The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-11 00:00:00

THE ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.

The half-yearly general court of this society was
held yesterday at the offices of the institution, Tra-
falgar-square, Mr. B. B. Cabbell in the chair.
Among others present were Sir Walter Stirling,
Mr. T. E. Baker, Dr. Christian, Capt. Cartwright,
Mr. Octavius Ommanney, Mr. Case, &c. The
minutes o , h
f previouste
secretary,
o readn
confirmed Young,
read the report of the society's operations since the
last general court in December. From this it ap-
peared that the number of cases brought under the
cognisance of the various committees in which lives
had been placed in imminent danger was 75 ; in
these 81 persons had been successfully treated by
the officers of the society, but seven were beyond
recovery. The number of cases of attempted sui-
cide for the same time had been 10 ; and 9 cases
had been referred to the general court for the award
of the silver medal of the society. The Hyde Park
cases reported since December last were 36, of
which 32 were treated successfully, three were
beyond recovery, and one person found drowned ;
four attempted suicide. On the motion of the
chairman the report was adopted. The silver medal
of the society was then awarded to the following :
—To Mr. Alexander Golland, vice-consul at Per-
nambuco, for saving a'man named Johnson, whoac-
cidentally fell into the river Jabalao, Pernambuco,
on the Ist of November,lBs9 ; to Capt. C. Goldsmid, •
of the ship Melazzo, for saving a Garibaldian
volunteer, who fell overboard in Gibraltar bay on
the 27th of September, 1860 ; to Mr. Stephen
Court, master, Royal Navy, for saving William
o
Wire, ablebodied seaman,; of H.M.S. Calcutta,_h
accidentally fell into the river Peiho, China, 17.1%1%111'1::
1858 ; to John Fraser, aged 16, a boy
Chesapeake, for saving a seaman namedonfE
Aplin, who accidendally fell overboard in the gulf
to
of Pecheli, China, on the 11th Sept., 18
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at Devonport on the 21st February last ; to Lieut.
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w who Stevens,
fel fell overboard
seaman, of
Fitzroy. R.N.,
Pringle, seaman, who fell overboard at sea on the
• 19th January last ; to Lieut. J. H. Coxon, R.N., of
H M.S. Hero, for saving Alexander Thorn, caulker,
I who fell overboard at sea on the 24th April last ;
and to Lieut. Arthur Allington, of H.AI .S. Megwra,
for saving J. Brown, a private in the Royal Engi-
neers, who, being lunatic, jumped overboard in the
Bay of Biscay on the sth' May- last; Some discus-
sion took place in reference to the Royal Humane
Society granting medals in cases of saving life from
fire, and other business of a mere formal nature
having been transacted, a vote of thanks was passed
to the chairman4and the court adjourned.

ENGLISII LETTERS ON THE AMERICAN QUES-
Tios.—The tone of the letters received from England by
many of our leading bankers and private merchants by the
last mail has been very severe in their treatment of Ameri-
can affairs. We are just now reaping the effect of the un-
reasonable and impolitic articles published by our city jour-
nals in criticism of the conduct of Great Britain. We stated
at the time that in Our opinion the attacks upon the sin-
cerity of the English people were entirely without founda-
tion, and that the bullying braggadocio which maims up the
staple of American newspaper comment in reference to Great
Britain was a vulgar exhibition of impertinenc e which
would be taken abroad as a national likeness. At I this id
now realised,—Zfeto York hurnae of Coninicm.

NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.—
C. F. HANCOCK, Jeweller and Silversmith to the
Queen, 33, Bruton-street, Bond-street, having been selected
ththe C3mittee to ake the "BA:DGE " to be worn by
e Memberms of then` " national Rifle Association," bects
respectfully to inform them that it may be procured at his
Establishment, and in on the
GOLD) NAMEL grounds at WimLED,bledon, in SILVERThre
price 7s. 6d.,price e
Guineas.