Thursday, llth Sept., 1862.—Capt. Sir EDWARD PERROTT, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.

Bead and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance, and Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub-Committees.

Bead letter from his Grace the DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, K.G., President of the Institution, stating that he accepted with grateful feelings the Model presented to him of the life-boat and transporting- carriage of the Society, which he should preserve as a memorial of the important benefit which the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION had conferred on the shipwrecked sailor.

Bead and approved the Inspector's Reports of the 1st and 9th Sept., on his visits to the life-boats of the Institution on the coast of Scotland, and the north-east coast of England, and at Withernsea, Kingsgate, and Margate.

Bead letter from W. WORSHIP, Esq., of Great Yarmouth, of the 13th Sept., forwarding a cheque for 1001., being the amount of a legacy left to the Institution by the late Mrs. ALICE GEDGE, of Great Yarmouth. The testatrix had also bequeathed the Society one-third of her residuary estate.— To be acknowledged.

Also from Captain HEARD, B.N., of H.M.S. Trincomalee, the Hon. Secretary of the Whitburn Branch, of the 29th August, stating that he had accompanied the commander of the French warsteamer Cuvier and the French Consul at Sanderland to Whitburn, to inspect the Institution's lifeboat stationed there, which they found in a very efficient state. The boat was taken afloat by some of the men of the Royal Naval Reserve. The French officers were delighted with the condition of the boat and the efficiency of the life-boat establishment.

— To be acknowledged.

Also from Mr. JOHN FRANCE, of Glossop, of the 12th August, stating that, at the recent High Court Meeting of the ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS, he, as a delegate from one of the districts, had suggested that a voluntary subscription might be made each year by all the members of the Order in aid of the funds of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. The Resolution was unanimously carried by the High Court.— To be thanked.

Reported the transmission to their station of the Withernsea life-boat and transporting-carriage, and that a grand demonstration had taken place at Withernsea on the 25th August, on the occasion of the launch of the life-boat, at which it was computed about 20,000 persons were present.

Also, that a very satisfactory trial had taken place with the Plymouth life-boat, which belongs to the Institution, on the occasion of a regatta at that place. Admiral KINGCOME was with the crew in the boat, and thoroughly tested her selfrighting qualities, having voluntarily, with the crew, been upset in the boat.

_ Decided to provide a launching-carriage for the Plymouth life-boat.

Reported the receipt of 25Z. from the Topsham Marine Insurance Club, per Messrs. HOLMAN and Mr. BESTARICK, which contribution would probably be repeated every year.— To be thanked.

Decided to form a life-boat station at Porthleven, Cornwall.

Also to build a new life-boat house at Teignmouth, Devonshire.

Read letter from Mr. G. F. CARRINGTON, Hon.

Secretary of the Guernsey Branch, of the 14th August, stating that the Local Committee were strongly of opinion that tbek present life-boat should be replaced by a larger one.

Decided to send a 30-feet single-banked life-boat and a suitable transporting-carriage to Guernsey in lieu of the former boat and carriage.

Paid 612/. 6s. for sundry charges on various lifeboat establishments.

Voted 301. 8s. to pay the expenses of the lifeboats of the Institution at Berwick, Arklow, and Bude Haven, for putting off, with the view of rendering assistance to vessels which were in very dangerous positions, during heavy weather, but which did not, happily, require the services of the life-boats.

Also 21. to the crew of a small boat, for putting off and rescuing 3 men, whose boat had struck on a rock off Ballysteen, on the coast of Limerick, during a gale of wind, on the 24th May last.

Also 2?. to the crew of the lugger Excelsior, of Lowestoft, for saving the crew of 5 men belonging to the lugger Caledonia, of Buckhaven, which, in a gale of wind and squally weather, had been capsized off Whitby on the 19th July last.

Also a reward to the crew of a fishing-boat, for saving the crew of another boat, which had capsized off Garnish, Co. Cork, on the 30th July last.

Thursday, 2nd Oct. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.B.S., T.P., in the Chair.

Bead and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance, Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub-Committees.

