The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-04 00:00:00

PIVSi.RVATION OF LIFE FROM
SHIP WRECK.

On Thursday a meeting of the Royal National Life-boat
Institution was he'd at its house, John-street, Adelphi--
the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., president of the
society, in the chair. We alio observed present—Ad-
miral Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.8., General Blanshard,
C. 8., Captain Washington, R.N., F.R.S., Messrs. Ed-
ward Henry, George Lyall, James Peake, Capt. Lam-
bert Perrott, and Captain Ward, R.N., inspector of life-
boats to the institution,

Mr. LEWIS (the secretary) having read the minutes of
the previous meeting,
A reward of 131. was granted to 13 men for putting
off in the Berwick life-boat, which belongs to the insti-
tution, and rescuing the crew of five men of the schooner
Heinrich Gerdes, which, during a heavy gale of wind,
was ',stranded on Spittal Point on Sunday, the 22d ult.
The life-boat was reported to have behaved very well on
the occasion. She has not long been on this station, but
in that period she has been instrumental in rescuing the
crews of two wrecks. .

A reward of 71. was also voted to the crew of the society's
life.boat stationed at Newbiggin, Northumberland, for
going off in her and saving three men from a fishing ,
coble off Berwick, on the 13th ult. It was blowing at
the time a heavy gale from the S.E. and a tremendons.
sea was on. The fishing-boat was seen about a mile..oft,
shore in imminent danger. The lifeboat gradually puilea
out, facing a very heavy sea. The poor men,
who were
exhausted from the buffeting of the storm, had
given
themselves up for lost when the life boat came out to
their' help. After having been taken on beard, they ex-
pressed themselves in very grateful terms for their pro-
vidential rescue, and stated that they must have perished
but for the timely assistance of the life-boat. This boat,
was put on this station by.the Duke of Nonhumberland.
and has on previous occasions been the means of saving
fishermen from drowning.
It was also reported that the Padstow life-boat, which
belongs to this society, had on the 14th ult. rescued the
crew of four men from the schooner Hibernia, of
Teignmouth, which during a heavy gale of wind had
gone to pieces on Trebetherick rocks. Hardly ten
minutes had elapsed after the crew had been taken out
of the vessel before she went to pieces. This was the
first time the lifeboat had been called into requisition
during the short period since she had been sent by the
society here, and most admirably has she performed her
duty. The crew of the life-boat received from the ship-
owner 14/, for their gallant services.
These three life-boats are on the plan of Mr. J. Peake.
A. reward of Bt. was also voted to the crew of the
Seaton Carew life-boat, for putting off in her with the
view of rescuing a shipwrecked crew. This life-boat,
which is 30 years old, made two unsuccessful attempts to
reach the wreck. A generous benefactor has offered the
institution t o replace her immediately with a powerful
life-boat on Mr. Peake's plan. We trust that all the
worthless boats which are called life-boats will every-
where be soon replaced by life-boats of proved superio-

rity.
A reward of 51. 10s, was like wise granted to the Rhy]

tnbular ife boat, which also belong' s to this
for putting off to the :1%4). Mary Ann, of Lie iL 1 riA7QPATIER
which was observed to have a signal of distress Tea -1.1! L 3
With the assistance of the life-boat's crew the
got off her clangerou3 position, and subseque .., .e,,,,,
in tow of e steam-tug to Liverpool; .- . 14 *,;-,-i., •-',, ,I_,
A reward of Si. ss. was ale o rated to nine v,'fLi (.....:',‘, ~
f
men, for putting cif in two boats and re-chin • 4,!".7aU-;14-cor f I
from a boat which foundered during a heavy g N416,,,i,;..
on Arklow Bar, on the 16th ult. Three of the c •• "' iIA s*,igy
to the portion of the boat which remained aboveff.a; w.ikas,-, i .1- #"`"'_.
and the fourth man was taken o piece of the wreck;,4A :
The silver medal and 2/. were also vcted to the master • ..
of the French fishing smack Victorine Desir4e, and CI. ' -
each to her crew of four men and a boy for rescuine•lhe
crew of two men from the Smack Dart, of Lyrae Regis,
which, during heavy squalls, had her ballast shifted in
Portland Race, and became unmanageable on the 18th
ult. She afterwards upset, and the crew took to the boat
with great difficulty, but two passengers, a young man .
and his wife, were drowned in the steerage. The craw
of the Frenchman, having seen their perilous situation,
it once proceeded in their boat to their rescue, and by
great skill and bravery saved the crew. The master of
the Dart stated that it was quite miraculous that their
boat had lived so long in the fearful Race, and that the .
Frenchmen had been able to succour them. There was a
little boy, aged 12 years, on board the French smack,
who had entreatad his father and the crew to go off to
the rescue of the shipwrecked crew. ,
A reward of 61. was also voted to three fishermen for
putting off in their noble during a heavy gale of wind, •
and rescuing, at considerable risk of life, the crew, four
in number, of the schooner Mary, of Sunderland, which •
was wrecked off Whitby on the 20th ult.
The second service clasp was voted to Mr. H. A. Hamil-
ton, of Balbriggan, who, for previous gallant service, had
received the silver medal of this institution, and the silver
medal and 2/. to Henry Houghton, joiner, in acknow.
ledgment of their noble conduct in attempting to rescue,
at the peril of their lives, seven of the crew of the brig
Era, of the Rochester, which was sometime since wrecked
off Hartlepool. Houghton had rushed into the surf to
catch a line which bad been thrown from the wreck, and -
thus succeeded in effecting a communication between
the vessel and-the shore, by which means the whole of
the crew were saved. As the master, who was a heavy
man, and benumbed with cold, was being drawn ashore, •
he fell into the sea, and was with difficulty saved by the
joint intrepid exertions of Messrs. Hamilton and Hough-
ton. Mr. Hamilton has on previous occasions dis-
tinguished himself in rescuing life from shipwreck, and
has by his benevolent exertions established one- of the
best life boat establishments on the Irish coast. Ile
happened on the occasion of the wreck of the Era to be
on a visit to a friend in the neighbourhood.
Various other rewards were voted for saving life from
wrecks.
It was said that during the last three months the life.:
boats of the institution had rescued the crews.of the fol--
lowing vessels :—Reliance, of London, 15; Tennant, of
Stockton, 13 ; Pensher, of Sunderland, 7 ; Georgiana,
of Inverness, 5 ; Sophie, of Oporto, 11 , Temperance, of .
Belfast, 4 ; Ratcliffe, of Whitby, 8; a noble, of Mervvick,
3 ; Hibernia, of _Teiganaouth, 4 ; Heinrich Gerdes, of -
Rostock, 5. Total, 70 persons.
Mr. T. N. Hunt, Bank of England director, was
elected a vice-president of the institution, in virtue of
his munificent donation of 501. to its funds ; and Capt.
Bullock, R.N., and Mr. Alexander Boctefeur, having
been elected members of the committee of management,
the proceedings were clo'ed.

