The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-05 00:00:00

PRESS R VIA TIN.' OP .rilpE FT Oaf SE]: TRECE.

• Yesterday a meerin,g of the Royal National Life-
boat Institution was h• ld at its house, Join:l-street,
Adelphi—Thonaes Cheprnan, F.R.S., in the
chair. There were also present—Admiral Sir T.
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Bullock,
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Esq., Montague Gore, Esq.,
R. N., C. 8., F. R. S., Captain Heaslop, R. N. , Capt.
Robertson, R.N., urKeyor-general to the Board t f
Trade, Captain Ryder, R.N., and Captain Ward,
R.N., inspector of lifeboats to the society.
Mr. LEWIS, the secretary, having read the
minutes of the previous meeting,
A reward of 61. 10s., in addition to about 20/.
I collected locally, was voted to the crew of the in.
stitution's lifeboat, stationed at Youghal, in ac.
knowledgmeut of their gallant services in rescuing,
during a gale of wind, the crew, consisting of four-
teen men, of the Norwegian barque Galatea, which
was wrecked on Youghal bar on the Bth ultimo.
Immediately on observing the perilous position of
the ship two pilotboats and the lifeboat put to sea,
but the two former, after proceeding outside the
harbour, had to return, as no boat except the life-
boat could have lived in such a sea as now broke
over the bar. The vessel all this time Was strik-
ing, and every sea rolled over her, and painful
anxiety was depicted on over two thousand specta-
tors, who crowded the cliffs to wat.lr the fate of
the poor crew of the ill-fated vessel. Gallantly
and nobly did the lifeboat now gradually approach.
her, though shipping every other breaker, which
was speedily self-ejected. Yet the lives of the poor
sailors on board the vessel were to be saved, and,
the Youghal lifeboat-men determined to save them,
or perish in the attempt. Nothing could now equal
the state of suspense and intense anxiety of the
beholders, as every moment the lifeboat disappeared
in the trough of the sea, again to rise on its sum-
mit. At length they came nearer ; and now it was
that the poor crew crowded on the bowsprit of their
vessel, and beheld the noble fellows struggling for
their deliverance. A rope was suspended from the
bowsprit, and as each wave drove the lifeboat be-
neath it, one poor fellow was let down, and thus
ono by one were fourteen lives saved. They
then pulled back to the harbour, where over 2,000
of the inhabitants welcomed their townsmen and
the poor fellows who thus escaped a watery grave.
This excellent lifeboat had only a few months
since been stationed at Youghal by the above insti-
tution. She is, like all the new life boats of the
society, on the plan of Mr. James Peake, of Her
Majesty's Dockyard, Woolwicb, and was built by
the Messrs. Forrestt, of Limehouse.
The Tenby life-boat, which belongs to the Na-
tional Life-boat Society, had also on the same day
performed valuable service to a ship in distress c ff
Caldy Island. She proved to be the barque Bella
Donna, of Bristol, and was seen, when it wasblow-
ing hard, to have a signal of distress flying. No
open boat would dare to venture out to her assis-
tance ; but the Tenby life-boat immediately pro-
ceeded out, remained by her some time, and after-
wards piloted her through the channel. The
shipowners sent the life boat's crew 101. for their
timely and valuable services.
The Lowestoft life-boat, which is in connexion
with the above society, had a few days since rescued
the crew, consisting of six men, of the brig 0 wsy,
which in a gale of wind went on the Beach-flat,
near the Colton Sands. The ship had been pre-
viously boarded by a yawl's crew, who, however,
were only too glad to come ashore in the life-boat.
A reward of 41. was likewise granted to four men
for rescuing, at considerable risk of life, the crew
of a country boat, which foundered off Glion,
Limerick, during a dark night a few weeks since.
On hearing the cries of the poor fellows the beat
was promptly launched, and at considerable dan-
ger they were saved, the vessel being nearly under
water at the time, and the tide flowing rapidly.

A reward of 2L. 10s. was also voted to two
women and a man who had launched a boat, and res-
cued, at some risk of life, a man and a boy who had
been capsized from their boat in the sound which
separates Yell from Unat, on the coast of Shetland.
The generous and intrepid conduct of the two
women is the more worthy of notice, as they were,
with their aged father, the means of rescuing a por-
tion of a boat's crew last year in the same sound,
when some of the stoutest hearted fishermen were
afraid to venture out, owing to the state of the
weather. For that courageous service they were
presented with the silver medal of the institution,
and 2/. each.

