The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-03 00:00:00

Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

A meeting of this institution was held yesterday,
at its house, John-street, Adelphi—Thos. Baring,
Esq., M.P., F.R.S., in the chair. There were also
present, Thos. Chapman, Esq., F.R.S. ; Admiral
W. H. Hall, C. 8., F.R.S. ; Sir E. Perrott, Bart. ;
W. 11. Harton, Esq. ; Stephen Cave, Esq., M.P. ;
John Griffiths, Esq. ; Col. Palmer ; George Lyell,
Esq., M.P. ; Capt. Ward, R.N., inspector of life-
boats to the institution, and Richard Lewis, Esq.,

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the secretary.
The minutes of the previous meeting Laving been
read, the committee expressed their deep sorrow in
having to record the lamented death of their valued
President, Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum-
berland, K.G., who for so long a period had cor-

dially and unceasingly co-operated with them in
carrying out the great and philanthropic objects of
the institution.

A reward of £6 10s. was then voted to the crew
of the institution's lifeboat at Blakeney, Norfolk,
for putting off and rescuing 18 Men from the bark
Amana, of Sutherland, which was totally wrecked
about three miles east of Blakeney Harbour on the
17th Nit. It was blowing very strong from the
N.N.W. at the time, and snowing hard. Imme-
diately after the shipwrecked men were taken off by
the lifeboat the vessel completely broke up.
A reward of £9 was also voted to the society's
lifeboat at Newcastle, Dundrum Bay, for putting off
during a strong gale of wind and saving the crew of
four men from the schooner Susan, of Dublin,which
was totally wrecked in Dundrum Bay on the 31st
January.

A reward 0f.112 was likewise granted to the crew
of the Ipswich lifeboat of the institution stationed
at Thorpeness, for putting off and saving one
man from the smack Leader, of Harwich, which was
stranded in a heavy sea off Thropeness, Suffolk, on
the 4th ult.

A reward of £6 10s. was also voted to the crew of
the Mary Hartley lifeboat, belonging to the institu-
tion, at Broughty Ferry, Dundee, for going off, in
reply to signals of distress, and saving, in conjunc-
tion with a steam-tug, from a very perilous position,
the Dutch galliot Anga and her crew of four men,
during a strong easterly wind, on the Bth ult.
A reward of £9 was also granted to the crew of
the institution's Fishguard lifeboat the Sir Edward
Perrott, for putting off through a heavy sea, and
bringing safely ashore the crews, consisting of 12
men, from the schooner Albion, of Teignmouth,
and the Emma, of Barrow, which were in distress
in Fishguard Bay, on the 19th ult.
A reward of £4 was also voted to the crew of the
lifeboat of the society at North Berwick, for going
off and bringing safely ashore three pilots, who had
been exposed in a small open boat during a gale of
wind and severe frost for 28 hours. The poor fel-
lows were almost perished from cold and hunger
when taken into the lifeboat.

A reward of £l6 10s. was likewise granted to the
crew of the Blackpool lifeboat, belonging to the in-
stitution, for putting off in reply to signals of dis-
tress, and assisting to save from destruction the bark
Lexington, of Nassau, which had struck on the
Salthouse Sandbank, on the Lancashire coast, dur-
ing thick weather, on the night of the 6th ult. The
vessel's cargo of cotton was valued at £BO,OOO. The
Lytham and Southport lifeboats of the society had
also gone off to the assistance of the above-named
vessel, and rewards amounting to £l5 were voted
to the crews of those lifeboats.

