The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-21 00:00:00

WITHE.RNSEA NEW LIFEBOAT,

A large and fine new lifeboat, mounted on her
transporting carriage, was forwPrded yesterday by
the Royal National Lifeboat hstitution to Withern-
sea, near Hull, a dangeror,s point on the Yorkshire
coast. The boat is 34 feet long, 7 feet Wide, and
rows six oars sinP;e-banked, or 12 oars double-
r banked. Her t elf-righting qualities were fully
Regent
and. MAisl.tota-o'nl3, tested on Saturday last, in the
'F. Canal Dock, Limehouse. The water she
ilined was self-ejected in 20 seconds. The boat was
b'ailt by the Messrs. Forrest, of Limehouse. The
transporting carriage of the boat, which was built
by Mr. J. Robinson, of Kentish Town, was also
tried on the occasion, and was found to answer
admirably. By an ingenious contrivance the boat,
with her crew on board, is launched off the
carriage. With their oars in hand they are thus
enabled to obtain headway before the breakers
have time to beat the boat broadside on the beach.
The hauling up of the boat on her carriage is ac-
complished with equal facility. A commodious and
substantial house has been built, from a design
furnished by C. H. Cooke, Esq., honorary archi-
tect to the society,for the reception of the lifeboat,
her stores, and carriages. The cost (X 300) of the
lifeboat and carriage was presented to the insti-
tion by Miss Lechmere, a benevolent lady resident
in Worcestershire. Richard Champneys, jun., Esq.,
the chairman of the branch, has rendered the in-
stitution valuable assistance in establishing this
lifeboat station. A grand demonstration is to take
place at Withernsea on Monday, the 25th inst., to
inaugurate this important and benevolent gift to
the town.

The National Lifeboat Institutior, has now 122
lifeboats in connection with it. Of these nine are
stationed on the Yorkshire coast—namely, at Mid-
dlesborough, Redcar, Saltburn, Whitby, Scar•
borough, Filey, Bridlington, Hornsea, and Withern-
sea. The following also is a list of the lives saved
during the past two years and a half from various
wrecked vessels belonging to our north and east
ports, viz. ;—Lugger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft, 11 ;
smack Adventure, of Harwich, 10; pilot cutter
Whim, of Lowestoft, 7 ; brig Lively, of Clay,
Norfolk, 5; barque Robert "Watson, of Sunder-
land, 5; brig Zephyr, of Whitby, 6 ; coble Hon-
our, of Cullercoats, 3 ; schooner Eliza, of North
.o
Shields, 7; sloop Char;loattefi,shoifil
Woodbridge,batof
Whit-
burn, brigurn Ann, of
brig A
Blyt h 8
r thnsa,
of Blytb, 8 ; brig
Flying Fish, of Whitby, 5 ; schooner Fly, of
Whitby—saved vessel and crew, 4 ; schooner Rose,
of Lynn, 3 ; brig Prodroma, of Stockton, 11; brig
Eliza, of Middleborough, 7 ; brig Content, of Sun-
derland, 5 ; schooner Prospect, of Berwick, 6 ; brig
Scotia, of Sunderland, 6 ; brig Gloucester, of South
Shields, 7 ; brig Roman Empress, of Shields, 10 ;
brig Mayflower, of Newcastle, 8; barque Druid, of
Sunderland, 9; schooner Princess Alice, of
Ipswich, 5 ; brig Sisters, of Whitby, 9 ; brig
Providence, of Shields, 8; barque Niagara, of
Shields, 11; barque Perseverance, of Scarborough,
5 ; smack John Bull, of Yarmouth, 5 ; brig Jane,
of North Shields, 8 ; brig Lovely Nelly, of
Seaham, 6 ; brig Pallas, of Shields, 3 ; sloop
Three Brothers, of Goole, 5; and schooner Friends,
of Lynn, 4. Altogether upwards of 700 lives have
been rescued during the same period from a watery
grave by lifeboats of the National Lifeboat Insti-
tution. As each life boat requires about £4O a year
to keep it in repair and ready for instantaneous
service, it is evident that a large sum is required by
the institution to enable it to maintain in a state of
efficiency our numerous lifeboat establishments, and
that the good and sacred work in which it is so
continued support of the public at large.
actively engaged can only be perpetuated by the

.lIIE ISLEWORTII
detectives, assisted
MURDER.—No cluethe h7tahe
es.
np , ,
been obtained to the place of concealment of the man Cope-
land, who is charged with the murder of Anne Barnhani,
Robinsona t Is lew o rat hn,d on
Thomas,th° twoevening e
experienced
poefr i Thursday,encea
by Inspector Rigarlsford, of the Brenttord division, have
been to Petersfield and other places where it is known Cope-
land was in the habit of visiting, but no satisfactory infor-
mation can bo obtained. It is c
having been seen by so few peop ionjectured by some that
e after the committal of
the murder, and his person 13, • ing so well known in the
neighbourhood, he may have thrown himself into the
Thames, which is close by.
NSW ACT ON BURIAL BOARDS.—According to an
act passed on the
,prov,ra
Comiso day of the prorogation, the Improvement
iro acting as burial boards are empowered to
mortgage
ement rates and burial rates for the puri
poses of the b •
unal acts.