2nd " Sailing boat in all weathers 18 3rd " Sea boat, i.e., stability, safety, buoyancy forward for launching through surf 10 4th " Means of freeing boat from water readily 8 5th " Extra buoyancy nature, amount, distribution, mode of application 7 6th " Power of self-righting 9 7th " Suitableness for beaching 4 8th " Room for, and power of carrying passengers 6 9th " Moderate weight for transport along shore 3 10th " Protection from injury to bottom 3 11th " Ballast, as iron 1, water 2, cork 3 6 12th " Access to stem and stern 3 13th " Tumbler heads for securing warps 2 14th " Fenders, life-lines, &c. 1 With their mode of examination thus fully organized, the Committee patiently and carefully set about their interesting task, and after much labour it was decided that the model presented by Mr. James Beeching, of Great Yarmouth, possessed the best combination of necessary qualifications, and to it was awarded eighty-six out of the one hundred marks; and the inventor had the gratification of receiving the following letters from the Duke of Northumberland, and from the Chairman of the Life-boat Committee:-- _Alnwick Castle,_ _13th August, 1851._ SIR, It gives me much pleasure to send you a cheque for £105, as the prize for the best model of a life-boat. And I must thank you for the assistance you have given me and the Society for Saving Life from Shipwreck by that model, which will enable us to establish a better life-boat on the coast than those at present in use. Yours, &c., NORTHUMBERLAND. _To Mr. James Beeching._ * * * * * _Somerset House, London,_ _14th August, 1851._ SIR, I have the gratification to acquaint you that the Committee appointed to examine the life-boat models sent to Somerset House, to compete for the premium offered by His Grace the Duke of Northumberland for the best model of a life-boat, have awarded the prize to your model. I am therefore directed by His Grace to transmit to you the enclosed cheque for £105, and the report of the Committee upon which the award was founded. Yours, &c., J. WASHINGTON, R.N., Chairman of the Committee. _To Mr. James Beeching._