Thursday, 1st January, 1863. 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.

Bead letter from Captain ANDREW SMALL.

Honorary Treasurer of the Glasgow Branch, of the 31st December, forwarding 15T/. 6s. lid. which he had collected in aid of the funds of the Parent Institution.— To be thanked.

Also from J. KEARNEY WHITE, Esq., Inspecting Chief Officer of the Caherciveen, County Kerry, Division of the Coast-guard, of the 19th December, transmitting a cheque for 30/. 13s. 9d., being 211. 8s. Id. in donations, and 92. 5*. in annual subscriptions, which be had collected for the Society.

— To be thanked.

Bead and approved the Report of the Assistant Inspector of Life-boats of the 8th December, on his visit to the life-boat stations of the Institution on the coast of Ireland.

Paid 1,002?. 5s. for sundry charges on various life-boat establishments.

Voted 11. 2s. 6rf. to pay the expenses of the Rye life-boat in putting off, in conjunction with the crews of two Coastguard boats, and rescuing from destruction the ship Jama Browne, of Philadelphia, and her crew of 18 men. She was observed to be aground, in a heavy surf on the Boulder Bank, off Kye, on the 10th December. Salvage had also been awarded to the salvors in this case, from the owners of the ship Also Gl. to pay the expenses of the Cardigan life-boat, in going off and rescuing the crew of 3 men from the smack, Countess of Lisburne, of Aberystwyth, which in a heavy ground sea had stranded on Cardigan Bar on the 13th December.

Also 6/. 9s. to pay the expenses of the Porthcawl life-boat in putting off and saving, during a fearful gale of wind, 10 persons from the schooner, Champion, of Liverpool, which, on the 20th December, had struck, and afterwards became water-logged on the Scarweather Sands.

Alsol52. 17«.to pay the expenses of the Hauxley life-boat, in going off and rescuing the crew of 4 men from the schooner, Little Aggie, of Berwick, which was totally wrecked off Hauxley during a hurricane on the 21st December.

Reported the services of the Lytham life-boat in putting off and saving the crew of 13 men of the barque Brazil, of Liverpool, which had struck and afterwards become totally wrecked on Salthouse Bank, off Lytham, on the 26th December, in a gale of wind. The poor men had hurriedly abandoned the ship in their boat, over which the seas were rolling with fearful violence. The life-boat came up just in time to save them from a watery grave, for in a few minutes afterwards, the sea filled the ship's boat, and instantly sank her. The expense of this service amounted to 61.10s., which the Institution had paid. This valuable life-boat was the means of rescuing last winter the lives of 32 shipwrecked persons.

Also the services of the Groomsport life-boat in going to the assistance of the barque Carioca, of Liverpool, which was observed with signal of distress flying, to be dragging her anchors, during a heavy gale of wind, off Groomsport, on the 19th December. On the life-boat nearing the vessel, the second coxswain was slung on board by a line, when he immediately took charge of the ship and piloted her safely into Donaghadee Harbour.

The expense of this service amounted to 5Z. 3s., which had been paid by the Institution. Salvage had also been awarded to the life-boat's crew for their important services to the ship.

Reported also the services of the Whitby old life-boat in putting off and rescuing the crew of 12 men from the barque Royal Hose of that place, which, during strong and squally weather, had sprung a leak and afterwards become totally wrecked near Whitby Pier on the 21st December The expenses amounted to SI. 14s., which had been paid by the Institution.

Voted 131. 16s. to pay the expenses of the Whitby new life-boat in putting off and rendering important services to the steamer Alice, of Leith, which was observed in distress, in a heavy surf, off Whitby, on the 22nd December.

Also 6/. 12s. to pay the expenses of the Holyhead life-boat in going off and rendering assistance to the barque Highland Brigade, of Whitehaven, which was in a dangerous position near the old harbour of Holyhead, during a heavy gale of wind on the 20th December.

Also 51. 9s. 6d. to pay the expenses of the Plymouth life-boat for assisting, in conjunction with a Government steam-tug, in bringing to a port of safety the Dutch galliot Aremana, and her crew of 6 men, which vessel was observed to be rapidly drifting on shore in a heavy gale on the 6th December.

