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

IN 1824.

Supported by Voluntary Subscriptions.

PATRONESS.

HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.

VICE-PATRONS.

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE CONSORT, K.G.

HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS, K.G.

PRESIDENT.

VICE-ADMIRAL HIS GRACE ALGERNON DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, K.G., F.B.S.

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.

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

THOMAS CHAPMAN, £sq., F.8.S., Kf., Deputy Chairman.

Vice-Admiral BOWLES, C.B.

Rear-Admiral C. B. D. BETHUNE, C.B.

GENERAL BLANSHARD, C.B.

ALEXANDER BOETEFEUR, Esq.

Captain Sir GEORGE BROKE, Bart., R.N., r.P.

Rear-Admiral F. BULLOCK.

Lord HENRY CHOLMONDELEY

Rear-Admiral BERTIE C.CATOR.

WILLIAM COTTOH, Esq., P.B.S.

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

Captain-GEORGE DAVIES, B.N.

Commander FRANCIS W. ELLIS, B.K.

MONTAGUE GORE, Esq.

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

Captain W. H. HALL, B.JT., C. B., F.R.S.

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

Commander J. C. HEASLOP, H. N.

Commodore EDEN, R.N., C.B.. Comptroller-General of Coast Guard.

Vice-Admiral Sir THOJCAS HERBERT,K.C.B.

EDWARD HERRY, Esq., V.P.

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

Captain A. JEENINGRAH, R.N.

Captain W. H. KENNEDY, R.N., Deputy Comp.-Gen. Coast Guard.

Commander J. S. LEAK, R.N.

GEORGE LYALL, Esq.

Captain J. B. B. McHARDY, R.N.

Captain OHMAKNKT, R.N.

Lord ALFRED H.PAGET, M.P.

Major GEORGE PALMER.

JAKES PEAKE Esq., Assistant Master Shipwright in H.JT.

Dockyard, Grenwich.

Captain LAMBERT PERROTT.

JOHN DISTOH POWLES, Esq.

Commander ROBERTSON, B.N., Surveyor-General to the Board of Trade.

Sir ROBERT C, BOWLET, Bart, Rear-Admiral B.SAUMARF.Z, K.li.

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

Rear-Admiral The Marquis TOWNSHESD.

Captain SULIVAN, R.N., C.B., Board of Trade.

Colonel TULLOH, B, A., Director of the Carriage Department Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. ' Captain Sir BALDWIN W. WALKER, Bart.. B.N.. K C.R Surveyor of the Navy. Captain WASHINGTON, R.N.,F.B,S.,KP., Hydrographer of the Admiralty.

Commander J, R. WARD. RJf.

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

THOMAS BARING, THOMAS CHAPH AN, THTJSTEE8.

I JOHN DISTOSJ Po .P., V.P.

F.B.S..V.P. 1 •RA WK MM—Messrs. WILLIS, PERCIVAL and Co., Lombard Street SECRETARY—RICHARD LEWIS.

LIFE-BOAT INSPECTOR-Commander J. E. WARD, R.W, •tES, Esq.

AUDITOR—G. C. BESBIE, Esq.

The Committee of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution would earnestly call tfre attention of the Public to the great and extraordinary exertions which the Society has recently made to provide efficient Life-boats at various parts of the coasts of the United Kingdom, including Seaton Carew, Walmer, Camber (Rye), Appledore (Devon), Braunton (Devon), Penmon (Anglesea), Arklow, WickLow, YoUghal and Westport. To supply these Life-boats, together with Transporting-carriages and Boat-houses for some of them, has involved an expenditure of upwards of £3,000.

The establishment of Life-boats at Hastings, Brighton, Holyhead, Groomsport (near Belfast), Kilmore and Rosslare (JWesfiinf), fcod AidmoK *nd Coartmacatwrrr (CwJf), has since been nn& taken by the Committee, This important work, can only ne continued by the aid of a generous Public. The rescue of shipwrecked persons from drowning is a work of mercy and humanity, which so manifestly claims the sympathy of all classes of persons in this Maritime and Commercial Country, that the Committee feel assured that the present urgent demands on the Institution need only to be known to insure for it the liberal support of the Community at large.

The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following additional Contributions:• £. i. d.

A. II. A (Donation) 50 Arden, The Hon. Miss . . . (2nd Donation) 10 Ballineall James, Esq., Melbourne, Australia (Annual) 1 Barclay, Mrs. E.,Blackwell . (3rd Donation) 5 Cocbrane, Admiral Sir Thomas, K.C.B., and Lady Cochrane (Donation) 10 Frenda, the Misses, the Black Friars (Donation) 60 Hollings, John, Esq., Victoria Road (Annual) 1 Lambert, Miss E., Kyde . . • (3rd Donation) 5 Larking, Rev. Lambert, per - Moore, Esq. (Don.) 1 Limerick, the Bishop of . . . . (Donation) 3 Middleton, Sir William, Bart. . . (Donation) 5 Murray, Lord (Donation) 5 t 0 £. t.

Parry, Lady Jones, Madryn Park . (Donation) S 0 Procter, John, Esq., Highbury . . (Donation) 10 10 Reynolds, Joseph, Esq. . . . ( th Donation) 5 0 Selkirk, Lord (Donation) i 0 Shearman, J,, ESQ. . . . . (and Donation) 0 lo Sherborne, Lord (Donation) 20 0 Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Society, collected from it) Members . (4th Donation) 150 0 Smith, Rev. Edward, Ashley . (2nd Donation) 0 10 Tayler, James, Esq., FnmivaTs Inn (Annual) 'Wensleydale, Lord • . . . . (Donation) Widow's Mite « . (Donation) Wilder, Edmond, Esq., Stanstead Park (Don.) Wilson, Thomas, Esq., Waterford . (Donation) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ) 0 5 0 o 0 10 0 10 10 o s o u Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully received by Messrs. Wittn, PEKCTVAI, and Co., 7« Lombard Street, Bankers to the Institution; Messrs. HEREIES, FARODHAB, and Co., 16 St. James's Street; Messrs. COUTTS and Co S9 Strand; LONDOS and Constl BANK, 21 Lombard Street; by all the London and Country Bankers; by the several Metropolitan Army and Navy Agents; and by the Secretary at the Office of the Institution, 14 JOHN STREET, Payments may be made by cheques (crossed), or by Post-office Orders, to Messrs. WILLW, PE&CIVAL, and Co.; or to the Secretary.

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Clowes and Sons, Duke Street, Stamford Street, in the Borough of Lambeth, County of Surrey; and published by CHARLES KNIGHT, of 90 Fleet Street, in the Parish of St. Bride, in the City of London. Friday, January 1,1858.