The Sun.
London, England, 1869-08-06 00:00:00

T LIAAIES.

WARNING TO DOCK LABOURERS.— Timothy Murphy, a
ship keeper, was charged with stealing rice from a ship in
the West India Dock. William Wells, a dock constable,
stopped the prisoner as he was leaving the dock, and on
searching him found a bag under his clothes, and sus-
pended to his braces, which contained rice. There was
rice in each of his boots and in his pockets. The officer
seized, in all, 21lb. of rico.
The prisoner, in defence, said he was sorry for what had
happened.
Mr. Paget_ said a great many of thrso cases had come
before him, and nothing caused him more distress of mind
than to commit labourers for these wretched trivial rob-
beries in the docks, but labourers must bo taught to keep
their hands from picking and stealing, and meddling with
property which did not belong to them, and which was
necessarily exposed on the qulys, sheds, and warahouses.
Ho was for some time iu the habit of passing light sen-
tences in those cases. Ile found it was no use doing so,
and he had for some time inflicted the full punishment of
the law, and should do so in every case, however trifling
the value of the property. Ile wished that to be made
known to the workmen in the docks ; the more it was
made known the better for them, lie sentence the pri-
soner to be imprisoned for two mouths, and kept to
hard habour.

ANGLO-AMERICAN BOAT RACE.

PUTNEY, This Morning.

Many persons assembled to see the Harvard crew
go out in their new English boat, delivered to them
last night, but they were disappointed. Truly the
boat was launched, and they took their seats, but
it was merely to ascertain how they sat her, and
whether she suited in other needful respects. This
having been ascertained, she was restored to the
London Rowing Club boat-house to have her can
vas, which had been damaged, repaired. They then
went out in the London Rowing Club four, and
proceeded up to Barnes with the tide. They im-
prove, and the boat travels fastly with them, but
there is still much room for amendment, and the
same defect of not getting their water early enough
prevails, but they do not row so deep as they did,
and there appears to be more life in the boat.

-ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INS7I-

7 UTION.

Yesterday a meeting of this institution was held
at its house, John-street, Adelphi, Thos. Chapman,
Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the chair. There were also
present Sir E. Perrott, Bart., W. 11. Horton, Esq.,
Admiral M'Hardy, Col. Palmer, Eobt. Whitworth,
Esq., V.P., John Griffith, Esq., Captain De St.
Croix, George Palmer, Esq., and Richard Lewis,
Esq. The minutes of the previous meeting having
been read, rewards amounting to £3O ss. were
granted to the crews of the Stonehaven, Broughty
Ferry, and Wicklow lifeboats, for going off
during the storms of the past month, with
the view of assisting the crews of distressed
vessels. The Austrian Government had just pre-
sented £29 to the crew of the Cambridge Univer-
sity Boat Club lifeboat, the Tom Egan, stationed
at Tramore, Ireland, in testimony of their gallant
and pers2vering services in saving the crew, con-
sisting of seventeen men, of the Austrian barque
Mea, which was wrecked last winter in Tramore
Bay. ;The lifeboat men had previously received
from the institution a reward of £4l for these
gallant services. Captain A. Butler, R.N.,
who was at the time inspecting-commander of
Coast Guard at Tramore, and Edward Jacob,
Esq., the local honorary secretary of the
National Lifeboat Institution, were also each
presented with a gold watch by the Austrian
Government, in acknowledgment of their valuable
and zealous co-operation on shore on the occasion
in question. The silver medal of the institution
and its thanks, inscribed on vellum, were voted to
Mr. Thomas Dawso3, of Hartlepool, and £2O to the
crews, consisting of nine men, of his three steam-
tugs, for putting off in the steamers and assisting
safely into harbour fifty-one fishing boats and their
crews. The boats had been caught in a heavy
gale from N.E., which suddenly sprang up, and
were in danger of being wrecked off Hartle-
pool on the 16th of June, when Mr. Dawson
most promptly and gallantly ordered out
his steamers to the aid of the poor fishermen, most
of whom, however, lost their nets on the occasion.
£5 10s. was granted in consideration of the ser-
vices of six men in promptly proceeding in their
fishing boat and saving three out of five men be-
longing to,the fishing yawl Rover, of Portmaha-
mock, N. 8., which had been capsized in a sudden
squal off Golspie, Sunderland, while returning from
fishing on the 22d of June. Various other rewards
were likewise granted to the crews of different shore
boats • for saving life from wrecks on our coasts.
Payments amounting to £3,325 were ordered to be
made on various lifeboat establishments. New life-
boats have recently been seat by the institution to
West Hartlepool and to Montrose, N.B. The first
boat was the gift to the society of the Ancient
Order of Foresters, and is named the " Foresters'
Pride." It was publicly exhibited, and launched
with much éclat, at Roker, Sunderland, on Mon-
' day last, on the occasion of the high court meet-
ing of the order at Sunderland. This is the
second boat contributed by the Foresters, their first
being stationed at Newquay, on the coast of Cardi-
gan. The Montrose lifeboat, which was presented
to the society by the merchants of Mincing-lane, is
to be publicly inaugurated at its station to-morrow
(Saturday), the 7th instant. The committee
expressed their diep condolence with the family
of the late Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Wil-
liam Bowles, K.C.8., who since the establish-
ment of the institution had been a member of its
committee of management and a liberal contributor
to its funds. A contribution of £34 10s. was an-
nounced as having been received from Lieutenant
G. R. Vyvyan, R.N.R., he having kindly collected
that sum on board the Cape Royal Mail steamer
Briton, on the occasion of her late outward and
homeward passages under his command. Mr. G.
Coleman of Eastry, had also sent £lO 16s, the result
of a reading and concert at that place on behalf of
the society. A remittance of £4OO had also been re-
ceived from Dr. Adams, of Bungay, on account of
the " Penny Readings Lifeboat Fund," which was
to be appropriated to the boat about to be stationed
at Wells, on the Norfolk coast. The late Miss S.
C. Childers, of Doncaster, had left a legacy of
£25 to the institution. It was decided to place
another lifeboat at Fishguard, South \Vales, and
to use for that station the second Worcester life-
boat, the cost of which had been raised by Captain
F. Saumarez-Fraser, R.N., the boat being named
the " Fraser." The committee also decided to sta-
tion at Mevagissey, on the coast of Cornwall, the
South Warwickshire lifeboat, the expense of which
had been collected by Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton,
Bart. Mr. Cardwell, the Secretary of State for
War, was about to authorise the medal of the in-
stitution being worn, under certain regulations, by
the officers and men of the army to whom it had
been voted for services in saving life from wrecks
on our coasts.

A report was read from Captain Ward, R.N.,
the inspector of lifeboats to the institution, on his
recent visits to lifeboat stations.

The proceedings then terminated.