Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.

(Incorporated &y Royal Charter.') FOUNDED IN 1824.—SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.

PATRONESS.

HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.

VICE-PATRONS.

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G.

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

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL PERCY, M.P., P.O.

VICE-PRESIDENTS.

His Grace the ARCHBISHOP of CANTERBURY. I Captain Sir EDWARD G. L. PERROTT. Bart.

His Grace the DUKE of ARGYLL, K.T., P.C. THOMAS BARING, Esq., M.P., P.R.S., Chairman of Lloyd's.

" " -~. . .- — THOMAS CHAPMAN. Esq., F.R.S., Chairman of Lloyds Vice-Admiral the EARL of SHREWSBURY and TALBOT, C.B.

The Right Hon. the EARL of DERBY, K.G.

Vice-Admiral the Right Hon. the EARL of HARDWICKE.

The Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP of LONDON.

The Right Hon. the EARL RUSSELL, K.G.

The Right Hon. the EARL OF LEICESTER.

The Right Hon. the LORD GALTHORPE.

The Hon. Vice-chancellor SIR W. P. WOOD, P.R.S.

Admiral Sir W. BOWLES, K.C.B.

Admiral Sir THOMAS COCHRANE. K.C.B.

Rear-Admiral Sir GEORGE BROKE-MIDDLETON, Bart.,C.B.

Register.

EDWARD BIRKBECK, Esq.

Colonel TALBOT CLIFTON.

K. W. COOKE, Esq.. R.A., F.R.S.

W. COTTON, ESQ., F.R.S.

W. H. BARTON, Esq.

T. B. POTTER, Esq.

T, J. AGAR-ROBARTES, Esq., M.P.

WILLIAM STUART, Esq.

ROBERT WHITWORTH, Esq.

The Right Hon. Sir JOHN S. PAKINGTON, Bart., G.C.B., M.P.

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.

THOMAS BARING, Esq., M.P., P.R.S., P.P., Chairman.

THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., P.R.S., V.P., Deputy Chairman.

Admiral Sir WM. BOWLES, K.C.B.

ALEXANDER BOETEFEUR, Esq.

Vice-Admiral P. BULLOCK.

Colonel FITZ-ROY CLAYTON.

STEPHEN CAVE, ESQ., M.P.

E. H. CHAPMAN, Esq.

Lord HENRY CHOLMONDELEY.

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

Captain NICHOLAS DE ST. CROIX, H.C.S.

Captain C. R. EGERTON, R.N.

Vice-Admiral FITZ-ROY, P.H.S.

Rear-Admiral GORDON.

G. J. GOSCHEN, Esq., M.P.

JOHN GRIFFITH, Esq.

Hear-Admiral W. H. HALL, C.B.. F.R.R.

Captain G. A. HALSTED, H.N., Secretary of Lloyd's.

WILLIAM H. HARTON, Esq.

GEORGE LYALL, Esq., M.P, Rear-Admiral McHARDY.

Lord ALFRED H. PAGET, M.P.

Colonel GEORGE PALMER.

The Very Rev. the Hon. GEO. PELLEW, Dean of Norwich.

Captain Sir EDWARD G. L. PERROTT, Bart., V.P.

Captain PIGOTT, Deputy Master of the Trinity House.

Captain R. ROBERTSON, R.N., Snr.-Gen. Board of Trade.

Rear-Admiral ROBINSON, Controller of the Navy.

Commodore A.P.RYDER, 11.K .,Cont.-Gen. of the Coast-guard.

Admiral Sir GEORGE SARTORIUS.

Rear-Admiral B. J. SULIVAN, R.N., C.B., Board of Trade.

Captain J. W. TARLETON, R.N., C.B., Deputy Controller- General of the Coast-guard.

Major-General TULLOH, R.A.

T. M. WEGDELIN, Esq., M.P. ..

Captain J. R. WARD, R.N.

TRUSTEES.

THOMAS BARING, Esq., M.P., P.B.S., F.P. | THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., P.R.S., P.P.

JOHN DISTON POWLES, Esq.

BANKERS—Messrs. WILLIS, PERCIVAL, and Co., 76 Lombard Street.

TREASURER—HENRY WILLIS, Esq. AUDITOR—G. C. BEGBIE, Esq. .

HON. ARCHITECT—C. H. COOKE, Esq., F.R.I.B.A. SOS. SOLICITORS—Messrs. JOHN CLAYTON and SON.

SECRETARY—RICHARD LEWIS, Esq., of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law.

Life-boat Inspector-capt. j. B. WARD, B.N. Assistant Life-boat Inspector—Capt. D. ROBERTSON, B.N.

The object of this Institution, as declared In Its title, Is to afford assistance to every wrecked person around the coasts of the United Kingdom.

The chief means by which the Society hopes to carry this object into effect are:— To build, station, and maintain in repair, Life-boats of the most perfect description; to furnish them with all necessary Appurtenances, Including Houses to preserve them In, and Carriages for their conveyance to the spots where their Services are called for; and further, to provide, through the Instrumentality of Local Committees, for their proper Management, and the occasional Exercise of their Crews.

To confer Honorary Rewards In the form of Medals and Votes of Thanks, and also to grant Pecuniary Remuneration to all persons who, at the risk of their own lives, save, or attempt to save, those of others on board vessels wrecked, or in distress, upon any part of the coasts of the Uni d Kingdom.

As an Index of the necessity for the provision of such a machinery as the above, H may be stated—that the average loss of lives from shipwreck annually on the shores of the United Kingdom Is between 700 and 800.

Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully received by Messrs. WILLIS, PERCIVAL, and Co., 76 Lombard street ; Messrs. COUTTS and Co., 59 Strand; Messrs. HERRIES, PARQUHAK, and Co., 16 St. James's-street, London; 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, ADELPHI, London—W.C, : 1st April. 1865.