Appointed Capt. DAVID ROBERTSON, B.N., to be the Assistant Inspector of Life-boats to the Institution, Read letter from Count LAVRADIO, the Portuguese Ambassador, of the 29th September, expressing his satisfaction to learn that 14 men belonging to the schooner Cruz V., of Oporto, had been rescued by the Dungeness life-boat of the Society, and adding that he had communicated the service to his Government.— To be acknowledged.

Also from LEONARD C. WYON, Esq., of the 1st Oct., forwarding two Silver Medals, taken from the new die of the obverse of the Medal of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, which represented a Portrait of Her Majesty the Queen, and whicli had been just executed by him.— To be acknowledged.

* Reported the transmission of the Howth lifeboat and transporting-carriage to their station, and their safe arrival there. Messrs. MALCOLMSON, in conjunction with A. G. ROBINSON, Esq., had kindly given a free conveyance to them on board one of their steamers.— To be thanked, General Sir GEORGE BOWLES, K.C.B., presented to the Institution the cost (265/.) of the Howth life-boat and carriage.— To be thanked.

Reported also that the Blakeney life-boat and transporting-carriage had been forwarded free to their destination over the Great Eastern Railway Company's line.— To be thanked.

The cost of this boat, which was named The Brightwell, was also presented to the Institution by Miss BRIGHTWELL, of Norwich.

Reported also the receipt of legacies to the Society from the late W. LIIFTOIC, Esq., of Salford, 10«.; the late Dr. C. T. WEST, of Hull, 90/.; and the late E. E. VIDAL, Esq., of Brighton, 51.

Read letter from W. BOND, Esq., of Truro, of the 23rd Sept., stating that a youth in that town, named THOMAS WOOLCOCK, had assiduously succeeded in raising 2f.6«. 8 f. in aid of the funds of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.— To be thanked.

Paid 958/. 3s. 6d. for sundry charges on various life-boat establishments.

Voted I2/. 12s. to pay the expenses of the Dungeness life-boat in going off, during blowing weather, on the night of the 21st Sept., and rescuing, after much difficulty, the crew of 14 men from the Portuguese barque Cruz V., of Oporto, which had gone on shore off Dungeness. The cost of this boat was presented to the Institution by the Rev.

H. J. HUTCHESSON.

Also 81. 5s. to pay the expenses of the Rhyl (tubular) life-boat, in putting off with.the view of saving the crew of the schooner Jameson, of Liverpool, which had been observed to founder suddenly in a heavy squall, on the 13th Sept. The schooner's crew immediately took to their own boat, and were fortunately picked up by the Point of Ayr life-boat.

Also 8/. to the crew of a pilot-boat, for going off and rescuing, at considerable risk of life, the crew of 3 men of the schooner Dove, of Leith, which, during a gale of wind, had sunk off Newhaven, on the 25th July last.

Thursday, 6th Nov. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair.

Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance, Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub-Committees.

Read and approved the Inspector's Report of the 3rd Nov., on his visits to the life-boat stations of the Institution on the coasts of Sussex and Kent, and at Blakeney, Norfolk.

Read letter from Miss WILSON, of the 3rd Nov., presenting to the Institution a portrait of her father, the late THOMAS WILSON, Esq., who was one of the founders of the Society, and its premier Chairman, as a permanent memorial of the interest which he took in the Institution when living.— To be thanked.

Mr. WILSON died on the 10th ,Oct., 1852, in his eighty-fifth year, endeared to all who knew him by the gentleness of his manners, the warmth of his affections, and the sterling integrity of his principles.

He was one of the Founders of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and its much valued Chairman for twenty-nine years, during which period he attended 457 of its Committee Meetings, and assisted in granting rewards for gallant acts in rescuing 7,500 lives from shipwreck.

His arduous exertions in furtherance of the welfare of the Institution continued unceasing to the close of his useful career, he having only a few days previous to his lamented decease occupied the Chair at the Meeting of the General Committee, with his wonted sound judgment and urbanity.

