the
committee, on their being forwarded agreeably with the enclosed
instruction paper.

I remain, dear Sir,
H. D. R. Pease, Esq., J.P. Yours very obediently,
Hesslewood, near Hull. J. CHARLIER, _Sec._

A second application was made to the Royal Humane Society, in 1852, when
the following reply was returned:--

Royal Humane Society,
Office No. 3, Trafalgar Square,
_28th September, 1852_.

Dear Sir,--In reply to your letter of yesterday's date, I beg to
inform you that the cases alluded to in the statement of John
Ellerthorpe are all _out of date_ for any reward from this Society.
Perhaps you are not aware that he has already received the Silver
Medal of this Institution for the case in 1835, which was laid
before the committee at the proper period, viz., within one month
after the occurrence.

I therefore beg to return you the statements, and remain, dear Sir,
yours obediently,

J. CHARLIER,
Jas. R. Pease, Esq., Hesslewood, Hull. _Sec._

[Sidenote: LARGE CONGRATULATORY MEETING IN HULL.]

In the year 1861, and soon after our friend had rescued John Eaby from a
watery grave, the people of Hull made an effort to reward their brave
and gallant townsman, who had rescued from their own docks and around
the pier, not fewer than twenty-three persons. A committee was formed,
under the presidentship of Mr. John Symons, a member of the Town
Council, and a man of untiring energy and philanthropic disposition. Mr.
Symons thus states the origin and success of this movement:--

'Hull, _Sept 13th, 1867_,
72, Queen Street.

Dear Sir,--I must apologise for my seeming neglect in not complying
earlier with your request respecting Mr. Ellerthorpe: the fact is,
my public duties allow me but little leisure for writing. However,
I will try to refresh my memory as to the way in which that kind,
humane, undaunted man, received recognition. In July, 1861, the
local papers contained an account of a young man named Eaby, who,
while in an apoplectic fit, fell into the dock basin; the tide was
running down rapid