ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.

Founded in 1824.—Supported by Voluntary Subscriptions.

PATRONESS—HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.

PRESIDENT—REAR-ADMIRAL HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, K.G., F.R.S.

Committee of Management.

THOMAS BARING, Esq., M.P., V.P., Chairman.

THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., Deputy Chairman.

Vice-Admiral BOWLES, C.B.

Captain C. R. D. BETHDNE, R.N., C.B.

General BLANSHARD, C.B.

Rear-Admiral BEECHEY, F.R.S., Board of Trade.

Lord HENRY CHOLMONDELEY, M.P.

Rear-Admiral BERTIE C. CATOR.

WILLIAM COTTON, Esq., F.R.S.

Vice-Admiral Sir DEANS DUNDAS, K.C.B.

Captain GEORGE DAVIES, R.N.

Captain STEPHENSON ELLERY, Trinity House.

Commander FRANCIS W. ELLIS, R.N.

MONTAGUE GORE, Esq.

Rev. C. B. GRIBBLE, M.A.

Capt. W. H. HALL, R.N., C.B., H.M.S. Blenheim.

Captain G. A. HALSTED, R.N., Secretary to Lloyd's.

Commander J. C. HEASLOP, H.N.

Captain W. II. HENDERSON, R.JJ., C.B., Comp.- General Coast Guard. » Rear-Admiral Sir THOMAS HERBERT, K.C.B.,M.P.

Sir AUGUSTUS WM. HILLARY, Bart.

EDWARD HURRY, Esq.

Captain E. A. INGLEFIELD, R.N., F.R.S.

Captain A. JERNINGHAM, R.N.

Captain W. H. KENNEDY, R.N., Dep. Comp.-Gen.

Commander J. S. LEAN, R.N.

GEORGE LYALL, Esq.

Captain J. B. B. MCHARDY, R.N.

Captain OMMANNEY, R.N.

Lord ALFRED H. PAGET, M.P.

Major PALMER.

JAMES PEAKE, Esq., Assistant Master Shipwright in H.M. Dockyard, Woolwich.

Captain LAMBERT PERROTT, E.K.M.

JOHN DISTON POVLES, Esq.

Captain C. R. PRESTO*.

Rear-Admiral R. SAUMAREZ, K.L.

Captain SHEPHERD, H. C. S., V.P., Deputy Master of the Trinity House.

Captain TOWNSHEND, R.N., M.P.

Colonel TCLLOH, R.A., Director of Carriage Department, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich.

Captain Sir BALDWIN W. WALKER, R.N., K.C.B., Surveyor of the Navy.

Captain WASHINGTON, R.N., F.R.S., Hydrographer of the Admiralty.

Commander J. R. WARD, R.N.

ISAAC WATTS, Esq., Assist. Surveyor of the Navy.

FRANCIS WILSON, Esq., V.P. _ -f .njin ia it j.miau.i*} JUD .J ? .A ' Coast Guard. ' " H. S. H. WOLLASTON, Esq.

TRUSTEES.

THOMAS BARING, Esq., M.P., V.P. [ JOHN DISTON POWLES, Esq.

THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S. | FRANCIS WILSON, V.P.

TBEAStfBEB— HENRY WILLIS, Esq. ATJDITOB-G. C. BEGEIE, Esq.

BANKERS— Messrs. WILLIS, PERCIVAL, & Co., Lombard Street.

SECBETABY— Mr. RICHARD LEWIS.

LIFE-BOAT IHSPECTOB— Commander J. R. WARD, R.N.

The Committee have to state that this is the only National Institution which has for its object the " Saving of Life from Shipwreck ; " and they would earnestly call the attention of the public to the fact that, although the Life-boats of the Institution have saved 132 lives during the past year, more than 1500 persons have been lost by Shipwreck on the Coasts of the United Kingdom and adjoining Seas during the same short period — many of whom might have been saved had more ample means been supplied to place Life boats on the Coasts.

Great and extraordinary eiforts have during the last two years been made by the Institution to provide Life-boats where most urgently required, and also to make thoroughly efficient the Life-boats already established. To accomplish this object, the funds of the Institution have not only been seriously diminished, but its present liabilities for Life-boats, Life-boat-carriages, and Life-boat-houses, amount to 1500/.

To enable the Institution to prosecute with undiminished vigour its hitherto successful exertions in so benevolent a cause as the " Preservation of Life from Shipwreck," the generous co-operation of the public is earnestly solicited.

The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following additional Contributions :— £. t. d.

Lombe, Charles, Esq ..... (Donation) 100 0 0 Berwick Life-boat Branch . . . (Donation) 100 0 0 Bridlington Life-boat Branch . . (Donation) 23 0 0 Clothworkers, The Worshipful (Jompany of . . . . . . . . (Donation) 10 10 0 Do*at, A. J., Esq. . . (Additional Donation') 5 5 0 KUhguard Life-boat Branch . (Add. Donation) 20 0 0 Kisbee, Captain, R.N., Yarmouth . (Annual) 1 0 (Annual) (Donation) (Donation) on) £. t. d.

Nucella, Rev. Thomas. Glympton Fasmore, Miss, I.eamington Priors Paynter, Mrs., Richmond . . .

Penzance Life-boat Branch . . . (Donatio Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society (2nd Donation) 200 0 White, Mrs. C. E., Winchester . . (Donation) 5 0 1 1 0 1010 H 0 Donations and Subscriptions will be thankfully received by Messrs. WILLIS, PERCIVAL, and Co., 76 Lombard Street,Bankers to the Institution; Messrs. BERRIES, FARQUHAR, and Co., 16 St. James's Street; Messrs. COUTTS and Co., 59 Strand; LONDON and COUNTY BANK, 21 Lombard Street; by the several Metropolitan Army and Navy Agents; and at the Office of the Institution, 14 John Street, Adelphi, London.

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