Also 61. Is. Gd. to pay the expenses of the Thurso life-boat in putting off and rescuing the crew of 3 men from the schooner Sifters, of Wick, which, during stormy weather, was wrecked in Thurso Bay on the 19th December.

Also 8/. 10s. to pay the expenses of the Buddonness (Dundee) life-boat, in putting off and saving the crew of 6 men from the schooner Osprey, of Fraserburgh, which, in a strong gale, was totally wrecked on the Abertay Sand Bank at the mouth of the river Tay on the 3rd December.

Also 1212.4s. to pay the expenses of the Caistor, Plymouth, Tynemouth, Scarborough, Padstow, Holyheao, Berwick, Sennen Cove, Southport, Carmarthen Bay, Tyrella, and St. Andrew's life-boats, for either assembling or putting off in reply to signals of distress from various vessels during heavy weather, but which did not ultimately require the services of the life-beats.

Voted the silver medal of the Institution to Mr. SWARBRICK, master of the steam-tug Wyne, of fleetwood, and to Mr. ROBERT GERRARD, pilot, in admiration of their noble conduct in rescuing, by means of the tug, under very perilous circumstances, seventeen persons from the barque Pudycma, of Glasson Dock, which had stranded, during a heavy gale of wind and 'a high sea, in Morecambe Bay on the 27th October. There were thirteen persons altogether engaged in this gallant service, and they had received from the Board of Trade and the Shipowners, 551.

Also 18i. to the crews of two fishing-smacks, ia appreciation of their gallant and persevering conduct, in rescuing, at great risk of life, the crew of four men, from the brigantine John and Edwin, of Whitstable, which, during a heavy gale of wind and in a terrific sea, had sunk off that place on the 21st December.

Mr. CHAPMAN received the warm thanks of the Committee for his able conduct in the Chair in the course of the past year, and for the continued valuable assistance he rendered the Institution.

Captain Sir EDWARD PERROTT, Bart., V.P., was also thanked for his able and zealous services as Chairman of the Sub-Committee of the Institution during the same period.

Thursday, 5th Feb. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq.

F.K.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 letter from his Grace The ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, of the 21st January, stating, in reply to the application of this Institution, that he would be happy to have his name enrolled amongst the Vice-Presidents of the Society.— To be thanked, Since the formation of the Institution, the ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, for the time being, has always been one of its Vice-Presidents, and Archbishop MANNERS SUTTON took the Chair at the Public Meeting in 1824, when the Society was first established.

Reported that the following legacies had been left to the Institution, viz.: The late Mrs. ANN CUTTO, of the Old Kent Road; the late T. A. VENABLES, Esq., of "Worcester, 5001.; the late Mr.

JOHN JOLLY, Farmer, of Enstone, 2101.; and the late Mr. THOMAS ROBINSON, of Manchester, 21(M.

Decided that the thanks of the Society, inscribed on vellum, be presented to R. C. GARDNER, Esq., Mayor of Liverpool, in acknowledgment of his kind and generous co-operation on the occasion of the launch of the New Brighton tubular life-boat on the 24th January last.

Reported also that the Newhaven life-boat ( The Thomas Chapman) had been forwarded to her station, and had safely arrived there on the 21st January. The boat had given great satisfaction to the boatmen. A free conveyance was given to the life-boat by the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company.— To be thanked, Also the transmission to its station of the new transporting-carriage for the Tenby life-boat. The Great Western Railway Company had taken it free of charge to Bristol, whence it was taken to Tenby on the same liberal terms by the owners of the steamer Fire-Fly.— To be thanked.

Read letter from POTTO BROWN, Esq., of Houghton, Huntingdon, of the 22nd January, forwarding a draft for 351,2s., being the amount of annual subscriptions which he had again collected in that neighbourhood in aid of the funds of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.— To be thanked.

