ly and the wind was blowing strong. Mr.
Ellerthorpe, while on duty at the dock gates, saw the man
struggling and beating the water into foam; he immediately plunged
from the wall, and after a fearful struggle between the two, the
young man being violently affected, both were saved. This act was
witnessed by several people, amongst whom were two warm-hearted
working men, named Steadman and Turner. The following day they
called upon me, with a written list of twenty-nine lives saved by
Mr. Ellerthorpe. The account savoured of romance, but then it was
signed by living witnesses, who corroborated the truth of the
statements made. The men asked me to assist them in getting up some
public demonstration in favour of Mr. Ellerthorpe. I told them I
would lend my humble aid, but they must obtain some man of mark for
their chairman, to take the initiative. They applied to several
gentlemen, but in vain, all refused. They pleaded hard that I would
act as chairman, and sooner than allow the thing to die away, I
consented, although, at the time, entirely unused to address large
public audiences. The mayor, W. Hodge, Esq., granted us the use of
a large room at the Town Hall, and then we issued large placards
calling upon the people to attend and publicly congratulate Mr.
Ellerthorpe on his recent narrow escape, and likewise to open a
subscription for presenting him with a testimonial. The meeting was
a crowded one, but principally composed of working men. I was not
in the least disheartened by this; for long before I had got
through the list of persons saved by John Ellerthorpe, the large
county-court room rang with cheer after cheer pealing forth ever
and anon. When, for the first time, was enrolled the long,
distinguished list of lives saved from drowning by the hitherto
obscure and humble servant of the Humber Dock Company, such heroism
and bravery 'touched' the souls of a few present who could afford
to subscribe.

[Sidenote: COUNCILLOR SYMON'S ACCOUNT OF THE MEETING.]

The following letter from Dale Brown, Esq., was then read:--

Pilot Office, Hull, _Aug. 8, 1861_.

Sir,--Having made an engagement for Friday evening before I knew
of your meeting, I cannot possibly attend.

Had one of our townsmen returned from In