The Ballycotton lifeboat of the society had also
assisted to save from destruction the brig Rants,
which was in distress during a gale of wind, off
Ballycotton on the 29th Jan.
Rewards amounting to £79 lls. 6d. were also
voted to the crews of the institution's lifeboats at
Caister, IValmer, Tynemouth, Skegness, St. An-
drew's, Ardmore Rye, Broughty Ferry, and New-
castle, Dundrum Bay, for various services during
the stormy weather of the past month.
Voted :—The thanks of the institution, inscribed on
vellum, to Dr. Crawford Porle, honorary secretary
of its Ardmore branch; and to Mr. Thomas Coveney,
chief officer of the Coast-guard ; and also £3 10s. to
other persons—in acknowledgment of their perse-
vering exertions in wading into the sea and other-
wise assisting to rescue ten of the crew of the barque
Sextus, of Malta, which was totally wrecked during
a very heavy gale of wind at Curragh Point, Ard
more, county Waterford, on the 29th January The
remainder of the unfortunate crew, ' six In number,
unhappily perished.

thanks of the institution, inscribed on
vellum, to Mr. Wm. Maynard, master mariner ; to
Thos. Bates, coxswain of the lifeboat of the society
at Budehaven, with £1 to the latter, and also £1

It was stated that their Royal Highnesses the
Prince and Princess of Wales had been pleased to
signify their intention to patronise the Devon and
Cornwall Lifeboat Bazaar, to be held at Teignmouth
in August next, in aid of the funds of the institution.
-All the lifeboats, numbering 14, on the shores of
the two counties belong to the National Institution,
which has expended upon them about £7,000.
It was reported that the late John Appleyard,
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sq., of Halifax, had left the institution a legacy of
£2,000.

A benevolent lady had, through Sir Wm. Arm-
strong, F.R.S., promised to defray the cost of the
Holy Island lifeboat establishment, on the Nor-
thumberland coast, near the scene of Grace Dar-
ling's distinguished services in saving life from
shipwreck.

The institution had, during the past month, sent
new lifeboats to North Deal, Tramore, and Pen-
zance. The cost of the three boats had been gene-
rously defrayed by benevolent persons.

The Duke of Argyll has kindly consented to take
the chair at the annual meeting of the institution,
to be held at the London Tavern on the 14th inst.
The proceedings then terminated.
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Naval and Military Intelligence.

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The Duke of Somerset, as First Lord of the Ad-
miralty, held a levee yesterday at the Admiralty,
Whitehall. The following officers were present :
Vice-Admiral Burney, Rear-Admiral Buckle, Rear-
Admiral Castle, Capt. H. Phelps, Capt. G• J.
Napier, Capt. J. A. Price, Capt. E. Hardinge,
Capt. W. A. R. Pearse, Capt. R. V. Hamilton,
Capt. C. Fellowes, Capt. E A. Inglefield, Capt. H.
D. Grant, Capt. T. Brandreth, Capt. R. B. Pearse,
Capt. J. Reeve, Capt. T. E. L. Moore, Commander
G. W. Towsey, Commander G. D. Bevan, Com-
mander W. C. Chapman, Commander A. Wing,
Lieut. F. Pyne, Lieut. Sir J. Swinburne, Lieut. W.
D. D. Selby, Lieut. G.. 8. Goolden, Lieut. P. P 1
Doughty, and Lieut. Henry J. Challis.
The screw corvette Niger, 13, 400-horse power,
Mr. A. F. Gibbons master in charge, arrived at
Chatham yesterday from the Thames, for the pur-
pose of being placed in No. 3 dock, to undergo a
survey at the hands of the master-shipwright's staff,
preparatory to being brought forward for commis-
sion.

The hands employed on the ironclad frigates Bel-
lerophon, 14,11,000-horse power, and Lord Warden,
35, 1,000-horse power, building at Chatham, have
recommenced working additional hours on both
those vessels, the extra working having been tempo-
rarily.suspended a few weeks since by Admiralty
order.

