The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-05 00:00:00

Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

On Thursday a meeting of this institution was held
at its house, John-street, Adelphi—Thomas Chap-
man, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the chair. There were
also present Sir E. Perrott, Bart., Admiral Sir W.
Hall, K.C.8., F.R.S., Admiral Gordon, Captain
Arrow, Deputy Master of the Trinity House, J.
Griffith, Esq., Admiral Ryder, Admiral 111'1-lardy,
A. Bcetefeur, Esq., Captain De St. Croix, Captain
Ward, R.N., Inspector of Lifeboats to the Institu-

tion, and R. Lewis, Esq., Secretary. The minutes
of the previous meeting having been read, the
silver medal of the institution and a copy of its
vote on parchment were ordered to be presented to
Captain Edward Kearon, and a reward of £3O
13s. 6d. to the other men of the crew of the institu-
tion's lifeboat at Arklow, Ireland, for putting off on
the night of the 11th ult., during a fierce gale from
the S.E. and in a very heavy sea, to the smack
Kate and Mary, of Arklow, which was riding at
anchor in that bay, in a dangerous position, with
only a boy on board. The master of the smack,
who had been taken off in the lifeboat, was placed
on board his vessel, which subsequently got away
in safety. A reward of £l6 10s. was also voted to
pay the expenses of the institution's lifeboat at
Whitby, in putting off on Monday last in a gale of

wind and heavy sea and rescuing the crew of four
men of the schooner Commot, of Whitby, which had
stranded on Whitby sands. £l7 18s. were alsd
granted to pay the expenses of the society's Scar-
borough lifeboat in going out at midnight on Sun-
day last, and saving four men from the brigantine
Sybel, of Yarmouth, which had been in collision
with another vessel in Scarborough Roads, and was
in a disabled state. A coble had previously gone out
to this vessel, but on account of the heavy sea that
was running she could not venture alongside to
rescue the crew. A reward of £5 15s. was like-
wise voted to pay the expenses of the society's
lifeboat at Howtb, Dublin Bay, in putting
off during a heavy gale on the 12th ult. to
the assistance of the schooner Splendid, of
Dublin, which was seen making for the
harbour in a disabled state, and had afterwards
anchored near Baldoyle Sands. The lifeboat took
off the captain, and also brought the schooner safely
into Howth harbour, and moored her alongside the
pier. A reward of £9 10s. was likewise voted to pay
the expenses of the institution's lifeboat at Orme's
Head, in putting off on the 20th ult. in a strong
wind, and, with the assistance of a steamer, taking
the disabled smack Jane, of Carnarvon, and the four
persons on board, safely into Beaumaris. A reward
was also granted to the crew of the institution's life-
boat at Newbiggin for putting off during a heavygale,
and bringing safely into harbour 7 fishing boats and
their crews of 30 men, belonging to North Sunder-

land, Newton, and Craster, which- were in immi-
nent danger while making for the south. Rewards
amounting to £4O 13s. were also granted to the
crews of the society's lifeboats at Castletown, Dun-
dalk, Margate, and New Brighton, for various ser-
vices during recent heavy gales. A reward of £l5
was voted to the crew of the yawl Eclat, of Caister,
for putting off in a strong•N.E. gale and heavy sea,
and rescuing on the 26th July from a small boat 10
persons belonging to the sloop Favourite and
schooner Unity, of Goole, which had been in colli-
sion, and afterwards became total wrecks on the
Norfolk coast. The committee expressed their con -
dolence with the family of the late (11r. J. D. Powles,
on the decease of that lamented gentleman. He had
been an active member of the institution for upwards
of 40 years, and had been one of its best and warmest
friends. Payments amounting to nearly £4,000
were ordered to be made on various lifeboat esta-
blishments, making a total of £23,290, which the
institution had expended on its lifeboat stations
during the current year. It had also during the same
period contributed to the rescue of 762 lives from
various shipwrecks, and had been directly or indi-
rectly instrumental in saving 16,663 lives since its
first establishment. It was stated that the pressure on
the funds of the institution in carrying on its great
and national work was very heavy at the present
time, and that some of the funded capital of the
society would probably have to be sold out to meet
pressing demands. It was reported that legacies had
been left to the institution by the late Miss Maria
Irlam, of Dibbinsdale, Chester, £l,OOO, duty free;
the late Mrs. Sarah D. Woodhouse, of London,
£lOO, free of duty; and the late Mr. R. Shepherd,
of Rochdale, a reversionary legacy of £l,OOO.
The executors of the late Mrs. Morgan, of Chelten-
ham, had also placed at the disposal of the institu-
tion £650 from the residue of her estate. A con-
tribution of £5O had also been received from the
Ancient Order of Foresters, through their able
secretary, Mr. Samuel Shawcross, in aid of the
support of the lifeboat Forester, at Newquay, Car-
digan Bay. The order was also collecting funds in
aid of an additional lifeboat. It was also reported
that the institution had recently sent new lifeboats
to Mullion, in Cornwall, Brighton, and Dundalk,
in Ireland. Several of the railway and steam packet
companies had kindly given free conveyance to the
boats. A grand demonstration had taken place with
the Mullion boat at Penzance on the 10th ult. Simi-
lar demonstrations had also taken place with the
Brighton and Dundalk lifeboats. These three boats
were the gifts respectively of the Wesleyan Metho-
dists, of the London Sunday Schools, and of the
Stockport Sunday School, to the institution. It was
reported that another of the large safety fishing
boats of the institution had been built and launched.
It had been taken charge of by some fishermen be-
longing to Anstruther, N.B. The Lifeboat Journal
of the institution would be published on the 15th
inst. It was decided to form a lifeboat station at
Amlwch, on the Anglesey coast. A lady in Berk-
shire had also placed at the disposal of the institu-
tion £420 to pay for a new boat and carriage for
Cromer, on the Norfolk coast. She wished the boat
to be named the Florence. Reports were read from
the inspector and assistant inspector of lifeboats to
the society on their recent visits to the coast. The
proceedings then terminated.