Reported the receipt of donations of 50/. in aid of the funds of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION from Mrs. HENRY KEMBLE, of Grove Hill, and a similar one from S. D.— To be thanked.

Also that the life-boat and transporting-carriage recently exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Gardens had been removed from thence, previous to being forwarded to their station. A procession was formed on the occasion, which paraded some of the principal streets of London. About 50 men belonging to the Royal Naval Reserve, with their band, under the superintendence of Captains MAYNARD, BROWN, and WRIGHT, of that force, accompanied the life-boat, which attracted much notice.

Decided, that the Council of the Royal Horticultural Society and the above-named officers be thanked.

Read letter from the Hon. C. F. ADAMS, the American minister in London, of the 25th Oct., stating that he should have much pleasure in transmitting to his Government the account of the rescue of the crew of 18 men of the ship Annie E. Hooper, of Baltimore, U.S., on the 20th Oct., by the Lytham and Southport life-boats of the Institution.— To be acknowledged.

Also from Capt. RAWSTORNE, R.N., Harbourmaster at Fleetwood, of the 24th Oct., stating that the Fleetwood life-boat had been towed out in a gale of wind to the assistance of a wrecked vessel. On returning, the gale increasing to a storm, and a heavy sea running, and there being no one in the life-boat to steer her, the tow-ropt tore out the timber-head of the boat, and she went adrift, but was afterwards recovered. (Vide Article at p. 197, on Towing Life-boats in Rough Weather.) Decided, on the recommendation of the Local Committee, to replace this life-boat with a larger and more powerful one, to row ten oars, doublebanked.

Read letter from the Chairman of the Bude Haven Branch, of the 30th Oct., stating that the ship Bencoolen, of Liverpool, had unfortunately been wrecked off Bude Haven, on the 21st Oct., when 26 of her crew were lost, and only 6 saved by drifting ashore on a raft, the life-boat there having failed to reach the wreck.

Read also the report of the Assistant Inspector of Life-boats, of the 3rd Nov., on his visit to Bude Haven, to assist in the inquiry as to the lamentable loss of life from the wreck in ques- j tion. He stated that the general impression ! in the locality was, that if the life-boat had been manned with an efficient crew, she might, for a brief space of time, have reached the wreck, and have saved at least some of the shipwrecked crew; but with a sea running heavy enough to throw end over end a raft formed out of spars, some of which were 45 feet long, and considering the very dangerous entrance to this haven, with an awkward reef of rock close under their lee, it could well be imagined there were some grounds for the fears which paralyzed the united action of the life-boat's crew.

Decided that a 33-feet, double-banked life-boat be placed at an early period at Bude H aven, and that the boat-house be rebuilt on another site.

Also to name the Newhaven new life-boat The I Thomas Chapman, after the Deputy-Chairman of j the Institution, as a compliment to him for his j long and valuable services to the life-boat cause j in that capacity.

Reported that the life-boat and transportingcarriage for Drogheda had been forwarded to their station, and had duly arrived there.

Messrs. MALCOLMSON, and A. G. ROBINSON, Esq., had kindly taken the life-boat to Dublin, free of charge, on board one of their steamers. The carriage was taken free by the British and Irish j Steam Navigation Company. From Dublin the j boat and carriage were transmitted free to their j station by the Dublin and Drogheda Railway | Company.— To lie thanked. ! Reported that two additional life-boats, on the plan of the Institution, had been forwarded to I Portugal for the use of that government. j Read letter from J. BARNES, Esq., Hon. Secre- , tary of the Silloth Branch, of the 7th Oct., report- | ing a very favourable exercise they had had with i the life-boat in a gale of wind and heavy sea. j Decided to sell 1,000?. from the funded capital of the Institution, to meet the pressing demands on the Society.

