THURSDAY, 7th Jan., 1875: THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.U.S., V.P., 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.

Also the Report of Capt. 3. B. WARD, R..TS., the Inspector of Life-boats to the Institution, on his recent visits to Bye, Winchelsea, Jury's Gap, Shoreham, Lydd ( Dungeness), and New Romney.

Also the Report of Capt, D. ROBERTSON, K.N., the Assistant-Inspector of Lite-boats, on his visits to New Brighton, Southport, Lytham, Blackpool, Fleetwood, and Piel.

Also the .Report of Capt, C. GRAY Joim, E.N., the Second Assistant-Inspector of Life-boats, on his recent visits to Newquay, Padstow, Port Isaac, Bude, Clovelly, Appledore, Braunton, Morte Bay, Ilfracombe and Lynmouth, Watchet and Bnrnham.

The special contributions and legacies re- ceived by the .Institution during the month of December are given in the Annual Report, pub- lished on the 1st May, 1875.] Reported that the late ISBAEL NOAKE, Esq., of Weymouth, had left the Institution a legacy of 5001.

Decided that the Tynemouth Ho, 1 Life-boat be replaced by a new and larger boat, to be pro- vided from the Civil Service Life-boat Fund, and named the Charles Dibdin, after the Honor- ary Secretary of that Fund, who is the great- grandson of the well-known naval song-writer.

Read letters from THOMAS FIELDER, Esq., M.D., Honorary Secretary of the Shoreham Branch, de- tailing- a lamentable accident that had happened to the Shoreham Lite-boat while out for exercise during -very rough weather and in a heavy sea on the 16th Dec., resulting in the loss of one of her crew, ROBERT BRASIER, The Committee expressed their deep regret at this sad casualty, and voted 150J. towards the local fund raised in aid of the family of the de- ceased man.

They also granted the Silver Medal of the Insti- tution to Mr. W. T. STREADER, Examining Officer of Her Majesty's Customs, who gallantly swam oat through the surf to the poor man's assistance, and brought his lifeless body ashore; and voted the increased exercise pay of 10«. per man to the crew of the Life-boat.

Voted the thanks of the Institution to Mr. J.

S. KEGO, Mr. PATRICK GATHETER, and Mr. C. H. LEICESTER, in acknowledgment of their past kind co-operation as the Honorary Secretaries, respec- tively, of the Castietown, Lossiemouth, and Bern- bridge Branches of the Institution.

The Committee expressed their condolence with the family of the late Mr. JOSEPH BIRT, who had been for more than twenty years the cork life-belt manufacturer to the Society, and who had faithfully served the Institution in his busi- ness.

Paid 2,3391. 13s. lOrf. for sundry charges on various Life-boat Establishments.

Voted 3871. 17*. 9d. to pay the expenses of the Life-boats at Ayr, Howth, Looe, Port Logan, Caister, Donna Nook, Cleethorpes, North Sunder- Jand, Saltburn, Whitby, Lowestoft, Newhaven, New Romney, Padstow, Holy head, Ilfracombe, St. Ives, Wexford, and Bye, in going off during stormy weather, and rendering the following ser- vices :— Men saved.

Schooner Princess flefena, of Fowey ... 5 Man found on Ireland's Eye Island ... 1 Schooner Carolina, of Amsterdam—remained by vessel.

Yacht Ethel, of Dromore 1 Barque Kingsdowne, of Shields—vessel and . y Schooner Victoria, of Blyth 5 Brig SaraA, of Whitby 6 Sloop Kathleen, of ky'nn—vessel and ... 3 Barque John George, of Antwerp .... 13 S. S. Crinkle, of Jarrow 10 Schooner Pride, of Southampton .... 102 Schooner iarfy Basiett, of Brixham ... 4 Schooner Delight, of Rye 5 Barque Alliance, of London 10 Barque Mary Ann Way, of Liverpool—ren- dered assistance.

Barque Regina, of Sunderland—rendered assistance.

Brig Thomas, of Whitehaven 6 Schooner City of Chester—remained by vessel.

