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London, England, 1865-01-12 00:00:00

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The half-yearly -----w—meeting of this society was held
yesterday at the offices in Trafalgar-square ; Mr.
Benjamin Bond Cabbell in the chair. On the
motion of the Chairman, a vote of thanks was passed
a member of the committee,
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who had bequeathed to the society the sum of 2001. ;
and, there being other vacancies on the committee,
the Dean of Westminster, Mr. Donald Nichol, and.
Mr. W. Ashurst were elected to fill them. The
statement of accounts showed that the total income
of the society from all sources during the last
year was 1,513/. Os. 7d., and the expenditure,
including the rent of offices, the salaries of ice-
men, the cost of keeping up the receiving houses,
apparatus, drags, &c., had been 1,492/. 7s. Bd.,
leaving the small balance of 90!. 12s. 11d. in the
bankers' hands. The report stated that during the
year 246,926 persons had bathed in the Serpentine,
and there had been 35 casualties. Since last July
123 cases had been successfully treated, while eight
were beyond recovery. Of 45 cases which had oc-
curred in Hyde-park since last July, 35 had been
successfully treated, one was beyond recovery, and
nine were found drowned. There had been eight
attempted suicides in the Park. Of the 240 general
cases which occurred during the year 232 were suc-
cessfully treated, and the remaining eight were be-
yond recovery. On the motion of Mr. Baker, the
following -members of the French Humane Society
were elected honorary members of this society :
The Marquis de Bethisy, the Marquis du Plantz,
M. Chateauneuf, M. Jagbert (Sec.-General),
and the Abbe Brazier (Chaplain-General).
Silver medallions of the society for saving. life were
awarded in the following .cases :__To Albert Wil-
liams, for saving the lives of four persons, whose
boat was upset in St. George's Sound, Australia,
last May ; to Philip Ahier, jun., who saved the life
of a soldier at Jersey ; to a seaman named Samuel
Moon, who saved two lives—one in Zante Bay, and
the other in the Bay of Tunis ; to Mr. Corrington,
steward of her Majesty's ship Acorn, for attempting
to save the life of a private soldier in Shanghae river
last June ; to Mr. Russell Frost, for striving to save
four persons at Bude, in Cornwall ; and to Mr. F.
Hallorman, a naval cadet of her Majesty's ship
Britain, who saved his brother's life last November
under the most difficult circumstances. Thanks were
voted to the honorary officers, and the secretary,
Mr. Lambton Young, having been re-elected and
received a cordial vote of thanks, the proceedings
closed with the usual complimentary vote to the
chairman.

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