THURSDAY, 4th June, 1874: THOMAS CHAPMAN,  Esq., F.R.S., V.f., Chairman of the Institution , in the Chair. ' Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Corre- spondence, and Wreck and Reward. Sub-Com- mittees. ' I Also the Report of Captain J. B, WARD, R.N.,  tile Inspector of Life-boats to the Institution, on his recent visits to Rhyl, Llanddulas, Llandudno, and Cemaes.

Also the Report of Captain C. GRAY JONES, R.N., the Second Assistant-Inspector of Life- boats, on his recent visits to the Life-boat Stations at Moelfre, Bull Bay, Holyhead, Rhoscolyn, Rhosneigir, and Penmon.

Decided to form a Life-boat Establishment at Seaseale, on the coast of Cumberland, if a suitable site could be obtained for the Life-boat House.

Also to appropriate the Station to the Misses TOMLINSON, of Kirkby Lonsdale, who had presented 800L to the Institution to defray the cost of the new Life-boat Establishment, the boat to be named the William Tomlinson, after their late brother.

Also that an additional Life-boat be placed at Douglas, Isle of Man, and that, at the request of Sirs. TURNER-TURNER, of Avon, Hants, the boat, be named the John, Turner- Turner, after her late husband, she and her son and daughter having presented 6002, to the Institution for the Life-boat in. addition to promising to contribute liberally every year towards the expense of maintaining it.

Read letter from Mrs. DUNVILLE, of Prince Gate, of the 3rd June, forwarding a contribution of 5002. to the Institution, in accordance with the wishes of her late husband, WILLIAM DUNVILLE, Esq.— To be specially thanked.

Reported the receipt of the following other Special Contributions since the last Meeting:—• £. . d, Proceeds of the " Plhnsoll " Life-boat Fund, collected by Mr. JOHN TAY-LOR, Royal Hotel, Derby . . , . . 351 11 V Royal Mersey Yacht Club, per F. M.

THURSDAY, 4th June, 1874: THOMAS CHAPMAN,Esq 75 0 0 Collected from the Captain and Pas- sengers on board the Colonial Mail Steamer Windsor Castle, on her - voyage from Dartmouth to Cape Town, per Captain J, Htxwsos, addi- tional . 28 18 0 "W. PECKOVER, Esq., additional. . . 20 0 0: Proceeds of a Concert at Eardisley, per H. HORTON, Esq., additional. . . 15 0 Of Proceeds of an Entertainment by the Dramatic Club of the Honorable Artillery Company, per H. B. MAT- THEWS, Esq 10 10 ff Proceeds of Lectures by C. M. HARRI- SON, Esq., including 11 francs from the Royal Artillery at Guernsey. . 100 — To be severally thanked.

Reported that the following Legacies had been bequeathed to the institution:— £. *. d..

The late ALEXANDER ALLANDALE, Esq., of Lasswade (per Edinburgh and Leith Branch) 200 0 0- The late Captain ROBERT GIBSON, R.N., C.B., of Lancaster (duty free) . . 100 0 0 Decided that various works be carried out at, the Burnham, Sennen, and Kessingland Life-boat Stations, at an expense of 322/. 10«.

Paid ],014/. 3s, 2d. for sundry charges on various Life-boat Establishments.

Voted SI. 6s. 6d. to pay the expenses of the St.

Andrews Life-boat, in patting off during a K.E.

gale, on the 12th May, and rescuing 6 persona from the schooner Anna, of Drammen, Norway, which became a total wreck on the East Sands u» St. Andrews Bay.

Also 81. It. 6d, to pay the expenses of the Ramsey Life-boat, in going out during a strong S ,E. wind, and in a rough sea, on the 15th May, and rendering important service to the distressed yacht Kilda. The owner »nd his wife were taken ashore in the Life-boat; and, with the aid of the boat's crew, the yacht and crew of 3 men were also taken safely into harbour.

Reported that the Barmouth Life-boat had pat off to a large full-rigged ship, which had gone on, St. Tatrick's Causeway, on the 1st June. Fortu- nately the vessel, which proved to be the Ryerson of Yarmouth, N.S., was extricated from her da»- gerous position, with the aid of a steam-tug and the Life-boat.

