The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-04 00:00:00

A GRACEFUL GIFT.

The following interesting communication from
the clerks and workmen in the employ of Messrs.
Ransomes and Sims, of Ipswich, transmitting a
spontaneous gift to the Royal National Life-boat
Institution, is a gratifying evidence of the social
kindness of heart that is so frequently found among
our British workmen :

" Orwell Works, Ipswich, May 31, 1860.
" Gentlemen,—We respectfully request you to
hand over to the Royal National Life-boat Institu-
tion the sum of twenty guineas, collected from the
clerks, foremen, and men of these works, and
their friends. We desire to express our sym-
pathy with those who have exerted themselves
en behalf of this noble institution. The affecting
statement contained in the institution's report,
that 1,600 persons perished on our coast during
the last year, a considerable proportion of whom
might have been saved had the means which this
institution provides been at hand ; the number
of widows and orphans left destitute, and the
fact that the institution has incurred liabilitiesto the
amount of £3,834, constitutes a claim (which can-
not be waived)on the benevolence of the general
public. We do not, therefore, place any emphasis
on the amount we contribute, there being several
urgent cases of local charity which claim our sup-
port and prevent us from doing more, but we wish
our example may be placed before our fellow-work-
men of the United Kingdom by their principals,
feeling assured that the appeal of the institution
might thereby awaken a response so general and
so hearty as to relieve it from present liabilities, and.
enable it to extend its humane operations. We
ought to reflect that, as no one can be exempt from
the common laws of humanity, so no one can claim
exemption from a common duty to those who speed
their lives at sea for the common good. Without
a mercantile navy there could be neither import
nor export trade, on which depends so much of the
employment of labour ; and if not left destitute of
the bare necessities of life,
a articleswe shouldof
every-dap
bewith out
many of the comforts an
consumption. Neither tea, sugar, nor coffee, can
be had till someprhoacvu
mighty deep to er e ptehrei
ml 1 d
mr theire
believe,l ves on ththere-
fore, that if the claims of this truly excellent insti-
tution were taken up by the principals of similar
establishments throughout the kingdom, in the
same spirit which we are happy to recognize in you,
the result would be such as we should all truly re-
joice at, We remain, gentlemen, &c. (On behalf
of the clerks, foremen, and workmen of this estab-
lishment.) Arthur Thos. Cole (manager of com-
mercial offices): William Balk (engineering mana-
ger's assistant) ; Thomas Marshal, (superintendent
of stores); Howarth Farrar (foreign correspondent);
W. E. Dorby (general manager);; W. Bateman
Byng (cashier) ; James Sewell (senior clerk).
" To Messrs. Ransomes and Sims."

THE EASTERN FISHERIES.—The mackerel fishery
is being prosecuted with tolerable success off the east coast.
The quality of the fish taken is fine, and prices have ranged
from 355, to 455. per 100.

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THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buekatone.
'FIfIS EVENING, THE FAMILY SECRET. Messrs.
Chippendale, Howe, W. Farren, Villiers, Buckstone, Dirs. B.
White, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Wilkins, and Miss Amy
Sedg-wick.
Followed by a new farce, entitled FITZSMYTHE OF
FITZSMYTHE HALL. Messrs. Buckstone, W. Farren, and
Rogers; Mrs. Wilkins and Miss Henrade.
After which, THE ODDITIES OF THE OHIO. By
the Leclercqs.
To conclude with A KISS IN THE DARK.
Commence at 7.

RO YAL PRINCE S S'S THEATRE.-
Lessee, Mr. A. Harris.
THIS EVENING, HAMLET. Mr. Phelps]
To conclude with THRICE MARRIED. Mr. Meadows
Miss C. Leclercq, &c.