Brig Utility, ot Workington 5 Schooner Jaspar, of St. Ives—vessel and . E Schooner Favorite, of Dublin ..... 5 Schooner Ce&sfe Houri, of Caen .... 4 In addition, the Lydd, Penarth, Guernsey, Ramsgate, Whitby, llfracombe, Alnmouth, and Filey Life-boats had performed the undermen- tioned services:— Ship Jason, of Greenock—rendered assistance.

Barque Laura. Maria, of Dantzic—remained by vessel.

Schooner Old Goody, of Whitstable—ren- dered assistance.

Barque Kingfisher, of Shields 10 Barque Consul Platen, of Sunderland—landed from Lightship 5 Schooner PrUe, of Southampton .... 8 Brig Annie Arby, of Dublin—vessel and . . 7 Alnmouth and Filey Fishing-boats—ren- dered assistance.

[The particulars of most of these •various Life- boat services will be found detailed in the last Annual Report of the Institution.] Voted 340Z. 13«. 9d. to pay the expenses of the Life-boats stationed at Montrose, Abersoch, Castletown, Fraserburgh, Holy Island, Eye, Sheringham, Chichester Harbour, North Deal, Redcar, Sutton, Wells, Drogheda, Hornsea, Lowestoft, Pakefield, Skegness, Theddlethorpe, Tynemouth, Great Yarmouth, Lizard, Lydd, Morte Bay, Lytham, Southport, Berwick, Bude, and Filey, in either assembling the crews or put- ting off in reply to signals of distress from various vessels which did not ultimately require the aid of the Life-boats.

The Scarborough, Tynemouth, Caister, and Ramsgate Life-boats had also gone out on other occasions, with the view of helping distressed vessels, when their services were not eventually needed.

Voted the Silver Medal of the Institution to ADAM MURPHY, coxswain of the Tyrella Life- boat, and JOHN GORDON, the assistant-coxswain; and the thanks of the Institution, inscribed on vellum, to JAMES POLAND, one of the crew, in acknowledgment of their general valuable ser- vices in that Life-boat, and particularly on the occasion of' their rescuing 6 men from the wreck of the brigantine Donna Maria, of Belfast, on the 29th Nov.

Also the Second Service Clasp of the Institution to Capt. C. GRAY JONES, H.N., one of its Assist- ant-Inspectors of Life-boats, in admiration of his valuable and skilful services in the Ilfracombe Life-boat on the 16th Dec., and also of his gallant conduct in rushing into the surf and helping to save the master of the smack Charlotte, of Padstow, which was wrecked in Widemouth Bay, Cornwall, during a westerly gale, and in a heavy sea on the 6th Dec.

The thanks of the Institution, inscribed on vellum, were likewise granted to Mr. JAMES TicRELt, chief boatman in charge of Her Ma- jesty's Coastguard at Bude, in acknowledgment of his persevering services in assisting Capt. JONES in the peformance of the last-named service.

Voted also the thanks of the Institution to Mr. JOHN C. DAVIES, of Fishguard, together with 2t 10s. to 5 other men, for putting off in a boat and saving 3 men, whose boat, during a N.N.B.

gale, had been capsized off Fishguard Harbour.

Also 101. to some men belonging to West Hartlepool who had been instrumental in saving, by means of ropes, the crews, 11 in number, of the brig Beeswing, of Whitby, and the schooner Hebe, of Littlehampton, which were totally wrecked near the Pier at West Hartlepool, during a hurri- cane from M.N.E., on the 9th Dec.

Also 15Z. to the crews of three boats belonging to Lydd, Dungeness, which put off to the stranded barque 2)una, of Riga, near Dungeness Point, during a strong gale, and in a very rough sea, on.

the 13 Dec. Two of the boats were, fortunately, enabled to save the shipwrecked crew of 13 men.

Also 91. in consideration of the services ren- dered by 7 Donna Nook men, who, with the help of four horses, were instrumental in saving the crew of 6 men of the brigantine liea, of Lon- don, which was wrecked on the Lancashire coast in a very heavy N.E. gale on the 9th Dec.