Voted the Silver Medal of the Institution, and its thanks inscribed on vellum, to Mr. MICHAEL LANGAN and Mr, THOMAS McCOMBIE, the first and second officers of the steamer Princess Alex- andra, belonging to the Commissioners of Irish 2, 1874.] THE LIFE-BOAT, 197 Lighthouses, together with a reward of 201 to twelve men who had put off with them in the steamer's gig and cutter, and saved, under peril- ous circumstances, 3 of the crew of the brig Hampton, of Dublin, which was wrecked on the Boll Sand, in Dublin Bay, during a heavy gale from the W.S.W., on the 13th April last

The thanks of the Institution were also voted to Captain A. Knox-Galway, the commander of the steamer, for his valuable and successful co- operation on the occasion.

Also the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum to Mr. W. DAISH, Inspecting Officer of H.M. Coastguard at Ballyheige, Ireland, and 13t to ten Coastguard-men under his orders, for .their services in assisting to save the crew of the wrecked barque Magnolia, of Christiania, on the 28th March.

A!so the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum and 2/. to Mr. MARTIN KENNEDY, Light- house-keeper at Ballinacourty, Ireland, for saving the roaster of the schooner Morning Star, of Dublin, which was 'wrecked near the Lighthouse in the 10th Feb.

Also the thanks of the Institution to Mr.

RICHARD JENKINS, chief officer of H.M. Coast- guard at Carrickfergus, for assisting to save 4, nit of 5, of the crew of a boat belonging to the ichooner Relief, of Dublin, which -was capsized in Belfast Lough, during squally weather on the 5th Dee.

Also SI. to twelve men for putting oif in a boat from Pakefield, and bringing ashore the crew of 5 men of the boat Water Lily, of Lowestoft, which had been capsized off Pakefield on the 7th April.

THURSDAY, 2nd July: The Chairman of the Institution, in the Chair.

Bead and approved the Minutes of the previous meeting, and those of the Finance and Corre- ipondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub-Com- oittees.

Also the Report of the Inspector of Life-boats m his recent visits to Watchet, Minehead, and Burnham.

Also the Report of Capt. D. ROBE-.RTSON, R.N.,Assistant-Inspector of Life-boats, on his visits to Berwick-on-Tweed, Holy Island, North Sunder- land, Alnmouth, Boulmer, Hauxley, Newbiggin, Blyth, Cullercoats, Tynemouth, Sunderland, Whit- burn, Seaham, West Hartlepool, Stockton, Seaton Carew, Middlesborough, Redcar, Saltburn, Robin Hood's Bay, Whitby, Upgang, and Staithes.

Also the Report of the Second Assistant-In-spector of Life-boats on his recent visits to Llanddulas, Llanddwyn, Portbdinllaen, Abersoch, Portmadoc, Aberdovey, Aberystwith, and Pe- .

Reported the receipt of the following Special Contributions since the last Meeting : — £. ». d.

The Misses HEWITT, of LySiiun, per Lytham Branch, additional . . . 100 0 0 Collected at the Parish Church of All Saints', Maidstone, on 30th May, per Rev. D. D. STEWART, M,A. . . . 18 13 3 Part proceeds of Foresters and Odd Fellows Fete at Ipswich, at Whit- suntide, per H. STEVENS, Esq., ad- ditional ..... .... 500 Employees of Messrs. FRANCIS FEES, WINCH, & Co., per Mr. J. PALMER . 380 Scholars at Alexander Academy, Ash- ford, per THOMAS H. VIE, Esq., ad- ditional ......... 0 15 0 —To be severally thanked.

Reported that the following Legacies frod been bequeathed to the Institution ;— £. s. d.

The late Mrs. HANNAH TATES, of Shef- field, for a Yorkshire Life-boat Es- tablishment 1,000 0 0 The late Miss MART BICHAKDSOS, of Edinburgh (duty free) . . . . 500 0 0 The late SAMTSTAS STANNAH, Esq., of Gower Street ....... f;00 0 0 The late Rev. E. 51. HEARS, of Stain- forth, Yorkshire 19 0 0 Decided to form a Life-boat Station atWatehet, on the coast of Somerset Also to appropriate the Station to Mrs. JOSEPH SOMES, of Monkleigh, North Devon, who had pre- sented l,QOOl. to the Institution, the boat being named the Joseph Somes, after her late husband.

The COUNTESS op EGEESTONT had granted every facility to the Institution in obtaining a site, free of expense, on which to erect the Life-boat House.

