llth Nov. GEORGE PALMER, Esq., V.P,, in the Chair.

CONFIRMED Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Wreck and Reward Sub-Committees.

Ordered the sale of 2001. Exchequer Bills, to meet the liabilities of the Institution.

Granted 20Z. towards putting the Bridlington life-boat in a state of repair, The boat was stationed by the Institution at that place in 1824, and has since that period been instrumental in saving the lives of 57 shipwrecked persons.

Read "and approved the Life-boat Inspec- tor's additional report on the trials he had made on the new life-boats on the coast of Northumberland.

Reported that the hew life-boat, placed at Newbiggin, had already done good service in saving the crews of three fishing cobles, Resolved-— 1. That the silver medal of the Institution be voted to Commander WARD, R.N., Inspector of Life-boats, in consideration of the risk of life he had incurred while making some experimental trials with the new life- boats, during rough weather, on the coast of Northumberland.

2. That designs of Mr. PEAKE'S life-boats, of the respective lengths of 80 ft. and 35 ft., be furnished to the Hartlepool and Tees Bay Life-boat Societies.

3. That drawings of Col. COLQUHOUN'S life-boat carriage and limber be furnished to the Redcar Life-boat Society.

Voted one silver medal, one second ser- vice clasp, four thanks of Committee on vellum, and 54Z. 7s. in rewards, as follows.

The thanks of the Committee, on vellum, to Mr. GEORGE BURTCHELL, chief officer of coast-guard at 31 Tower Station, Rye; and 21. 2s. to his crew, for saving, with the life-boat of the Institution, 3 out of 8 of the crew of the brig Avon, of London, which came on shore near that place during a gale of wind from the S., on the 18th August last.

Also the thanks of the Committee, on vellum, to Lieut. GEORGE FRANKLYN, R.N., chief officer of Black Rock Station, near Brighton (to whom the silver medal of the Institution was voted in 1839) ; and 51. 5s. to other parties, for savings, with the life- boat, the crew of the schooner ffonoria, of Dover, during a heavy gale of wind from S.S.W., on the 4th October last.

Also II. 10s. to Mr. R. PHILLIPS and two others, for putting off at midnight to go to the assistance of a fishing-boat, which had been wrecked on Gresholm Strand, near Milford, on the 26th October last.

Also the thanks of the Committee, on vellum, to Mr. R. O. WHITE, R.N., chief officer of Cornhill Station, near Dover; and 51. to his boat's crew, for saving the crew of the schooner Brandon, of Falmouth, wrecked under the clift' of that station on the 26th October last.

Also the silver medal to Mr. A. BAR- NARD, chief officer of coast-guard, Clogher Head, coast of Louth; and 101. to his boat's crew of five men, for rescuing the crew of the brig Fidelity, of Dublin, which went to pieces on the rocks near that place on the 26th October last.

Also 151. to the crew of the lugger Diana, of Deal, for saving, at great risk, and after repeated attempts, the crew of the brig George William, of Shields, which was driven on the Goodwin Sands in a gale of wind from S.S.E. on the 26th October last.

Also second service clasp, and the thanks of the Committee, on vellum, to Mr. J KEARNEY WHITE, chief officer of Blyth coast-guard station; and 151. 10s. to the crew of the Blyth life-boat, for saving the crew of the Russian barque Victoria, wrecked near that station during a gale of wind from the eastward, on the 28th October last.

Dec. 9. GEORGE PALMER, Esq., V.P., in the Chair.

Confirmed Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Wreck and Reward Sub-Committees.

Read letter from the Aldborough Life- boat Committee, stating that they had in hand 521, towards the building of a new life-boat; and that they had built a boat- house, 37 ft. 9 in. long by 14 ft. 9 in. wide.

Resolved— 1. That a 32-ft. life-boat, from a design by Mr. PEAKE, be ordered to be built, to be stationed at Aldborough, Suffolk.

2. That a 27-ft. life-boat, on Mr. PEAKE'S design, be ordered to be built for Cemlyn, Anglesea.

Read and approved the Inspector's Report relative to the build and state of the several life-boats which he had inspected, from Berwick-on-Tweed to the banks of the Thames.

Determined on receiving the Filey life- boat to be in connection with the Institution, and ordered the same to be put forthwith in an efficient state of repair, as well as the boat-house and roadway; and that Rear- Admiral Mitford be requested to form a local Committee to manage the boat, in conformity with the regulations of the Institution.

Voted four silver medals, one second ser- vice clasp, and 151. 5s. in rewards, as follows.

A reward of 21.15s. to four men for their timely assistance to the passengers of the smack Horatio, which had come on shore near the Fleet coast-guard station, Dorset on the 8th November last. The smack had been in collision with a Swedish schooner, and had drifted a distance of 60 miles when she came on shore.

Also the second service clasp to Mr. A. BARNARD, chief officer of Clogher Head coast-guard station; and SI. to his boat's crew of three men, for saving, on two trips, the crew of the schooner William Pitt, wrecked near that place during an E.S.E.

gale of wind on the 11th November last.

Also the silver medal to JAMES M'CAR- THY, coast-guard chief boatman, Dundmm station ; and 4?. to his boat's crew of four men, for going off on two occasions to the rescue of the schooner Martha Grace, wrecked on Dundrum Bar during a heavy gale of wind from the East on the 12th November last.