Also from Mr. MARSHMAN, Agent for the Colonial Government of New Zealand, of the 12th Jan., expressing his best thanks for the assistance rendered by this Institution in the building of a new life-boat for the Government of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Also from Mr, F. BLATCH, of Theale, of the 3rd Jan.; M. W. N. WODE, of Newport, of the "th Jan.; Mr. WILLIAM MORRIS, of Lambeth, of the 7th Jan.; and Mr. PILGRIM, calling attention to their respective plans for assisting in preserving life from shipwreck.— To be acknowledyed.

Also from J. G. KNIGHT, Esq, of Scarsdale Villas, Kensington, of the 31st Jan., stating that he had been authorised by Mr. W. K. VAIL, of Melbourne, Australia, to present a Model of his life-saving apparatus to the Institution.—To be thanked.

Ordered the accounts of the Institution, for the year 1862, to be forwarded to Mr. G. C. BEGBIE, the Public Accountant, to be audited by him.

Read and approved the Inspector's Reports, of the 20th and 30th Jan., on his visits to the lifeboats of the Institution at Whitby and Fleetwood, and also to Liverpool and Swansea.

Also the Report of the Assistant Inspector of Life-boats, of the 2nd Feb., on his inspection of the Society's life-boats in Norfolk and Suffolk during the month of January.

Paid l,260f. 13s. for sundry charges on various life-boat establishments.

Voted 121. 4s. to pay the expenses of the Braunton (North Devon) life-boat in putting off on the 1st Jan., and rescuing, during a gale of wind, the master, his wife, and 18 of the crew of the ship Louisa, of Bristol. The vessel was being towed over Bideford Bar by two steam-tugs in a gale of wind 'and a heavy sea, when the towingropes parted, and the ship drifted headlong amongst the breakers, and afterwards became a total wreck. The life-boat was said to have behaved admirably on the occasion.

Also 71.10s. to pay the expenses of the Broughty Ferry (Dundee) life-boat in going off and saving the crew of 3 men from the ketch Neuka, of Berwick, which was totally wrecked, during foggy weather, on the Abertay Sand Bank, River Tay, on the 4th Jan.

Also SI. 15s. to pay the expenses of the Lytham life-boat in going off in reply to signals of distress from the barque Rubin, of Liverpool, which, during a fearful gale of wind, was totally wrecked on the Salthouse Sand Bank on the 21st ult. The life-boat had to be conveyed on her transportingcarriage a distance of five miles to windward of the wreck, when she was at once launched, and succeeded, amidst heavy seas, in rescuing the shipwrecked men, 12 in number, and in bringing them ashore amidst the cheers of a large concourse of spectators.

Also 25/. to pay the expenses of the Caistor life-boat in putting off and saving the crew of 5 men from the schooner Kezia, of Sunderland, which had struck, in a heavy sea, on the Barber Sand, on the Norfolk Coast, on the 15th Jan.

Also 251. to pay the expenses of the same lifeboat in going off in reply to signals of distress from the schooner Emily, of London, which had stranded on the Scroby Sands, during stormy weather and heavy seas, on the 21st Jan. The life-boat's crew succeeded, with the assistance of a steam-tug, in taking the schooner and her crew of 3 men safely into Yarmouth Harbour.

Also 131. 10s. to pay the expenses of the Pakefield life-boat for putting off and rescuing the crew of 13 men from the barque Bonnie Dundee, of Dundee, which was totally wrecked on the Neweome Sand, on the Suffolk Coast, on the 25th Jan., in squally weather.

Also 4Z. 10s. to pay the expenses of the Moelfre life-boat in putting off on the 26th Jan., and saving the crew of 3 men . from the smack St. Patrick, of Bangor, which, during a gale of wind, was observed in a perilous position in Red Wharf Bay, near the scene of the fearful wreck of the Royal C/iarter.

Also 11.10*. to pay the expenses of the life-boat at North Berwick in putting off on the 29th Jan., and rescuing from inevitable destruction the fishing- boat Elizabeth, of that place, and her crew of j 4 men. She was observed to carry away her mast', during a heavy squall, and to be in imminent [ danger of drifting upon the rocks, and being ' dashed to pieces.

