The Express. — 1861-01-10 (London, England)

ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.  The annual meeting of the members of this society was held yesterday, at the allies, Trafalgar-square ; Mr. BIXJABEN BOND CiBBELL in the chair. In the COWS" of the proceedings it was mentioned that the annual subscriptions were not sufficient to pay the icemen's wages for one moo* of frosty weather, so that were it nee for the bounty of a postage, the society would have to come to • standstill for want of funds, and that the last anniversary festival, instead of increasing the finances of the institutioo, involved • loss of more than 801. The following are the facts stated in the report :—The total number of cases of drowning brought under the notice of the society during the past year was 156, in which 187 persons were concerned. Of these 137 were successfully treated by the medical officers of the society, while 15 proved beyond recovery ; 27 were eases of attempted suicide, and in 22 cases the pliant rescuers were rewarded by the society. Therneral court panted 24 silver medals, 65 browse 1., 14 testimonials on vellum, 16 testimonials on parchment, end 72 pecuniary rewards during the mat year. The number of bathers in the Serpentine last summer was 68,792, and the nwnber of csanelties27, including 5 attempts at suicide, 2of which proved fatal. Up to Tuesday night 112 persona had been rescued from drowning in the parks during the present frost, the number of skaters having been 3fi6,850. The total income of the society for the past year, including • balance of 4101. 2a. sd. brought forward from the accounts of the preceding year, was 1,071. 12s. 7d., sod the expenditure 1,689/. 12s. 211., of which 6011.198.11 d. was paid in wages to icemen, hc., leaving in hand • balance of 2081. Oa. sd. This report having been silver medals were voted to the following fur theirZi intrepidity is 'laving the lives of others ;—Mr. J. Sri officer Peninsular and Oriental Company's ship Hinder:tan, saved the life of Major Ormsby, who fell off the gangway into the Hoogley, at Calcutta ; James Gant, A. 8., on beard H.M.S. Termagant, leaped into the sea and saved Jas. Harrington, • boy Rho, m r. fit of insanity, attempted suicide ; Yr. LailraDCB Cluny, midshipman on board H.M.S. Fawn, resound se A.B. seamen, Alfred Dray, who had fallen overboard at sea off the Cape of Good Hope ; William Anderson, master's assistant on board the Nile, saved on three occasions few lives under perilous circumstances. Had the funds of the society admitted of it Mr. Anderson would have been awarded • gold medal. Mr. J. Hawkins, acting mate, her Majesty's ship CORSON", at Monte Video, saved William &wall, who, in falling from the rigging, fractured his leg in two places and was perfectly helpless. Anastasio itonaldo, at Para, in Brazil, saved Joseph Brown, who, in a state of intoxication, bad fallen into the river, which abounds with under-comets and is exceedingly mephitic. The particulars of this ease were forwarded from the Foreign-office by Lord John Russell, at the request of the British residents. Mr. Austin Cooper, of the Agincourt, saved Mr. W. Gardner, midshipman, of the same vessel, who fell overboard in Hobson's-bay. Donald Urquhart, at Donsock, N. 8., saved five persons who had been in • boat capsized while crossing the Forth. Ensign Chute and Private Quigley, Bth Regiment, at Spithead, saved J. M`Kenoys, a private belonging to the same regiment. Rev. Dr. Dill, at Portsteward, county Derry, saved a lunatic named Hernmill, who had leaped off the rocks into the sea. Lieutenant Kennedy, ILK, her Majesty's ship Wasp, at sea between the Cape and the Mauritius, saved John flier, A. 8., who had fallen overheard. Captain E. Hardin" km Majesty's ship Posies, H sea, saved a boy who had fallen overboard. Mr. W.. 1. Herten, medical student, saved, at &meeker, Miss Matilda Broadbent, who had Bong herself off the bridge into the Shannon ; and Joseph Killingbeek, who, at Hunslett, near Leeds, at great risk to his own life, saved Joseph Sheldon, a boy, who had fallen ' down eighteen nude into a draw-well. Mr. Raker having been elected treasurer in the room of the late Mr. B. Hawes, the proceediop were closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman.