The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-08 00:00:00

ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION.

Yesterday a meeting of this institution was held
at its house. John-street, Adelphi, his Grace the
Duke of Northumberland, P.C., in the chair.
There wore also present Sir Edward Perrott,
Bart., Rear-Admiral Tarleton, C. 8., Controller-
General of the Coastguard ; Thomas Chapman,
Etq., F.R.S., Captain Da St. Croix, Admiral
Nl'llerdy, W. H.,, Marton, Esq., Richard Lewis,
Esq , and Capt. Ward, R.N.
The minutes of the previous meeting having been
read, a reward of £7 103. was voted to pay the
expenses of the lifeboat of the institution at
Withernsea in going off twice on the 7th ult., and
bringing ashore through a very heavy sea the crews
of nine men of two Withernsea fishing boats, which
had been previously warned off the shore, as it was
not safe for them to attempt to take the land. A
reward of £lO 7s. 6d. was likewise voted to pay the
expenses of the institution's lifeboat at Cromer, in
putting off on the 9th ult., during a heavy N.E.
gale, and rescuing the crew of five men of the brig-
entitle Agenorin, of Lowestoft, which wan wrcckccl
opposite Cromer gangway. A reward of £5 10s. was
also voted to pay the expenses of the society's life-
boat at Blakeney in going off, in reply to signals of
distress during a strong N.E. gale, and saving the
crew of three men of the sloop Richard of Goole,
which had stranded on the West Saud, about half a
mile from the harbour on the Bth ult. A reward
of £8 Bs. was likewise voted to pay the expenses
of the Ayr lifeboat of the institution, in putting
off on the 29th ult., and saving the crew of
five men of the schooner John G. Wade, of
Newry, which, during a heavy N.W. gale, had
stranded off Troon harbour. A reward of £4 10s.
was also voted to the crew of the institution's life-
boat at Moelfre, for going off during a strong
easterly wind and rescuing two men from the smack
Cymro, of Amlwch, which had exhibited signals of
distress, and afterwards became a total wreck in
Moelfre Bay, on the Bth ult. It was reported that
the society's lifeboat at Pakefield had gone out on
the same day during a very strong north east
gale, and had taken off part of the crew of the
brigantine Douglas, of Guernsey, which had sprung
a leak and exhibited distress signals in Pakefield
Roads. The lifeboat afterwards returned to the
vessel, and with the assistance of a steam-tug she
was freed from water and taken into Lowestoft
harbour. The institution's lifeboat at Howth was
likewise the means, after some difficulty, of b • ring-
ieg safely into the harbour the brig Arran, of
Irvine, which had stranded on the bank between
the main and Ireland Eye, off Howth, on the
19th ult. The society's lifeboat at Barmouth had
also assisted into harbour the schooner Dasher,
of Amlwch, which was in great distress near
the St. Patrick's Causeway on the 22d ultimo.
The crew of the vessel expressed their thanks to
the lifeboat men for going out to them, as they
were quite ignorant of their position, and would
have been unable to weigh anchor without some
assistance. Rewards were also granted to the
crews of the lifeboats of the institution at Hun-
stanton, Wexford, Worthing, Aberystwith, Camp-
beltown, and Mullion, for various services to
distressed vessels during the recent gales.
Various other rewards were also granted to the
crews of different shore boats for saving life
from shipwreck on our coasts. Altogether, the in-
titution this year has contributed to the rescue of
361 lives from shipwrecks on our coasts, in addition
to having saved eight vessels from destruction.
Payments amounting to £1,600 were likewise ordered
to be made on various lifeboat establishments. The
committee expressed their deep abhorrence and in-
dignation at the attempt recently made in a distant
colony on the life of his Royal Highness Prince
Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, and an earnest hope
that his Royal Highness would soon be restored to
perfect health. A benovoleut lady had given the
institution the cost of the Lowestoft lifeboat, through
Miss Prince and Mrs. Pilgrim, of Brixton. The
employes of Messrs. S.lNorthcote and Co., of St.
Paul's-churchyard, having given an entertain-
ment in aid of the lifeboat fund, Mr. R. Frank-
land had, on their behalf, forwarded the society
a contribution of £27 10s. 103. Lieutenant Ker,
R.N.R., had also sent the institution an additional
sum of £5, being the amount he had collected
from the officers and passengers of the Royal mail
steamship Briton on her last voyage to the Cape.
It was also reported that legacies had recently
been bequeathed to the institution, by the late
Felix Slade, Esq., of Lambeth, £3OO ; the late R.
S. Fydell, Esq., of Rutland, £100; the late Mr.
Geo. Berger, of Newcastle-street, Strand, £lO 103. ;
and £2O by the late Mr. Edward Davies, of the same
street. It is reported that the institution had sent
new lifeboats during the past mouth to Broad-
stairs, Kent, and Pennon, Anglesey. The last-
named boat was exhibited at Settle en route to its
station. Reports were real from Cai)t. Ward, R.N.,
the inspector, and Capt. D. Robertson, R.N., the
assistant inspector of lifeboats to the institution, on
their recent visits to the coasts. The committee
expressed their deep regret at the death of Mr.
Thomas Forrest, who had been the able and intelli-
gent lifeboat builder of this institution during the
past 1G years. The Duke of Northumberland pre-
sented an additional contribution of £lOO to the in-
stitution. The proceedings then terminated.

