The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-02 00:00:00

ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTIO.V.

Yesterday a meeting of this institution was held
at its house, John-street, Adelphi—Thomas Chap-
man, Esq., V.P., F.R.S., in the chair. There were
also present—Sir E. Perrott, Bart., W. H. Harton,
Esq., Rear-Admiral Sir W. Hall, K.C.8., Colonel
Palmer, Captain Ward, R.N., and RichArd Lewis,
Esq.

The minutes of the previous meeting having
been read, a reward of £45 19s. was voted to
pay the expenses of the lifeboats of the institu-
tion at Cahere and Courtown, Ireland, in going
off during a strong north-east gale, and
saving twenty-seven persons from the ship
R. A. Tucker, of Wisconsin, United States, which,
on the night of the 7th ult., had stranded on the
Blackwater Bank, and which, on the following
day, was totally destroyed by tire. A reward of
£8 6s. was likewise voted to pay the expenses
of the Cahere lifeboat of the society, in going
out on the 13th ult. in reply to signals of distress
during a fresh gale and a very heavy sea, and,
after remaining some time in the vessel's vici-
nity, rescuing the crew of five men of the
schooner Vivid, of Wexford, which stranded
about a quarter of a mile from shore, close
to Poulduff Pier. A reward of £9 10s. was
also voted to pay the expenses of the St. Andrew's
lifeboat of the institution, in putting off, during a
moderate easterly gale, and saving, after great dif-
ficulty, the crew of eight men of the brig Oscar, of
Tonsberg, while stranded, and afterwards became a
total wreck amongst the rocks a short distance from
the St. Andrew's Harbour. The crew of this ves-
sel had to drop one by one into the sea, whence
they were hauled into the lifeboat. The crew of the
Buckle lifeboat rescued forty-five men, women,
and children from some boats which were in
great danger on Tuesday and Wednesday last.
The following services had also been performed by
the lifeboats of the society at Redcar, Llanelly,
Howtb, Newbiggin, Tenby, and Looe, for which
liberal rewards were voted :—Two fishing boats of
R..:dear, crews of 5 men, saved ; ketch Garside, of
Bridgewater, 2 ; schooner Airdrie, of Swansea, 4 ;
fishing boat of Newbiggin, 4 ; schooner Oarnsew, of
Hayle, 4 ; and schooner Elizabeth Davey, of Goole,
assisted to save vessel and crew of 3 men ; making
a total of 345 lives and 18 vessels saved by the
lifeboats of the institution during the present
year alone. Rewards were likewise granted to
the crews of the institution's lifeboats at 'Wex-
ford, Hornsea, Withernse,a, Caister, Rye, Win-
chilsea, Kingstown, and Ilfracombe, for various
services during the past month. Various other
rewards were also granted to the crews of different
boats, fur saving life from shipwrecks on our coasts.
The committee voted £5O in aid of the fund that
was being raised for the widows and orphans of
the four coastguardsmen who unhappily perished
from the capsizing of their boat while returning
to the shore after having attempted to reach the
American ship R. 11. Tucker, which was aground
on the Blackwater Bank on the 7th and Bth
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Mrs. Warner, of Lyncombe, Somerset, had left the
institution a legacy of £3OO, in aid of the cost
of a lifeboat, to be called the Richard Warner.
Miss Warner, the daughter of the deceased
lady, had also left the institution a legacy of
£3OO, to defray the cost of a lifeboat, to
be called the Anne. The committee decided
to form a lifeboat station forthwith at Lyn-
mouth, Devon. A lady residing in Yorkshire
had given the institution the cost of a lifeboat
to be stationed at Lyntnoutb, in memory of her late
brother, the boat being named the Henry. The
institution also decided to form a lifeboat station at
Wells, on the Norfolk coast, and to appropriate to
the station the fund which had been so zealously col-
lected by E. B. Adams, Esq., of Bungay, from
penny readings and other sources. The committee

decided that the lifeboat at Newcastle, Dundrum
Bay, should be named the Reigate, the cost of which
had been assiduously collected by E. Chambers,
Esq., of Reigate, amongst his friends and others.

The committee voted £5O to the Scratby boatmen
to enable them to put their private lifeboat in a
state of repair.- An annual contribution of £5O,
through Mr. Samuel Shawcross, had been received
from the Ancient Order of Foresters, who were also
collecting the cost of a second lifeboat. Reports
were read from the inspector and the assistant in-
spector of lifeboats of the institution on their visits
to various lifeboat stations on different parts of the
coast. The proceedings then terminated.