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 be"
from Windsor Castle at twenty minutes past 12
o'clock.

The Queen, ac2ompanied by Princess Louise,
drove out this afternoon.

LOYAL NATIONAL LIPEBOA7

1N57117 (1710 N.

The annual general meeting of the subscribers
and friends of the National Lifeboat Institution wag
held yesterday at the London Tavern—his Grace
the Duke of Northumberland in the chair. There
were present amongst others the Right Hon. Ea?'i
Percy, UP., Sir Edward Perrott, Bart., CaPZI:
Richards R.N, hydrographer of the Admiralty, 'llo
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Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., Gen. Moore, C. 13, Ce"
Mackenzie, James Glaisher, Esq., F.R.S., MOO
Botley, Esq., F.S.A., Capt. the Hon. F. gattde'
R.N., Col. Fitzroy Clayton, Admiral Sir George
Sartorius, K.C.8., Capt. Montagu Pasco, R.N.'
N. B. Downing, Esq., Christopher Brown, Esq.'
Francis Lean, Esq., R.N., E. K. Brown, Elf'
Arthur Pendarves Vivian, Esq., M.P., and C.
Cooke, Esq.
The Noble CHAIRMAN expressed his satisfaction
that the institution continued to hold a place in the
feelings of the nation. They had now nearly o
lifeboats on the stations ; many of them had bees,
contributed by private individuals. The results of
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 .04111
to give their able assistance. The past season ha
been oce of long calms followed by tremendee
tempests. The efforts of the committee had bee°
unflagging, and they were anxious to accept every
improvement, and to carry out every plan by whic
the object of saving life might be effected.
The officers of the institution were re-elected'
and the secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., read the
t
report, which stated that since the last rePc.r.
18 lifeboats bad been placed, or were about to ot:
placed, on the coasts. Carriages and gnat
houses had also been provided where require
The institution now possessed one hundred an
ninety-eight lifeboats. During the past twelve
.
months they had been the means of rescuing
is,ls
hundred and three persons from various shipwree
nearly the whole of whom were saved under ll',
cumstances in which they could not have been
any ordinary description of boat. On some °f the
occasions where lives have been saved, the ser,
vices of the lifeboat crews had been of the I.l'
life'
heroic character. The crews of the several f„.si
boats of he institution continued to regard they
with unbounded confidence. That confidenca
was undoubtedly fully justified by the very
small number of lives which (considerlll6
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the perilous character of the lifeboat we
had been lost from them, amounting to less than 3,0
average of one in each year since the institution, l
the year 1852, undertook the work of providing oa
costs with improved lifeboats. Year after year
our coasts are strewn with shipwrecks to t h
at
e
number of nearly 2,000, by which the lives of
di.
least 5,000 or 6,000 men were placed in jeollar
The nuraber of lives thus imperilled during t
past year was fully up to this average. 700 per'
sons perished from shipwrecks on the coasts °`, the
United Kingdom during the past year. Fe
and
meetings had been held in several large cities .0.
towns to promote the ol3jects of the iestituttot.
Attention was called to the unceasing efforts of tine
Board of Trade in maturing and maintaining to
rocket apparatus in a state of thorough efficieneli;
This agency contributed every year, under the 3b
management of the officers and men of the coast
guard service, to the saving of hundreds of lives
from shipwrecks in situations where, from the Pre•
sence of rocks and other impediments, it would b
absolutely impracticable for lifeboats to be rendered
equally available. The cordial co-operation of the
Bo ird of Trade, of the officers and men of the
coastguard service, of the local branch committees,
and of our coast boatmen and fishermen were the
45 The number of lives saved during to„oo
45 years from the establishment of the iristituilits
in 1824, to the end of the year 1868, either hibich
lifeboats or by special exertions for Nl' s
it has granted rewards, was 17,80. This W 3
glorious life-saving record, of which our eoaotri.
might well be proud. In addition to the 603 _of
and 25 vessels saved exclusively by the lifeboats °f
the institution, 259 lives were rescued last yet
by fishing-boats and other means on
and outlying banks of the United Kingdom. of
these services 13 silver medals, 15 vnteeaod
thanks inscribed on vellum and parchment' tiore
£2,431 had been granted by the instit./
Since the formation of the society it bad and
pended on lifeboat establishments
voted 90 gold and 801 silver medals for ea; of
life, and pecuniary rewards to the aul°lll3. far%
the .eror
of £29,167. The committee had again the satlsom,
tion to acknowledge the earnest and kind e°;c-ai
ration they continued to receive from tile
rot
branch committees, which constitute so DIV_ for
a portion of the machinery of the institution
the supervision of its several lifeboat establish'
ments, and of the valuable and gratuitotiatbsosa
vices of the zealous honorary secretaries of r.
committees. The total amount of receipts u9s.
ing the year 1868 had been £31,666 713
Bd. ; and of that sum no loss than £6'7l
Os. 2d. were special gifts to defray the cost of tbtyr:
teen lifeboats. The total expenditure of the Beeie
33.
including liabilities, amounted to £31,585 4s. be.
Twenty legacies of various amounts has been
apra
queathed to the institution during the past iLare
months. The items of receipts and exPer'
~a 1 to
were detailed in the financial statement annexed
the report, audited, as usual, by a public accouhiaot.
The institution had now under its charge a Illa Ff. sanidd
centfleet, consisting of 198 lifeboats. To maiutal
a,O a
w
perpetuate the operations of the society
part 01_00,
matter of unceasing solicitude on the
committee, who were deeply sensible of the reeYrest
sibility incurred in the management of this good
and national institution. Nevertheless, eneour 150
as the committee had been by the public, aidedt:eir
by their invaluable local organisation, and by,
not
own able and experienced officers, they dla
shrink from that responsibility ; on the e°ll_tie
es
they were determined, with the continued eied
sing of Almighty God, to leave no effort un“
,sf
that could in any way tend to decrease the _1°51;1
life from shipwreck on the coast of the I."'

Kingdom.
While the secretary was reading the reports tb
gentleman begged to interrupt him as he read thb°o
accounts of special donations, and handed from t
Mincing-lane Merchants a further contribution
,°:
£305 4s. It was stated also that her 31530
jesty had forwarded her usual contribution of
to the institution.
Admiral Sir GEORGE SARTORIUS moved that the
report be received and adopted, which was seconded
by Earl PERCY, and unanimously agreed to• o
iff
Other resolutions in furtherance of the objects al
the institution were moved and seconded by Adwril
J. W. Tarleton, C. 8., Admiral Sir W. 11. -11
K.C.8., Sir Edward Perrott, Bart., AdThirn3r
API-lardy, Capt. the lion. F. Maude, ArL—n-a
Pendnoes Vivian, M.P., Thos. Chapman, Bsq'' 3-

R. S. N. B. Downing, Esq. to 11
The meeting closed with a vote of thanks
Grace the Duke of Northumberland, which 118
moved by Capt. Sir FREDERICK ARROW and 8e-