The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-08 00:00:00

Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

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—The Right Hon. S. Cave, M.P., Sir E.
Perrott, Bart., Commodore Tarleton, R.N., C. 8.,
Controller General of the Coast-guard ; Admiral
Hall, C. 8., Sir F. Outram, Bart., Admiral Gordon,
A. Boekfeur, Esq., Captain Egerton;
R.N., W. H.
Harton, Esq., Admiral APHardy, John Griffith,
Esq., Colonel F. Clayton, G. Lyall, Capt. Ward,
R.N., inspestor of the boats to the institution ; and
R. Lewis, Esq., the secretary.
The minutes of the previous meeting having been
read,

The committee expressed their deep sympathy
with the families of the five poor fellows who
perished on Wednesday morning inithe Paddow life-
boat whilst nobly attempting to save a shipwrecked
crew on the Doom Bar Sands, and decided on voting
200 guineas in aid of the subscription now being
raised by the Rev. Richard Tyacke and other gen-
tlemen for the relief of the poor men's families.
Taking into account the fearful character of there
lifeboat services, that about 6,000 persons go afloat
on all occasions in the boats every year, and that
during the last 11 years the institution has only lost
18 lives, it must be a source of congratulation to
every one that so small a percentage has been sa-
crified compared with the noble service done in
that period, and the large number of brave men en-
gaged at so much hazard in the work.
Rewards amounting to £337 were voted to the
crews of various lifeboats of the institution for
putting off during the past month, and saving the
crews of the following wrecked vessels :—Brig Chase,
of Shields, 5 ; sloop Emma, of Portsmouth, vessel
and 3 ; schooner Mary Tatham, of Chester, 4 ;
sloop Shamrock, of Liverpool, 3 ; schooner Mizpah,
of Dartmouth, 8 ; Danish barque Aurora Borealis,
of Rebe, 10 ; smack Oliver Loyd, of Cardigan, 3 ;
smack Turtle Dove, of Aberystwith, 3 ; schooner
Salome, of Brixham, 6 ; schooner Selina Ann, of
Looe, 5 ; schooner Heiress, of Teignmouth, 6 ;
ship, John Gray, of Glasgow, 13 ; French schooner
Anemone, 5 ; brig Emanuel Boucher, of Whitby,
6 ; brigantine Seraphim, of Dunkirk, 8 •, lugger
Espoir, of Nantes, 6 ; Prussian brig Antares, _ of
Greisswald, 1 ; smack Coronation, of Bideford, 4 ;
schooner Teazer, of Ipswich, 1 ;. Schooner Gem, of
Hull, 2 ; schooner Jeanne d'Arc, of Nantes, vessel
and 5 ; smack Noah, of Cardigan, 2 ; smack
Catharina, of Barmouth, vessel and 4 ; schooner
Clyde, of Yarmouth, 5 ; brig Mary, of Newcastle,
vessel and 10 ; barque Chowden, of Sunderland,
vessel and 12 ; schooner Jane Ellen, of Aberyst-
with, vessel and 5 ; brig Benton, of South Shields,
6 ; barque Marie Amelie, of Quimper, vessel and
13 ; sloop Perseverance, of Liverpool, 2 ; brig
Annie, of Milford, vessel and 10 ; and brigantine
Estelle, of Preston, vessel and 6. Total, 182 lives
and 9 vessels saved by the lifeboats. Rewards
amounting to £257 were also granted to the crews
of other lifeboats of the institution, for going out
during the past month with the view of rendering
assistance to distressed vessels and their crews. The
silver medal of the institution and a copy of its
vote on parchment were ordered to be presented to
Lieut. 'William 11. Elton, R.N., chief officer of the
Coastguard at Lyme Regis, Dorset, and £5 to his
boat's crew of five Lien, for putting off during a
heavy gale from the south-west, and saving, at
much risk of life, three men from two wrecks, on
the Bth ult. The silver medal of the institution,
and
raacnodpystoorfmitys vote on parchment, were also voted
to Mr. T. M. Rees, for saving, by being lowered
down high cliffs, at great risk of life, during a very
d
the Pembrokeshire Coast on the sth ult. The
silver medal and £2 were also voted to Mr. James
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Two Brothers, ofnight,Holyhead,
Harrington, for wading into the surf and saving, at
considerable risk of life, four men belonging to the
brig Charlotte, of Sunderland, which was
wrecked on the East Sear North Landing,
Flacnborough, on the Ist of January. Various
otherrewards were also granted for saving
life from various shipwrecks on our coasts. A
gratuity f
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hes of the six brave men who perished on the occa-
sion of the accident to the Calais lifeboat on the
17th ult. It was stated that the Prince of Wales
had fixed the 28:h inst., at two o'clock, on which to
preside over the annual meeting of the institution,
to be held in the Egyptian Hall, Mansion-house.
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New lifeboats
1,
feb::ailtischhealcsleab, andeeen sent by the institution dur-
ing the past month to Boulmer, Barmouth, Port-
packet companies had,
as usual, conveyed the boats free of charge. Public
steam
a Co y. In every
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case the railway and m
demonstrations had taken place with the Boulmer
and Courtrnacsherry lifeboats, at Nottingham and
Dublin, on the way to their stations. Payments
amounting to £2,300 were ordered to be made to
various lifeboat establishments. A communication
was read from Capt. Mayne, the agent of the New
South Wales Government, requesting the co-opera-
tion of the institution in superintending the con-
struction of a large lifeboat, on its plan, for that
Government. A letter was also read from the Han-
seatic Minister, asking the assistance of the society
izi baying some large lifeboats built for the Quinn,

Lifeboat Institution recently formed at Bremen. A
contribution of £265 had been received from the
Western Commercial Travellers' Lifeboat Fund,
towards defraying the cost of a lifeboat. Admiral
the Earl of Carysfort had also sent a donation of
£100; and Sir W. Erle, late Lord Chief Justice,
had likewise forwarded a second donation of £lO ;
£5OO had also been received by the society—a legacy
bequeathed by the late T. T. Taylor, Esq., of South-
port. The institution decided to form a station at
Mullion, Cornwall, and to place there the lifeboat
Draper, the cost of which is now being raised by the
Wesleyan Methodists, in memory of the Rev. D.
J. Draper, who perished in the steamship London.
A report was read from Capt. Ward, R.N., inspec-
tor of lifeboats to the institution, on his recent visit
to various stations. The proceedings then closed.