The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-03 00:00:00

,LOYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTI-

TUTION.

Yesterday a meeting of this institution was held
at its house, John-street, Adelphi ; T. Chapman,
Esq., F.R.S., Vice-President, in the chair. There
were also present—Admiral Cator, G. Lyall, Esq.,
M.P., Admiral Gordon. Captain Do St. Croix, Mon-
tague Gore, Esq., Colonel Palmer, Captain Eger-
ton, R.N., A. Boetefeur, Esq., and Captain Ward,
Inspector of Lifeboats of the Institution.
The Secretary read the minutes of the previous
meeting.
The lamented demise of the Prince Consort eli-
cited from the meeting an expression of the deepest
regret, and a voteof condolence and sympathy was
ordered to be presented to her Majesty, the Queen.
His Royal Highness was, in conjunction with the
King of the Belgians, the Vice-Patron of the Na-
tional Lifeboat Institution, and was a liberal con-
tributor to its funds. He had honoured the insti-
tution with his countenance during the past twelve
years. Her Majesty the Queen being its patron,
and an annual subscriber of £5O to its funds.
A reward of £6 10s. was voted to pay the ex-
penses of the lifeboat of the institution stationed at
Thorpe, Suffolk, in saving the crew of five men of
the brig Content, of Sunderland, which, during a
gale of wind was wrecked on Sizewell Bank on the
12th ult. The crew were taken from the rigging.
A smack, which was cruising about, had previously
approached the wreck and taken one man on board,
but she was afterwards only too glad to have the
protection of the lifeboat. This valuable boat has
several times been instrumental in saving ship-
wrecked crews from a watery grave.
A reward of £5 was also voted to defray the ex-
penses of the Berwick lifeboat belonging to the in-
stitution, in rescuing the crew of five men of the
schooner Epimachus, of Amsterdam, which, during
a gale of wind, and a heavy sea, was run ashore
about three miles from Berwick, on the 18th tilt.
This excellent boat has been the means, under Pro-
vidence, of rescuing 30 poor fellows from different
wrecks.

A reward of £6 10s. was also given to the crew
of the institution's lifeboat stationed at Fishguard,
which, during a terrific gale of wind, took the crew
of three men off the smack Ellen Owens, of Car-
digan, which had a signal of distress flying, and
her anchor dragging. Fortunately, the gale having
moderated, the vessel herself was saved from de-
struction. Her crew having been put on board
the next morning, she proceeded to Bristol.
Rewards amounting to £3l 15% were also voted
to the crews of the institution's lifeboats stationed
at Rye, Newhaven, Brighton, Penarth, and Llan-
dudno, for putting off to vessels which had signals
of distress flying, but which did not afterwards
require their services.

During the year which has just closed, the life-
boats of the institution have been instrumental in
rescuing 288 persons from different wrecks on the
coast of the United Kingdom. Many of the persons
thus rescued from a watery grave were foreigners;
and their expressions of gratitude are frequently,
gi Ah! we may always know whether it is upon the
English coast that we are wrecked by the lifeboat
efforts that are made for our rescue." At this time of
the year4when the storm moans and howls over our
heads, we are often tempted to say " God help our
men at sea." But do we also as often think of the
lifeboat manned by brave fellows battling out to
sea in storm sad darkness on its errand of mercy ?
Miss Bertie Cator handed to the institution £176,
being the cost of a lifeboat, which she had collected
from some ladies and friends for that purpose. She
wished the boat to be called the Princess Royal,
after the Crown Princess of Prussia.

The thanks of the institution, inscribed on vellum,
'were ordered to be presented to Capt. Wilson, of the
steamship Clarence, of the General Steam Naviga-
tion Company, for rescuing, after much difficulty
and danger to his vessel, the crew of eight men of
the brig Virago, of Hartlepool, which, in blowing
weather, was driven on the Middle Sand near the
month of the Thames.

The silver medal of the institution was presented
to Mr. Thomas Mama, master of the smack Volun-
teer, of Harwich; also the silver medal and £2 each
to five men who had manned his small boat; and
the vellum thanks of the institution and £2 each to
six other men of his crew, in admiration of their
noble and persevering services in rescuing, during
a fearful storm, six out of eleven of the crew of the
barque Darius, of South Shields, which had sunk
on the Long Sand, near Harwich. The poor men
were taken off the only mast standing, in a most
helpless state, two of their comrades having previ-
ously perished from exposure, having been on the
mast for more than 12 hours. This was stated to
be one of the most heroic and persevering deeds of
rescue from shipwreck recorded recently.
It was stated that a bazaar had been recently held
at the village of Newbiggin, in Northumberland, on
behalf of the general funds of the National Lifeboat
Institution, and that through the kind and zealous
exertions of the influential families of the neigh.
bourhood, the nett proceeds of the bazaar had rea-
lised the large sum of £3OO.
It was also reported that the builders were pro-
ceeding with the completion of three new lifeboats
for Dublin Bay and one for Dundee, and that the
institution had lifeboats nearly ready to be sent to
Plymouth, Blakeney (Norfolk), and Kingsgate, in
Kent.