Paid 978?. 3s. for sundry charges on various j life-boat establishments. : Voted 151. 10s. to pay the expenses of the : Lytham and Southport life-boats in putting off i during a fearful gale of wind, and rescuing, { under great difficulties, the crew of 18 men of the j ship Annie E. Hooper, of Baltimore, U.S., which was totally wrecked on the Horse Bank on the 20th Oct. The Lytham life-boat, which had been towed out by the Loch Lomond steamer, was swept away from the wreck after having taken off 14 of the crew, the rope by which she was held to the vessel, having parted j but the I Southport life-boat coming up at the time, took | off the remainder of the shipwrecked crew. Mr.

W. ALLSUP, owner of the Loch Lomond and other steamers, had given a general order to his captains that whenever the life-boat needed their services, whatever might be their other engagements, she was always to have the preference.— To be thanked.

Voted also 14?. to pay the expenses of the " Ipswich" life-boat of the Society, stationed at Thorpeness, in putting off in the night of the 20th Oct., and rescuing 4 men from the barge Henry Everest, of Rochester, which, during a strong gale of wind, had sunk off Thorpeness. It will be remembered that the cost of this valuable life-boat was collected by the residents of the town of Ipswich, and afterwards presented to the NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION.

Also 82?. 8«. 7d., to pay the expenses of the Tarmouth, Fleetwood, Lytham, Southport, Vaimer, Newhaven, Fraserburgh, Campbeltown, and Arklow life-boats of the Society, in putting off during the late fearful gales with the view of saving life from vessels which had either signals of distress flying, or were in perilous positions but which ultimately did not require the assistance of the life-boats.

Also 21. to a boat's crew for saving, at much risk of life, the crew of 6 men belonging to a fishing-yawl, which, during a frightful squall, had been capsized off Clogher Head, on the Irish coast, on the 12th ult.

Also the Silver Medal of the Institution, a copy of its vote on parchment, and 2?. to JAMES MCMILLAN, a mechanic, who is upwards of 70 years of age, for his general services in saving life, and particularly for his intrepid conduct in rushing into the surf to the rescue of WILLIAM FORDYCE, of the ship Genova, of London, which, during a heavy gale of wind, had been wrecked on the Mull of Kantyre, on the 13th Oct. Soon after the vessel struck she began to break up, and the crew betook themselves to various portions of the wreck which were floating about. Four of them were carried out to sea, but the fifth, WILLIAM FOHDYCE, who had charge of the ship, got upon the poop and was driven in shore, where he kept floating about among the fragments of the wreck for nearly five hours. At last, when carried near the shore by a wave, he made a desperate effort to reach it, but fell short, inside the cleft of a rock, when MCMILLAN seeing him in danger of being again carried out, rushed into the sea up to his shoulders, and, at the peril of his life, succeeded in dragging him to the shore very much exhausted.

Voted the Silver Medal of the Institution, a copy of its vote on parchment, and 21. each, to Mr. WM. COLORING, JAMES SPRAGGS, and DAVID FARMER, being the crew of the smack Ferret, in admiration of their noble and persevering conduct on the 17th Oct., in putting off in the boat of the smack and rescuing, at the greatest risk of life, the crew of three men of the sloop Cygnet, of Portsmouth, which had sunk off the Hampshire coast. The three men were seen clinging to the rigging of their small vessel on the Woolsiner Sandbank, with the sea dashing over them. After having encountered the heavy gale then blowing, the vessel had become unmanageable, and had struck on this dangerous shoal, where in a few minutes she was overwhelmed by the waves, and began to break up immediately.

COLORING and his crew, after making an attempt to reach the poor shipwrecked me« in the smack, put off in their small skiff, only 13 feet long, and, after great exertion, and at the utmost peril of their lives, succeeded in rescuing the three men, who had been exposed to the fury of the wind and sea for five hours. They were laid in the bottom of the boat, one of them in a state of insensibility, and after encountering the perils of the return passage through a heavy sea, the boat safely reached the smack, and the crew were brought safely on shore.

Reported the services of the Lytham life-boat in putting off and afterwards beaching in a place of safety the schooner Ceres, of Arbroath, which had struck on Salthouse Bank, Lytham, in a heavy sea, on the 26th Oct. The owners had voluntarily given 501. to the life-boat's crew for their valuable services.