Also 41. to 4 men of Wells, Norfolk, who put off in a boat and were successful in rescuing 2 of the crew of the brig Demanico, of Genoa, which, during a strong N.E. wind, had been driven on Wells East Sands on the 9th Dec.

Also It. to JAMES DUNK, assistant-coxswain of the Wells Life-boat, for saving 2 men from a small boat belonging to the Coastguard at Wells, which had been capsized off that place during squally weather on the 11th Nov.

Also 21. to 6 men of Whitby, who descended the cliff at that place and saved the crew of 8 men of the brig Britannia, of Shoreham, which was wrecked on-Whitby Scarr during a N.E. gale on the 9th Dec.

Ailso 11. to DAVID EVANS, a young seaman be- longing to Pwllheli, who had saved a fisherman, whose boat had been capsized off that place dur- ing a strong wind on the 16th Nov., 1872.

Also ]/. to 2 men of Porlock, Somerset, for saving 2 of the crew of the smack Nancy, of IS ew- port, which became a total wreck on Porlock, Gore Point during squally weather on the 14th Aug.

THURSDAY, 4th Feb.

The 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.

Also the Report of the Inspector of Life-boats on his recent visit to Hartlepool.

Also the Report of the Assistant-Inspector of Life-boats on his visits to Bembridge and New- port (Isle of Wight), and Aberystwyth.

Also the Report of the Second Assistant-In- spector of Lite-boats on his visits to Hornsea, Withernsea, Flamborough, Bridlington, Filey, and Scarborough.

Decided, on the application of the local residents, and the recommendation of the Inspector of Life- boats, to take 'charge of the Hartlepool Life-boat Establishments, and to undertake their complete renovation—g, new Life-boat being provided for the Harbour Station, and a new Life-boat and transporting carriage for the station at the North Sands, the boat-house and launching slipway at the first-named place, and the boat-house at the North Sands being also replaced by new ones.

Also that the Hartlepool No. I Life-boat be provided from the munificent sum presented to the Society by Mrs. ANNIE MATHER, of Long- ridge, Northumberland, to defray the cost of a Life-boat Station in memory of her late husband, CHARLES MATHER, Esq.

Also to appropriate the Hartlepool No. 2 Life- boat Station to G. P. WRAGGE, Esq., of Birming- ham, who bad presented to the Institution, from a fund placed at his disposal by the late Rev. CHARLES INGLEBY, the entire cost of a Life-boat Establishment, the boat being named after the deceased gentleman. Mr. WRAGGE had also gener- ously promised to contribute 200!, himself towards an endowment fund of 2,OOOJ. for the Charles Ingleby Life-boat Station, which fund Messrs. C. and W. BARWELL, the Honorary Secretaries of the Birmingham Branch of the Institution, are now endeavouring to raise.

Also that the Hornsea Life-boat be replaced by » new and larger boat, on the recommendation of the Inspector, and that the same be appropriated to the second Special Life-boat Fund raised by CHRISTOPHER BROWN, Esq., of Settle, the boat being named, after his late mother and sister, the Ellen and Margaret of Settle. Mr. BROWN is now making strenuous efforts to raise an endowment fund on behalf of his two boats, and, in addition to his previous contributions, he has himself generously promised a contribution of IQO/. per annum for five years in aid of that object.

(The special contributions and legacies re- ceived by the Institution during the month of January are given in the Annual Report, pub- lished on the 1st May, 1875-3 Reported that the late Lady HABERFIELD, of Ciiftoo, had left the Society G401. for a Life-boat Establishment.

The Committee expressed their condolence with the families of the late Dr. J. WADDY and Mr. ALEXANDER WEIR, Jun., ,who had respectively acted as Honorary Secretaries of the Branches of the Institution at Carnsore and Stonebaven.

Ordered that a new Life-boat house and slipway be constructed at Staithes, Yorkshire, at an ex- pense of 34 U. 15s. lOrf.

Reported that SAMUEL LOVELOCK Esq., the Auditor, had examined the accounts of the Insti- tution for the past year, and found the same correct.