The Valiant, 24 guns, iron frigate, Master N. A.
Arguimbau, has been placed in the Warrior dock at
Portsmouth to have her new Kingston valves fitted
and her bottom cleaned, and afterwards coated with
preservative and anti-fouling compositions. The
Valiant has been nearly 18 months afloat since her
launch, and with nothing on the iron plates of her
bottom except a light coating of red lead, which
may be termed her launching coat of bottom
colour. Under these circumstances, it is somewhat
extraordinary that she is the cleanest ship below
the water-line that has been docked at Ports-
mouth. In this respect she differs from the Resist-
ance, iron frigate, which was docked at Ports-
mouth after her arrival at that part from the Med-
way. Although her bottom had been payed over
with anti-fouling composition, some tons of mussels,
barnacles, and weeds, &c., were scraped from off her
bottom. A comparison of the results on the bottoms
of the two ships would almost establish the belief
that the greater number of the expensive compounds
now being applied to the bottoms of her Majesty's
iron ships under the name of " anti-fouling" mix-
tures tend to encourage rather than discourage the
growth of marine animalcule and weeds, even in
English waters. From the time the ship has been
in the water since her launch, and the thinness of
the coating of red lead with which her bottom was
originally covered, there is necessarily a good deal
of corrosion over the rivet heads and some portion',
of the plates, but there is no appearance of any
under " pit" on any of the plate's surface, such as
is often seen where anti-fouling mixtures have been
applied which have contained copper in their com-
position. It will be yet some three or four months
before the Valiant will be ready for sea service.
The iron screw steamship Black Prince, 41, Capt.
Lord Frederick H. Kerr, having received some un-
important repairs, was removed yesterday from No.
2 dock at Devonport, and placed at her moorings
in the stream in Hamoaze. After receiving coal
and provisions she will proceed into Plymouth
Sound, on Saturday.
The iron screw steamship Achilles, 20, Captain
Edward W. Vansittart, having had her bottom
cleaned and coated with Hay's composition, and hav-
ingbeen supplied with a new propeller in substitution
of the one which was broken, was removed yesterday
from the long dock in Keyham steamyard and
placed in the basin. She will probably be removed
into Hamoaze to-day, and may go into the Sound
to-morrow or Monday.

The paddlewheel steam frigate Gladiator, 6, Capt.
Francis H. Shortt, having had defects made good,
left Hamoaze yesterday morning, and proceeded out-
side Plymouth breakwater to test her speed at the
measured mile, after which she will ship her pow-
der. The frigate will then embark supernumeraries,
and proceed to Sheerness to take in tow the sailing
ship Ganges, 84, which is to be fitted as a hulk, and
will, it is said, be beached above Keyham steam
yard for the convenience of getting on board during
heavy weather.
The favourable reports made to the Lords of the
Admiralty by the heads of departments at Chatham
dockyard of the results of the several weeks' trial of
one of Aveling and Porter's steam traction engines,
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yard, and arrangements have accordingly been en-
tered into with the patentees for the purchase of one
of their most powerful engines, which will be used
in the ordinary work of the dockyard, hitherto per-
formed at great cost by teams of horses. During
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results being in every instance most satisfactory.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—C. F. Goolden, second master,
to the Firefly ; and J. Phillips, promoted to first
class assist. engineer.

THE VOLUNTEERS.—It has been decided that the
metropolitan and other Volunteer regiments shall
hold a review at Easter, as in previous years, and a com-
mittee of the commanding officers of Volunteer corps hag
been appointed to inquire and report as to the best place at
which the review can be held. The generally expressed
wish of the larger corpe was that it should be at. Brighton,
but Dover having been since pointed out as a place eligible
in many respects, and as possessing advantages for such a
display not possible to obtain elsewhere, as two lines of
railways, and the means of co-operating with the regulars,
it is not unlikely that the committee's report will be favour-
able to this town. The corporation and townspeople of
Dover are highly desirous that the review shall be held
there, and meetings have been held to further this object.
The people of Brighton have held similar meetings, and
each town will evidently struggle to obtain the presence of
the Volunteers on this occasion. The question will most
likely be decided on the 14th inst., when the commancling
officers hold another meeting.