The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-08 00:00:00

representation of the right hon. baronet, can no-
where stand so appropriately as in the museum, in
companionship with that of Lord Melville, who,
like himself, was an eminent benefactor of the
medical department of tho royal navy.
Captain HASTINGS said it had afforded him much
gratification to be present at this inauguration, and
quite concurred in what had fallen from Dr.
' M‘William with respect to Heslar being the most
appropriate place for the bust of the right hon.
baronet.

Dr. DOBIE, in thanking Captain Hastings for
honouring the occasion by his presence, hoped that,
if not contrary to the usage aid rules of the service,
he would be so kind as to convey to my lords of the
Admiralty the sincere acknowledgments of th©
deputation for the courteous and prompt manner in
which their lordships had acceded to their request
to place Sir John Pakington's bust where it now
stood, to which Captain Hastings replied that he
should comply with the request of the deputation.
The bust, which is a beautiful work of art, and a
most faithful representation of Sir John Pakington,
was much admired by all present. It stands upon
a pedestal of red granite, upon which there is an
appropriate inscription.
Dr. Nisbet entertained a party at dinner, which
included Captain Hastings, the Baron Marochetti,
and the deputation.

TILE FAT3L LIFE-BOAT DISPUTE AT

YARAIOUTH.

A brig was on the sands within three miles of the
shore at Yarmouth, in that tremendous hurricane
which will make the 28th of May, 1860, memor-
able in the register of storms. The lifeboat was
got out with sufficient promptness ; but the beach-
men whose appointed turn it was to man her, and
the coxswain appointed to take permanent charge
of her, disputed on his right to command the boat
—the men would not go with Milligan—Milligan
would not quit the boat—and a precious hour was
lost in the squabble, which ended in the beachmen
quitting the boat, Milligan remaining without a
crew, until a lieutenant and some men of the coast-
guard and a few volunteers joined him, and they
put to sea. But it was now too late. The brig had
drifted too far into the breakers to be followed, ac-
cording
to the evidence of Lieut. Petts ; and strange
to say, they could see no persons on board ; the boat
rode at anchor for hours at some distance from the
brig ; the thousands on the beach saw the crew,
supposed to be eleven in number, climb the rigging
and wildly gesticulate for help. Between one and
two o'clock—that is, about four hours after she
struck, the ship began to break up, and one by one
the poor fellows were swept from the rigging till
the masts went over, and ship and crew had dis-
appeared. Milligan and the men who rem ained
on shore agreed that but for the delay the crew of
the brig might have been saved. Mr. Palmer, who
presided at the inquiry before the Lifeboat Com-
mittee, threw the primary blame for the catas-
trophe on the appointment of coxswains ; and,
by a strange piece of reasoning, made the
Board of Trade answerable for these appointments
by the National Lifeboat Association, because the
Board of Trade rewarded the ,men for their exer-
tions. But whether those appointments were right
or wrong—whether Milligan's claim to the com-
mand of the boat was well or ill-founded, is nothing
to the purpose. Men were perishing within
view—was that a time to settle rival pretensions ?
If the desire had been to save life and not to win
reward, would not the Yarmouth men have acted
more like those of Ramsgate, who, arriving too late,
threw their waterproops to the men in the boat,
who were without them ? Would not Milligan
have yielded to the entreaties of those on the shore
to quit the boat, or would not the crew have sub-
mitted to his direction ? To every cry of "It is
my right, "It is our turn," the answer was " But
men are perishing !"—Bury and Not ?vial Post;
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