DIAMONDS AT TIIE CAPE.---People are prospecting
in all directions in the neighbourhood of Colesberg iu
search of diamonds. A number of those precious stones
have already been found, some of them of considerable
value. The first diamond was picked up by a little girl at
Hopetown. Her father is a labourer on the farm of Mr.
Schalk van Niekerck. She took the diamond to her
mother, and the latter, thinking it only a pretty stone
returned it to the child to play with. Nickerck happened
to see it glitter, offered to buy it of the girl, but she gave
it to him, saying, laughingly, who over hoard of selling a
stone. He took it, and it proved to be a diamond worth
£5OO. Garnets have just been found in considerable num-
bers at the Cape. The copper miners in Amapoudaland
are meeting with much encouragement. Oil stones have
just been found in the Ganubie river. Amber has also been
found in the Oolcsborg district, also formations containing
phosphorus and quicksilver. It is also reported on good
authority that some gentlemen in seeking for diamonds
have come upon a lode of silver and load ore.—Cape of
Good /lope Paper.

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HER MAJESTY.

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BALMORAL, Oct. 3.
The Queen drove out yesterday morning, accom-
panied by Princess Beatrice, and called on Lady
Biddulph ; and in the afternoon her Majesty went I
out, accompanied by Princess Louise and Prince
Leopold.

Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Louise,
and Prince Arthur drove out in the morning to
Invercauld, and honoured Colonel and Mrs. Far-
quharson with a visit.

The Duke and Duchess de Saldanha left London
yesterday morning for Paris.

The Marchioness of Lansdowne is still detained
in Paris by the illness of her mother, the Countess do
Flahault.

The Earl and Countess of Tankerville, who have
boon visiting the Earl and Countess of Derby at Knows-
ley, have returned to Chillingham Castle.
HEALTH OF THE EARL OF ROSSE.—We are glad
to be able to announce an improvement in the health of
the Earl of Rosse.—King's County Chronicle.

The Distress at the East-end of London.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—l read in your paper of yesterday that there
are at present a vast multitude of persons out of
employment in the ship-building trade in Scotland
as well as at present in the east of London. This
is very alarming at this time of the year ; the poor
misguided men led away by a few idle, so-called
gentlemen, too lazy to work, inducing these hard-
working men, to strike after strike. What is the
result ? What with the great financial companies
getting millions of British capital to cut canals,
improve ports, make docks, &c., on the continent,
the result is, by reason of all the recent improve-
ments in mechanical science, the people in this
country, with higher wages to pay, are unable to
compete with our continental neighbours. Conse-
quently they carry off the trade, and once gone
it may be difficult to get it back again I Such
is our position at present. It is much easier
to get millions to speculate in distant lands, where
the undertakings can be magnified into wonders.
I have heard it said in the City, "Oh never mind,
it will be brought out by certain persons, and sure
to be introduced on the Stock Exchange," and up
the shares will go. So the public, from time to
time, are gulled, to the injury of many desirable
undertakings at home. Now is the time to enter
into several useful undertakings, such as draining
the heavy lands, and opening up new mines, which
cannot fail to add wealth to the country and keep
the population together. Three years ago the pub-
lic rushed into everything brought out, but now they
appear to go into nothing. The wise men, we are
told, do contrary to the multitude. Doctor Solo-
mon's Balm of Gilead man once said to an eminent
physician, who was very poor, and could scarcely
keep the wolf from the door, in reply to the ques-
tion—Flow is it that you are so rich ? " Why,"
said he, "I consider there is but one man out of
every 100 who can draw a conclusion, and I live
by the 99."