Paid 1,39U. 14s. 8rf. for sundry charges on various Life-boat Establishments.

Voted 226i. Is. 6d. to pay the expenses of the Onne's Head, Lytham, Tramore, Port Logan, Brooke, Kingstown, Duncannon, Palling, Sunder- land, Caister, Newhaven, Ardrossan, Broadstairs, and Moelfre Life-boats in performing the follow- ing services:— Men saved.

Flat Hester, of Con way 3 Schooner Mary Tatham, of Beaumaris ... 4 Schooner fanny, of Salcombe 7 Barque Britannia, of Shields 14 Men saved.

Barque Blanche Marguerite 10 Schooner Arrow Belle, of Aberystwith . . 4 Brig Vittorioso G., of Venice 9 Barque Lizzie Bovill, of Newcastle .... 9 Ketch Queen Victoria, of Lynn 3 Brig Pike, of Shoreham . 7 Barque Margaret Evans, of Glasgow ... 21 Barque Toronto, of Glasgow 11 Barque Anna, of Bremen—saved vessel and . 16 Schooner Hannah, of Liverpool ..... 2 The St. David's, Ramsgate, Eastbourne, Moelfre, and Caister Life-boats had also rendered the fol- lowing services:— Schooner Amity, of Beaumaris, rendered as- sistance; ship Lord Strathnairn, of Liverpool, assisted to save vessel; and barques Drawnore, of London, and Nelly Moody, of Yarmouth, M.S., and ship Oriental, of North Shields, rendered assistance.

[The particulars of these various Life-boat ser- vices will be found detailed in pages 376-380 of this Journal."} Voted 199/T 17s. 6rf. to meet the expenses of the Life-boats at Aberystwith, Blackpool, Southend (Cantyre), Brighstone Grange, Irvine, Cahore, Poole, Greencastle, Courtown, Arklow, Court- macsherry, Caister, Poolbeg, North Deal, and Cadgwith, in launching with the view of helping vessels in distress.

Also the Silver Medal of the Institution to Mr. STEPHEN PILCHER, coxswain' of the Tramore Life- boat, in acknowledgment of his long and gallant services in that boat, and particularly on the occasion of the rescue of the erew of 7 men of the schooner Fanny, of Salcombe, which was wrecked in Tramore Bay, during a S.W. wind and in a heavy surf, on the 3rd Jan.

Decided that, with the expression of the sincere condolence of the Committee, the sum of 30!. be given to the widow of THOMAS BRICE, one of the crew of the New Romney Life-boat, in acknow- ledgment of his general zeal and hearty assistance whenever called on to go out in the Life-boats.

He unhappily lost his life through the capsizing of the barque Mary A. Way, of Liverpool, near Dover, on the 12th Dec., he having gone on board that vessel from the Life-boat to assist in navi- gating her to Dover.

Voted 51. 10s. to 8 men belonging to Tory Island, Co. Donegal, for putting off in a shore boat and saving one of the crew of the steamer Fairholm, of Glasgow, which struck on the island and immediately sank, during a thick fog.

Also 3/. to JOHN ROWNAN, of Knalton Co. Waterford, in acknowledgment of his services on.

the occasion of the wreck of the barque Gwenissa, at Knalton Cove, when he afforded shelter to 3 of the crew who had got ashore, and after- wards assisted to save 6 others of the crew, aM of whom were taken to his house and provided with food; he also procured medical attendance for the men, one of whom was in a very precarious condition when landed.

Also 21. to the crew of 3 men of the coble Brotherly Love, of Staithes, for saving 3 men from the coble Sir Titus Salt, which, had been capsized in a squall on the 16th Dec.

Also II. 10s. to some Yarmouth men who had gone to the assistance of 3 men belonging to two fishing-boats, which were in danger off lyn- mouth during a strong S.S.E. wind on the 15th Dec.

Also II. to JOHN KENNEDY, of Ballinabuck, Go. Kerry, for descending a cliff and saving the crews, 7 in number, of two canoes which had been unable to land at Brandon Creek, Dingle Bay, AUGUST 2,1875.] THE LIFE-BOAT.