The account books of the society were ordered to
be sent as usual to Mr. Begbie, the public accoun-
tant, who for the past 10 years has been the auditor
of the Lifeboat Society.
A memorial was presented to the institution from
some residents of l'ortinllaen, on the Carnarvonshire
coast, urging the necessity of a lifeboat being sta-
tioned there, and stating that it might, during the
heavy gales of November and December last, have
been instrumental in saving the lives of several
persons who had perished in the neighbourhood on
those disastrous occasions.
It was stated that the Worshipful Company of
Goldsmiths had sent an additional liberal donation
of £5O to the institution.
A cordial vote of thanks was presented to Thos.
Chapman, Esq., deputy chairman of the institution,
and to Sir Edward Perrott, Bart., chairman of the
sub-committee, for their important and valuable
Cervices to the society during the past year.
Payments amounting to £430 having been made
on various lifeboat establishments, the proceedings
terminated.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

ENTRIES FOR THE CHESTER CUP,

The Tradesmen's Plate of 200 sous in specie, added to a
handicap sweepstakes of 25 soya each, 15 ft, and only 5 if
declared on or before the last Tuesday in January, at 12
o'clock at noon. Cup course, about 2 miles and a quarter.
Benham Lass, Keane, Master Fenton, Lupus, Knight of
the Bath, Schism, Wildman, Bally Edmond, Cashio,
Caractacus, Corona, Breechloader, Madge Wildfire, Rough
Diamond, Danae, Elcho, Jealousy, Killegrew, Romulus,
Croagh Patrick, Silkstone, Yorkminster, c by Harry the
Great—Badinage, Precise, Limeflower, Parmesan, Lady
Blanche, Ducat, Portland (late Brother Jonathan), But-
terfly, 'Wombat, Vancouver, Queen of Spain, Carisbrook,
Volunteer, South Lancashire, Meyerbeer, Costa, Knave,
Starlight, Folkestone, c by Wild Dayrell—Vest, Umpire,
Wallace, Rubicon, Camerino, South Australian, Shipwreck,
f by The Trapper—Plush, Wandsworth, Victrix, Villager,
Crater, Paul Clifford, Antwerp, Jingling Johnny, Westend,
Egyptian, Shropshire (late South Shropshire) (h b), An-
tares, IVatchman, Black Prince (bred in France), Com-
piegne (bred in France), Royallieu, Allez•prondement,
Herculaneum, Hadji Stavros, c by Flatcatcher—Rather
High, Bosh, Bevis, Lord Stanley, Dalesman, Weasel, My
Mary, Buchephalus, Socrates, Defender, M. Philippe,
Physician, The Brewer, Real Jam, Wynnstay, Johnny
Armstrong, Ivanhoff, Oldminster, Knutsford. The Wizard,
Reindeer, 'Wild Rose, Spite, Remunerator, Highflyer,
'Chao Arnie, Sawcutter, Agag, Earl of Surrey, Zodiac,
Satanella, Shepherdess, Ethel, Man-in-the-Moon, Frailty,
c by Windhound—Splitvote, Jacintha, f by Stockwell—
Boabdil Brighton, Victor,
Babette, Eastern Princess,
Pagoda, and Rlicebus.

LIVERPOOL SPRING CUI'.
Entries for the, Liverpool Spring Cup of 100 covs in
specie, by subscription of 10 sovs each, h ft, with GO added.
About one mile and a ball :—Egyptian, Shopshire, Paul
Clifford.' Bevis, Lord Stanley, Absinthe, Arcadia, Ben-
jamin, Ducat, Wombat, Queen of Spain, South Lancashire,
eby Windbound—Morgan la Faye, Sir William, Costa,
c by Wild Dayrell—Vest, Yorkminster, Antares, Colares,
Corona, Killigrew, Romeo, Warminster, General Hesse,
St. Lawrence, Sagittarius, Gavazzi, and Good-for-Nothing
(late Rudersdorff.)