The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-10 00:00:00

ROYAL HULWANE SOCIETY.

This society, establisher in 1774, for the recovery of
persons apparently drowned or dyad, held a general court
yesterday, at the otlica in Traf,lgar-square, under the
presidency of Mr. Bond cAbbell, for the purpose of be-
stowing rewards on all who had assisted in the preserva-
tion or res:toration of human life during tie past year.
The folio :ving was the list of persons en whom the
society conferrA rewardS of gallantry far having risked
their own lives to save the lives of their fellow-crea

tures :-
1. Jotin Dickson, fireman of steamer lona, saved a
female child, six years 10, the 9th October, 1855.
2. Mr. William -fin ,tort!), se ing ',late of her Maj-sty's
ship Blazer, saved Patri k Rya A 8., of her M,je.ty'.
hip Daz-•, at sea, off.Gottla,d, 24'.11 August, 1855.
3. Lieut, 1. E..8e150n...R.N., of her Majesly's ship
Neptune, saved. Moi tidier, ordinary seaman of
the same in 'the river Taguf,, off Lisbon, lit De-
cember, 1855.
4 Lieut..H. Martin, R.A., saved J. T.viggs, Argis-
tote:
CeLtr.alde
bal°niiß' Oct.• 21, 1855. •
5 e, r C. Wake, R N., and, 6, Jay.
Ab., both'of her Majesty's ship Hannibal, Saved Mau-
rice Hood, seamali of her Majesty's ship Hannibal, at
Smyrna, Dec. 12, 1855.
7 Mr W. Marillier, master of the Grammar School
R,..thernithe, saved Master E. W. Craigie, Harrow•
park, Dee. 21, 1855.
8. Mr. J. tVallie, master of her Majesty's ship-Alarm,
9, v eri ‘Val:er J,ck-on, sra.nau, Stanley Harbour, Falk-
land .I.lanire,"-NoV".' 10, 1855

9. Mr. T. E. G •rges, medical student, saved Gw.pere
Guarm-rio, Ptice,iic-park, Duolin, Jan. 14, 1856,
10. R-v!, K Ruben-on, M.A., army eh Loiain, .aved.
W. Ev in Va etta harbour, Maka, Feb. 1. 1856.
Lieut. EL R Bertooril, R N., of her Mnj,,sty's
ship file Tina, 'saved Privat' R,nitteon, of toe Royal Ma-.
roes, of the sstn vessel, in the near Con-
etantii.ople, Feb 5, 1855
12 Mr. R. andson, jun., of Trinity C .11ege, Cam-
hride:e saved a young luau 0) the Cove,, at Ilfracombe,
Aug. 21, 1855
A I tnese were cases f such extracrdin.try wanly dar-
ing that in each oistaneci the Air r medal of the society
carts. awarded.

The nzi..ut*s of the committee showed that since Dec.
la t there had b ei 56 oa.,es vt a.tended with
ri,,k to the lives of 56 p.-r,0n.,, and that 12 ~f them hld
beer caws a f att,mo,ed.suieides. Of the 56 per,olis so
immer,ed 54 hld b en sueces,,ftil y tiea.ted ; the other
twoliay.ifig_ been paat_recovery. Eleven of theSe ca',es
had bee., rehrred to the geheral e'•urt.

Since the commencetm:nt of the present year to Sun-
day last 78,117 pesos had bathed in the Serp•ntine
River, Hyde-park, during the hours appointed for the
morni• g and evening ba,hing, when the
.society's boats
attend. There had bee 3:1 casualties, of which 27 had
been successfully treated, 1 had had terminated fatally,
and 4 persons had been foond drowned; Six individuals
bad IPA-Jo been saved from committing suicide through the
watchfulness and eiercion, of the society's boatmen.
'De one fatal accident occurred only last Sunday morn-
ing, the unfortunate individual having been a lad of
about 17 or 18 yews of ave. At the time of the occur-
rence cite no 1(34 than 6 000 bather.,, ail of whom, with
th- exception of five or six, were on the south bide of
the Serpekine. The drowned youth was among the
few on the north side ; and it is a singu'ar and remark-
ab!e fact that fatal ca-es never occur no the south, but
only on the nortli•g,de of the Serpentine, where, in spite
of the urg-nt remonstrance, of the society's serva,ts,
persons will persist in bathing.

NVINES,—Frorn a r-turo, 01,,ved for by Mr. Oliveira,
M.P., it appeals that the qua titles of wine remaining
under bend in 'the poi' e !;i;.,. dotu on the 31st of March,
1855, amounted t 5 11.180,171 -,a1.0m,, of which '232,129
dame from South A.fritn, 1,971 other co!onif 0.
569,849 rr,,oi Fr,tiee, 5,142,44 F> r 3,628,803
fr,,To Spain, 29,373.k;:u 0 149 from H 1i.t0,.,
9,704 Irani the (-'0,,,r.y• 7(7,b8 the Az ,rep,
256,255 .jr.un aot.i and 432,743 galloLs
from oilier countries,

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