395 and were driven in under the cliffs while the wind was blowing a fresh gale from the S.JE., on the 31st Dec.

THURSDAY, 4th March: [ His Grace The DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, P.O., i President of the Institution, in the Chair. j Bead and approved the Inspector's Report on his visits to Brighton, Worthing, Swanage, and Southampton.

Also the Report of the Assistant-Inspector on* his visits to Aberdovey, Aberystwith, Barmouth, | Dyffryn, Portmadoc, PorthdinUaen, Abersoch, I Llanddwyns Holyhead, Penmon, Rhoscolyn, Rhos- neigir, Bull Bay, Cemaes, Moelfre, and Llandudno.

Also the Report of the Second Assistant-In- spector on visiting Filey, Scarborough, Whitby, Upgang, Runswick, Staithes, Sattburn, Redcar, Hartlepool, Middlesborough, Seaton Carew, and West Hartlepool.

Decided, on the invitation of the local residents, and the recommendation of the Inspector, to form a Life-boat Establishment at Swanage, Dorset, and to station there the Life-boat Charlotte Mary, the cost of which had been presented to the Insti- tution by SAMUEL 3. WIMHS, Eso,., of Serjeants' Inn, Fleet Street, it representing an amount which his late aunt, Miss MARGARET RYDER WILDE, by an informal document, had desired him, as the residuary legatee, to pay to the Insti- tution to establish a Life-boat to be thus named.

[The special contributions and legacies re- ceived during the month of February are given in the Annual Report, published on the 1st May Reported that the following legacies had been bequeathed to the Institution :— £. a. rf.

The late ROBERT MARSHALL, Esq., Edinburgh 300 0 0 The late MALCOLM KERR, Esq., Glas- gow 250 0 0 The late ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, Esq., Glasgow 50 0 0 The late Mrs. S. I. BERRY, Chester Terrace, N.W 19 19 0 Read letter from the BOARD OF TRADE of the 19th Jan., stating that they had received through the Foreign Office, from Her Majesty's Consul at Nicolaier, Russia, a despatch announcing the esta- blishment of four additional Life-boat Stations, and one Rocket Apparatus Station, in connection with the Russian Life-boat Society.— To.be ac- knowledged.

The Secretary of the Institution reported that, at the invitation of the Local Committee, he had delivered a lecture at Bradford on the 18th Feb., on the operations of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and the work of the Bradford Life- boat stationed at Ramsgate under the manage- ment of the BOArD or TRADE.

Ordered that a launching slipway be con- structed at Tomui Head, Cornwall, for the use of the Newquay Life-boat, at a cost of 281.

Paid 1,657?. 2s. dd. for sundry charges on various Life-boat Establishments.

Voted 156Z. 8«. to defray the expenses of the Palling, Appledore, Portmadoc, Valentia, Douglas, Buddon Ness, Broughty Ferry, Tyrella, Howth, and Dundalk Life-boats, in the performance of the following services:—• Men saved.

. 6 . 2 Sehooner Zouave, of Portsmouth Brig Lisbon, of London . .

Schooner Lydney Trader, of Barnstaple . . 3 dp Edward O'Brien, of St. Thomas, U.S . 3 Men saved.

3 Ship Edward O'Brien, of St. Thomas, TT.S . 3 Ship Sydney Dacres, of Liverpool—rendered as- sistance.

Smack Britannia, of Belfast 3 Schooner Ward Jackson, of Carnarvon . . 5 Steam-ship Tuskar, of Glasgow 21 Schooner friends, of Killyleigh 4 Schooner Tantivy, of Wicklow 4 Brigantine Ida, of Dundalk 7 The Newbiggin, Courtmacsherry, Holy Island, and Gorleston Life-boats had also rendered the following services:— Steam-ship Shottm, of West Hartlepool, assisted to save vessel and crew of 18 men; Brigantine Hattie J?., of Liverpool, and schooner Augustine Louise, of Nantes, rendered assistance; and schooner Jessie Brown, of Yarmouth, saved vessel and crew of 5 men.