Also the services of the Caistor life-boat, in going off and bringing into port the derelict schooner Hannah Sooth, of Plymouth, which, during a heavy gale of wind, was found abandoned on the Barber Sands, on the Norfolk coast, on the night of the 19th Oct.

Also the services of the Margate life-boat, in putting off and remaining alongside a brig which had struck on the Girdler Sands, during a heavy gale of wind, on the night of the 19th Oct. The presence of the life-boat encouraged the crew to persevere in their endeavours to save their vessel, which they fortunately succeeded in doing after some hours of exertion. Ordered the expense— 16/.—of this service to be paid.

Thursday, 4th Dec. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair.

Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance, Correspondence) and Wreck and Reward Sub-Committees.

Read the following letter from the Hon. C. F.

ADAMS, the American minister at the English Court.

"Legation of the United States, London, Dec. 2nd, 1862.

" SIR,—Some time since I had the honour to acknowledge the reception of your note, informing me of the timely assistance rendered to the crew of the ship Annie E. Hooper in their hour'of need by the Lytham and Southport life-boats of your valuable Institution. I then promised that I would transmit a statement of the facts to the government of the United States.

" I have now the pleasure to inform you that, in testimony of his sense of the value of the Society's labours, the President has directed me to present, in his name, to the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT IHSTITUTION, the sum of 100Z. I am likewise instructed to present, through your Society, 51. to the coxswain, and '21. to «ach of the crew of the boats which went to the relief of the Annie E.

Hooper. To that end I have the honour to enclose a draft on Messrs. BARING BROTHERS and Co., payable to your order, for the sum of 13U. sterling.

"I have, &c., " CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.

" The Secretary of the National Life-boat Institution." The Committee expressed their high appreciation of the liberality of the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OP AMERICA, and decided to request the favour of His Grace the DUKE OF | NORTHUMBERLAND, President of the Institution, | to acknowledge the communication.

j Read and approved the Inspector's Report of the 1st December, on his visit to the Institution's life-boat establishments at Tynemouth in Lancashire, and in Dublin Bay.

Decided, that new carriages be provided for the life-boats at Tenby, and at Teignmouth, Devon.

Also that loaded canes, with small lines attached to them, about 50 yards long, be supplied to the life-boats of the Institution for the purpose of assisting to effect communication with wrecks.

Reported that a grand demonstration had taken place at Tynemouth on the occasion of the launch of the new life-boat, and that LORD RAVENSWORTH had attended at the launch of the boat, and had also occupied the Chair at a public banquet given on the occasion in the evening.

The Inspector and Secretary of the Parent Institution had attended on the occasion.

(For a detailed account of this demonstration, vide p. 188.) Decided—That the special thanks of the Institution, inscribed on vellum, be presented to HUGH TAYLOR, Esq., of Backworth Hall, in acknowledgment of his zealous and philanthropic services in collecting nearly 400/. towards the cost of the Tynemouth life-boat house; and to WILLIAM ADAMSON, Esq., for his valuable services as the Hon. Secretary of the Newcastle, Tynemouth, and Cullercoats Branch.

Read letter from Mr. ADAMSON, of the 2nd December, giving an account of the admirable manner in which the new life-boat behaved on her second trial on the previous day in a heavy sea. — To be acknowledged.

Also from a gentleman in Dublin, of the 5th November, transmitting 1001. on behalf of a lady (A. B.), in aid of the cost of a life-boat, to be stationed, if practicable, on the coast of Kerry.—To be thanked.

Also from Miss WASEY, of the 17th Nov., expressing a desire to pay the cost (340?.) of the Fleetwood new life-boat and transporting-carriage,.

and requesting that the boat might be named The Edward Wasey.— To be thanked.

Reported—That the new boat and carriage had been conveyed to their station, free of charge, by the London and North-Western Railway Company.

On their arrival there, the residents gave them a hearty reception, and the boat was afterwards publicly launched.—To be thanked.

