The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-05 00:00:00

Royal National lifeboat Institution.

Yesterday, a meeting of this institution was held
at its house, John-street, Adelphi, Thomas Chap-
man, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the chair. There were
also present Sir Edward Perrott, Bart. ; George
Lyall, Esq. ; Colonel Palmer ; W. H. Harton, Esq. ;
Capt. NV-fad, R.N., inspector of lifeboats to the in-
stituticra ; and Richard Lewis, Esq., the secretary.
The minutes of the previous meeting were read.
The committee expressed their deep sympathy
with the two widows and five orphans of the poor
men who perished by the capsizing of the Lizard life-
boat, during a hurricane on Tuesday last, and voted
£lOO in aid of the local fund raising for them. The
lifeboat, it appears, was completely wrecked on the
rocks, and a new lifeboat was ordered to be sent off
by the institution to replace it in a few days. In a
large fleet of 153 lifeboats casualties must, it is
feared, be occasionally expected. It is, however,
gratifying to know that they are unusually rare,
three only, including the Lizard one, having oc-
curred in three years, with the loss of six lives, and
that the lifeboats of the institution during that
period had been manned on occasions of service and
exercise by upwards of 18,000 persons.
Rewards amounting to £l3O were granted to the
following lifeboats of the institution, for saving life
from shipwreck during the recent gales :--The
Albert Edward lifeboat, presented by the city of
Bristol to the institution, and stationed at Pad-
stow, rescued, under most difficult circumstances,
the crew of 17 men of the barque Juliet, of Green-
ock, which was wrecked off Padstow during a strong
gale from W.S.W. on the 29th ult. This lifeboat is
named after his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales, in accordance with the desire of the citizens
of Bristol.
The third-service clasp was also voted to Mr.
Daniel Shea, chief officer of the Coast Guard, at
Padstow, and the silver medal of the institution to
Mr. William Hills, the coxswain of the lifeboat at
Padstow, in recognition of their brave services in
the lifeboat on this and previous occasions.

A letter was read frons; Gen. Knollys, expressing
the great satisfaction of his Royal Highness the
Prince of %Vales at this valuable lifeboat service.

The Arundel Venables lifeboat of the institu

tion, stationed at Arklcw, Ireland, rescued 34 men
belonging to the ship Tenissarian, of Liverpool,
which was wrecked on Arklow Bank during a gale!
of wind from N. on the 25th ult. This was another
very meritorious case, as the sailors were taken off
the rigging in a very exlausted state. The silver
medal of the institution was granted to Peter Kava-
nagh, the coxswain of tie Arklow lifeboat, for his
general brave services in the lifeboat in cases of
shipwreck. The Wexfore. lifeboat saved four men.

from the steamer Barbadan, of Liverpool, which
was wrecked on the Blaekwater Bank, during a
S.S.E. gale and heavy sea. This was likewise a
most gallant service. Tha lifeboat, owing to the
violence of the waves, was repulsed five times in
succession, and the sailors, when taken off, were int
a very exhausted condition. The Providence life-
boat, stationed at Dungeness, rescued the crew of
six men and a boy from a French vessel, the Dieu
Protege Alexandre et Jein, of Dieppe, which was
wrecked off Dungeness during a gale from 5.W.,.
on the 31st ult. The lifeboat was reported to have
behaved remarkably well on the occasion ; while re-
turning from the wreck withthe shipwrecked crew
she was struck by three heavy seas, which filled her
twice, at the same time wasting the French boy
overboard. The lifeboat's crew, however, succeeded
in reaching him and dragging him into the boat.
The Tyrella lifeboat saved the crew of five men
of the schooner Daniel O'Connell, of Arklow ; the
People's Journal lifeboat, stationed at Peterhead,
rescued one man from the schooner Wilhelmina, of
Veesdam ; the Newbiggin lifeboat rescued the crew
of nine men of the brigantine Neptune, Delaware,
United States ; and the llauxley lifeboat saved the
crew of four men from the schooner Tom Cringle,
of Thurso.

It was also reported that the Ramsgate lifeboat

had, in conjunction with the steam tug Aid, rescues
under very perilous circumstances the crew of seven
men of the Dutch brig Zeeploeg, of Hoogez, which
was wrecked on the Goodwin Sam's, during a gale
from E.N.E. and heavy swell on the 15th ult. The
same lifeboat also went off on tie 30th ult., and
succeeded, after much difficulty, in saving the crew
of 16 men of .the barque Norma, of Bremen, which
had also struck on the Goodwi). Sands during a
fresh breeze from S.W. to W.

It appears that during the pastyear the lifeboats
of the institution have altogether saved 532 lives,
besides bringing 20 vessels into port. In addition
to this it has granted rewards amounting to £l2O
10s. to the crews of shoreboats 4nd others for res-
cuing 182 persons during the mine period ; thus
making a grand total of 714 lives saved during the
past year through the instrumentality of the Na-
tional Lifeboat Institution.

Rewards amounting to £B9 were also voted to
pay the expenses of the lifeboats of the institution
stationed at Broughty Ferry, S. Andrews, Fraser-
burgh, Whitburn, Ballycotton, Wicklow, Tyne-
mouth, Lytham, and Southport, for putting off to
render assistance to vessels in distress, or for going
out in reply to signals of distres from different ves-
sels, which, however, had aft!rwards got out of
danger.

Various other rewards were also granted to the
crews of shoreboats and others for saving many
lives from different wrecks on our coast during the
past month.

In the same period the institution has sent new
lifeboats to Courtown, on the Irish coast, and to
Arbroath, on the Scotch coast. Two lifeboats were
also about to be sent away to Hauxley and New-
biggin, Northumberland, a free conveyance having

been given to the two boats by the Great Northern
and North-Eastern Railway companies.
A benevolent lady had recently presented to the
institution the cost of the Worthing lifeboat estab-
lishment.

The late Captain Sykes, R.N., had _left to the
society a legacy of £lOO, free of duty.

The demands on the institution continue to be
very heavy. The society has also a number of new

lifeboat establishments in course of formation, which
will involve a considerable outlay on the institution.

The accounts of the institution for the past year
were ordered to be sent to Mr. Begbie, the public
accountant, who has been the auditor of the society
for the past 14 years.
Payments amounting to £2,000 were ordered to
be made on various lifeboat establishments.
A cordial vote of thanks having been given to
Mr. Chapman and Sir Edward Perrott for their able
conduct in the chair at the meetings of the institu-
tion during the past year, the proceedings terminated.

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