The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-03 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY* EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1866.

pensated. Under a proper system of reform such
anomalies would be done away with. He was quite
sure that a Government which contained so many
eminent members of the Liberal party as did the
present Government would not introduce a sham
reform bill. (Loud cheers.)
Some other local toasts were then given, and the
proceedings did not terminate till a late hour.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

NORTH-EASTERN.

It appears that the dividend for the past half-
year, ending the 31st of December, on the Berwick
Stock, is to be at the rate of 6f per cent. per
annum ; on the York Stock, at the rate of 61 per
cent. per annum ; on the Leeds Stock at the rate of
4f per cent. per annum ; on the Carlisle Stock at the
rate of 8f per cent. per annum ; and on the Darling-
ton Stock, at the rate of 9i per cent. per annum.

mittee recommended that the matter of unautho-
rised expenditure should not be overlooked when
the half-year's accounts were subs fitted to the ap-
-1)roval of the shareholders, so that if directorsinsisted
on prosecuting schemes disapproved by the share-
holders, they must be prepared for the personal re-
sponsibilities they would thus incur. In conclusion,
the report stated that the 14 directors of the Cale-
donian Company held £38,352; of ordinary stock ;
the 15 directors of the North. British Company,
£52,100 ordinary stock ; and the 10 directors of the
Glasgow and South-Western held £76,560 of the
ordinary stock of their respective companies, making
together £167,011 of the whole ordinary capital of
the three companies, which, irrespective of preference
and debenture stock, was upwards of £10,000,000.
Mr. J. WHITE went fully into the whole question
and concluded by moving a resolution-adopting the
report of the committee, and expressing an opinion
that the bills still proposed to be promoted by the
companies should be withdrawn, excepting so far as
they could be promoted by mutual arrangement.
Mr. BANNATYNE seconded the motion, which was
carried unanimously.

Two other resolutions were also unaniniusly
passed requesting shareholders to refrain from grant-
ing proxies in favour of directors to carry out the
contested schemes ; and reappointing the committee
of shareholders, with power to add to their number,
for the purpose of carrying out the views expressed
in the resolutions, the shareholders present agreeing
to defray any charges that might be incurred by the
committee.

The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks
to the chairman.

DONCASTER AND WAKEFIELD.

This line was opened on Thursday for public
traffic. It forms a branchfrom the West Riding and
Grimsby line, and will shorten the route from the
West Riding to London several miles. No definite
time has been named for the opening of the West
Riding and Grimsby line, which will be worked
jointly by the Great Northern and the Manchester
and Sheffield Companies.

Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

Yesterday a meeting of this institution was held
at its house, John Street, Adelphi, I. Baring, M.P.,
F.R.S., in the chair. There were also present,
Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., Lord Henry Chol-
mondeley, Admiral Gordon, Sir Edward Perrott,
Bart., Admiral M'Hardy, W. H. Harton, Esq.,
Admiral W. H. Hall, C. 8., F.R.S., George Lyall,
Esq., Capt. Ward, RN., inspector of lifeboats to
the institution, and Richard Lewis, Esq., the secre-
tary.

The minutes of the previous meeting having been
read, the expense, amounting to £2O 195., was
ordered to be paid on the service of the China life-
boat of the institution, stationed at Teignmouth, in
rescuing the crew of eight men of the ship Jessie,
of London, and three of the crew of the brig Che-
shire Witch, of London, during the late fearful gales
in Torbay. The committee decided to establish at
Brixham, Devon, forthwith, a lifeboat station, the
city of Exeter liberally contributing to the cost of
the same.