Reported also that the Rev. N. McGACHEN, of Portsmouth, and the Rev. WILLIAM JACKSON, of Heathfield, had been delivering lectures on the operations of the Institution.— To be thanked.

ADMIRAL WASHINGTON, F.R.S., reported that he had, on the previous day (Dec. 3rd), witnessed on Plumstead Common some interesting experiments with M. Delvigne's life-saving gun, in connection with Dennett's Rockets. The result was entirely in favour of the latter, especially when used in duplex, the two being lashed together.

Also from a clergyman, near Canterbury, of the 18th November, forwarding some copies of a Song and Duet, composed by him, and set to music. The profits on the sale of the poem are to be divided between the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society, and the Sailors' I Orphan Girls' School.—To be thanked. Also from W. LEITH BREMNER, Esq. of Guildford, of the 18th November, forwarding 2/. 2s., being the amount of profits hitherto realised on the sale of his poem—"The Pilot of the Pentland Frith," and other pieces.— To be thanked.

Also from the Rev. ARTHUR BROOK, forwarding II. Is. Id. from the alms-box in East Retford Parish Church, in aid of the funds of the Institution.

— To the acknowledged.

Also from Sir THOMAS TOBIN, of the 26th November, and the Secretary of the Cork Harbour Commissioners, of the 27th November, stating that the Commissioners had decided on the application of Sir THOMAS to give a donation of 101., and an annual subscription of 0l., in aid of the maintenance of the Irish life-boat stations in connection with the Institution.— To be thanked.

Also from A. WESTENHOLZ, Esq., the Danish Consul, of the 19th November, forwarding copies of notices issued by his government to Mariners, showing the stations for the rocket apparatus, &c., for saving life from shipwreck, on the coast of North Jutland and the Island of Bornholm.— To be acknowledged.

Also from W. B. HOPPER, Esq., of Constantinople, of the 1st November, forwarding some copies of his pamphlet explanatory of his proposition for the formation of a Shipwreck Aid Society at Constantinople. — To be acknowledged.

The Committee expressed their deep regret at the lamented death of Admiral Sir CHARLES SULLIVAN, Bart., who for nearly forty years had been a constant annual subscriber of 51. to the Lifeboat Institution. During that long period he had witnessed the Institution, by its life-boats and its system of rewards, contributing, directly or indi- j rectly, to the saving of nearly 13,000 shipwrecked j persons on our coasts. { Approved of an estimate for the erection of a new life-boat house at Porthleven.

Paid 936/. Is. for sundry charges on various lifeboat establishments.

Voted U. 8s. to pay the expenses of the Padstow life-boat, in putting off and rescuing the crew of 4 men from the sloop Loftus, of Padstow, which, during a strong wind and heavy sea, had become unmanageable, and was afterwards totally wrecked in Hell Bay, near Padstow, on the 9th November.

With the special permission of the late PRINCE CONSORT, the Padstow life-boat was named the Albert Edward, after the PRINCE OF WALES, who is also the DUKE OF CORNWALL. By a singular and happy coincidence, the life-boat was thus the means, under God, of saving four poor creatures from an inevitable death on the very day that the Prince attained his majority.

Also 91. 6s. to pay the expenses of the Bude Haven life-boat, in going off and saving the crew of 3 men from the smack Mary Elizabeth, of Padstow, which, in a heavy sea, which breaks with fearful violence from the Atlantic on this coast, was totally wrecked near Bude on the 14th November.

The life-boat and her crew were reported to have behaved admirably on the occasion.

Also 41. 7s. to pay the expenses of the Kirkcudbright life-boat, in putting off and bringing safely into port the schooner Ellen, of Liverpool, and her crew of 3 men, which, during heavy weather, had struck on Kirkcudbright Bar on the 13th ult. The vessel was in a very perilous position, and it was reported, was only saved from destruction by the life-boat. Captain CANDLISH, of Kirkcudbright, had gone off in the life-boat on this occasion, and had ably assisted in saving the vessel.— To be thanked.

