The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-20 00:00:00

REVIEWS Or THE WORK.

"Curtis on Manhood.- -This is a truly valuable work, and
should be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times,"
23d March, 1856.
"The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this
little work, in which is described the source of those diseases
which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature
old age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27,1856.
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A meeting of the governors of this institution
was held yesterday at the offices of the society,
Trafalgar-square, under the presidency of Mr. T.
E. Baker, the treasurer. The minutes of the pre-
vious meeting having been read and confirmed, the
following gentlemen were elected on the committee
as new members :—Sir William Fraser, Admiral'
Cator, Captain Egerton, R.N., and Mr H. Cart-
wright, F.G.R. The committee recommended the
case of Joseph Killingbeck to the next general
court for the award of the silver medal of the society.
It appears that on the evening of the 17th ult. a
boy named Joseph Sheldon was in the act of emp-
tying the water out of a bucket of a well at Huns-
let, near Leeds, and while doing so made a false
step and fell backwards down the well to the depth
of about 18 yards, there being at the time about 18
feet of water in the well. On the alarm being
given two men, named Brooksbank and Killing-
beck, ran to the spot, and the former let down the
bucket to the boy, but Killingbeck, telling Brooks-
bank to hold the handle, slid down the chain. He
then seized the boy by one hand and the chain by
the other and called to Brooksbank to draw them
up, but they had only got about midway between
the water and the top of the well when the chain
broke, and both were again precipitated to the
bottom. Killingbeck, however, again seized the
boy, and directed him to hold by the chain which
had again been let down, and he ultimately reached
the top in safety; the chain was then sent down
to Killingbeck, and he was safely drawn up. The
bronze medal of the society was recommended to
be awarded to the following :—ToFrederickWatts,
ablebodied seaman of her Majesty's ship Sphinx,
for saving Peal. Elms,. man, whose, boat was_
swamped in the river of Peiho, China, on the Ist
of September last; to Llewellyn Lloyd, schoolboy,
aged 11, for saving Alfred Warrington, a child
between three and four years old, who accidentally
fell into a pool near Chester on the 3d ult. ; and to
John Murphy, watchman, for saving Ann urchill,
a young woman, aged 20, who attempted suicide
by jumping into the river at Cork on the Ist
instant. Pecuniary rewards of £1 each were
given to Wm. Read, gate foreman, for saving J.
Sutherland, ship's carpenter, and his son, who acci-
dentally fell into the water at the West India Dock
entrance on the 22d ult. ; and to John Donovan,
labourer, for saving Philip Mason, a little boy four
years of age, who accidentally fell into the Thames,
at Hungerford-wharf, on the Ist inst. Donovan
has been rewarded before by the Royal Humane
Society for saving life. After the disposal of some
further business of a mere formal character, the
usual compliment was passed to the chairman, and
the proceedings terminated.