Also 10s. to P. O'SULLIVAN, coast-guard boatman of the river Boyne station, on the coast of Louth, for rushing into the surf to save the master of the barque Minerva, of Greenock, wrecked near that place during a heavy gale of wind from E.S.E. on the 12th November last. It being impracticable to launch a boat, 15 out of 17 of the crew perished.

Also silver medal to Mr. WM. BARRETT, R.N., chief officer of Balbriggan coast-guard station, Mr. WM. BARRETT, Jan., and the Rev. ALEXANDER SYNGE ; and 51. to five other men, for having, on three attempts, which occupied six hours, rescued 16 of the crew from the rigging of the barque Young England, of Glasgow, which had come on shore near that place during a heavy gale of wind from the East on the 14th November.

6th Jan., 1853. G. PALMER, Esq., V. P., in the Chair.

Confirmed Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Wreck and Reward Sub-Committees.

Rear-Admiral TAYLER, C. B., presented to the Institution, through His Grace the President, the DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, K.G., a sketch of his proposed Ship- wrecked Sailors' Asylum, on the Goodwin Sands, which was ordered to be acknowledged with the thanks of the Committee.

Read a communication from the British and Foreign Steam Packet Company offering to convey to Penzance the Sennen Cove and Budehaven life-boats free of expense. To be accepted, with the thanks of the Com- mittee.

Also from Captain OMMANNEY, R.N., Deputy Comptroller-General of the Coast Guard, stating that orders would be given to tow the two boats by the revenue cruiser Sylvia, from Penzance to their destination.

Also from Captain OMMANNEY, R. N., stating that instructions would be given to convey the two sets of CARTE'S rocket apparatus, which the Institution purposed placing at Noss and Fetlar, Shetland, on board the revenue cruizer Victoria, arid that Lieutenant SICKLEMORE, R. N., commander of the same, would be desired to teach the people the use of them. Both communica- tions to be acknowledged with the thanks of the Committee.

Captain WARD, R. N., the Inspector of Life-Boats, called the attention of the Com- mittee to a life-belt which had been designed by him, with the view to meet the different requirements which he deemed a life-boatman's belt ought to possess. It was made of Macintosh's patent cloth, and was divided into four compartments to afford greater security. Its buoyant power was equal to 281bs., and its price was 18s.— (See Life-Boat Journal, No. 7, p. 121.) Determined on making a gangway to the Tynemouth life-boat house, at a cost of £24.

Elected Lord ALFRED H. PAGET, M.P., a Member of the Committee of Management.

Voted three silver medals, three thanks of Committee on vellum, and 68L 7s. 6d. in rewards as follows:— The sum of 51. to the coxswain and crew of eight men of the life-boat stationed at Moelfre, Anglesey, for saving the crew of the schooner Emma, of Cardiff, wrecked near that place during a gale from the east- ward, on the 10th November last.

Also 12?. 10s. to the coxswain and crew of eleven men, of the Llanddwyn life-boat, for saving the crew of the brig Athena, of Candia, wrecked in Carnarvon Bay, during a S. W. gale, on the 20th December last.

And 21. 10s. 6d. for expenses incurred on the shipwrecked crew.

Also the silver medal to Lieut. PARSONS, R.N., chief officer of Bournmouth Station, and 4/. to his four men for going oft' in the coast-guard galley to rescue eight persons from the barque William Glenanderson, wrecked near Bascombe, Coast of Dorset, during a heavy gale from S. to S. W. on the 27th December last; and afterwards in saving four persons out of five from a life- boat belonging Sir PEECY SHELLEY'S yacht, which had upset in attempting to go off to the wreck.

Also 31. 17s. to eleven men, for going of! in their boats to save the crew of the schooner Janet Gibson, wrecked during a dense fog, near Lerwick, on the Coast of Shetland, on the 8th September last.

Also 4L to eight fishermen for going off in their curraghs to the assistance of several persons who were upset from a coast-guard galley, near Blacksod, Belmullet, Coast of Mayo, on the 5th November last. Three out of eight persons in the galley perished.

Also 10s. to two fishermen for going off in their boat to the assistance of two persons who were upset from a boat near Innis Free Island, on the Coast of Donegal, on the 30th November last.

Also 31. 10s. to JOSHUA CHAED and his boat's crew of five men, for rescuing the master and mate of the brig Ann and Mary, of Sunderland, wrecked close to Sizewell Bank, Suffolk, on the 19th December last.

The mate was rescued from the rigging, and the master from a floating piece of the wreck.

Also the thanks of the Committee on vellum, to Captain WILLOUGHBY, R.N., Lieut. IRVINE, R.N., of the Coast Guard, Lyme Regis, and Mr. HENRY HARVEY, commander of the revenue cruiser Frances, for their assistance to the crews and pas- sengers of the barque Herione, from London to Australia with emigrants. Also the silver medal to Mr. WILLIAM BRIDLE, who was rescued from an upset boat. The barque struck on a rock off Lyme Cob, Dorset, during a hurricane, on the 26th December last. Four out of five persons lost their lives by the upsetting of their boat in en- deavouring to assist the ship's boat into harbour. Granted 20?. in aid of the funds for the relief of the widows and orphans of the drowned men; and 91. 10s. to nineteen other men, who assisted at this and two other wrecks, which took place on the same occasion.

Also the silver medal and 21. to Mr. CHRISTOPHER DAY, master of the steam- tug Contractor, and II. to his two men, for saving the crew of the brig Louisa, of Riga, wrecked on the North Gars, near Seaton, Durham, during a strong E. S. E. gale of wind on the 29th October last.