The Sun. — 1861-11-21 (London, England)

THE ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.  A meeting of this society took place yesterday at the offices of the institution, Trafalgar-square, Mr. T. E. Baker, the treasurer, in the chair. Mr. Lambton Young, secretary, submitted 15 cases for consideration of the committee, in which persons had risked their own lives in rescuing others. The following was referred to the next general court for the award of the silver medallion of the society : Mr. W. Ramsay, clerk, for saving Jemima Ray, who accidentally fell into the River Tay, at Spring.. land, near Perth, on the sth of October. The bronze medallion was awarded to the following :—To John Dann, ablebodied seaman on board her Majesty's ship Mutine, for assisting to save James Fleming, an ablebodied seaman of the same vessel, who was knocked off the bowsprit at sea, in lat. 8.40 N., long. 94'10 W., on the 24th of June ; to Miss E. H. Chubb and Margaret Cubbon, for saving Eleanor Cowley and trying to save Christian Cowley and Ann Kewley, who went beyond their depth while bathing in the sea at Ouchan, Isle of Man, on July 16th ; to William H. Francis, ablebodied seaman of her Majesty's ship Diadem, for saving William Murphy, a boy, who fell into the sea at Halifax on the 6th of September ; to Henry R. Cooke, for saving a boy, aged 12, who was carried away by the sea beyond his depth while bathing at Margate on the 19th of September ; and to John Council, hatter, for saving Samuel Dutton, who accidentally fell into a pond at Denton, near Manchester, on the 2d of October. The claim of William F. Murrough, for saving Annie Paterson, who fell into the sea at Passage West, county of Cork, on the 29th of September, was referred for further particulars. Thanks on parchment were given to the following :—Te William M. Taylor, for saving a boy who accidentally fell into the Surrey Canal, Camberwell, on the sth of October ; and to Thomas Sharer, shipbroker, for saving William Windus, a little boy, nine years of age, who fell into the Regent's Canal, Caledonian-road, on the 13th of October. Pecuniary rewards of various amounts were given to the following :—To William Prime, labourer, for trying to save William J. Francis, who accidentally fell into the Regent's Canal, Mile•end, on the 19th of August; to Dennis Collins, a publican, for receiving at his house and assisting to recover Mrs. Rosenburg, who attempted to commit suicide by jumping into the Grand Surrey Canal, Old Kent-road, on the 26th of September; to William Little, wood-turner, for rescuing Caroline Herman, who attempted suicide by jumping into the New River at Highbury on the ith of October ; to Thomas Vaughan, bargebuilder, for saving Charles Sinclair, who fell into the Regent's Canal Basin, City-road; to William Barson, servant, for saving Sarah and Henry Russell, who fell into the New River at Highbury on the 19th of October; and to James Hurley, labourer, and Henry J. Godfrey, waterman, for saving Julia Hunt, who fell into the river Thames at Hungerford on the 20th of October. Mr. Williams, the superintendent of the society, reported that, notwithstanding the severe weather of the last few days, there were still several bathers in the Serpentine every morning, although on Monday the frost was so intense that upon coming out of the water they were unable to comb out their hair. On Tuesday and yesterday a large number of sliders and skaters visited the water in St. James's Park, the Long Water, and the Round Pond, but no accidents of a serious nature occurred. In St.  James's Park, on Tuesday, the number of skaters and sliders was 1,600, and durin g the day 22 men and boys were immersed-9 of them at one time— but were rescued by the society's boatmen without any other injury than a severe ducking ; on the Long Water the number was 150, and on the Round Pond 200. Some other business of a mere formal nature having been disposed of, thanks were voted to the chairman, and the Court adjourned.