The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-08 00:00:00

PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM

SHIP

Yesterday a meeting of the general committee of the
Royal National Life-boat (late Shipwreck) Institution
was held at the office of the institution, John-street,
Adelphi, Mr. Thomas Chapman, F.R.S., in the chair.
There were also present—Admiral Bowles, C.B. Ad-
miral Beecbey, Mr. F. W. Ellis, R.N., Mr. Montague
Gore, Admiral Sir Thomas Herbert, K..C.8., M.P., Mr.
Edward Hurry, Capt. M`Hardy R.N., Capt. Lambert
Perrott Capt. Shepherd, H.C.S., Deputy-Master of the
Trinityouse, Capt. Washington, R.N., and Captain
Ward, R.N., inspector of life-boats to the institution.
Mr. LEWIS, the secretary, read the minutes of the
previous meeting. Rewards for saving life from wrecks
were made. Among them were—
The second service clasp to Samuel Moody (who had
on a previous occasion been presented with4he medal of
the institution), coxswain of the Skegness'life-boat, in
testimony of his gallantry in having with his'crew gone
off in the said boat on the night d the 18th October, to
the rescue of the crew of the brig Atalanta, which came
on shore near that place during a gale of wind. Ataorf
barrel had been lighted on board the brig a signal
oon brought
distress, and although it was intensely anddawrksas the storm
raging high, Moody and his
off the entire
the boat alongside the wre,braa.
Pantnrodesk
child, and safely
crew, 9 men, and the master's
the Lincoln-
brought them on shore.
each for their cervices on the occasion
ecfreiov: two guineas
is an old man-of-
shire Shipwreck Association.
70
years old,, This life-
boatwar's man, and is upward
and has often been need in
nearly 30 years ago,
was presented to the upwards of
by the above in-
stitutionsaving life.
A reward stationed at Whitburn, in con-
of 561, was granted to the crews of the life-
boathighlymeritorious conduct in having
sideration of their . .
institutionoat eight times to rescue the crews
of 59 men, which came on
ooffitihrei
thesa.idb
ecrolailsndistdisugring the fearful gale of the 15th
o e near ~..ii
ult., as was
shore
eightr
c.duo vessels,idy
reported at the time in The Sun.
The following resolution was passed relative to the
late Captain Manby, F.R.S. :—" That the committee of
the Life-boat Institution having heard, with regret, of
the death of Captain Manby, desire to record their high
sense of his unwearied exertions during the last half cen-
tury in saving,life from shipwreck, having been mainly
instrumental in introducing into general use the mortar
apparatus on our coasts, vAereby probably 1,000 lives
have been saved from a premature death."
A new life-boat was reported to have been just placed
by the institution at Boulmer. Others were ordered to
be built forthwith for Robin Hoofs Bay and for Fish-
guard. A grant of 2001. was also ordered to be made in
aid of budding a new life-boat for Southwold.
The institution is using every exertion to carry out
energetically its sacred mission of saying poor creatures
from perishing when shipwrecked on our coasts, but we
regretted to observe that this is only accomplished by a
continued drain on its small funded capital, 300/. of
which had just been sold to meet its present heavy out-
lay. No institutions are more deserving, particularly at
this stormy period of the year, of public support than
the above societies, which, we trust, will be liberally ex-
tended to them. It was reported that 103 wrecks
es, ot:i
wrecks, from which many lives were lost,
curred during the past month, 64 of which were
crews of several boats, the numbers of which l
badrees
a total
wrecks,
unknown.

A young man, named Sonnelitter, of the commune of
Hubserin (Haut-Rhin), who was in a few days to be mar•
ried to a wid€w, last week blew out his brains through
regret at haying allowed matters to go eo far,