PROTEST OF THE DUTCH ROMISH
BISHOPS AGAINST THE DOCTRINE OF
THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION.

The following significant paper forcibly exhibits
that worthless cheat called "unity" in the schis-
matic Church of Rome.

" Pastoral Instructions of the Archbishop of Utrecht,
and the Bishops of Haarlem and Deventer, on the sub-
ject of the Immaculate Conception :
" When we heard of the great preparations that were
being made for deliberating on the point of the Concep-
tion, at Rome, in December, 1854, we found, and with
good reason, that these preparations would all be found
eventually to have been little more than an out ward
form ; but we, nevertheless, hoped that the prayers of
many good men, so earnestly solicited by the holy
father, for the light of the Holy Spirit, would be so heard
as to succeed in turning the counsels of Ahitophel into
foolishness. The unsearchable judgments of Divine
Providence have otherwise ordered. Pius, alas t the
weak Pius, having once thrown himself into the arms of
the Jesuits, has now again lent his name and his in-
fluence to accomplish a deed deeply grieving all good
men, and causing new scandal in the Church.
" The Encyclical Letter of the Bth December, 1854,
threatens the wrath of Almighty God, &c., to all who
should dare to speak against, or even not to accept, the
decision therein announced, respecting the Conception
of the Virgin.
" How great soever may be our respect for his holi-
ness, as head of the Church, and the centre of Catholic
unity, we should dread still more the displeasure of the
Almighty, if we blindly accepted such decision.
" St. Paul did not threaten the people of Berea with
the displeasure of Almighty God when they searched the
Scriptures to see if the things which were brought before
them were so ;' and St. Luke even confers upon them
special honour—' These were more noble than those of
Thessalonica,' because they did so search. If this doc-
trine of the Immaculate Conception can be so thoroughly
proved to be a doctrine of the Catholic Church, as in
such apostolic letter it is declared to be, there need no
War arise from such a search ' • yea, ratlrer ought an ap•
peal to go forth, inviting such a search, that it may be
patent to the whole world that we are indebted to the
care and zeal of Pius IX. for this discovery.
"Inasmuch as we have no conviction that Pius has
spoken an infallible word, when he declared the Imma-
culate Conception of the Blessed Virgin to be a revealed
truth of the Catholic faith, we feel it to be our duty to
examine the grounds on which such declaration rests.
" These grounds are said by him to be five :
"1. Holy Scripture.
"2. Sacred tradition.
"3. The continuous feeling of the Church.
"4. The wonderful unanimity of Catholic pastors and-
of the faithful.

" The illustrious acts and constitutions of his prede-
cessors in the Papal chair."

After combatting the above grounds, they say, in
reference to the fourth, " Where is this wonderful una-
nimity to be found ! Naturally in the answers given by
the bishops to the letter addressed to them from Gaeta
in 1849. The analysis justifies no such unanimity. The
whole dogma of the Immaculate Conception being thus
entirely new, there need be no wonder that the mode of
announcing it was also entirely new. Never formerly
were ouch utterances heard from a Pope's lips ; formerly
it was the congregated fathers, who, after previous deli.
berations, &c., judged and determined. But it was on
this occasion no church council ; although, for the eye
o' the world, such a colouring was attempted to be given
to it. The bishops were merely mute attestators of
what was proposed by Pope Pins IX., and with too
great reason may the words of the prophet be applied to
them :—" Blind watchmen I they are all ignorant, they
are all dumb dogs ; they cannot bark.' "—lsaiah, lvi.,
10.

