The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-07 00:00:00

ROYAL N' 7,1 LIFE-BOAT INSTI2 U-
TION.

Yesterday a meeting of this institution was held
at its house, John-street, Adelphi—Mr. Thomas
Chapman, F.R.S., V.P., in the chair. There were
also present—Sir Edward Perrott, Bart., Admiral
Gordon, Mr. Alexander Boetefeur, Captain De St.
Croix, Mr. W. H. Harton, Colonel Palmer, and
Captain Ward, R.N., inspector of life-boats to the
institution.
The minutes of the previous meeting having been
read, a reward of £l7 93. was voted to pay the
expenses of the society's life-boat at Carnsore,
near Wexford, in putting off on the 26th ult., dur-
ing squally weather, and saving the lives of the
whole of the crew, c-msisting of 3G men, of the
ship Blanche Moore, of Liverpool, bound from that
port to Calcutta, which was observed to be i,)
distress on the Long Bank off IVexford, and
which vessel has since become a total
wreck. The second service clasp of the institution
was voted to Mr. James Barrett, the officer of
coastguard at Carnsore, in acknowledgment of his
brave services, extending for 16 hours, in the life-
boat on that occasion. He had already received
the silver medal of the society for his previous ser-
vices in saving life from shipwreck. A reward of
£2O was likewise voted to pay the expenses of the
society's life-boat at Caister, in putting off on the
21st ult., during blowing weather, to the rescue of
the crew of the schooner New Whim, of Portsmouth,
which was observed to be a complete wreck on the
West Scroby Sands. On reaching the vessel she
was found to be a complete wreck, and her crew
taken on board a schooner, whence they were taken
off by the lifeboat. The lifeboat, on its return to
Caister, rendered also good service to a distressed
brig and to the crew of the wrecked brig Union, of
Cowes. A reward of £8 13s. was given to pay the
expenses of the Civil Service lifeboat of the institu-
tion stationed at Wexford, in putting off and taking
safely into harbour on the 9th ult., in conjunction
with a steam-tug, the brig Ayrshire Lass, of Ar-
drossan, with her crew of four men. The vessel bad
struck during blowing weather on the Long Bank.
A reward of £8 6s. was also voted to pay expenses
of the Scarborough lifeboat, belonging to the insti-
tution, in putting off on the 21st ult. in reply to
signals of distress and rescuing three out of five of
the crew of the smack Choice, of Hull, which, during
a strong wind, had driven from her anchors on the
beach. A reward of £3O 10s. was voted to pay the
expenses of the libcboats at Lowestoft and Pakefield,
which are in connection with the institution, in pro-
ceeding out on the 23d ult. to the assistance of the
crew of 14 men who were found in the rigging of the
brig Amicozia, of Genoa, which was totally wrecked
on the bar of Stanford Channel. Rewards amount-
ing to £7B 9s. were also voted to the crews of the
society's lifeboats at North Peal, Penritb, Rosslare,
Holyhead, Cahore, Pembrey, and Margate, for va-
rious services during the past month. The silver
medal of the institution and a copy of its vote on
parchment were voted to W. Hughes, fisherman,
Pittenweem, Fife, for wading into the surf at great
risk of life and bringing safe'y ashore, through a
very heavy sea, two men, whose boat had been
knocked to pieces, and who had taken refuge on a
rock near Pittenweem. Various other rewards were
also granted for saving life from various shipwrecks
on ouivcoast. Alr. J. Hargreaves has presented to
the institution £5OO to defray the cost of a lifeboat
to be named the Grace and Sally, of Broad Oak.
New lifeboat houses were ordered to be built at
Brighton and Falmouth, and Mullion, on the Cor-
nish coast. The international jury of the Paris Uni-
versal Exhibition had awarded their highest class
gold medal to the National Lifeboat Institution for
the perfection to which it had brought the self-right-
ing lifeboat and its equipment, and for aiding to
rescue by various means nearly 17,000 shipwrecked
seamen of all nations. Leg.icics had been left to the
institution by the late Mr. W. J. Hall, of Trinity-
square, of £l,OOO, and by the late Mr. M. Lane, of
Cheltenham, £lO. Payments amounting to nearly
£l,OOO were ordered to be made on various lifeboat
establishments. Reports were read from the inspec-
tor and the assistant inspector of lifeboats to the in-
stitution, on their recent visits to different stations.