L CIEs LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
Vale of Neath, 06
FOREIGN RAIL WAYS.
Antwerp and Rotterdam, 10
Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean. 351
San Paulo, iiul., gua. 6 per cent., In

FOIIEIGN MINE%
Anglo Braz lirn. Gold, 11-16
Cape Copper, 11m., 11 I
Chontales Gol and Silver Mining,•llm., 22
D)n Pedro, N r‘li Del Itcy, 2
Port Phillip,
St. John del Rey, llm , 19
Worthing, limited, 7-16

BANJO.

Agra, lim.. A, 10
Auglo Egyptian, Bra., 19}
Australasia, 55
Bank of vtago, lim., 51
Chartered iler. of India, London. and China, 28
English. Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 17a
Imperial Ottoman, lit
Loudon Chartered Bang of Australia, 24};f
Loudon and County, 52
Landon Joint Stock, 35}
National Provincial of England,
Ditto, cd and 3d issue. 39
Standard of British South Africa, Urn., 11
Union of Australia, 45

MISCELLANEOUL
Bombay Gas,
National Steam Ship, lim., 9
Oriental Gas, lim., 115-15
Anglo,American Telegraph, 231
Atlantio Telegraph, 571

- Ditto, 8 per cent i , Oa
Ceylon Company,
Ditto, A shares, 21
City of Movcow Gas, lim., 51
East India Irrigation and Canal, 1)31
Ebbw Vale, 1:i
Egyptian 0 per Cent., Viceroy Loan, gua.by Egypt. Goy., 83
Fore-street Warehouse, lim., tut
Hudson's Bay, 15 ilk
London General Omnibus Company, Um., 2
Madras Irrigation and Canal (guaranteed 5 per cent. by
Gorernment), 101
National Discount company, 111
New Quebrada,
l'euinsuta and Oriental s:teatn,
Telegraph Construct. and Malcteuance, 111

SaIPPING INTELLIGENC3—This Day.

(BY TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Friday Morning.
Arrived, May 7—Blanch, from Dunkirk; Thames, from
Portland, U.S.

Arrived, May 8 -- San Francisco de Borga, steamer, from
Cadiz ; Flecha, steamer, from Ghent; Rhine, steamer, from
Boulogne.
Sailed.—Triton, for Boulogne.
DEAL, Friday Morning.
Passed. —Dora, from Adelaide, for London (in tow);
Aurora, screw steamer, for Bordeaux ; Grief, for Trinidad ;
Elizabeth Martin, for Valparaiso ; Matchless, for Antigua ;
Jessie, for the Canaries—all from London.