Also 12Z. 9s. to pay the expenses of the Teignmouth life-boat, in going off and rescuing 2 out of 3 men belonging to the smack John, of that place, which, daring stormy weather and in a heavy sea, was wrecked on Teignmouth Bar on the night of the 18th November.

Reported the services of the Lytham life-boat, in going off and bringing safely into port, the sloop Mart, of Stranraer, which, during foggy weather, had struck on the Salthouse Bank, off Lytham, on the night of the 15th November. The vessel's crew had previously left her in their own boat. The owner had awarded the life-boat's crew 18/. for their services.

Also, the services of the Buddon-ness, Dundee, life-boat, in putting off and assisting to bring to a port of safety the schooner James Davett, of Newcastle, which was found waterlogged and abandoned off the Carra Rock at the mouth of the River Tay, on the 1st November. Salvage had also been awarded in this case by the vessel's owners.

Also the services of the Arklow and Cahore life-boats, in putting off and rendering assistance to the ship Eliza Senche, of Liverpool, which, during a gale of wind, had struck on Glasgorman Bank, on the Irish coast, on the night of the 1st December. The expenses of these services amounted to 22J. !«., which the Institution had paid. The shipowners also paid a small gratuity to the life-boat crews.

Also the services of the " Ipswich" life-boat stationed at Thorpeness, in putting off and rendering assistance to the steamer Osprey, of Hartlepool, which, during blowing weather, and in a very rough sea, had struck on Sizewell Bank, on the Suffolk coast, on the night of the 2nd December.

The expense of this service was 71., which the Institution had paid, the crew receiving in addition a small sum from the owners of the steamer.

Voted 25?. to pay the expenses of the Bude Haven, Carmarthen Bay, Dundalk, Arklow, and Palling life-boats, in going off in reply to signals of distress from vessels which fortunately succeeded in getting out of their dangerous positions without the life-boats' assistance.

Also II. each to 2 coast-guardmen named JOHN Fox and JOHN DUNCAN, and 51. to be divided amongst several other men, for rescuing, by means of a hawser, the crew of 5 men from the schooner Duncan Dunbar, which had struck on the Cutler Sand, off Bawdsey, on the Suffolk coast, during a gale of wind, on the 19th October.

Also 5A to the crew of the beachmen's salvage life-boat at Pakefield, for putting off and saving the crew of 10 men from the brig Francis, of Newcastle, which during very boisterous weather, was totally wrecked off Pakefield on the 17th October.

The crew had put off with the view of salvage, but failing in that, they took off the vessel's crew, and brought them ashore.

Voted the Silver Medal of the Institution, and to Mr. THOMAS KING, master of the smack Paragon, of Harwich, and also 3/. each to his crew of 6 men, for their long and intrepid exertions, extending over two days, in rescuing, during a gale of wind and thick weather, 4 out of 6 persons from the schooner Thrifty, of Goole, which on the 19th October last, foundered on the Long Sand.

This was one of the most daring and persevering cases of saving life on record. It appeared that on the evening in question, the Thrifty took the ground on the south-west end of the Long Sand, it then blowing a gale from the S.W. About noon j on the following day (Monday), the smack Paragon having sighted the wreck, closed with her and tried to get the crew off, but after two attempts, in both of which the boat failed and was nearly swamped, the smack was obliged to give it up.

She then tried to give assistance by running to seaward of the sand, but in doing so she shipped a sea, and was obliged to run for Harwich, where she arrived about 10 P.M. On Tuesday, about 1 A.M., the crew having got dry clothes and some refreshment, started again and reached the vessel about daylight, and about 9 o'clock succeeded in rescuing the shipwrecked crew A third day was partly occupied in getting the body of the mate s poor wife from the wreck. The exertions of the smacksmen on the occasion were most praiseworthy, and they seriously damaged their boat, the crew of which also incurred much danger in trying to reach the wreck. It is particularly worthy of notice, that in thus bravely and unselfishly persevering in their exertions through nearly three days, these men lost many chances of making good salvage, several of the smacks be- longing to Harwich and Colchester having received more than 100/. for salvage during this very gale.