— To be thanked.

Decided also to replace the present old Life- boat at Moelfre, on the coast of Anglesey, by a self-righting boat.

Lady VIVIAM had been moat assiduous in col- lecting the cost of a Life-boat, and, with her con- sent, this boat was appropriated to her fund, and named after her Ladyship.

Reported the transmission to their Stations of the Brancaster and Montrose No. 2 new Life-boats.

The Great Eastern Railway Company had kindly granted the Brancaster boat a free con- veyance from London to Hunstanton, and the Caledonian Railway Company had taken the Montrose Life-boat from Carlisle to it's destina- tion, free of charge.— To be respectively thanked.

Decided that various works be carried out at the Irvine and Longhope (Orkneys) Life-boat Stations, at an expense of 506Z. 19*.

Voted the thanks of the Institution to L. J. SARGEANT, Esq., late General Manager and Secre- tary of the South Devon Railway Company, in acknowledgment of his long and valuable co- operation, under the instruction of his Directors, in arranging- for the free transport orer their system of the Life-boats of the Institution.

Paid 2,1407. 2s. 3d. for sundry charges on various Life-boat Establishments.

Voted HI. 10s. to pay the expenses of the Portmadoc and Barmouth Life-boats, in putting off to the assistance of ships which had stranded on St, Patrick's Causeway, "bat which did not ultimately require the services of the Life-boats.

Reported that the Ramsgate Life-boat had gone out on the 13th June, in tow of the harbour steamer Vulcan, with the view of rendering as- sistance to a vessel which was reported to be in distress on the Long Sand, bat that their services were not ultimately called into requisition.

Voted the Silver Medal of the Institution and its thanks inscribed on velum to Mr. JOSEPH URELL, chief officer of H.M. Coastguard at Hope Core, and to Mr. Emrrs PARKER, chief boatman in charge at the Mothecombe Coast- guard Station, in acknowledgment of their gal- lant services in taking command of the Coast- guard boats when they were respectively the means, under very perilous circumstances, of saving 3 of the crew of the brigantine Theodor, of Hamburg, and the crew of 9 men of the French steamer Aivali, which vessels were in imminent peril near the Coastguard Stations during a gale of wind from the S. W., and in a heavy sea, on the 14th February last Also l. to JAMES KIRWAN for swimming out in a strong sea, and saving a lady who was in immi- nent danger of being drowned off Tramore on the 29th June.

THURSDAY, 6th August: The Chairman of the Institution, in the Chair.

Head and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Corre- spondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub-Com- mittees. , Also the Report of the Inspector of Life-boats on his recent visits to Brancaster, Hunstanton, Scarborough, Filey, Bridlington, Flamborough, Hornsea, Withernsea, Cleethorpes, Donna Nook, Theddlethorpe, Skegness, Chapel, Wells, Pen- zance, and Scilly.

Also the Report of the Assistant-Inspector of Life-boats on his visits to Staithes, Whitby, Kircudbright, Whithorn, Port Logan, Port Pa- trick, Ballantrae, Girvan, Ayr, Troon, Irvine, Campbeltown, and Southend.

Also the Report of the Second Assistant-In- spector of Life-boats on his recent visits to Penarth, Porthcawl, Swansea, Petnbrey, Ferry- side, Tenby, Milford, Solva, St. Davids, fish- guard, Cardigan, Newquay, and Aberystwith.

Reported the receipt of the following Special Contributions since the last Meeting :— £. s. d.

Mrs. NOTTINGHAM, as a memorial of her late uncle, ARCHIBALD Wou- THISOTOS, Esq., of Whitchurch, Shropshire 250 0 0 Executors of the late Miss MARY GRAY RATRAY, of Tavistock Square . . 200 0 0 Ancient Order of Foresters, annual subscription in aid of the support of their two Life-boats, per SAMUEL SHAWCROSS, £sq 100 0 0 Trustees of the late THOMAS Bors, Esq., per G. H. WHITE, Esq., additional . 50 0 0 — To be severally thanked.