Voted the Silver Medal of the Institution to Mr. WILLIAM JOHN, Farmer, in acknowledgment of his gallant conduct, in rushing into the surf and assisting to rescue, at much risk of life, the crew of 12 men from the Russian barque Henri Sorensin, which, during a gale of wind, was wrecked on Breakwater Point, Glamorgan, on the night of the 19th ult. The Society also voted 31. to 3 other men who had laudably assisted on this occasion.

Also 41. to a yawl's crew for putting off and saving the crew of 5 men from the brig Maid of Kent, of Rochester, which was observed off Mundesley, on the Norfolk Coast, with signals of distress flying while it was blowing hard from the south west, on the 4th Jan.

Also a reward to 2 fishermen for wading into the surf and assisting to save the crew of 5 men | from the schooner S/ielah, of Wexford, which was j wrecked near Peniel Point, Anglesey, during a j heavy gale of wind, on the night of the 20th Jan. j Also 2i. to the master of the smack Star of the East, of Fleetwood, and l. each to 2 other men, in appreciation of their services in rescuing 5 men from a boat belonging to the schooner Immtmuel, of Hanover, which, during a strong gale of wind, was wrecked on St. Patrick's Causeway, Cardigan Bay, on the 2nd Jan.

Also 101. to the crew of the Scratby life-boat for putting off and rescuing, at great risk of life, 7 of the crew of the barque Sea Swallow, of Sunderland, which, after having struck on the Cross Sand, had run out from the land, before the wind, a distance of between nineteen and twenty miles, when she foundered. The salvors had also received a reward from the BOARD OF TRADE.

Also 881. 15s. to pay the expenses of the Tynemouth, Blakeney, Porthcawl, Holyhead, Pakefield, Yarmouth, Southport, and Selsey life-boats in putting off during heavy weather, in reply to signals of distress, with the view of succouring vessels, but which had happily succeeded in getting out of danger.

Reported the services of the Holyhead life-boat in patting off and rendering assistance to the barque Medea, of Liverpool, which was observed to be dragging her anchors, during a heavy gale of wind, near Peurhyn Point, on the 20th Jan. The life-boat's crew slipped the chains, which enabled the vessel to run on the sands in lieu of the rocks, upon which she was fast driving.

Thursday, 5th March. 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 of the following correspondence relative to his Royal Highness THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G., becoming Institution :— the Vice-Patron of the "Royal National Lifeboat Institution, " John-street, Adelphi, London, " 13th Feb., 1853.

SIR,—I am directed to acquaint you that, ! in 1837, her Majesty THE QUEEN became the ! Patroness of this Institution in succession to KING WILLIAM IV.

"In 1850 his late Royal Highness, the muchlamented PRINCE CONSORT, became the Vice- Patron of the Institution, and a liberal contributor to its funds.

" At that period the Institution possessed about twelve life-boats, and its expenditure was 800/.

per annum.

" The Society has now a fleet of 123 life-boats, and its expenditure is 15,OOOZ. a year. These boats save every year, on an average, 300 lives from shipwrecks on various parts of our coasts.

"The Institution is principally supported by the benevolence of the public, her Majesty THE QUEEN contributing 50/. a year to its funds.

" The Committee experiencing the great loss of his Royal Highness as the Vice-Patron of the Institution, feel very desirous that the PRINCE of WALES would do them the honour of accepting the same position in the Society which was, with so much advantage, occupied for so many years by the lamented Prince, his father.

"The Committee would feel, therefore, much obliged by your doing them the favour to submit their respectful request to his Royal Highness.

" They would beg to mention that the life-boat of the Institution at Padstow, on the Cornish Coast, was, with the permission of the late PRINCE CONSORT, named The Albert Edward. On the day that the Prince attained his majority, on the 9th Nov. last, that life-boat was providentially the means of saving a shipwrecked crew from a watery grave—a coincidence which may possibly be agreeable to his Royal Highness to be made acquainted with." I am, &c., " RICHARD LEWIS, " Secretary.

