The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-10 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY.

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, March 9.
Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise,
Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, arived here
from 'Windsor Castle at twenty minutes past 12
o'clock.

The Queen, aemnipanied by Princess Louise,
drove out, this afternoon.

1101'AL NATIONAL L1PE80,47

IN.STI7O7ION.

The annual general meeting of the subscribers
and friends of the National Lifeboat Institution was
held yesterday at the London Tavern—his Gr33°
the Duke of Northumberland in the chair. There
were present amongst others the Right Ilon. Ei3,T
Percy, M.P., Sir E.lward Perrott, Bart., Captain
Richardsß.N, hydrographerof the Admiralty, fr °is
Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., Gen. Moore, C. 8.,
Mackenze, James Glaishcr, Esq., F.R.S., William
Botley, Esq., F.S.A., Capt. the lion. F. Maude'
R.N., Col. Fitzroy Clayton, Admiral Sir George
Sartorius, K.C.8., Capt. Montagu Pasco, R•IC.'
N. B. Downing, E,q., Christopher Brown, Esq.'
Francis Lean, Esq., R.N., E. K. Brown, Esq:'
Arthur Pendarves Vivian, Esq., M.P., and C. 11'
Cooke, Esq.
The Noble CHAIRMAN expressed his satisfaction
that the institution continued to bold a place in the
feelings of the nation. They bad now nearly 2°o
lifeboats on the stations ; many of them had been
contributed by private individuals. The results 0,
their efforts during the past year had been the
saving of nearly 900 lives. The men round the
coast were always ready to aid in manning the life-
boats, and the coastguard were especially Will
to give their able assistance. The past season bos
been one of long calms followed by tremendous
tempests. The efforts of the committee had been
unflagging, and they were anxious to accept 01
improvement, and to c.irry out every plan by %chic
the object of saving life might be effected.
+
The officers of the institution were re-cleat,d
:
and the secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., read t'
report, which stated that since the last rep
r„
18 lifeboats bad been placed, or were about to tit:
placed, oil the coasts. Carriages and heat
-
houses had also been provided where required
The institution now possessed one hundred al3
_.O
ninety-eight lifeboats. During the past tarelv,
months they had been the means of rescuing !la,
hundred and three persons from various shipwrecks,
nearly the whole of whom were saved under cir-
cumstances in which they could not have been by
any ordinary description of boat. On some of theJ
occasions where lives have been saved, the seat
at
vices of the lifeboat crews had been of the
heroic character. The crews of the several in
fe-
boats of the institution continued to regard them
with unbounded confidence. That confidence
,
was undoubtedly fully justified by the veep
small number of lives which (considerll7,
the perilous character of the lifeboat wer:a
had been lost from them, amounting to less than ",
average of one in each year since the institution,
aio
r
the year 1852, undertook the work of providing ear
costs with improved lifeboats. Year after Yea
our coasts are strewn with shipwrecks to thet
number of nearly 2,000, by which the lives of _
least 5,000 or 6,000 men were placed in jeoparcifis.
The number of lives thus imperilled during te',
past year was fully up to this average. 700 Pr
oo
sons perished from shipwrecks on the coasts ofblie
United Kingdom during the past year.
meetings had been held in several large cities
.7.
towns to promote the objects of the instituti
Attention was called to the unceasing efforts of tb°o
Board of Trade in maturing and maintaining 5
rocket apparatus in a state of thorough effieienei•
This agency contributed every year, under the 3bl
,t,
management of the officers and men of the en.'y'es
guard service, to the saving of hundreds a
from shipwrecks in situations where, from the Pre-
sence of rocks and other impediments, it would
ea
absolutely impracticable for lifeboats to be render
equally available. The cordial co-operation of the
Boird of Trade, of the officers and men of tbo
coastguard service, of the local branch committees'
3c,
and of our coast boatmen and fishermen were
the
knowledged. The number of lives saved during
45 years from the establishment of the institut7ts
in 1824, to the end of the year 1868, either
lifeboats or by special exertions for wus 5
it has granted rewards, was 17,819. This way/
glorious life-saving record, of which our ee Tivos
might well be prou In addition to the 603 ts of
and 25 vessels saved exclusively by the lifeboats
time institution, 259 lives were rescued last
oast
by fishing-boats and other means on the or
and outlying banks of the United Kingdom• of
these services 13 silver medals, 15 votesoa
thanks inscribed on vellum and parchment'
£2,431 had been granted by the institititir
Since the formation of the society it had esod
pended on lifeboat establishments
.£214.439'.ri0g
voted 90 gold and 801 silver medals for Bast of
life, and pecuniary rewards to the amount
of £29,167. The committee had again the saL:po,
tion to acknowledge the earnest and kind e°lool
ration they continued to receive from the
rot
branch committees, which constitute so irrir for
a portion of the machinery of the institution.sly
the supervision of its several lifeboat est:"aer,
menus, and of the valuable and gratuito_
osso
vices of the zealous honorary secretaries of dar-
committees. The total amount of receipts 93.
ing the year 1868 had been £31,66 713
Bd. ; and of that sum no loss than 6; bit.
Os. 2d. were special gifts to defray the cost °X
_ieth
teen lifeboats. The total expenditure of the ki4e: 33,
including liabilities, amounted to £31,585 be•
Twenty legacies of various amounts has hee,vrepio
queathed to the institution during the past iddittiro
months. The items of receipts and exPenoci to
were detailed in the financial statement annex
the report, audited, as usual, by a public aooollid-
The institution had now under its charge a In:lnt,o
;00cl
cent fieet,consisting of 198 lifeboats. Tomailita;ao a
perpetuate the operations of the of the
matter of unceasing solicitude on the part
espoo'
committee, who were deeply sensible of the.r_ repeat
sibility incurred in the management of thr'_..ragcd
and national institution. Nevertheless, ene.°Te'd also
as the committee had been by the public, ata oleic
by their invaMable local organisation, and blia not
own able and experienced officers, theY
„war.'
shrink from that responsibility ;on the bleo'
they were determined, with the continuedntried
o
sing of Almighty God, to leave no effort so of
that could in any way tend to decrease the iii°„i:;ecl
life from shipwreck on the coast of the u

