The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-05 00:00:00

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London to Shields, in ballast. A reward of £1?
ss. was also voted to pay the expenses of the Whit-
burn lifeboat of the institution, in going off during
a strong wind from the S.E. and heavy sea, and
rescuing eight men from the barque Margaret
and Jane, of South Shields, which was wrecked on
Whitburn White Steel, on Nov. 30. A reward of
£l4 ss. was also voted to pay the expenses of the
same lifeboat for putting off on the following day,
and saving 13 meri from the barque Caroline Eliza-
beth, of London, which in a heavy sea had stranded
on the South Steel. A reward of £9 17s. was like-
wise voted to pay the expenses of the Withernsea
lifeboat of the institution, for going off in reply to
signals of distress during squally weather, and sav-
ing six men from the brig George, of Lowestoft,
which was wrecked off Withernsea on the 12th ult.
A reward of £8 2s. 6d. was also voted to pay the
expenses of the Fleetwood lifeboat of the institution
for putting off during a heavy gale of wind from the
W.S.W., and bringing ashore 12 men and a pilot
from the barque Inga, of Kragero, which was at
anchor near Danger Patch, on the 7th ult. A re-
ward of £lO was also granted to pay the expenses
of the Orme's Head lifeboat of the institution, for
saving two men from the smack Cymro, of Almwch,
which was observed in Llandudno Bay, with signals
of distress flying, during a gale from the N.N.W. on
the 7th ult. A reward of £l6 2s. was granted to
pay the expenses of the Lowestoft lifeboat in
connection with the institution, for going off
in tow of the Imperial steam-tug, and saving
one man from the lugger William and Mary, of
Yarmouth, which had, during a fresh gale of wind
from the S.S.W., been wrecked on the Barnard
Sand on the 12th ult. A reward of £l2 18s. was
also granted to pay the expenses of the Civil Service
Lifeboat of the institution stationed at Wexford, for
going off during a gale of wind on the 27th ult. and
saving nine men who had been employed by the
Wexford Harbour Commissioners, on the Dogger
Bank, and who were endeavouring to reach the shore
in their own boat. A reward of £9 ss. was also
voted to pay the expenses of the Whitby Lifeboat
of the institution, for saving five persons from the
schooner Lion, of Goole, which had during a gale of
wind from the E.N.E., stranded on the Whitby
Sands on the 31st ult. It was also reported that
the Caister lifeboat had been the means on the 28th
ult., in conjunction with a steam-tug, of taking
safely into harbour the brig Kelpie, of London, and
her crew of eight men, which vessel, during a strong
wind from the W.N.W., had gone on the Barber
Sand. Rewards amounting to £5l were also voted
to pay the expenses of the lifeboats of the institu-
tion at different stations on the coast for various
other services to shipwrecked vessels and their crew
during the past month. The thanks of the institu-
tion, inscribed on vellum, were ordered to be pre%
sented to Mr. Lister, and 15s. each to his boat's crew
of five men, for putting off in the Trinity House
boat in tow of a steam-tug during a slight wind
from the N.W., and saving two men from the steam
sloop Wrecker, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, which was
in a dangerous position near the entrance of the Tees
on the Bth of Dec. It was reported that a seaman
named Geo. Cowell had gallantly put off alone in a
small boat to the assistance of this wrecked crew. In
his noble attempt his boat was capsized, and he was
unfortunately drowned. The institution voted £lO
to his widow, who had no children. Various other
rewards were also granted for saving life from dif-
ferent wrecks on our coasts. A contribution of
£350 had been received by the institution on behalf
of the " Solicitors and Proctors'" lifeboat fund
through F. Ouvry, Esq., and W. M. Wilkinson,
Esq. The committee decided to station the lifeboat
at Winchelsea, on the coast of Sussex. The Solici-
tor-General, Sir J. B. Karslake, Q.C., had also for-
warded to the society a liberal donation of £lO. Mr.
Thomas Davis, of Chippenharn, had also collected
£230 amongst his fellow commercial travellers in
the West of England, in aid of the cost of a lifeboat
to be called the " Western Commercial Traveller."
The commercial travellers in the North of Eng-
land had already collected the expense of two life-
boats, which were stationed respectively at Piel,
Lancashire, and Castletown, Isle of Man. A con-
tribution, amounting to £l5O 6s. 9d., had been re-
ceived by the insttiution through Messrs. Cassell,
Petter, and Galpin, and the Rev. Teignmouth
Shore, towards the cost of a lifeboat to be called
" The Working Man." Legacies had recently been
bequeathed to the society by the late Miss Laing, of
Abergele, £5O ; and the late Mrs. Mary Clarke, of
King's Lynn, £3O. New lifeboats had been sent
during the past month to Lyme Regis, Looe, New
Brighton, Tyrella, and Port Logan. The railway
and steam packet companies had, as usual, kindly
given the boats free conveyance to their destina-
tions. Two lifeboats were also for warded to Bom-
bay. They had been built by the Messrs. Forrestt,
under the superintendence of the institution, for the
India Board. Reports were read from Capt. Ward,
R.N., the inspector, and Capt. Robertson, R.N., the
assistant-inspector of lifeboats, on their recent visits
to different lifeboat stations on the coast. Payments
amounting to £2,400 were ordered to be made on
various lifeboat establishments. The accounts of
the institution for the past year were ordered to be
sent to Mr. G. C. Begbie, the public accountant,
who had been the auditor of the society for the
past 15 years. Captain Walker, 11.C.5., of the
Board of Trade, moved, and Admiral M'Hardy
seconded, a resolution, which was unanimously
adopted, cordially thanking Thomas Chapman,
Esq., F.R.S., and Sir Edmund Perrott, Bart., for
their able conduct in the chair at the meeting of
the institution during the past year. The proceed-
ings then terminated.

HER MAJESTY'S STAMIOUNDS.—The noblemen
and gentlemen who hunt with the royal pack intend to
invite all the farmers over whose land they rido to a turtle
dinner, which is to take place at the Town-hall, Windsor,
on Wednesday, the 30th inst. The banquet will be pro-
vided by Mr. Johnson of the White Hart Hotel. it is
believed that the noble master (Lord Colville) will preside,
and that the Earl of Cork will also be present. The guests
will appear in the usual hunting costume, as they didwhon
the late Mr. Charles,h ay's was entertained at the London
Tavern a few years since.