" To Lieut.-General Knollys." " Buckingham Palace, Feb. ISth, 1863.

" Lieut-General KNOLLYS presents his compliments to Mr. LEWIS, and is commanded by the PRINCE OF WALES to inform him that his Royal Highness has great pleasure in becoming a Vice- Patron of the ROYAL NATIONAL LITE-BOAT Is- STITUTIOS, and in directing a donation of 30/. to be applied in aid of its funds." " Royal National Life-boat Institution, " Jo.'m Street, Adelphi, London, " 31st March, 1863.

" Sia,—This Committee would feel much obliged by your expressing their best thanks to his Royal Highness THE PRINCE OF WALES for so kindly consenting to become, in succession to the deeplylamented Prince, his father, Vice-Patron of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and for contributing to its funds.

"His Royal Highness was lately informed, through you, that the Albert Edward life-boat, stationed at Padstow, on the coast of Cornwall, was providentially the means of saving a shipwrecked crew on the 9th Nov. last, the day the DUKE OF CORNWALL attained his majority.

" The Committee are happy to be able to state that the same valuable life-boat was again instru- mental, on the night of the 17th inst., in rescuing two shipwrecked crews, consisting of 13 persons, during a heavy gale of wind, and in a high surf, "lam, &c., " KICHAKD LEWIS, " Secretary.

" To Lieut.-General Knollys." Bead letter from his Grace the DUKE or NORTHUMBERLAND, K.G., President of the Institution, of the 23rd Feb., expressing his regret that in consequence of his absence from London, he could not take the Chair at its forthcoming Annual Meeting.

Decided that the Right Hon. Lord LOVAINE, M.P., P.C., be invited to take the Chair at the Annual Meeting of the Institution.

Approved of the draft of the Annual Report, and the proposed list of officers of the Society for the ensuing year, and ordered the same to be laid before the Annual Meeting, to be held at the "London Tavern" on the 17th March. (Vide April Number of the Life-boat Journal.) Reported that Lord BAVENSWORTH had called attention to the operations of this Institution in the House of Lords on the 12th Feb., when he brought under the notice of their Lordships the necessity of constructing Harbours of Refuge on the east coast of England. During the evening a large wreck-chart belonging to the Society was hung up in the Library of the House of Lords, where it was carefully examined by many of their Lordships.— To be thanked.

Bead letter from the Secretary of the SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND MARINERS' SOCIETY, of the 4th March, transmitting a cheque for 120/., being the amount of various small sums collected during the previous year from its Seamen Members in aid of the funds of the NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION.-— To be thanked.

Read and approved the Report of the Inspector of Life-boats, of the 2nd March, on his visit to the Institution's life-boats on the south coast of England, and the island of Guernsey. He also inspected, at the invitation of the States, the lifeboat at Jersey, which is on the Institution's plan.

Decided that an iron life-boat be built by Mr.

JOHN HEPWORTH,-the iron ship-builder of Milwall, at an estimated cost of 2002., according to the plan and specifications furnished by Mr.

JOSEPH PROWSE, the Surveyor of Life-boats to the Institution.

Reported that the Porthleven life-boat and transporting-carriage had been forwarded to their station on the 26th Feb. The Great Western, the Bristol and Exeter, the South Devon, and Cornwall and West Cornwall Bailway Companies had, with their usual liberality, taken the boat and carriage free over their respective lines.— To be thanked.

Also that the new transporting-carriage for the Teignmouth life-boat had been forwarded to its station, and had safely arrived there. The Great Western, Bristol and Exeter, and South Devon Railway Companies had again in this instance kindly passed the life-boat carriage free over their several lines.— To be thanked.

Produced a Report of a Meeting of the Swansea Harbour Trustees on the 9th Feb., when it was decided that their life-boat should be handed over to the management of this Institution.

Decided that the life-boat be replaced by a new boat and carriage thoroughly equipped, and that a new house be built for them at the Mumbles Head.

