The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-06 00:00:00

Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

Yesterday a meeting of this institution was held at iie
house, John-street, Adelphi—Thos. Chapman, Esq., F.R.SI
V.P., in the chair. There were also present Sir E. Perrott,
Bart. ; W. H. Harton, Esq. ; Sir F. Outram, Bart.; Admi-
ral Ryder, Controller-General of Coastguard; J. Griffith,
Esq. ; Admiral W. H. Hall, C.B. ; Alexander Boetefeur,
Esq. ; Admiral M'Hardy, Admiral Gordon, and Richard
Lewis, Esq., secretary of the institution.
The minutes of the previous meeting having been read,
rewards amounting to £193 were granted to the crews of
the lifeboats of the society, and those of shore boats, for
their brave services in saving the crews of the following
vessels during the recent gales :—Norwegian schooner
Johanna, 7 men saved; ship Amsterdam, of Sunderland, 14;
brig Mazurka, of Dundee, 10 ; brigantine Pearl, of Montrose'
vessel and 8 men saved; smack Elizabeth, of Cardigan,
6 ; schooner, Leader, of Liverpool, vessel and 6 men ; brig
Claudia, of Belfast, vessel and 7 men; brig Vesta, of Whit
by, 7 ; smack Jenny Jones, of Barmouth, 5 ; schooner Peer-
less, of Aberystwith, 5 ; barque Julia, of Liverpool, 9 ; billy--
boy Gipsy, of Wisbeach, 4; ship Alarm, of Belfast, 11; brig
Providentia, of Svelbig, 8 ; schooner Ann, of Torquay, 5;
schooner William Henry, of Yarmouth, 5 ; a small boat, of
Peterhead, 1; smack Eliza, of Wicklow, 2 ; two ArkloW
fishing smacks, 13 ; steamer Ibis, of Cork, 2 ; brigantine
Sarah Emma, of Miramichi, 6 ; ship Scotland, of Glasgal
(part of crew), 7 ; schooner Morris, of Lancaster, 2—total,
153 lives and 3 vessels saved during the recent gales. The
expressions of gratitude on the part of some of these ship"
wrecked crews for saving their lives were of a very grati"
fying and encouraging nature.
Rewards amounting to £155 were also granted to the
crews of different lifeboats of the institution for putting of;
in reply to signals of distress from vessels which had after-
wards got out of danger, or their crews had been rescued
by other means. Several lifeboat crews had also assembled
during stormy weather so as to be ready for any emergency
Payments amounting to £7OO were ordered to be ma&
on various lifeboat establishments.
A letter was read from Capt. Walker, of the Board o
Trade, expressing his high opinion of the Bradford life'
boat of the institution stationed at Ramsgate Harbour, *a
der the management of the Board of Trade.
The committee expressed their deep condolence with thi
family of the late John Clayton, Esq., of Lancaster-place
who had been the zealous and active honorary solicitor 0
the institution for many years past.
The Admiralty had, on the Lecommendation of Admire
Ryder, Controller-General of the'Coastguard, ordered 1,001
copiesof the instructions of the institution for the manage
ment of boats in surfs and broken water, for eirculatiol

amongst the coastguard.
It was reported that Sir J. Willoughby, Bart., had pre
rented to the institution £420, to place an additional life

boat on the coast.
It was also stated that the late Mr. J. 1). Shaw, of Nov
castle-on-Tyne, had left the institution a legacy of £4OO.
£lOO had also been left to it by the late Mr. Geo. Anstico
of Chipping Norton ; and £lOO by the late Mr. Wm. ChafY
Grove, of Teals louse, Mere, Wilts.
The proceedings then terminated.