Kingdom.
An 141*
'
While the secretary was reading the r7°A to
gentleman begged to interrupt him as be res the
accounts of special donations, and handed from of
Mincing-lane Merchants a further contribut'„
a..
£305 4s. 4d. It was stated also that 11er s $5O
jesty had forwarded her usual contribution ei

TO the institution. t the
Admiral Sir GEORGE SARTORIUS moved tba n
by cied
report be received and adopted, which Nos sec°-
Earl PERCY, and unanimously agreed to. of
th Other resolutions in furtherance of the objec'ol
e institution were moved and seconded by Adrnri
J. W. Tarleton, C. 8., Admiral Sir IV. 0',1).,•331
K.C.8., Sir Edward Perrott, Bart., Arthur
M‘Hardy, Capt. the Hon. F. Maude, 8.5., Ar'oa
Pendnoes Vivian, M.P., Thos. Chapman, -
R. S. N. B. Dawning, Esq.
The meeting closed with a vote of thatiks
s°
Grace the Duke of Northumberland, oe-
moved by Capt. Sir FREDERICK ARROW
conded by Capt. DE S. CROIX.

of,
DISCOVERY OF HUMAN REMAINS.---41'J.
tiri!' '11?
Cornwall, on Saturday, some men were exceva
of
garden, when they came upon the completerse3 13 'ni9
0-115
two full-grown persons, male and female. Irhe
wereisco perfect, and all the teeth white and firmly se' di.**
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trict, vbeuriynoheaxsplcaanuastoidon considerable
ryiiteryeesttfoir3o:o° 006.