The Sun. — 1861-07-11 (London, England)

THE ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.  The half-yearly general court of this society was held yesterday at the offices of the institution, Trafalgar-square, Mr. B. B. Cabbell in the chair. Among others present were Sir Walter Stirling, Mr. T. E. Baker, Dr. Christian, Capt. Cartwright, Mr. Octavius Ommanney, Mr. Case, &c. The minutes o , h f previouste secretary, o readn confirmed Young, read the report of the society's operations since the last general court in December. From this it appeared that the number of cases brought under the cognisance of the various committees in which lives had been placed in imminent danger was 75 ; in these 81 persons had been successfully treated by the officers of the society, but seven were beyond recovery. The number of cases of attempted suicide for the same time had been 10 ; and 9 cases had been referred to the general court for the award of the silver medal of the society. The Hyde Park cases reported since December last were 36, of which 32 were treated successfully, three were beyond recovery, and one person found drowned ; four attempted suicide. On the motion of the chairman the report was adopted. The silver medal of the society was then awarded to the following : —To Mr. Alexander Golland, vice-consul at Pernambuco, for saving a'man named Johnson, whoaccidentally fell into the river Jabalao, Pernambuco, on the Ist of November,lBs9 ; to Capt. C. Goldsmid, • of the ship Melazzo, for saving a Garibaldian volunteer, who fell overboard in Gibraltar bay on the 27th of September, 1860 ; to Mr. Stephen Court, master, Royal Navy, for saving William o Wire, ablebodied seaman,; of H.M.S. Calcutta,_h accidentally fell into the river Peiho, China, 17.1%1%111'1:: 1858 ; to John Fraser, aged 16, a boy Chesapeake, for saving a seaman namedonfE Aplin, who accidendally fell overboard in the gulf to of Pecheli, China, on the 11th Sept., 18 1 Artillery, for Gunner Alexander Keady, of the Roy lkanah trying who was at so beingsa ve Gunnerrapidly carried Pembrokeshire, Burke, aw oa fay t hb ey s a them e tide o r in sn, on the a heavy sea at Thorn Island ettihseeharaarabnouorf m3lasnt,Danecd., John n 0 ,B• atote,Sabmotuhel'oEt ia.sbl.ecbaomdibedridsegaer, ae nr haobal re db o ni for saving Thomas the same vessel, R.N., and Wm. Metters, ablebodied at Devonport on the 21st February last ; to Lieut. .M.S. Termagant, for saving Frederick w who Stevens, fel fell overboard seaman, of Fitzroy. R.N., Pringle, seaman, who fell overboard at sea on the • 19th January last ; to Lieut. J. H. Coxon, R.N., of H M.S. Hero, for saving Alexander Thorn, caulker, I who fell overboard at sea on the 24th April last ; and to Lieut. Arthur Allington, of H.AI .S. Megwra, for saving J. Brown, a private in the Royal Engineers, who, being lunatic, jumped overboard in the Bay of Biscay on the sth' May- last; Some discussion took place in reference to the Royal Humane Society granting medals in cases of saving life from fire, and other business of a mere formal nature having been transacted, a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman4and the court adjourned.  ENGLISII LETTERS ON THE AMERICAN QUESTios.—The tone of the letters received from England by many of our leading bankers and private merchants by the last mail has been very severe in their treatment of American affairs. We are just now reaping the effect of the unreasonable and impolitic articles published by our city journals in criticism of the conduct of Great Britain. We stated at the time that in Our opinion the attacks upon the sincerity of the English people were entirely without foundation, and that the bullying braggadocio which maims up the staple of American newspaper comment in reference to Great Britain was a vulgar exhibition of impertinenc e which would be taken abroad as a national likeness. At I this id now realised,—Zfeto York hurnae of Coninicm.