The Potteries Examiner : — 1871-10-28 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

ROLL OF THE BRAVE.  At a recent meeting of the Royal Humane Society, an extraordinary number of oases in whioh persons had risked their own liven in seeing others from drowning were brought before the committee and rewarded. The silver medallion of the society was unanimously voted to Henry It. Beard for saving a boy named Harris, of the training ship Goliath, who fell overboard in Sift, of water at Grays, Essex, on the 7th of August lent; to Patrick sPCarthy, a boy 15 years of age, for saving another boy named Dutton, who sank while bathing in the River Mersey; to John L. Butterfield (a man with a false leg), who sivam aboat 100 yards from the shore with all his clothes on and saved Charles Ogilvie and James Boyde, whose boat wan capsized in 1411. of water at Lough Mahon, Cork, on the 28th of August ; and to Gustavus Packet, who jumped overboard to the se.. eietance of John Anderson, who tell overboard at sea, the place at the time being infested with sharks. The bronze medal and bronze clasp were given to James Crichton for saving two lives on separate ow oasions—one in July last, arid the other in August. The bronze olasp was given' to William Churchill (he having previously received the bronze medal) for saying Edward De (hare Sine, who fell into the river Arun. Littlehampton, on the 18th July. The bronze medal was also given to Henry Sealy and Eugene A. Wiokham for saving Daniel roomer, who sank while bathing in lift. to 1511. of water at Island Bank, Limerick; to Peter Sullivan for saving J. D. Bigga, who sank while bathing at White' point, Queenstown, in 10ft, of water; to Thomas ht`Donald, Patrick Lawler, Robert Walsh, Patrick Flanagan, and Thomas WElligott, for saving three boys, whose boat capsized in 12ft, of water, at Olin, Limerick; to Patrick Dixon, for saving James Bryan and Michael Goffery, who fell into 181/ of water at Kingstown; to the Rev. Alfred Dann and the Rev. U. Ambrose, one a Protestant and the other • Catholio, for saving Hannah Cronin, who at. tempted suicide by jumping into the Charlotte Quay, Cork, in lift, of water; to William T. Casey, for saving George Voyle, who fell overboard at Yokohama ; to W. A. L. Q. Henriques, sub.lieutenant of her Majesty's ship Monarch, for saving Edward Kingsford and John Buchanan, who fell overboard at sea; to Hamilton Keown, for saving a man who fell overboard at Cork in Wt. of water : to Charles Ramadan, who saved Henry Spencer, who sank while bathing at Woodford, E•iox ; to William Sarby, for saving Emma Smith and Margaret Weaselly, who fell into the Thames at ratsey ; to George Munro, for saving Catherine Carey, who fell into 18ft, of water at Sunderland ; to Augustus H. Bird, for saving Miss Attree, who sank while bathing at Bognor, Susses; to John Storr, for saving Henry Booth. wink, who sank while bathing in the River Dement, Old Mallon; to William Ramona, for saving George Peter., who fell into the River Once, Lewis, in lift of water; to Riohard Smith, for saving Alexander Townshend, who sank, while bathing at Sheerness, in 211 t. of water ; to Ame Lord, for saving Mine F. Fremlin, who woe carried out to son while bathing at Lynmonth, North Devon; to John Latch, for saving two men, whose names could not be seeertained, who saalnwhile bathing at Cardiff; to Lieutenant A. H. Byng, Joseph Crabb, and Henry Angel, all of her Majesty's ehip Resistance, for saving Joha Long, who fell overboard at sea; to Captain D. R. Cameron, for saving a man named Thompson whose canoe Auto eapeized in the Rideau Canal, CLada ; to Edward 11. Armstrong, for easing Edward Connors, who sank while bathing in the river Suir, Clonmel ; to Thomas Walker, for saving John M'Laren, who fell into ltift. of water in Leith harbour; to Edward H. Mansell, for easing IV. H. Knowles, who fell overboard at ens from her Majority's ship Glaegow ; and to John Harrington, for saving Miss L. Freeman, who was carried out to sea while bathing in Transom Bay, Waterton]. In addition to the above, testimonials recording the soknowledgments of the society were awarded in 16 oases, and there were also several pecuniary rewards of various amounts given.