Reported that the following Legacies had been j bequeathed to the Institution: — " £. s. d. i The late Miss SARAH BIGGS, of St. ' John's Wood (duty free) . . . 1,000 0 0| The late Mrs. ROBINA MILLAR, of Sarnock, N.B. (duty free) . . . 1,000 0 Q I The late W. H. SKURRAY, Esq., of Leamington (duty free). . . 200 0 0 j The late Miss H. E. PERRY, of j Southport (duty free) .... 50 0 0 Reported the transmission to its Station of the j Scilly Islands Life-boat. Toe Bristol and Exeter, | and South Devon, Cornwall, and West Cornwall i Railway Companies bad kindly granted the boat j a free conveyance over their lines from Bristol to / Penzance, whence the boat was taken to its Sta- I lion by steamer.— To be respectively thanked, The public inauguration of the Life-boat Sta- tion took place on the 1st August, under the j superintendence of the Inspector of Life-boats. ( Most of the inhabitants of the island were present, and many persons, including several of the "Wes- leyan Ministers who were attending their Con- ference at Camborne, went over specially from , Penzance in an excursion steamer to attend the ! •demonstration. After the usual ceremony of I naming, the Life-boat was successfully launched, ' and tried under oars and sails. It was afterwards [ upset twice alongside & vessel in the harbour to I show its self-righting and other properties, every- thing passing off very satisfactorily, and the boat being generally admired.

Decided that various works be carried cut at ; the Worthing and Seascsle Life-boat Stations, an expense of 6301.

Voted the thanks of the Institution to Mr. % H. TREGIDCO and Mr. WILLIAM SHIRER, in acknowledgment of their past valuable co-operation as the Honorary Secretaries, respectively, of til Newquay (Cornwall) and Buckie Branches of till Society.

Read letter from Mr. R, B. FORBES, of MilfoMf Massachusetts, of. the 23rd June, transmitting I copy of a letter which he bad addressed to tiM President of the French Shipwreck Society, in regard to the best means for mitigating the dangers of the Atlantic navigation.— To be thanked. V: Voted the sum of Wl. to Mr. JOSEPH Cox, ten coxswain of the Appledore Life-boats, as a special mark of the Committee's, appreciation of his Ions and gallant services in those boats in saving lift from shipwreck.

Read letter from his Excellency the GOVERNOR of the Isle of MAN, of the 8th and 20th July, expressing, his satisfaction that the Institution was about to place a second Life-boat at Douglas and offering every facility in regard W the recepition of the boat.—To be acknowledged, Paid 1,793?. 10s. '8d. for sundry charges for various Life-boat Establishments.

Voted the Silver Medal of the Institution, it thanks inscribed on vellum, and IQl. each, to Mi.

John Simpson, late mate of the Ramsgate Harbour steam-tug Aid, and to Mr. WILLIAM WHARRIER engineer of the steamer, in acknowledgment da their gallant services, extending over twenty years, on occasions when the Ramsgate Life-boon had been towed by that steamer to vessels in distress, and had saved nearly 500 lives from ship- wreck on the Goodwin Sands.

Thursday, 3rd September: GEORGE Esq., Vice- Chairman of the Institution, in the Chair.

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

Also the Report of the Inspector of Life-bout on his recent visits to Moelfre, Penmon, Liver- pool, and Douglas.

Also the Report of the Assistant-Inspector S Life-boats, on his visits to the Troon, Isle of Ami and Ayr Life-boat Stations.

Also the Report of the Second Assistant-in- spector of Life-boats on his visits to Guernsey) Alderney, Weymouth, Kimeridge, Chapmani Pool, and Poole.

Reported the receipt of the following Specid Contributions since the last Meeting:— • £. s-. * Independent Order of Odd Fellows' (Manchester Unity) Annual Sub- scription in aid of the support of their Life-boat at Cleethorpes, per HENRY RATCLIFFE, Esq SO 0 01 Lady LOUISA PERCY, additional . . 25 0 8 Do., in aid of the Northumberland Life-boats 25 0 fl RICHARD PALMER, Esq., additional . 25 0 0 Collected by Sir WILLIAM CLAYTON, Bart., additional 6 12 0 Canteen Committee of H.M.S. Excel- lent, per Captain BKANDRETH, R.N.. 5 0 S3 Collected on board the Cape Mail Steam-ship American, on her recent • voyage from the Cape to Southamp- ton, per Captain H. BAM.ARD . . 448 — 7 to be severally thanked.

Reported the transmission to their Stations of the Douglas No. 2 and Moelfre Life-boats. Public demonstrations on the occasion of ike launches of the boats had taken place at each station.

