Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1862-07-09 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.—A meet'bag of this institution was held on Thursday last, at its house, John-street, Adelphi—Thomas Chapman, Esq , F.R.S., V.P., in the chair. The secretary read the minutes of the previous meeting. A reward of £6 was voted to pay the expenses of the institution's life-boat stationed at Polkerris, near Fowey, Cornwall, in putting off and saving during a heavy gale of wind, and under verY adverse circumstances, the Danish schooner ' Sylphyden, of Nakskov, and her crew of seven men. Mr. Stabb, chief officer of the coastguard, had gone off in the life-boat, and it was reported that much of the success of this valuable service was owing to his highly-meritorious conduct and good seamanship. The institution voted to Mr. Stabb its thanks, inscribed on vellum. Payments were also made to the crews of the life boats of the society stationed at Eastbourne, Portrush, and Kingsgate, for services offered to vessels in distress. The silver medal of the institution was voted to James Gough, fisherman' and to John Donovan, chief boatman of the coastguard, with £2 to the latter, in testimony of their daring conduct in swimming off through a heavy surf, and, at great risk of life, assisting to rescue twentyfour men belonging to the ship 'Queen of Commerce,' of Liverpool, which was some time since wrecked near Tramore Bay. It appeared that the ship struck on a rock about fifty yards from the cliff, which being observed from the shore by Gough, he, closely followed by Donovan, swam out to the rock, over which the sea was constantly beating. Various other rewards were also voted for saving life. A benevolent lady resident in Leith had forwarded to the institution a liberal donation of £lOO. The society decided to place a life-boat as early as practicable at Tynemouth, on the Northumberland coast. Tne cost (ado) of this boat has been presented to the institution by G. J. Fenwiek, Esq., of Seaton Burn. A life-boat was also decided to be stationed at New Brighton, near Liverpool. Several life-boat houses were being built for the institution on various parts of the coast, at a cost of £1,500. One of them, at Brannton, North Devon, is to be built on piles on the sand, and will, in consequence, be ef a very expensive character, the EMI required for its erection being nearly £230. It was stated that Colchester, emulating the example of Ipswich, had decided to collect the cost of a life-boat, and that sermons were to be preached in all the churches and chapels of that town, on the 24th instant, in aid of that benevolent object.. Payments amounting to £240 having been made on various life-boat establishments, the proceedings termiaated.—[What is Swansea doing Ifor this Society DUELLING IN BAVARlA.—According to a Bavarian law, any person killed in a duel is considered as having committed suicide. For a long time that law was not strictly observed, but a few days back, on the friends of a student, who had been killed in a duel at Munich, meeting to join the funeral cortege of their comrade, they were informed that, by order of the Procureur-General, the body had been carried off, and given up to the hospital for dissection. It is hoped by that means to restrict the number of duels which are so frequent at the University of the above city.