public opinion, really did ,
not represent the feelings of the masses. Many of
the upper and middle classes had .been _misled on the
question, but the working classes had not. No
meetings had been called in support of slavery,
while the meetings bad been held against it bad
been of the most triumphant character. All the op-
position that had been attempted had been an utter
failure. He would just give one illustration of the
inconsistency of those who misrepresented public
opinion. In the Times of the day before
there had been a leading article, in the first
paragraph of which the President had been con-
demned, on the high ground of philanthropy, for
not issuing the Proclamation, while in the next pa-
ragraph he had been condemned for what he had
done on the ground that he had invaded the Con-
stitution. Now, when one paragraph in a leading
journal contradicted another, he did not think there
was much danger that the great body of the people
would fall into error on the question. (Hear.)
Mr. JACOB BRIGHT said ho concurred in what
had already been said. In Lancashire, where they
should find opposition to the continuance of the war,
if they were to find it anywhere, the working
classes were almost unanimously in favour of the
North. He had seen the question tested in Roch-
dale and many other places, and in these places he
had seen a strong, warm, and earnest feeling in
favour of emancipation displayed. (Approbation.)
His EXCELLENCY then replied in the following
terms :—Gentlemen, I receive this expression of the
sentiments of so respectable a body with great plea-
sure and great satisfaction. I need not say how
encouraging such manifestations will be to those
persons in my country represented by the Presi-
dent of the United States, who have been driven
into the necessity of maintaining such a painful
struggle as has been carried on by them in Ame-
rica in devotion to great principles of public law
and public order. lam very much encouraged by
the circumstance that there is growing here, and in
Europe generally, a better conception than has
heretofore prevailed of the principles involved in

the struggle. The election of Mr. Lincoln was a
great declaration of the majority of the people of
the United States in favour of human freedom. The
signification of it was that the persons then elected
to places of responsibility should be so far imbued
with that principle as that, while they carried on
the Government in the spirit of freedom, they
should at the same time avoid the necessity of a
struggle of physical force. It was the conviction on
the part of the opponents of that policy that the
result would be as certain by that process, though
perhaps much slower, that drove them into the
desperate measure of stopping it at the threshold
by violence. The consequence was that the Govern-
ment was attacked at its very foundations. The
struggle to preserve it has been going on from that
time to this. If, therefore, there has been what
might otherwise be thought extraordinary haste
and precipitate energy in any of the measures which
have been taken by the Government, it has not been
owing so much to any will of their own, as to the
fact that the violence of the resistance has caused
the necessity for them. I think the idea which it
is desirable to present distinctly is this—that the
struggle has been one of self•delence against the
aggressive system that was threatening destruction
to the whole edifice of government as it stood, for
the reason that it was too favourable to freedom.
And with regard to this proclamation, the desire on
the part of the President of the United States has
been, as I conscientiously believe, not to hasten the
measure of emancipation any faster than popular
sentiment in the Slave States would demand, nor
any faster than the emergency should dictate, er, in
other words, simply so to act as to prevent those
very convulsions which war is too apt to precipi-
tate. Therefore, in all matters incidental to the
maintenance of his policy, regard has been steadily
had to the possible avoidance of those dangers of ser-
vile war which nec.essarily must have been foreseen
persons during the OD test. There-
by all thoughtful