The Isle of Man Steam-Packet Company had kindly allowed the Douglas boat to be towed, free of charge, by one of their steamers, from Liver- pool to its Station.— To be thanked.

Read letter from the Secretary of the North Berwick Branch of the 29th August, stating that the annual public exercise and exhibition of the Life-boat bad taken place on that day, and, although the weather was very unfavourable, a collection of 42?. had been made on behalf of the Life-boat Fund.

Reported that A. J. BAKER-CRESSWELL,, Esq., had kindly promised to give the Institution the stone required for the building of the Cresswell Life-boat House, and to allow his own workmen to do all the masons' work, free of any charge.— To be thanked.

Paid 5462.17s. for sundry charges on various Life-boat Establishments.

Voted 9i 13*., in addition to 131. granted by the shipowner, to pay the expenses of the Sonthport Life-boat in putting off, in a very heavy sea, on the lUh August, and bringing safely ashore 2 men from the barque Jane Young, of Ardrossan, which had gone ashore on Ted's Bank. At the request of the master, the Life-boat subsequently returned to the vessel, and remained by her during the night.

Also ~l. 4s. to pay the expenses of the Bull Bay Life-boat, in going off, in reply to signals of dis- tress from the schooner Baltic, of Liverpool, dur- ing a strong gale from the north, on the 14th August. Ou the arrival of the Life-boat, the shipwrecked crew, numbering 3 men, threw a rope to the boat, by which means they were drawn through the water into the Life-boat. Shortly «.ft«rwards their vessel drove on the rocks sad became a total wreck.

Also 81.14s. 5d. to pay the expenses of the Banff Life-boat in going out, while it was blowing a strong gale from the N.E., and a heavy sea was cunning, on the 15th August, and rescuing the crews, numbering 10 men, of the fishing-boats Ocean, of Macduff, and Guiding Star, of Banff, which became total wrecks on the rocks near the entrance to Macduff Harbour.

Also 8f. 10». to pay the expenses of the Buckie Life-boat in putting off and saving the crews, con- sisting of 17 men, from three fishing-boats which were in distress off Buckie (luring a strong N.E.

gale, on the 14th August.

- Also 12/. 15». 6rf. to pay.the expenses of the Braunton Life-boat in going off, in a heavy sea, and bringing safely ashore 5 persons from the brig Caroline, of Bidetord, on that vessel losing her foremast and going on the north tail of Barn- itaple Bar, on the 31st August.

Abo 17/. 9s. to pay the expenses of the Life- boats st Fraserburgh, Coutmacsherry, and Aber- Mxsh, in either assembling the crews or going out fa reply to signals of distress from vessels which did not ultimately require the aid of the boats.

Abo. the Silver Medal of the Institution, its Blanks inscribed on vellum, and 21., to John Wright, in acknowledgment of his gallant ser- vice on the occasion of the barque Alce&te, of fGteaaock, being wrecked in Portaline Bay, Co. Donegal, when he with great difficulty swam ashore with a line through a heavy gea, whereby 15«f the crew were saved from the wreck.

, »jl)so 51. to the crew of a fishing-boat for rescu- ing 2 men whose boat had been capsized during weather neat Canower, Co. Donegal, on June last.

Also SI. I0f. to the crew of a fishing-boat for saving 2 men from the boat of the trawler Sltark, of Cardigan, which had been struck by a heavy sea and upset on Cardigan Bar, on the 10th July.

Also 2i. to four men for rescuing 3 others whose boat had been capsized in a squall while they were fishing off the shoals of Broom Hill, Co. Waterford, on the 3rd July.

Also 21. to a Yarmouth boat's crew for putting off and saving 3 men whose boat had been blown out to sea, and was in a dangerous position near the Barber Sand, on the t Ith ult.

Read letter from the BOARD or TRADE, of the 12th August, forwarding a Binocular Glass which that Department had received, through the Foreign Office, from His Majesty the EMPEROR OF GERMANY, for presentation to the coxswain, of the Swansea Life-boat of the Institution, in recogni- tion of the services rendered by that l oat on the occasion.of the wreck of the German ship Triton, on the Mixen Sand, on the 29th August, 1873.

His Imperial Majesty had also granted a money reward to the crew of the Life-boat for their services on that occasion..