The expenses, amounting to £l2, were also or-
dered to be paid on the service of the Whitburn
lifeboat in saving one of the crew of the bark Vic-
torine, of Ostend. The lifeboat and her crew on
the occasion had a very narrow escape of being de-
stroyed by being thrown on some precipitous rocks
close by the wreck.
Rewards amounting to £32 6s. were also voted to
the crews of St. Ives and Penzance lifeboats for
saving the crew of nine men of the screw collier
Bessie, of Hayle.
The silver medal of the institution was voted to
T. Carbis, the coxswain of the Penzance lifeboat, in
acknowledgment of his general brave services in
assisting in the lifeboat, and by other means to save
life from shipwrecks. Altogether it is supposed he
had assisted at the saving of nearly 45 lives.
Rewards amounting to £Bl were alio granted to
the crews of the institution's lifeboats stationed at
Yarmouth and Chester, for their valuable services
during the past month, in rescuing the crews, con-
sisting of 22 men, of the brig Thoughtful, of Sun-
derland, the schooner George, of Goole, and the
brig Tartar, of Sunderland.
A reward of £23 10s. was likewise granted to the
crew of the Lowestoft lifeboat for saving, in con-
junction with the steam-tug Rainbow, seven out of
12 of the crew of the brig Osep, of Fiume. The
committee also voted their thanks to the master of
the steam-tug, and £5 to his crew, for their very
laudable exertions in conjunction with the lifeboat
on the occasion.

Rewards amounting to £3O were also voted for
different gallant services by the following lifeboats
of the institution during the late fearful gales—The
Peterhead lifeboat rescued the crew of three men of
the schooner Black Agnes, of South Shields. The
Palling lifeboat saved three men from the schooner
Laurel, of Goole ; and put off to the assistance of
the schooner Julia, C. M'Clean, of Sunderland;
and the Kingsgate lifeboat saved seven men from
the brigantine Fre Mad, of Bergen.
It was also reported that the. Ramsgate lifeboat
of the institution had, in conjunction with the har-
bour steam-tug Aid, rescued the crew of six men,
of the schooner Zephyr, of Banff.
Rewards amounting to £l5O were also granted
to the crews of the lifeboats of the institution sta-
tioned at Penarth, Newquay (Cardigan), Sunder-
land, Rhoscolyn, Margate, Pakefield, Winchelsea,
Bacton, Walmer, Rhyl, North Deal, Pembrey,
Southwold, Cromer, and Skerries, for putting off
and rendering assistance to vessels in distress, or
for assembling during the late gales in readiness for
service in the lifeboats.

It is gratifying to know that during the recent
fearful gales not a single life had been lost from the
lifeboats belonging to the institution, whenever they
were called out to rescue shipwrecked sailors.
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The silver medal of the institution and £2 were
voted to Evan• Hughes, and £lO to his boat's crew
of five men for putting off in Hughes's fishing boat,
and saving at considerable risk of life the crew of
the ship Palimerus, of Liverpool, which was
wrecked off Cymyran, on the Anglesey coast, on
the 4th ult.
Various other rewards were also granted to the
crews of fishing and other boats, for saving lives
from different wrecks on the coast during the late
gales.

The thanks of the institution inscribed on vellum
were presented to Mr. R. F. Aldrich, chief officer
of the coastguard, at Margate, in acknowledgment
of his valuable services in putting off in the lifeboat
of the society.
During the past month the institution had sent
new lifeboats to Hauxley, Newbiggin, Kingsdown,
Courtown, and Northing.
It was reported that Messrs. Forrestt and Son,
the builders of the institution, had a new lifeboat
ready to send to Bombay, to the order of the Har-
bour and Pilotage Board of that town.
The contributions of the readers of the " Quiver"
magazine, to the lifeboat fund, amounted to about
£1,400, being sufficient to defray the cost of three
lifeboats.

The committee decided to place an additional life-
boat at Southwold, Suffolk, and to form new lifeboat
stations at Hasborough, Norfolk, and Cork harbour.
Large payments amounting to upwards of £3,000
were ordered to be made on various lifeboat estab-
lishments.

Reports were read from the inspector and the as-
sistant inspector of lifeboats to the institution on
their recent visits to various parts of the coasts.
The secretary of the institution had also attended
a large public meeting at Gloucester, convened by
the Mayor, to aid the funds of the National Lifeboat
Institution, when it was decided to raise the cost of
a lifeboat, to be called the Gloucester.

It was also stated that the cost of lifeboats was
being raised in the Sunday schools of London, Man-
chester, and Salford, Sir R. Palmer and Vice-Chan-
cellor Sir P. Wood taking considerable interest in
the fund collecting in the London Sunday schools.
The proceedings then closed.