The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-07 00:00:00

ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INS7L

TUTION.

Yesterday a meeting of this institution was held
a t its house, John-street, Adelphi ; Mr. T. Chap-
man, F.R.S., vice-president, in the chair. The fol-
lowing rewards were given to the crews of the life-
boats mentioned for valuable service :—.£6 108., to
the crew of the institution's boat at Lytham; £l2
to the crew of the Thorpe boat. Rewards amount-
ing to £9O were likewise voted to pay the expenses
of the Yarmouth, Fleetwood, Lytham, Southport,
Walmer,'Newhaven, Fraserburgh, Campbeltown,
and Arklow lifeboats of the society for putting off
during the late fearful gale-with the view of saving
life. The silver medal of the institution, a copy
of its vote on parchment, and £2 each, were voted to
Mr. W. Goldring, James Spraggs, and David
Farmer, being the crew of the smack Ferret, in
admiration of their conduct on the 17th ult.,in put-
ting off in the boat of the smack and rescuing, at the
greatest risk of life, the crew of three men of the
sloop Cygnet, of Portsmouth, which had sunk off
the Hampshire coast. A reward of £2 was
likewise granted to a boat's crew for saving, at
much risk of life, the crew of six men belonging
to a fishing smack, which, during a frightful squall,
had been capsized off Clogerhead on the Irish coast,
on the 12th inst. The silver medal of the society
and £2 was also voted to James M'Millan, who is
upwards of 70 years of age, for his general services
in saving life, and particularly for his intrepid
_con-
duct in rushi-ng into the surf to the rescue of W
Fordyce, of the ship Genova, of London, which,
during a heavy gale of wind, had been wrecked on
the Mull of Kantyre on the 13th ult. It was stated
hat wherever the lifeboats of the institution had
put off during the late storm, when handled by able
and determined men, their behaviour in the heavy
seas had in most instances excited the admiration
of their crews. At Bude Haven, however, the life-
boat had been ill-manned on the occasion of the
fearful wreck of the Bencoolen, and the result was
that she was unable to save any lives on that disas-
trous occasion. It was also reported that the life-
boat mounted on her transporting carriage, which
was recently exhibited in the gardens of the Royal
Horticultural Society, contiguous to the Interna-
tional Exhibition, had been sent to Tynemouth,
Northumberland. A lifeboat had also just been
sent by the institution to Drogheda, on the Irish
coast. Mr, Robartes, M.P., had again presented
to the institution IMO to assist it to found a life-
boat station at Porthleven, Cornwall. He had
previously, in conjunction with his mother, the
late Mrs, Agar, founded a lifeboat station, in con-
nexion with the society, at the Lizard. The insti-
tution decided on sending forthwith a new lifeboat
to Fleetwood, on the Lancashire coast. The new
obverse of the medal of the institution, representing
a portrait of her Majesty the Queen, executed by Mr.
L. Wyon, was exhibited at the meeting. It is in
lieu of one of George IV., the first patron of the
Lifeboat Society, and is a beautiful specimen of
art. The demands on the institution at the present
period of the year continue to be unusually heavy,
and the committee were in consequence com-
pelled yesterday to order the sale of £l,OOO stock
from its small funded capital. Payments amount-
ing to £6OO were ordered to be made on various
lifeboat establishments. The proceedings then ter-
minated.