[The particulars of these various Life-boat ser- vices will be found detailed in pages 381-2 of this Journal,! Voted~472. 7*. to pay the expenses of the Seaton Carew, Hasborough, BrauNton, West Hartlepool, and Kessingland Life-boats, in either assembling the crews or going afloat to the help of vessels in distress when their services were not eventu- ally needed.

The Guernsey and Caister Life-boats had also proceeded out on recent occasions under similar circumstances.

Voted the Second Service Clasp of the Institu- tion to Mr. WILLIAM CORKHILL coxswain of the Padstow Life-boat, on the occasion of his leaving that place, in acknowledgment of his long and valuable services in the Life-boat.

Also the Silver Medal of the Society to Mr. ALEXANDER RITCHIE, farmer, of Sanda Island, N.8., in acknowledgment of his gallant and per- severing conduct in wading into the surf and saving 3 of the crew of the barque Perica, of i Glasgow, and afterwards putting off in a boat ' with three other men, and saving 7 persons from the same vessel, which was wrecked on Sanda Island, during a gale of wind and in a heavy sea, j on the 2nd Jan.

51. 2s. were also granted to the men who assisted in the performance of these services.

Also the Silver Medal to Mr. JOHN LOSE, Chief Officer of H.M. Coastguard at Swanage, and 121. to 12 Coastguard-men, for gallantly putting off in their boats and saving the crew of 6 men of the brigantine Wild Wave, of Exeter, which was wrecked on Peverell Ledge, Dorset, in a gale of wind and heavy sea, on the 23rd Jan.

Also the thanks of the Institution, inscribed on vellum, to Lieut. JOHN WINCHESTER, R.N -R., and 32. to 3 other men, for patting off in a coble and making three attempts to succour the crew of the barque John George, of Antwerp, wrecked on Bamburgh Sands, in a strong wind and heavy sea, on the 9th Dec. The North Sunderland Life- boat was eventually enabled to save 11 men from that wreck.

Also the thanks of the Institution to Mr. JAMES BARRY, Chief Officer of H.M.' Coast- guard at Newquay, Cornwall, and Mr. JAMES, farmer, for their active and valuable co-operation on the occasion of the wrecks of the sloop Friends, of Bridgwater, and the Greek brig Calamidas, off Newquay.

Also &l. to 8 men who put off from Newport, Pembroke, in a boat, and were enabled to save 7 men from the schooner Edith, of Newry, stranded on Newport Sand during a fresh W.N.W. gale on the 2«h Jan.

Also 21. to MICHAEL DEMPSEY and another man, for putting off from their vessel, the schooner Sunbeam, of Arklow, and saving 2 men from a boat capsized on Arklow Bar, during a S.W. wind, on the 5th Feb.

THURSDAY, let April : The 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.

Also the Report of the Inspector of Life-boats on his recent visits to Hartlepool, West Hartle- poo!, Seaton Carew, Saltburn, Staithes, Runswick, Upgang, Whitby, Bridlington, Broadstairs, and Kingsgate.

Also the Assistant-Inspector's Report on his visit to the Rhyl and Llandulas Life-boat Sta- tions.

Also the Report of the Second Assistant-In- spector on visiting the Life-boat Stations at Sun- derland, Whitburn, Tynemouth, Cullercoats, and Newbiggin.

[The special contributions and legacies re- ceived during the month of March are given in the Annual Report, published on the 1st May last.] Reported that the following legacies had been bequeathed to the Institution:— £. .. d.

The late Mrs". MARGARET PARK, Kow, H.B 500 0 0 The late WILLIAM PARK, Esq., Row, N.B 150 0 0 The late Miss GRIFFITH, Dudley . . 200 0 0 The Late THOMAS TOMKINSON, Esq., Bath 100 0 0 The late JOHN REDPATH, Esq., North Shields 19 19 0 Decided that a Life-boat Establishment be formed at Balbriggan, near Dublin, where a Ship- wreck had recently taken place, with lamentable loss of life.