Read letter from C. N. BROOM, Esq., Hon. Sec.

of the Llanelly Branch, of the 16th Feb., forwarding a copy of a report by the Local Committee, suggesting that the Llanelly life-boat of the Society should be removed from the pilot ship, on which she was now stationed, to the western side of the old harbour of Pembrey, where she would most likely be required, the prevailing gales being from that quarter.

Decided that a new life-boat and transportingcarriage be sent to Llanelly in lieu of the present boat, and that a boat-house be erected for them.

Bead letter 'from Messrs. OILMAN and Co., of Hong Kong, of the 31st Dec., forwarding a bill for 2512. 15»., being amounts collected at Hong Kong and Shanghae for the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION by W. H. HARTON, Esq., a Member of the Committee of Management of this Society, during his temporary sojourn in those dependencies.

He was assisted in his labours by Messrs.

GILMAN and Co. and other firms.— To be thanked.

Decided that a new life-boat be built with the amount—that she be called The China, and that the boat be stationed at Teignmouth.

Also that the thanks of the Institution be presented to Mr. HAKTON and Messrs. GILMAN and Co. in acknowledgment of their valuable and zealous services in China.

Read letter from JOSEPH HANBV, Esq., Treasurer of the Cholmondeley charities, of the 16th Feb., stating that the Lord Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and the Lord Bishop of London, had ordered that a donation of 502. should be granted out of those Charities towards the funds of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.— To be thanked.

Also from the Countess DE MOREI.LA, of the 2nd March, transmitting a donation of 521. 10». in aid of the funds of the Institution.—Reported that Admiral EVANS had kindly brought the objects of the Institution under the notice of the Countess.— To be thanked.

Also from R. T. WILKINSON, Esq., of the 27th Feb., forwarding, on behalf of the stewards of the ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB BALL of 1862, a donation of 101. to this Institution.— To be thanked.

Read letter from Capt. TRYON, B.N., Chairman of the Bristol Branch, of the 4th Feb., forwarding a report of a Public Meeting held in the Sailors' Home, Bristol, on the 3rd Feb.—R. LANG, Esq., had offered to give SO/., provided that ten other gentlemen would subscribe a similar amount, in order that a life-boat might be stationed on the coast, to be called The Bristol, in connection with this Institution.— To be thanked.

Also from W. WORSHIP, Esq., of Great Yarmouth, of the 27th Feb., forwarding a draft for 2042. 16s., being one-third of the residue of the estate of the late Miss ALICE GEDGE, of that town, that lady having bequeathed the Society a third of the residue of her estate in addition to a legacy of 1002.— To be acknowledged.

Reported that a model of the life-boat and transporting-carriage of the Institution had been forwarded to South Shields for exhibition at the MECHANICS' INSTITUTION at that place, on the invitation of the Committee of the Institute.

Decided that the thanks of the Institution, inscribed on vellum, be presented to Bear-Admiral YELVERTON, C.B., in acknowledgment of his valuable services and cordial co-operation while holding lately the office of Commodore Controller- General of H.M. Coast-guard, in assisting to carry out the national and philanthropic objects of the Society.

Paid 548A 3». 4d. for sundry charges on various life-boat establishments.

Voted the Silver Medal of the Institution, and a copy of its vote on parchment, to Mr. DAVID WILLIAMS, of H.M. Customs at Aberdovey, in admiration of his gallant conduct in putting off in a heavy sea, in the Society's life-boat stationed at that place, on the 8th Feb., with the view of rescuing the crew of the brig Friends, of Newport, which had stranded on Aberdovey bar. Mr. WILLIAMS had previously exerted himself in saving life from wrecks. 8J. 10s. were also granted to pay the expenses of the life-boat on the occasion.

Also 41. 16s. to pay the expe'nses of the Drogheda life-boat in putting off and saving the crew of 5 men from the schooner Mary Anne, of New Quay, which had stranded on Drogheda Bar on the 14th Feb., in a strong wind and heavy surf.

Also 17J. 12s. to pay the expenses of the lifeboats at Walmer and Grange (Isle of Wight), in putting off in reply to signals of distress from vessels with the view of rendering assistance.

