Mr. Alderman Fountain, amid loud applause, and in a few appropriate words, then presented to Mr. Ellerthorpe the following vote of thanks, inscribed on vellum, from the Royal Humane Society:—
Royal Humane Society,
INSTITUTED 1774.
Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
Patron—
Her Majesty the Queen
Vice Patron—
H. R. H. The Duke of Cambridge, K.C., G.C., M.G.
President—
His Grace the Duke of Argyll, K.T.
At a Meeting of the Committee of the Royal Humane Society, holden at their Office, 4, Trafalgar Square, on Wednesday, the 21st of August, 1861.
Present—Thos. Eld. Baker, Esq., Treasurer, in the chair. It was resolved unanimously—
That the noble courage and humanity displayed by
JOHN ELLERTHORPE,
Foreman of the Humber Dock, in having on the 30th July, 1861, jumped into the Dock Basin at Hull, to the relief of John Eaby, who had accidentally fallen therein, and whose life he saved, has called forth the admiration of this Committee, and justly entitles him to its sincere thanks, inscribed on Vellum, which are hereby awarded, he having already received the Honorary Silver Medallion of this Institution for a similar act in 1835.
Argyll, President.
Lambton J. H. Young, Secretary.
Thos. Eld. Baker, Chairman.