Also to appropriate the station to Mrs. SARAH LANGWORTHY, of Manchester, who had given the Society the entire cost of a Life-boat Establish- ment, and to name the boat, at her request, the Maid of Annnn.

Also that a barometer be presented by the Insti- tution for the use of the sailors at Par, Cornwall.

Paid 1,9181.6». 7cJ. for sundry charges on various Life-boat Establishments.

Voted 116/. to pay the expenses of the Caister, Berwick-on-Tweed, Newbiggin, and North Sun- derland Life-boats in performing the following services:—• Men saved.

Schooner Punch, of Carnarvon 6 ' Barque Thirteen, of Sunderland 8 Sloop O*prfy, of Shields 2 Coble Rosanna, of Shields—coble and ... 3 Schooner Cairnduaa, of Thurso ..... 4 The Caister No. 1 Life-boat had also assisted to save the distressed ship China, of South Shields, and her crew of 22 men.

[These various Life-boat services will be found fully detailed on pages 379-84 of this Journal.! Voted 16«. Hi. 4 i. to meet the expenses of the St. Andrew's, Great Yarmouth, Corton, Pembrey, Salcombe, Rye, Wicklow, Ardrossan, New i Brighton, Silloth, Ramsey, Winchelsea, Cemaes, and Llanddwyn Life-boats, in either assembling ! the crews or putting off with the view of helping i vessels in distress.

1 Also 61. 15.». to 9 Filey fishermen, who went out I in & fishing-coble and saved the crew of 5 men from the brig Economy, of Scarborough, which was wrecked off Filey during a gale of wind from W.S.W. on the 9th March.

Also 51. to 18 men for putting off in two boats from the Scilly Islands in a dense fog, and towing ashore two boats containing the crew, 30 in num- ber, of the steamer Zelda, of Liverpool, which had struck on the rocks near Br.yhar Island, and afterwards foundered, during a N/N.W. wind, on the 15th April.

Also 3/. to the crew of 6 men of a Gorleston shore boat, which was enabled to save 3 of the crew of the disabled brig Tuteedside, of Cley, in Yarmouth Roads, during a fresh N. wind on tie 19th March.

THURSDAY, 6th May: His Grace The President 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.

Also the Report of the Inspector of Life-boats on his recent visits to Folkestone, Sandgate, Hythe, Dover, Deal, Walmer, Kingsdowne, and Brighton.

Also the Report of the Assistant-Inspector of Life-boats on visiting the Life-boat Stations at Looe, Fowey, Mevagissey, Portloe, Falmouth, Lizard, Cadgwith, Porthoustock, Mullion, Portb.- leven, Penzance, Scilly Islands, Hayle, St. Ives, and Sennen Cove.

Also the Report of the Second Assistant-In- spector of Life-boats on his visits to Blyth, Cresswell, Hauxley, Alnmouth, Boulmer, Holy Island, North Sunderland, Berwick-on-Tweed, Seaham, Sunderland, and Withernsea.

Reported the receipt of the following special contributions since the last Meeting:— £. s. d.

Miss J. E. HERRING, " In memory of departed friends." To be added to the amount of Miss ELIZA NEALE'S legacy for the purchase of a Life- boat to be named the Pendock Neak, and placed on the Cornish coast, additional 53 Miss BARKWORTH, additional ... 50 M. B. T. W 50 0 0 THOMAS BRADBERRY, Esq. ... 50 0 0 Collected by Passengers on board the U.S. S. Nyanza on her home- ward voyage from Cape Town . . 10 11 6 Collected on the 4th April in the Parish Church of West Haddon, Northamptonshire, per Rev. W, G.

L. FANQMEK ....... 3 15 1 Reported also that the following legacies had been bequeathed to the Institution :— £. s. d.

The late Mrs. C. R. WRIGHTSON, York 200 0 0 The late Madame BERGONZI, Bou- logne-sur-Mer 200 0 0 The late Mrs. ELIZA FODT.STON, South Kensington (Stock) . . . . . 100 0 0 The late Mrs. MARY MILLER, Hud- dersfield 19 19 0 AUGUST % 1875.] THE LIFE-BOAT.

