The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-07 00:00:00

Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

Yesterday a meeting of this institution was held
at its house, ..John-street, Adelphi—Thomas Chap-
man, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the chair. There were
also present—Captain Sir Edward Perrott, Bart. ;
Admiral W. H. Hall, C. 8., F.R.S. ; Stephen Cave,
Esq., M.P. ; Admiral M'Hardy, Colonel Palmer,
W. H. Harton, Esq., Admiral Bullock, Capt. J. R.
Ward, R.N., inspector of lifeboats to the institu-
tion, and Mr. Richard Lewis, the secretary.

The minutes of the previous meeting having been
read, a reward of £l5 10s. was voted to the crew
of the Constance life-boat of the institution, sta-
tioned at Tynemouth, Northumberland, for saving
the crew of seven men and a pilot from the brig
Border Chieftain, of Hartlepool, and one man from
the brigantine Burton, of Colchester, which were
totally wrecked on the rocks near the north pier,
Tynemouth. A reward of £l5 10s. was also voted
to the crew of the Lowestoft lifeboat, for rescuing
the crew of seven men from the Danish schooner
Pfeil, of Blankanesse, which was stranded during a
strong gale of wind from the east on the Newcome
Sands, on the Suffolk coast, on the 20th ult., and
£1 15s. to the crew of the steam tug for their services
on the occasion. A reward of £4 was likewise granted
to the crew of the institution's lifeboat stationed at
Dundalk for putting off and rescuing seven men from
a boat belonging to the schooner Delila. A reward
of £4 10s. was also voted to the crew of the society's
lifeboat of St. Ives, Cornwall, for going off in reply
to signals of distress, and bringing ashore two men
from the brigantine Eclipse of that port. A reward
of £6 was likewise granted to the crew of the life-
boat belonging to the institution at Filey, for saving
the crew of four men from the schooner Kate, of
Lynn, which was afterwards totally wrecked on
Filey beach. The second service clasp of the insti-
tution was voted to Mr. Mark Devereux, pilot-
master ; and £6 10s. to the crew of the lifeboat at
Rosslare, county Wexford, for going off twice and
rescuing one man from the schooner Teaser, of
Goole, which was totally wrecked during a heavy
gale of wind on the North Bar, on the coast of Wex-
ford, on the 20th ult. The thanks of the institu-
tion were also presented to Mr. William Coghlan,
hon. secretary of the Wexford branch of the insti-
tution, for his services on the occasion. Rewards
amounting to £42 2s. were also granted to the
crew of the lifeboats of the institution at New
Brighton, Scarborough, Filet', Great Yarmouth,
Portrush, and Arklow, for different services
during the gales of the past month. During the
past three months the lifeboats of the institu-
tion had been the means of rescuing 122 lives from
shipwreck, and had also assisted in saving ten ves-
sels from destruction during the same period. A
reward of £2 was granted to some fishermen in ap-
preciation of their conduct in wading into the surf
and rescuing eight sailors from a boat belonging to
the barque Stirlingshire, which was wrecked on the
Tusker Rock, near Wexford, on the night of the
30th January last. Various other rewards were
also granted to the crews of shore boats apd others
for saving life from shipwreck on the coast of the
United Kingdom. The thanks of the institution,
inscribed on vellum, were voted to Mr. F. P. Cock-
shott, late manager of the South Devon Railway
Company, in acknowledgment of his long and
valuable co-operation with the institution during
the time lie occupied that office. Payments amount-
ing to upwards of £1,500 were ordered to be made
on behalf of various lifeboat establishments.
A letter was read from the Duchess of Northum-
berland, expressing her heartfelt thanks to the
committee of the institution for their mark of re-
spect to the late duke, and stating that their vote of
condolence would be placed with the most precious
relics of the past, and he looked upon as one of her
best treasures. It was stated that the subscribers

to the People's Journal, published at Dundee, had
contributed £BOO to pay the cost of two lifebgats to
be stationed on the east coast of Scotland. Reports
were read from the inspector and assistant-inspec-
tor of lifeboats of the institution, on their recent
visits of inspection to its lifeboat stations on the
Norfolk, Suffolk, and Sussex coasts. During the
past month the institution had sent new lifeboats to
Alnmouth, on the Northumberland coast, and to
Ardmore, Ireland. The proceedings then termi-
nated.