The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-13 00:00:00

THE ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.

The eighty-fifth annual general meeting of the
members of this society was held yesterday at the
office, Trafalgar-square ; Mr. B. B. Cabbell in the
chair.

Mr. YOUNG (the Secretary) read the report, de-
tailing the operations of the committee during the
past year, -which stated that the total number of
cases of rescue, or attempted rescue from drowning
brought under the notice of the society during the
past year was 169, involving 281 persons. Of these
179 were successfully treated, and 11 were unfor-
tunately beyond recovery. 31 cases of attempted
suicide had occurred, and 27 cases had been espe-
eially referred to the committee. The number of
medals awarded for courageous and devoted conduct
in rescuing drowning persons was 66. Thanks
were also recorded on vellum and presented to
seven persons, and on parchment to 14 persons;
while pecuniary rewards had been given
to 86 persons. The number of bathers in the
Serpentine during the past season had been
165,200, and it was gratifying to record that in no
case had any fatal casualty occurred. The state-
ment of income and expenditure for the year ended
the 31st December last showed that £lB2 had been
carried forward from the preceding year ; that
subscriptions, donations, &c., had amounted to the
sum of £1,718, and legacies to £45, making a total
of £1,946. After deducting the expenditure a
balance remained in hand of £79. The report
was adopted, and votes of thanks passed to the
president and officers of the society.
The following cases were among those especially
submitted to the meeting, as deserving of the silver
medal of the society :—The Hon. T. J. Wynn, for
saving Charles Vernon Hassall, military student,
from the Thames, June 3d last; Mr. C. Pates, for
saving Lewis James Knight, surgeon, from the
Exe, at Exeter, April 18 ; Mons. M.Jacques Fosse,
for saving Foulchier, blacksmith, at Beruciere,
Aug. 5; Mr. Francis Hixon, for having saved
Thomas Ross, acting mate of H.M.S. Herald, at
sea, off Port Jackson, June 4 ; Viscount Hastings,
for saving Henry B. Gough, from the river Suir, at
Waterford, Aug. 8 , Sergeant John Buckley, Royal
Limerick County Regiment, for saving Sergeant
Mathew Mahony and. Private J. Buston at sea off
Hythe, Kent, Sept. 22 ; Captain Edward Robarts,
for saving Charles Butt at Little Hampton, Sussex,
Oct. 1 ; Mr. G. J. Anstruther, midshipman, her
Majesty's ship Magician, for saving T. Mills, sea-
man, at China, Aug. 30 ; Mr. John Sullivan, boat-
swain, her Majesty's ship Gorgon, for saving John
Martin, A. 8., at Halifax, North America, Sept. 6 ;
Miss Lucy Rowbotham, for saving H. C. Row-
botham from a tank, at Woolwich, Oct. 12 ; May
Stout Hectorson, for saving the lives of two fisher-
men at Yell, off the Shetland Islands, Sept. 9 ;
Corporal Thomas G. Warren, for saving John Gee,
boy, her Majesty's ship Waterloo, in the sea at
Sheerness, Sept. 17 ;- Assistant Surgeon J. Davis,
57th Regiment, for saving Private Powell, 33d
Regiment, at Bombay, Oct. 13 ; Joseph Saunders,
A. 8., her Majesty's ships Liffey, for saving
Frederick Wraith, A. 8., same ship, at Devonport,
Sept. F.
A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman,
and the meeting adjourned.

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