The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1872-05-03 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

HEROISM AFLOAT.—On Monday a silver medal foreign school France headed the list, and a pain- and a complimentary address were presented to Mr. fill antithesis to all this gaiety was produced by Henry smith, boatswain of the ship Beethoven, for finding Lehmann's counterfeit presentiment of Mgr- an act of gallantry performed in October last year. Barbey, the last murdered Archbishop of Paris, The Beethoven was being towed inwards by the look down from his frame an all this gay crowd- Formby Channel, when the pilot found it necessary Escosuraa's melancholy and sombre view of the Rue to completely reverse her course in order to prevent (le Rivoli ; Joulin'e sad episode of the bombardment, with the poor dead girl who had wandered her being driven ashore. The night was tempesout for that now useless crust of brown siege bread tuous and dark, and, it being impossible to arrest which lies untouched by her side; and Protais's the attention of the captain of the tug in time to prevent a disaster, the boatswain volunteered to go gloomy dirge of 1870, sketched, we believe, during along the hawser and board the tug. A life line his imprisonment at Metz, told with sad force by was tied around him, end he accomplished the pethis painful contrast. Van Elvin's "Distribution of [dons journey in safety. The helm of the tug was English Gifts at Paris after the Siege" filled us put about, and the vessel's course having been with a pleasanter and grateful feeling, and Tisaotu's changed seaward, the ship and the 40 souls on elaborate pictures made us determine to see more of board were saved. The presentation on Tuesday was them ; but the highest efforts, though not the made by the Mayor of Liverpool, at the Town Hall, largest, of French art seemed to be wanting here and there were present a number of gentlemen conamongst the 200 works in oil contributed by her nected with the Lifeboat Institution and the local artists. From Germany, including Bavaria, came mercantile marine. Mr. Simpson (of the pilot ser= somewhere about 100 works of ordinary character; vice) stated that the Liverpool Shipwreck and and Italy is represented by some thirty or Humane Society had already acknowledged the forty crudely coloured pictures, which mark bravery and devotion of the boatswain by the prethat painting has not yet regenerated herself senuation of a medal. Mr. Bower, on behalf of the under the new regime. One picture by Tolfrey, committee of the National Lifeboat Institution, Point dead colour, however, presents a marked moved a vote of thanks to the Mayor, for making be exception, and appears to one of much promise. painted in holds by far the highest position, some of the presentation. The Rev. Hugh Stowell Brown Belgium also made a few remarks and expressed a hope that the works of her artists being of very great merit; the boatswain might live long to be an honour to but many of her chiefest names seem to be absent, a profession whose distinguishing feature was Russia is importantly illustrated for the first time bravery and devotion to duty. in England, thanks to Prince Wladimir, who marked the 'finale in last year's gallery when he visited it.! •