THE Annilal Meeting of this Institution wag held at Willis's Rooms on the 31st May. His Grace the DUKE OF MABLBOROUGH, President of the Society, In the Chttjlr; there were also present ft large number of the friends find supporters of tneSbeiety.

Hi* Grace give 8m interesting account of the rtsfe and progress of the Society, and called upon the Secretary to read tile Report, trhich stated that it was impossible but that the terrific storms of the past winter, and their awful effects, as narrated by thfe press, must have told upon the hearts* of the general public, but more especially on those whose sympathies are with England's hardy sons, who so boldly face tfce perils bf the deep, and who ire, under God, her great bulwark; to all. however, it must be grateful to know, that in the didst of those unprecedented scenes of distress, on every part of the coast wliere the storm raged, the Honorary Agent of the Society was to be seen, as the genius of Charity, hovering over the spot, ministering to the varied needs — clothing the naked, feeding the hungry, and visiting the widow and the fatherless in their affliction—and, where the poor castaway was distant from his home, with • all speed despatching him there, to quiet by his presence the anxious fears of those dear to him.

The income of the past year amounted to 13,990?., showing an increase of 1,043?. over the previous year; nevertifttess, tie claims on the bounty of the Society have risen yet more rapidly, neeessitatinf the sate of 2,5401. stock during the past three years. The number of Seamen and Fishermen subscribing voluntarily 3s. per annum in I860 was 47,197, and the number of vessels carrying its flag was 3,077. Legacies amounting to 824?. had been bequeathed. A benevolent lady had pre&nted the Society with 10002. to carry put the intention of her deceased husband. The Society's Quarterly Magazine, The Shipwrecked Mariner price 6rf., of which 8,000 copies were circulated annually, continued to be a means of aiding the funds and making the Society more generally known.

The number of wrecks, So., report !, amount to about 4,000 annually! of which, last year, 1,379 vessels were wrecked on the coasts Of the United Kingdom. It is a subject for grave consideration that for several years the number of wrecks has steadily increased, and consequently the distress and loss bf life among our jeamen and their families call for increased exertion. The Society, however, was enabled to relieve last year 11,091 shipwrecked persons, or their widows arid orphans.

England being the only maritime nation of any consequence that has* no provision in old age for its merchant seamen, the meeting would learn with great satisfaction that the Committee have had tables cast to ascertain the amount of pension lor a given Subscription which can be Insured at the age of sixty, or if previously disabled, in order to establish a Pension fund to which seafaring persons of all ranks may subscribe, both for themselves and their widows, and the same are to be published forthwith; and also it is proposed to bring prominently before the public the subject of an Asylum for Wbrn-out Merchant Seamen, similar to that at Greenwich.

The Committee conclude by confidently appealing to every Christian and benevolent heart in the kingdom, to help in a work which has for its bbject the care of a body of men, who are foremost as the servants and defenders of the nation.

Various Resolutions were moved and seconded by Admiral the EARL OF SHREWSBURY, Admiral Sir GEORGE F. SEYMOUR, G. A. BROGKAVE, Esq., President of the Bath Auxiliary, JOSEPH PAYNE, Esq., MONTAGUE GORE, Esq., Captain EGERTON, K.N., Mr. T. CLABKSON FINCH, Eev. R. H. BAYNES, and Captain the Hon. F. MAUDE; and after a cordial vote of thanks to the noble Chairman, the proceedings closed..