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31 January 1851
Yesterday, at the fortnightly meeting of the Committee of the Royal National
Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, after awarding various
Sums to boats' crews for rescuing lives from shipwreck, it was agreed that
The gold medallion of the Institution should be presented to Captain George
Davies, Inspecting Commander of the Penzance Coast Guard Station, as a
Mark of their appreciation of his gallant and humane exertions in proceeding
With his boat's crew (consisting of four coast guard boatmen, who are
respectively to receive the silver medal of the institution for so nobly
seconding the efforts of their brave commander) under his direction to the
Brisson rocks in a tremendous sea, and at the imminent peril of his life
Firing a rocket apparatus from the boat, and thereby being the happy
Instrument, under Divine Providence, of rescuing from their perilous
Situation the master and his wife (who was his constant companion during
The terrible night on the solitary rocks, but who unfortunately died soon
After she was brought ashore) of the ill-fated brig New Commercial,
Wrecked at that place on the 11th inst.
The committee also agreed that the gold medallion should be presented
To Mr.T.R.Forward, commander of the revenue-cutter, Sylvia, in
Acknowlegdement of the intrepidity and self-devotion displayed by him
On that distressing occasion; and his brave crew of five men are each to
Be presented with a silver medal; and the 10 fishermen and the miner, in
Consideration of their daring and valuable service in rescuing the
Mulatto from a floating piece of the wreck, are awarded £11 to be divided
among them.
We may observe that Captain Davies has, on three different former
occasions, been presented with the silver medal of this old and valuable
institution, which never selected more meritorious acts of gallantry for
the distribution of its honorary and pecuniary rewards than those just
recorded.
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