his fair and honoured name--
Let such accord to him the meed of praise,
Tell of his bravery and his worth proclaim!
All honour to thee, Ellerthorpe, and thine,
And as duty calls thee to thy post each morn,
May good attend thee and its graces shine,
And lead thee upward and thy name adorn.'

[Sidenote: VOTE OF THANKS FROM THE ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.]

The following petition, signed by W. Hodge, Esq., Mayor, and upwards of
sixty of the leading ministers, merchants, and gentlemen of Hull, was
forwarded to the Royal Humane Society:--

To the Honourable the Court of the
Royal Humane Society.

We, the undersigned, members of the municipal corporation, the
Trinity House, and the Dock Company at Kingston-upon-Hull, and
merchants of that borough, beg most respectfully to submit to the
consideration of your honourable court, the services of John
Ellerthorpe, now a foreman in the service of the Dock Company of
this borough, who, during the course of the last forty years has,
by the providence of God and his own intrepidity, rescued from a
watery grave no fewer than twenty-eight persons, often at the great
risk of his own life, as may be seen from the statement of
particulars hereto annexed.

On a former occasion, on the 18th of January, 1836, you were
pleased to award to Ellerthorpe a medallion and certificate on a
representation being made to the society of his having saved eight
persons from drowning while employed as a mariner in the New
Holland Ferry.

Considering that the number of persons he has now saved amounts to
twenty-eight, we take the liberty of bringing Ellerthorpe's further
claims before your notice, believing that you will think with us
that his further successful exertions in the cause of humanity, in
saving so many persons from drowning, merit some additional mark of
your approval.

We are,
Your honourable court's most obedient servants.

In response to this appeal the society awarded to our 'Hero' an especial
vote of thanks, of which more _anon_.

The following appeal was made to Lord Palmerston:

Yarmouth and Rotterdam Steam Packet Office,
Kingston-upon-Hull,
_30th August, 1861._

My Lord,--The enclosed documents relate to a series of