The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-21 00:00:00

THE ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.

A meeting of this society took place yesterday at
the offices of the institution, Trafalgar-square, Mr.
T. E. Baker, the treasurer, in the chair. Mr. Lamb-
ton Young, secretary, submitted 15 cases for con-
sideration of the committee, in which persons had
risked their own lives in rescuing others. The fol-
lowing was referred to the next general court for
the award of the silver medallion of the society :
Mr. W. Ramsay, clerk, for saving Jemima Ray,
who accidentally fell into the River Tay, at Spring..
land, near Perth, on the sth of October. The bronze
medallion was awarded to the following :—To John
Dann, ablebodied seaman on board her Majesty's
ship Mutine, for assisting to save James Fleming,
an ablebodied seaman of the same vessel, who was
knocked off the bowsprit at sea, in lat. 8.40 N., long.
94'10 W., on the 24th of June ; to Miss E. H.
Chubb and Margaret Cubbon, for saving Eleanor
Cowley and trying to save Christian Cowley and
Ann Kewley, who went beyond their depth while
bathing in the sea at Ouchan, Isle of Man, on July
16th ; to William H. Francis, ablebodied seaman of
her Majesty's ship Diadem, for saving William
Murphy, a boy, who fell into the sea at Halifax on
the 6th of September ; to Henry R. Cooke, for
saving a boy, aged 12, who was carried away by
the sea beyond his depth while bathing at Margate
on the 19th of September ; and to John Council,
hatter, for saving Samuel Dutton, who accidentally
fell into a pond at Denton, near Manchester, on the
2d of October. The claim of William F. Murrough,
for saving Annie Paterson, who fell into the sea at
Passage West, county of Cork, on the 29th of Sep-
tember, was referred for further particulars. Thanks
on parchment were given to the following :—Te
William M. Taylor, for saving a boy who acci-
dentally fell into the Surrey Canal, Camberwell, on
the sth of October ; and to Thomas Sharer, ship-
broker, for saving William Windus, a little boy,
nine years of age, who fell into the Regent's Canal,
Caledonian-road, on the 13th of October. Pecu-
niary rewards of various amounts were given to the
following :—To William Prime, labourer, for trying
to save William J. Francis, who accidentally fell
into the Regent's Canal, Mile•end, on the 19th of
August; to Dennis Collins, a publican, for receiving
at his house and assisting to recover Mrs. Rosen-
burg, who attempted to commit suicide by jumping
into the Grand Surrey Canal, Old Kent-road, on the
26th of September; to William Little, wood-turner,
for rescuing Caroline Herman, who attempted sui-
cide by jumping into the New River at Highbury
on the ith of October ; to Thomas Vaughan, barge-
builder, for saving Charles Sinclair, who fell into
the Regent's Canal Basin, City-road; to
William Barson, servant, for saving Sarah and
Henry Russell, who fell into the New River at
Highbury on the 19th of October; and to James
Hurley, labourer, and Henry J. Godfrey, water-
man, for saving Julia Hunt, who fell into the river
Thames at Hungerford on the 20th of October.
Mr. Williams, the superintendent of the society,
reported that, notwithstanding the severe weather
of the last few days, there were still several bathers
in the Serpentine every morning, although on Mon-
day the frost was so intense that upon coming out
of the water they were unable to comb out their
hair. On Tuesday and yesterday a large number of
sliders and skaters visited the water in St. James's
Park, the Long Water, and the Round Pond, but
no accidents of a serious nature occurred. In St.

James's Park, on Tuesday, the number of skaters
and sliders was 1,600, and durin g the day 22 men
and boys were immersed-9 of them at one time—
but were rescued by the society's boatmen without
any other injury than a severe ducking ; on the
Long Water the number was 150, and on the Round
Pond 200. Some other business of a mere formal
nature having been disposed of, thanks were voted
to the chairman, and the Court adjourned.

THIS DAY'S MAREBTS.