ed by the
bounty of a generous nation--it is not for me to have the presumption to
offer my acknowledgements, for that support which the cause of our
shipwrecked fellow-creatures has obtained from the sovereign and the
people of this great country.

But there are some names, the omission of which would be an act of
injustice--the gentlemen of the Provisional Committee, who prepared the
way for that success which attended the public meeting, over which his
grace the Archbishop of Canterbury presided, in a manner as advantageous
to the measures which he so essentially contributed to promote, as
honourable to his own benevolent feelings; and the equally zealous
members of the Central Committee, who now so ably conduct the affairs of
the Institution, are eminently entitled to the warmest thanks of every
friend of this cause, for their early and important exertions in its
establishment, of whom I may perhaps be permitted to name Thomas Wilson,
Esq. one of the representatives in parliament for the City of London,
and George Hibbert, Esq. as having been amongst the foremost in
affording their valuable co-operation in the formation of this
Institution.

It only remains for me to express the heartfelt satisfaction which I
experience, in witnessing the attainment of this object of my most
earnest solicitude, and in the firm conviction with which I am
impressed, that this Institution is now established on principles which
will extend its beneficial effects to the most distant shores, and to
generations yet unborn.

WILLIAM HILLARY.

May 29, 1824.

No. I.

_Circular, convening a preliminary and select Meeting, to consider of
the Suggestions in the Pamphlet by Sir William Hillary, Bart. of an
Institution for the Rescue of Lives from Shipwreck._

No. 33, New Broad Street,
February 4, 1824.

SIR,

You are respectfully requested to attend at the City of London Tavern,
on Thursday, the 12th instant, at twelve for one o'clock precisely, to
confer on certain measures which will then be submitted, and to
determine on the expedience of calling a General Meeting in London, for
the formation of a "National Institution for the Preservation of Life
from Shipwreck."

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient servant,

S. COCK.

No. II.

_Proceedings of a preliminary Meeting of Noblemen and Gentlemen, held at
the City of London Tavern, on Thursday, the 12th of February, 1824._

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