397 Decided that a new Life-boat Establishment be formed near Hythe, Kent, and that it be ap- propriated to Miss HABNAH DE ROTHSCHILD, who had presented to tne Institution, in memory of her late father, Baron MATER »E ROTHSCHILD, formerly M.P. for Hythe, the entire cost of a Life-boat Station, together with a handsome sum towards its future maintenance.

Also that a third Life-boat be stationed at Blyth, Northumberland, to be kept on the pier at that place, and that the gift of 50(tf. to the Institu- tion from M. B., for a Life-boat to be named the Abraham Thomas, be appropriated to that boat.

Also that thethanka of the Commit tee be given to NICHOLAS B. DOWNING,Esq., H.S.HASLETT ESQ. and Capt. W. REES, in acknowledgment of their past kind co-operation as the Honorary Secre- taries, respectively, of the Penzance and Sen- n*n, Londonderry and Greencastle, and Tenby Branches of the Institution.

The Committee expressed their deep regret at the lamented decease of Mr. HENRY SANDFORD and Capt. THOMAS FLERE, who had respectively occupied foe many years the post of Honorary Secretary of the Cromer and Guernsey Branches of the Society.

Ordered that additional works be carried out at the Watchet Life-boat Station at a cost of 1052.

16s. 2d.

Paid 2,134J. 12s. lOd. for sundry charges on different Life-boat Establishments.

Voted 28!. 2s. 6d. to meet the expenses of the Wexford No. 2, Hasborough, and Caister No. 2 Life-boats in respectively saving 2 men from the stranded yacht Cruiskeen Lawn, of Wexford, the sloop Kichmd and Elizabeth, of Portsmouth, and her crew of 4 men, and the crew, 6 in number, of the wrecked smack Harkaway, of Yarmouth.

The Palling No. 2, Cromer, Ramsgate, Brancas- ter, and Carnsore Life-boats had also severally assisted to save the ship Ernestine, of Amsterdam, and her crew of 22 men; the steam-tug Vixen, of North Shields, and 8 men; the brig Belfort, of Rochelle, and 9 men; the barque IMG&, of Ant- werp, and the brigantine Florence, of Annapolis, Jf.S., and her crew of 8 men.

[The details of these various Life-boat services wit! be found on pages 380-5 of this Journal.] Voted 137/. 5». lOd. to defray the expenses of the Skerries, Mundesley, Brighstone Grange, Salcombe, Wicklow, Blakeney, Sheringham, Skeg- ness, Cahote, North Deal, and New Romney Life- boats, in either assembling the crews or putting off in reply to signals of distress from different ves- sels when no service was eventually rendered.

Also the thanks of the Institution to Mr. J. WICKHAM, of H.M. Customs at Wexford, Ire- land, in acknowledgment of his services in taking an oar in that Lite-boat when &he was short- handed on the 8th April, and when she vrM after- wards fortunately the means of saving 2 men from the distressed yacht Cruiskem Laim of that port.

and national character of the operations of the Institution, its officers for the current year were chosen, Mr. LEWIS, the Secretary, then read the Annual Report.

The Meeting was then addressed by the Bight Hon. LORD LAWRENCE, G.C.B., G.C.S.I., Late Viceroy and Governor-General of India; His Ex- cellency COUNT SCHOUVALOT W, Ambassador Extra- ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias; the Right Hon. DAVID HENRY STONE, Lord Mayor of London; EARL PERCY, M.P.; THO- MAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., Chairman; Vice-Admiral SIR J. WALTER TAR&ETON, K.C.B., Admiral Superintendent of Naval Reserves; the Right Hon. EARL FORTESCUE; the Right Hon. LORD MAYOR, K.C.B.; Sir EDWARD &. L. PER- BOTT, Bart, V.F.; GEORGE LyAll, Esq., late Governor of the Bank of England, Deputy Chair- man ; His Grace the DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, P.C.. President, and Vice-Admiral Sir W. Hi HALL K.CB., F.B.S.

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

The Report and Resolutions will be found in the May number of the Life-boat Journal..