Also the Silver Medal of the Institution, and a copy of its vote on parchment, to Mr. HENRY MADDICK, master of the smack Ruby, of Hull, and to his apprentice, WILLIAM THOMPSON, in testimony of their gallant conduct in putting off in the smack's boat and rescuing, at great risk of life, the crew of 6 men from the brigantine Ganymede, of Ipswich, which, during a fearful gale of wind, had sunk some distance off the coast on the 28th Jan. Captain MADDICK immediately, on observing the vessel's signal of distress, launched his boat, but neither of his seamen would go off to the sinking vessel, and he therefore determined to go alone, when his apprentice boy requested to be allowed to accompany him. The two brave fellows then succeeded, after great difficulty, in rescuing the 6 shipwrecked men, and in getting them safely on board the smack.

Also the Second-service Clasp and 21. to Mr.

THOMAS EVANS ; and the Silver Medal of the Society and 21. each to THOMAS EVANS, Jun., and WILLIAM EVANS; and also 6Z. to 3 other men, in acknowledgment of their gallant and persevering services on the night of the 20th Jan., in assisting to rescue the crew and passengers of the American ship John H. Elliott, of New York, which, during a terrific squall, accompanied by thunder and lightning, was stranded in Liverpool Bay. With the help of the steam-tug United States, of Liverpool, 55 persons were brought safely to land.

The Committee voted their thanks, inscribed on vellum, to Mr. JOHN BELLIS, master of the steamer, and 3J. 10s. to his crew, for their highly meritorious conduct on. the occasion.

Also 21. IO». to the crew of a pilot boat for putting off and rescuing, at considerable risk of life, the master and 5 of the crew of the French ship Soil Jtouye, of Nantes, which they had abandoned in a sinking condition on the Towin Sands, in Carmarthen Bay on the 28th Dec. When first observed, the 6 shipwrecked men were drifting about in one of the vessel's boats.

Also 37. to 3 men for putting off in a boat and rescuing, at great risk of life, 3 other men from a boat which had capsized in a strong breeze and heavy sea near some rocks off Danish Island near Castletown, coast of Cork, on the 31st Jan.

Also H. 10». to a boat's crew for putting off and rescuing, at considerable risk of life, 3 of the crew of another boat, which was struck by a heavy sea and capsized off Arranmore, coast of Donegal, on the 7th Jan.

Also voted 61. to 3 Irish fishermen for putting off, during a hurricane, in a curragh—a small wickerboat —and rescuing two men belonging to the ship J. S. Parsons, of New York, which was wrecked off Intiishenen, on the coast of Donegal. The ship struck with fearful violence, and in a few minutes was in a thousand pieces. The sea at the time was running mountains high, and it was considered impossible for any ordinary boat to live in it. It was heart-rending to witness the crew (28 in number) clinging to the rigging, while huge waves were breaking over them every moment. Shortly after the vessel broke up, two men were seen holding on to the roof of the deck cabin, which had floated away from the ship. Seeing the dangerous position of the poor fellows, the 3 curragh men put off in their frail boat, and succeeded in saving one of them, the other having, in the meanwhile, perished. Twenty other persons were saved by men wading into the surf, and a reward of 5i. was granted to these men. The Institution also presented its thanks, inscribed on vellum, to R.

EDWARDS, Esq., Inspecting Chief Officer of the Rutland Coast-guard Division, for his valuable services on the occasion, and SI. to his boat's crew of 6 men.

Tuesday, 17th March.—The Annual General Meeting of the friends and supporters of the KorAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION', was held this day at the London Tavern, BishopSgate-street.

the Kight Hon. Lord LOVAINE, M.P., P.C., in the absence of his Grace the Duke of NORTHOMBERLAND, President of the Institution, taking the Chair.

The Chairman having opened the Meeting with some remarks, The Secretary read the Annual Report of the Committee.

Various resolutions were afterwards moved, seconded, and carried unanimously, pledging the Meeting to renewed exertions on behalf of the benevolent and national objects of the Society.

The Resolutions will be round in the preceding Number of the Life-boot Journal,?. 207..