;‘ Oh ! how did those teachers in Israel belie their

character ! and how was their character trampled on by
the first in rank amongst them. An open contumely
and spot of shame is thus thrown on the episcopal cha-
racter and office, those functionaries having nullified
their very position and work as judges of the faith.
" When the successor of St. Peter gave utterance to
the lie that the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception
had been revealed by God, was there no Paul to with=
stand and gainsay him to the face ? On the contrary they
winked in the lowest cajolery when one of the French
bishops looked his holiness in the face and said, Holy
father I thou has not only decided the Immaculate Con-
ception ; thou Last decided thine own infallibility.'"
Under the fifth head of the pastoral instruction, re-
ference is made to GregOry the Great, Innocent 111.
and Innocent V., Clement VI., &c., to that for 14 cen-
turies a doctrine was held in entire contradiction to that
promulgated by Pius IX., and it is then said :
" We leave it to every unprejudiced person to dec de
whether we have good ground for the strictures we have
made, and whether we have proved or not that the apos-
tolic letter issued by Pius IX., on the Bth December,
1854, is simply a tissue (zamenweefsel) of untruths,
wherein the name of Scripture and sacred tradition are
shamefully misapplied, to exalt into a matter of faith a
mere matter of feeling or subjective impression, not even
based on the lowest grade of probability.
‘ wo'rld
In
thatcon the maxim
awxeim ‘ Q
solemnly g
declare before
quodeforetheubwiliquolea,
quod ab omnibus,' reaches neither in teaching nor in
acceptance to this dogma of the Immaculate Conception ;
and we say to all Catholics, Remove not the ancient
landmarks which thy fathers have set.' (Proverbs mi.
28.) But though we or an angel from God's heaven
preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have re-
ceived, let him be accursed. (Gal. i. 8.) Remember
how thou halt received and heard ; and hold fast.'
'llev. iii. 3.)
(Signed) " t JOHN, Archbishop of Utrecht,
" t HENRY JOHN, Bishop of Haarlem.
" 'I. HERMAN, Bishop of Deventer."

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KP.Ter RICHARD "2117. SECOND.
King Richard 11., lie. C. Kan ; Quccn, Mrs. C. Kean.
Prcedded by MUSIC lIATII CHARMS.

9111EATIZE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven,
A LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs. Bnekstone, Compton, Howe,
W. Farren, Rogers ; Mesdames Reynolds, Poynter, Fitzwil-
4stc.
Atter which, A WICKED WIFE.
To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster.
Tins EVENING, will be performed PAUL PRY. Paul
Pry, Sir. Wright.
Followed. by a new and original domestic sketch, entitled
WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul
Bedford, dm
After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which
Mr. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE
Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and ereswiek.
THIS EVENING, the celebrated Play of MONEY. Eve-
lyn, Mr. Creswick.
GRIMSHAW, Bic SHAW, AND BRADSHAw. Mr.
Buckstone.
To conclude with THE WAITER AT CREMORNE.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan.
THIS EVENING, a new drama, called DADDY
lIARDACRE. Mr. Robson, Sre. •
The new drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN
WOLF'S CLOTHING.
To conclude with TIIIEVES ! THIEVES ! ! Messrs. F.
Robson, G. Vining, (to.
Commence at half-past Seven.

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.
THIS EVENING (the last week before EaF.terl, Shake-
pero's Play of KING HENRY THE FOURTH, with Mr.
Wm. Cooke's equestrian illustrations. llotspur, Mr. James
Holloway ; Prince Henry, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. ; Falstaff,
Mr. J. W. Anson.
After which, the SCENES of HORSEMANSHIP in the
ARENA.
To conclude with 'FORTUNE'S FROLIC. •
Commence at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper
Boxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 11., no charge for booking ;
Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, Gd.
flox-offiee open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager,
Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director Mr. W. Cooke, jun.
A New Grand Military Spectacle will be produced on
EASTER MONDAY.

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow-
ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses,
Glees, Duets, &c., viz. • Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield,
Miss Brunell, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J.
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Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.;
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Marl WATER, AT LONDON BRTD(.3g.

TRIM DATAlorn. 18 min. aft. 10—Evening 5 mid. aft 11
Vci-1103330w—Morn. 43min. aft.ll—Evening oto n.sft. 0

THE WEATHER-81m OFFICE, APRIL 4.
TPIERMONETER, IN THH SHADE.
57—highest since noon yesterday
47 —lowest this morning and daring the night.
53 --this day at noon.
EABOmrrm, 29'33—still rising in spite of tho rain.
Wmv.—S.S.E. to S.E. Light, with muggy, rainy
weather. It rained heavily last night, and now keeps on
a sort of Scotch mist.
THREE O'CLOCK.—StiII raining, with the wind at S.E. ;
rather fresh, with heavy rolling scud.

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