For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.

(Incorporated by Royal Charter.') FOUNDED in 1824.—SUPPORTED SOLELY BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.

PATRONESS.

HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.

VICE-PATRON.

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, K,(J.

PRESIDENT.

HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, P.C„ D.C.L.

VICE-PRESIDENTS.

His Grace the ARCHBISHOP of CANTERBURY.

The Right Hon. LORD HATHERLEY, F.R.S., Lord High .Chan- cellor of England.

His Grace the DUKE of ARGYLL, K.T., P.P.

The Most Noble the MARQUIS of CHOLMONDELEY.

Admiral the Right Hon. the EARL of HARDWICKE.' The Right Hon. the EARL RUSSELL, K.S.

The Right Hon. the EARL OF LEICESTER.

The Right Hon. LORD ROBARTES.

Admiral of the Fleet, Sir THOMAS COCHRANE, G.C.B.

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

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

Sir EDWARD G. L. PERROTT, Bart.

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

THOMAS "CHAPMAN, 'Esq., F.R.S., Chairman of Lloyd's Register.

EDWARD BIRKBECK. Esq.

Colonel TALBOT CLIFTON.

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

The Right Hon.H. T. L. COHRY, M.P.

.Capt. NICHOLAS DE ST. CROIX,H.C.S, W. H. BARTON, Esq.

T. B. POTTER, Esq., M.P.

WILLIAM STUART, Esq.

ROBERT WHITWORTH, Esq.

COMMITTEE 0F MANAGEMENT.

THOMAS BARING, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P., Chairman, THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., Deputy Chairm Captain Slr. ARROW, Deputy Master of .the Trinity House.

Admiral F. BULLOCK.

The Right Hon. STEPHEN CAVE, M.P.

The Marquis of CHOLMONDELEY, V.P.

Sir WILLIAM CLAYTON, Bart.

Colonel FITZ-ROY'CLAYTON.

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

The Right Hon. ,G. J. GOSCHEN, M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty.

JOHN GRIFFITH, Esq.

Vice-Admiral Sir W. H. HALL, K.C.B., WILLIAM H. HARTON, Esq., fj".

GEORGE LYALL, Esq.

Admiral J. B. B. MCHARDY.

EUGENE F. NOEL, Esq.

Sir FRANCIS BOYD OUTBAH, Bart.

Lord ALFRED H. PAGET.

Colonel GEORGE PALMER.

GEORGE PALMER, Esq.

The EARL PERCY, M J.

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

Rear-Admiral G. H. RICHARDS, P.RJ3., Hydrographer to the Admiralty.

Capt. R. ROBERTSON, R.N., Surveyor-General to the Board of Trade.

Rear-Admiral A. P. RYDER.

Admiral of the Fleet, Sir GEORGE SARTORIES, K.C.B.

Rear-Admiral J. W. TARLETON, C.B.

Major-General TDLLOH, R.A.

Captain Sir W. H. WALKER, Board of Trade.

Captain J. E. WARD, R.N.

T. M. WEGUELIN, Esq., M.P.

Captain GEORGE O. WILLES, E.N., C.B., Admiralty.

TRUSTEES.

THOMAS BARING, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. THOMAS .CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P.

GEORGE LYALL, Esq.

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

TREASURER—HENRY WILLIS, Esq. AUDITOR—SAMUEL LOVELOCK, Esq., Public Accountant, F.I.A.L.

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

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

Life-boat Inspector—Capt. j. R. WARD, R.N. Assistant life-boat Inspector—Capt. DAVID ROBERTSON, R.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 United Kingdom.

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

Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully received by Messrs. WILLIS, PERCIVAL, and Co., 76 Lombard- street; Messrs. COUTTS and Co., 59 Strand; Messrs. BERRIES, FARQUHAR, and Co., 16 St. James's-street, London; by all the other London and Country Bankers; by the several Metropolitan Army and Navy Agents; and by the Secretary at the Office of the Institution, 14 JOHN STUART, ADELPHI, London—W.C.

May. 1871.