Thursday, Feb. 3,1853. Capt. STEPHENSON ELLERBT in the Chair.

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

The Rev. SHAFTO ORDE reported that the new life-boat, on Mr. PEAKE'S design, recently stationed at North Sunderland, had been instrumental in saving the lives of two men from a wreck which took place near Bamborough Castle on the 7th ult The Dover Humane and Shipwreck Society communicated, that they had determined on refitting their old life-boat, in lieu of being supplied with a new one by the Shipwreck Institution.

Determined, on the application of Capt. WILLOUGHBY, R.N., Inspecting-Commander of Coast-guard, to station a 27-ft. life-boat, after a design by Mr. PEAKE, at Lyme Regis.

—Capt. WILLOUGHBY reported that the plan of the boat had been much admired by the boatmen and fishermen of the place, and that 100L had been subscribed towards building the boat. A life-boat house of suitable dimensions would also be commenced forthwith.

Decided on receiving the Filey life-boat, to be in connexion with the Institution, and voted 541. 9s. Qd. towards putting the boat, carriage, boat-house, &c., in an efficient state of repair, and to request Rear- Admiral MITFORD to act as Chairman of the Local Committee.

Voted four silver medals, four thanks of the Committee on vellum, and 431. 5s. in rewards as follows :— The sum of 15?. to the crew of the Aberdeen life-boat, who made repeated attempts to save the crew of the brig Venus, which was wrecked near the harbour of that place during a S.E. gale on the 26th Nov. last.

Also the silver medal to ARTHUR BROOKS and JOHN SIMS, coast-guard men, at Dungeness station; the thanks of the Committee on vellum to THOMAS SAMPSON, Esq.; and 51. Ws. to several other persons for saving 39 individuals from the German emigrant barque Louise Emelie, which was wrecked near that station during the hurricane on the 27th Dec. last. 45 other persons lost their lives on the occasion, many of whom perished on account of the imperfect character of the apparatus employed to convey them from the wreck to the shore.

Also the thanks of the Committee, on vellum, to Mr. HUGH WILLIAMS, pilot; and 4?. 10s. to be divided between himself and his boat's crew for rescuing 13 persons from a crew of 15 men belonging to the barque Juno, wrecked in Carnarvon bay during a heavy gale on the 27th Dec. last.

Also 31. to six men for going off in a shore-boat, and saving 9 persons from the brig Die Krone, which was wrecked in Carnarvon bay during a gale of wind on the 4th Jan. last.

Also fifteen shillings to OWEN O'DONNELL for rushing into the surf to the rescue of the master and mate of the. sloop Lively, which was wrecked on the coast of Donegal on the 27th Dec. last.

Also the thanks of the Committee, on vellum, to Lieut. KENNEDY, R.N., Chief Officer of Coast-guard, Cushendeen station (to whom on a previous occasion the silver medal of the Institution had been presented), and 21. 10s. to his boat's crew of five men, for saving the crew of the schooner Suspense, wrecked near that place during a heavy gale of wind from S.E. on the 15th Jan. last.

Also 30s. to two coast-guard men of Carrick-hill Tower station, coast of Dublin, for attempting with their punt to save the crew of the brig Annie, which was wrecked near that station during a strong S.E. gale on the 25th Jan. The crew of the wreck were afterwards saved by means of DENNETT'S Rocket apparatus, which was promptly brought to the spot by Capt. IRWIN, R.N., Inspecting-Commander, to whom the thanks of the Committee were voted.

Also the silver medal to commissioned boatmen of coast-guard, JOHN CHADDOCK and to Mr. ROBERT COLLISON, master mariner, for their services with others to the crew of the schooner Christiana, wrecked near that place during a gale of wind on the 26th Nov. last.

Voted also 10 guineas in aid of the local subscriptions for the relief of the widows and orphans of the six men who were drowned by tne upsetting of the Rhyl lifeboat on the 22nd Jan., when afloat for the purpose of saving life from shipwreck.

Thursday, March 3, 1853. His Grace the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, K.G. President, in the Chair.

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

Elected Mr. Alderman THOMPSON, M.P., Chairman of the Committee of Management, and Mr. FRANCIS WILSON, Trustee of the Institution, vacant by the death of the late Mr. THOMAS WILSON.

His Grace the President informed the Committee that life-boats, built on the principles approved of by the Northumberland Life-Boat Committee, and complete with carriages, boat-houses, &c., were placed by him at Cullercoats, Newbiggin, Hauxley, and Boulmer, on the coast of Northumberland; that local committees had been organized to manage the boats, in conformity with the life-boat regulations of the Shipwreck Institution; he therefore wished the General Committee to decide if they would take charge of the boats, which he would in that case formally give up altogether to the Institution.

The Committee having thankfully accepted the liberal offer of the President, pledged themselves, in conjunction with the several local committees, to maintain the boats, boat-houses, &c., in an efficient state.

Reported that the new life-boat, placed at Cullercoats, had, on the 4th February, been the means of saving the lives of 3 of the crew of a fishing-boat, which had been overtaken by a sudden and unexpected change of wind.

Accepted the resignation of Mr. GEORGE PALMER, V.P., as Deputy-Chairman of the Institution, which office he had filled for upwards of twenty years, but which he was compelled to resign on account of increasing age and indisposition.

Resolved— That, as a special vote, the gold medallion of the Institution, and a gold boat appended thereto, be presented to GEORGE PALMER, Esq., V.P., in consideration of the valuable services rendered by the life-boats built on his plan by the Shipwreck Institution during the past twenty-five years, and also for the great attention which he had always devoted to the affairs of the Institution.

