The Sun. — 1853-01-13 (London, England)

ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.  Yesterday, the half yearly general court of this institution was held at the offices in Trafalgar-square ; B. Bond Cabbell, Esq., M.P., presiding. The SECRETARY read the minutes of the several monthly committee meetings held during the half-year, detailing several cases in which persons had been saved from drowning, and in consideration of which rewards and medals had been awarded by the society. The secretary also reported that the great proportion of fatal accidents in the Serpentine occurred in the bathing kbstseoh,atewhts oopi tinonhplisdl rat acreteavneTnuienst,_ bathingttwaa authorities, aoeTpdsruleitt, tveehhi deeaacnsttt,aiHonattaAhugonlle, nßadayt :pat hapfhAtlahheNes doeor sausnutt hut:, egpue bteeohsi subject, suggested roe thebttf littyoe there csenaaertbne madeosotwwafh t a seeslry interfere. rinoweretnor aongdeorubshtohuledhabde the powerawcaoodtloeml awarded : givewt tine Mr. to George eg the park constables orders to carry out the object of the society in this respect. speciale:or general ncaese L. lersawhmicehe Sullivan,tinh agd Midshipman, silvere iedshnreferredpme daanls, bwyelrtneh the the following mth H.M.S. Megera, saved William Tizzard, A.B. at sea Rev. James O'Reilly, curate of St. Peter's Walworth, saved Mr. Jesse Oldfield, publisher, of Fleet-street, at St. Paul's-wharf ; Master Herbert Campbell (age 12), saved his brother, Sidney Campbell, off the Isle of Wight ; Henry Bowden (age 17), saved James F. Cockburn, in the Thames, at Eton ; William Pope, (age 17), H.M.S. Impregnable, saved two children, who had fallen into the Regent's Canal ; George Webber saved George Lowe in the Bristol Channel ; James Hearne saved four persons in the river Suir ; Captain H. M. Dougall, R.N., saved J. Swadle, at Dundee ; Edward B. Reeves, quartermaster of H.M.S. Bellerophon, saved William illiamson, A. 8., at sea, off Malta; E. V. James and J. Quintin, saved Miss Baldock, off the coast of St. Malo ; Commander T. W. Tarlton, of H.M.S. Fox, saved C. H. Bath, painter, of same ship, at Rangoon— Captain Tarlton had previously saved the life of a painter jata nGueanroya; laBnd 51r;e cce ai vpet ad nt h shinl v eRr R. War o rßt.hNe s,a me in saved Ann Mellanby,.at Stockton-on-Tees ; and John Lee Creak saved Miss Wilkins, off the coast of Brighton. The total number of cases reported for the year was successfully ; comprising treated. 1 Thepersons, number of had owfhaotmt e mlpBtoe dh as i suicides was i2n9p, rbeeviinogu sa yceoanrsd si. e Thera hb lee tdiminutionl b efrr oomf btaht he enrs umberi the Serpentine during the year had been 273,800 ; the number of casualties 30, of Which 5 that had occurred after the hour at which the society's boats were withdrawn, had terminated fatally. The financial statement showed receipts for the year, including a balance left from the previous year of 941. is. 5d., to the amount of 1,9951. 3s. 11d. ; and a total expenditure of 1,9601. ls. 6d., leaving a balance of 351. 2s. sd. in hand: Resolutions thanking and re-appointing the trustees, committee, chaplain, and secretary were then passed, and the usual compliments having been paid to the chairman and acknowledged, the meeting separated.