A reward of 11. Ns. was also voted to three men
for putting off iu a boat during blowing weather, and
rescuing the crew of eight men from the French
schooner Topaze, which was wrecked on Pen
Towyn Sands, Carmarthen Bay, on the 9th olt. _

A.reward of 141. 10s. was likewise voted to the
Arklow lifeboat's crew, for putting off during the
gale of wind to the rescue of the crow of a vessel
which was seen on Arklow bank. They had, how-
ever, Wen previously taken off by a smack which
was cruising about. There was a tremendous sea
running at the time, and no other boat would ven=
ture out ; but the lifeboat, it was said, behaved
nobly, and proved herself equal to any sea. This
lifeboat was only recently sent by the institution
to this station, and she is like all its new class of
lifeboats made to self-right if upset.
A. reward of Cl. 10s. was also granted to the crew
of the institution's lifeboat at Wicklow, for putting
off with a view of rendering assistance to a ship in
distress.

The meeting expressed much sympathy for the
families of the three gentlemen amateurs who had
been unfortunately thrown out of the Southwold
lifeboat and drowned, on Saturday last. The life-
boat on that station does not, I.ke the new class of
lifeboats of the institution, possess the important
quality of self-righting if upset, the boatmen at
Southwold having rejected a self-righting lifeboat
in favour of their present one. The crew of the
lifeboat had, according to the strict rule of the
society, their life-belts on, but the unfortunate de-
ceased had declined to put them on.
The society decided to station a first-class lifeboat
at Fraserburgh, on the north-east coast of Scotland,
a benevolent gentleman having offered to make a
present of the cost of a lifeboat to the institution
for that coast.
A rew lifeboat had just been sent by the society
to Ardmore; and it was said that it had now 70
lifeboats under its management, to maintain which
involved a large
airnilajusatlaoteutolafyt.horough efficiency
The yearly accounts of the institution were laid
on the table as audited by the usual paid auditor of
the society, Mr. Begbie, public accountant, from
which it appeared that the liabilities of the institu-
tion for lifeboats, carriages, and boat-houses, were
upwards of 3,0001.

Grants amounting to 201. having been voted in
aid of the Seamen's lifeboats at Sunderland and
Margate, and the annual meeting of the institution
having been fixed to be held at the London Tavern
the week after next, the proceedings closed.

THE LATE PRINCE OF OUDE.—The body of the deceased
Prince of Oade has arrived in Paris. It bad been placed
in three coffins, one being in zinc, and which was taken
off on its arrival. The bier is an enormous case of ma-
hogany, the weight of which was so great that it required
the united strength of all the servants of the Prince to
lift it from the carriage which brought it to the Hotel
Laffitte. The carriage in which it was conveyed was
drawn by two white horses. One of the rooms on the
ground floor of the hotel was fitted up for its reception,
being hung with crimson cloth, fringed with gold. The
coffin, which is covered with gold brocade, is placed
along the side of the wall, near the door ; perfumes are
burnt in a large copper vessel, and in the middle of the
court a large fire is kept burning. The servants and
attendants of the Prince remained watching during the
night near the coffin. The mortal remains of the Prince
have been accompanied to Paris by Mohammed Ahmet,
nephew of the deceased, a young man aged is, of digni-
fied
appearance, and who was dressed in a magnificent
Eastern costume. The funeral procession to Pere-la-
Chaise takes place at 12 to-morrow. A magnificent
mausoleum is to be erected in the Massulnian cemetery
at Pere-la-Chaise, to perpetuate the memory of the late
Queen and of the Prince now deceased.—Galignani.
ALDERMAN KENNEDT.—Mr, Alderman Kennedy has
addressed a circular to the electors of the ward of Cheap,
resigning hie position as the representative of that
ward. Mr. Kennedy takes the opportunity of defend.
ing his conduct in reference to the Royal British
Bank. After saying to the electors, " I have not know-
ingly done anything by which I oubht to forfeit your
o teem," be enters into an explanation of the circum-
stances under which he rejoined the bank in Nov,,
1854. Alderman Kennedy proceeds to state that his
relatives, Mr. Spans and Captain Valiant had joined
the bank before him, and when the former left in
donMa and y'lBsrs:tuitrnwtao S was
mcooretlainrodra thana any acknowledged
desire, tocleaoieveleLd:ds
apprehension of danger. He bad taken the opportu-
nity to state to the general manager the suspicions
which he had heard surmised and to ask for explanation.
Ms letter of 1555 was never sent, but delivered per-
sonally. It was carefully read by himself, and such
an answer asked and received, paragraph by paragraph,
as fully removed his uneasiness. All the circumstances
referred to in that memorandum which bad
b operated
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so injuriously against him bad occurred before 0 him
joined the bank. They were utterly unknot t
v ya-Perae ill-founded.
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which he was too ready to be%eciceowledges that
es sbuasnpki,ciobnust
bwere si
Mr. Kennedy, in conclusion,
be
"great error " when
his qhrievalty and
t was aof
stt nd during the year
confidence in the bank,
a proof of his almoebt"cwernasu n raisede d rtb8o):
mentions, as
£2 5001 stcck to remain the bank
fur three day-. He had also induced his nearest and
f
produce c the sale 0- •
dteha-te,fittteendays before its stoppage he allowed the
relatives to become dep.litors, and those
rela-
lives were among the sufferers,