A READER OF " THE SUN."
Bond-street, Oct. 2, 1867.

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, Oct. 4.—The market for shipping
yarns to-day has been quiet and irregular. It is
difficult to effect sales except by sellers meeting
buyers on easier terms. Buyers for Germany are
discouraged by the political advises, and will not
buy at present. Prices are a full id. per lb. lower
than last Friday, and whore sellers have accepted
these terms business could be done. The operations
have, perhaps, reached an average. Home trade
yarns are also dull. Buyers of these yarns are
willing to go on at id. decline on last Friday. In
cloths we had a flat and depressed market yesterday,
and there is no improvement to-day. The desire
to do business on the part of buyers is much re-
stricted, amounting in many cases to a withdrawal
of offers. Some business might have been effected
to-day at a further concession in prices, but the
market generally has been inactive, and the actual
operations have been small.
CARDIFF, 3d.—Business at the docks has further
improved to a slight extent, and the steam coal trade
has assumed a state of vitality to which it has been
a stranger for some time past. Shipments to the
East are being vigorously proceeded with, and to
the continental markets close upon an average
quantity is sent. The same may be said as regards
the mail packet stations in the West Indies and
South America. Although the demand for steam
coal has somewhat increased, quotations are still too
low, and in many instances the collieries are work-
ing without making hardly any profits. Difficulties
are still experienced with the men in several locali-
ties, who, to add to their employers' losses, often
turn out on the most paltry excuses. The number
of vessels in the various docks is rather large, and
the stem is longer than usual, which is an indication
of some movement in trade. The great efforts made
to induce Welsh coalowners to ship their coal at
Birkenhead has not proved so successful as many
anticipated, owing to the want of adequate facilities,
and several vessels have had to come round to this
port for cargoes. In the iron trade makers have not
yet received any material accession of orders, but as
the quarter advances it is believed that contracts
will be offered more freely, especially on home
account. Considerable American engagements aro
also looked forward to. The tinplate makers are
doing a tolerably good business.

LEICESTER, 4th.—Trade has been very dull up to
this period, but the seasonable change of weather is
producing a good impression, while the reports from.
London this week are very cheerful, and manufac-
turers anticipate a good business during the re-
mainder of the season, in wools staplers are neither
buying nor selling in consequence of manufac-
turers holding off to work up present stocks.
Machinery appears to be well employed. Stocks
of the finer class of useful combing wools, both
hogs and wethers, are extremely light. Growers
still hold firm, which has a tendency to keep up
prices. in the early part of the week the trade in
lamb's wool goods remained very flat ; but a con-
siderable improvement has taken place during the
past few days, owing to more having been done by
London and Manchester houses, who, however, seem
to be ordering simply sufficient to meet immediate
requirements. The chief demand is for superior
hose. Orders for plain worsted goods continuo
satisfactory, but little is being done in fancy articles,
the yarns for which shows no variation in price.
The cotton hosiery trade of Hinckley is still active.
There is a great improvement in the demand for
boot-gusset elastic webs compared with past weeks,
and manufacturers are looking forward to a perma-
nent-improved business in all kinds of webs. Boots
and shoes of a useful class are in tolerable request,
but the demand shows a slight falling off.

LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.—Messrs. Hurst and
Blackett's list of new works in preparation includes
the following :—"Spiritual Wives," by W. Hepworth
Dixon, author of "New America," 1 vol. "The Life and
Correspondence of Thomas Slingsby Duncombe," late M.P .
for Finsbury, by his Son, 2 vols. " Guild Court," by
Georgo M'Donald, M.A., 3 vols. "Lord Byron," by the
Marquise do Boissy (Countess Guiccioli), 2 vols. "Three
Wives," by the author of "Margaret and her Brides-
maids," 3 vols. " Under the Palms, in Algeria and
Tunis," by. the Hon. Lewis Wingfield, 2 vols., with illus-
trations. " Northern Roses," a Yorkshire Story, by Mrs
Ellis, author of "The Women of England," 3 vols.
" Chaucer's England," by Matthew Browne, 1 vol., with
numerous illustrations. "A Hero's Work," by Mrs.
Duffus Hardy, 3 vols. "Religious Life on the Conti-
nent," by Mrs. Oliphant., 2 vols. " Fair Women," by
Mrs. Forrester," 3 vols. "Through Spain to the Sa-
hara," by Matilda Bentham Edwards, 1 vol., with illus-
trations.

The Hon. Mrs. Norton's New Novel " Old Sir
Douglas," in three volumog, baa just been issued by Messrs•
Hurst and Blackett. There can be little doubt that this
remarkably interesting story, by one of the most popular
writers of the day, will soon be in the hands of every novel
reader.

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