The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-06 00:00:00

ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTI.

TUTION.

Thursday a meeting of this institution was held
at its house, John-street, Adelphi—Thos. Chapman,
Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the chair. There were also
present Sir Edward Perrott, Bart., V.P. ; Admiral
Washington, F.R.S. ; Capt. A. P. Ryder, R.N., pri-
vate secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty ;
Admiral Gordon, Alexander Boetefour, Esq., Admi-
ral Bullock, Capt. Ward, R.N., inspector of lifeboats
to the institution ; and Richard Lewis, Esq., the
secretary.
An interesting communication was read from the
Hon. C. F. Adams, the American Minister at this
Court, stating, in reference to the valuable services
rendered by the Lytham and Southport lifeboats of
the institution, in rescuing a few weeks ago the
crew of 18 men of the ship Annie E. Hooper, of Bal-
timore, United States, that he had been instructed

by the President of the United States of America
to present £lOO in his name to the National Life-
boat Institution, and £3l to the crews of the life-
boats in addition to the rewards, amounting to Lles
10s. previously granted to them by the society, The
committee expressed their high appreciation of the
munificence of President Lincoln in this case.

A reward of £4 was given to the crew of the in-
stitution's lifeboat stationed at Padstow, for their

laudable exertions in putting off and rescuing,
under perilous circumstances, the crow of
four men of the sloop Loftus, of Padstow,
which, during very thick weather, was wrecked
off that place on the 9th ult. The vessel could
hardly be seen by the life boat's crew. However,
they pushed on through the heavy fog. The life
boat reached the vessel and took off her crew of four
men, who were afterwards safely brought on shore.
Mr. Shea, the officer of coast-guard, was on board
the lifeboat on this as on many previous occasions,
and has assisted in- her in saving 25 lives. With the
special permission of the late Prince Consort, the
Padstow lifeboat is called the Albert Edward, after
the Prince of Wales, who is also the Duke of Corn-
wall. By a singular and happy coincidence, of which
some of the Cornish men are particularly proud, the
lifeboat was thus the means, under God, of saving
four poor creatures from an inevitable death on the
very day the Prince attained his majority—an aus-
picious omen, for deeds of mercy have " their vic-
tories no less renowned than war."
A reward of £6 was also voted to the crew of the
neighbouring lifeboat at Bude Haven, belonging
to the society, for saving the crew of three men of
the smack Mary Elizabeth, of Portleven, which, in
a heavy sea on this coast, was found disabled on the
14th ult. In three-quarters of an hour she reached
the wreck and took off the crew of two men and a
boy. This was about a mile from the shore, oppo-
site a reach of sand called Widemouth Bay. _ I

A reward of £4 10e. was also voted to the crew of
the Kirkcudbright lifeboat, for putting off and sav-
ing the schooner Ellen, of Liverpool, which during
some heavy weather had struck on Kirkcudbright
bar on the 13th ult.
A reward of £ll was also voted to the crew of
the Teignmouth lifeboat of the institution for sav-
ing, during the gale of tho 18th ult., two out of
three men belonging to the smack John of that place,
which struck on the bar, the sea sweeping heavy
rollers over her.

It was stated that one of the institution's lifeboats
stationed at Dundee Harbour had assisted in bring-
ing safely to port the schooner James Dowell, of
Newcastle, which during a heavy squall became
waterlogged on the night of the Ist ult.

The silver medal of the society and £3 were voted
to Thomas, master of the smack Paragon, of Har-
wich, and £lB to his crew of six men for their long
and intrepid exertions extending over three days,
in rescuing, during a gale of wind and thick wea-
ther, four out of six persons belonging to the
'schooner Thrifty, of Goole, which on Oct. 19 last
foundered on the Longsand.
Various other rewards were also voted for saving

life from shipwrecks on different parts of the coast.
During the past month the institution had sent
two lifeboats to the coast—one to Tynemoutb, in Nor-
thumberland; and the other to Fleetwood, in Lanca-
shire. The cost of both boats had been severally pre-
sented to the institution by a benevolent lady and
gentleman.

It was reported that a contribution of £5 had
been received from the late officers and crew of her
Majesty's ship Alecto through Capt. H. J. Raby,
R.N.

Payments amounting to nearly £1,200 having
made to various life-boat establishments, the pro-
ceedings terminated.

SEN7IMEN2'S PET.

(From Punch.)
Come let us be merry and drink while wo may,
More punch, Tom, and see that it's hotter,
And hope going home we shan't meet on the way
Sweet Sentiment's pet, the Garotter.

At present proud London's a criminal don,
We envy the home of the cotter,
His fare and his couch may be humble, but then
He don't apprehend the Garotter.

We once sent such rascals across the broad sea,
And prigs took to preaching and potter,
And now not a decentish thoroughfare's free
From the fruit of their bosh, the Garotter.

A gentleman's walking, perchance with a crutch,
He'll suddenly stagger and totter;
Don't think that the gentleman's taken too much,
He's unluckily met a Garotter.

A lady beside yonder crossing you note,
That rascal has chosen to " spot " her,
One scream, but the next is suppressed in the throat
Embraced by the brutal Garotter.

There are but three ways to get out of his beat,
Turn coachman, or tiler, or yachter,
For no one who walks on her Majesty's street
Is safe from the scoundrel Garotter.

Mrs. Gamp, though a wretch, was by no means a fool,
And " Live and let live was her mottor ;"
But " I'll live and you shan't " is the rascally rule
Of society's foe, the Garotter.

Many ways are proposed to extinguish the pest,
And punish the rutllanly plotter ;
But this is the cheapest, and quickest, and best,
And will finish the dastard Garotter.

Just take a good cord, and divide her in nine,
Let a skilled boson's mate rig and knot her :
Then lay the sound lesson of "line upon lino"
Into Sentiment's Pet, the Garotter."

According to the Austrian "Naval Almanack,"
which has just been published, there are in the service of
that Power :-16 Admirals (of whsm 11 are not on active
service) ; 11 Post-Captains, and 25 Captains of Frigates.
A total eclipse of the moon, partly visible in
Paris, will take place on the 6th. The moon will enter the
penumbra at 41 minutes after 4 a.m., the eclipse coranume.
ing at 55 minutes after 5, and terminating at 44 minutes
after 9. The planet will leave the penumbra at about 11
o'clock.