The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-29 00:00:00

THE LATE SIR RICHARD MAYNE.

Steps are being taken by the police to erect a
memorial in memory of the late Sir Richard Mayne,
Chief Commissioner of Police, the following appli-
cation having been submitted to the assistant Com-
missioners yesterday :—" We, the undersigned, of
the Metropolitan Police, have heard with deep regret
the death of Sir Richard Mayne, and are desirous of
testifying our esteem and veneration of his character
and uprightness in the discharge of his public duty.
We therefore beg the authority yf the assistant com-
missioners to open a subscription in each division
for the purpose of raising a testimonial or monu-
ment to his memory with the sanction of his family.
The amount subscribed by each member of the
force not to exceed one day's pay of the rank he
holds, nor to be less than one shilling. The form
of monument to be decided hereafter."
The assistant commissioners replied to the above
by expressing their entire concurrence in the pro-
position to raise a monument to the memory of their
esteemed and valued chief.

THE LATE GALES.

WORTHING, Dec. 28.

Yesterday niCY'laing a vessel, which turned out
to be the brigantine 1
Elena, 170 tons, from St.
John's, Newfoundland, was o:3,erved off Worthing
with signals in her rigging for assLftanes (writes
W. H. Dennett, Esq.). A gale from tilt; south-
west was blowing, and there was a very heavy se.;
on at the time. In a short space of time the Worth-
ing lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution,
the Jane, was afloat, and the Hilena was quickly
reached. Four of the crew of the lifeboat were then
put on board the vessel, and she was safely taken
into the port of Shoreham.
ABERYSTWITH, Dec. 28.

The following additional particulars of the ser-
vices on Christmas-eve of the Evelyn Wood life-
boat, belonging to the National Institution, are now
forwarded by Mr. John Williams :—He states that
after the crew of three men of the smack Castle had
been rescued by the lifeboat, and when the state of
the tide permitted, efforts were made to save the
vessel if possible. Six men were accordingly placed
on board, and they endeavoured, with the help
of those on shore, to get the vessel in, but it soon
became evident that their efforts.were ineffectual. In
rescuing the men from the wreck, which was fast
breaking up, the crew of the lifeboat had to use
almost superhuman efforts. The swollen state 4f
the river, on account of a high flood and the fearful
breakers on the bar, made it a work of extreme
.danger, and before the whole of the men could be
drought from the wreck the lifeboat had to make
three unsuccessful attempts, during which one of
the crew fell into the sea, and before he could
be picked up had to battle for his life for nearly
a quarter of a hour, for oars were broken, the cox-
swain's hand fearfully smashed, and one man left
clinging to the rigging until dawn before
he could
be rescued from his perilous position. The inesti-
mable value of the lifeboat, which was also slightly
damaged, and the well-tested mettle of her crew,
were never before so clearly exhibited ; all concur
in awarding praise to both.

SUICIDE OF A TRADESMAN.—Mr. Win. Robinson
Holmes, a grocer, of New-road, Newcastle, was found
hanging by the neck in a store-room, on Friday last.
He had been missing since Wednesday. The deceased,
who was about 42 years el age, had been is a desponding
mood for Pm. thug.