Resolved— 1. That—seeing the late lamentable accidents to life-boats going off under sails—as a general rule, the life-boats built by this Institution be not furnished with either masts or sails; but that, if the local committees chose to place sails in their boats, they should do so on their own responsibility.

2. That 400?. of the funded capital of the Institution be sold to meet its current expenses for life-boats, &c.

Voted three silver medals, one thanks of the Committee, on vellum, and 121. 10s. in rewards as follows:— The silver medal to RICHARD SINNOTT, chief boatman at Mullaghmore coast-guard station, and 41. to his boat's crew of 4 men, for saving 7 out of 9 persons from the Dutch galliott Ida Gizena, which was wrecked about thirteen miles distant from that station, during blowing weather, accompanied with snow, on the 10th Feb. last.

Also the thanks of the Committee, on vellum, to PATRICK O'SULLIYAN, Esq., of Mill Cove; and 31. to the crew of a shoreboat, for saving the crew of the schooner Lady of the Lake, of Bideford, which was wrecked in Bantry Bay during a heavy gale from the W. on the 10th Jan. last.

Also the silver medal to Mr. WILLIAM PARKER, and to his brother Mr. John PARKER, master and mate of the schooner Pearl, of Exeter, for saving with their boat the crew of the brigantine Maria, which foundered off Flamborough Head during the hurricane on the 27th Dec. last.

Also 51. to the crews of the smacks Emperor and Traveller, for their services to the crew of the barque William and Mary, wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand during a heavy gale of wind from S.S.W. at dead low-water, on the 27th Dec. last. The crew had taken to the rigging, where they remained twenty hours before assistance could reach them.

Also 10s. to coast-guard boatman JOHN SHARPE, of Greenway station, for rushing into the surf and saving the master of the smack Mary and Sarah, of Southampton, which had struck on a rock near that station during a strong gale from S.S.W. on the 20th Jan. last.

Thursday, 31st March, 1853. Rear-Admiral Sir THOMAS HERBERT, K.C.B., M.P., in the Chair.

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

Resolved— That this Committee beg to offer their grateful thanks to His Grace the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, E.G., President, for his liberal gift to the Institution of four lifeboats, boat-houses, carriages, &c., which have recently been placed by him on the coast of Northumberland; and the Committee wish to express in the strongest terms their extreme satisfaction with the provision thus made, through the munificence of His Grace, to save life from shipwreck —an act of philanthropy which will ever be remembered with feelings of gratitude by those " whose business is in the great waters ;" and the Committee pledge themselves, in accepting this valuable present, to maintain the boats, &c. in an efficient state, in conjunction with the several local committees.

Read and approved a communication from the Admiralty, stating that the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty had sanctioned the Warkworth Harbour Trustees paying to the Shipwreck Institution 101.

a-year towards the support of the Hauxley life-boat, and to be relieved from the maintenance of a life-boat at Warkworth or Amble, the contiguous station.

Colonel COLQUHOUN, E.A., F.R.S., Superintendent of the Carriage Department at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, transmitted, agreeably to the request of the Committee, a drawing of his life-boat carriage and limber.

Voted silver medal to JOHN REDFOED, coxswain of. the Cullercoats life-boat, who had -jumped into the surf with a rope tied round his body, to go to the rescue of a fisherman, who had, during a heavy gale, been thrown out of his boat, and narrowly escaped being drowned—which misfortune happened to two of his companions.

Granted also 31. 10s. to seven other persons, who assisted with their boats on the occasion.

Voted also the silver medal to Mr. THOS.

TEGG, master of the sloop Caroline, and 21.

to his boat's crew of two men, for saving the crew of the schooner Comet, of Cardiff', which was embayed between Towan Head and Pentire Head, on the Coast of Cornwall, during a JST.N.W. gale, on the 26th Feb.

last. The thanks of the Committee were also voted to Mr. W. F. GREET, R.N., chief officer of coast-guard, Newquay, for his services in throwing a rocket over the vessel, by which means the boat, with a hawser, was hauled off to the wreck.

Took into consideration the draft of the Annual Report.

Directed that the accounts for the past year be submitted to the Auditor.

Resolved— That the Annual General Meeting of the Institution be held at the London Tavern, on the 21st proximo; that the usual advertisement thereof be inserted in the papers, and that the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND be invited to take the chair on the occasion.

Thursday, 21st April, 1853. The Annual General Meeting of the Institution was held this day; an account of the proceedings of which will be found in. No. VIII., of the Life-Boat Journal.

Thursday, 5th May, 1853. Rear-Admiral SAUMAREZ, K.L., in the Chair.

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

Read a communication from Capt. A.

ELLICE, R.N., Comptroller-General of Coastguard, stating- that directions would be given to the several Inspecting-Commanders of Coast-guard to procure information from boatmen and others relative to a code of instructions for the management of life-boats on different parts of the coast.

Reported that the Cullercoats life-boat had again, on a recent occasion, been instrumental in saving the lives and boats of several fishermen, who had been suddenly overtaken, while following their occupation, by a gale of wind.

Approved of the list of the stores to be placed in all the life-boats of the Institution.

Voted the silver medal to JOHN T. KNIGHT, coast-guard boatman at North Sunderland, for his exertions in attempting, with others, to save the crew of the schooner Nisus, which was wrecked near that place during a N.E. gale on the 26th Feb. last.

Granted also 51. to five men for their services in putting off, at considerable risk, in a shore-boat, to go to the assistance of the crew of a fishing-boat, which had been upset on attempting to enter Staithes, near Wiiitby, on the 8th April, during a N.E. gale of wind.