Sir,--I am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 30th ult., calling attention to the fact that the late Charles Anderson, who lost his life in endeavouring to save the lives of others from shipwreck, has left a father and mother unprovided for, and to inform you that my Lords have this day forwarded to the Receiver of Wreck, at Hull, an order for the amount of five pounds (L5) to be paid to the parents of the deceased. I am, Sir, John Ellerthorpe, Esq., Your obedient servant, Humber Dock Gates, Hull. JAMES BOOTH. [Sidenote: HIS APPEAL TO THE BOARD OF TRADE.] In December, of the same year, he made a similar appeal to the Board of Trade, on behalf of some Hull seamen, and received the following answer:-- Board of Trade, Whitehall, _4th February, 1864_. Sir,--I am instructed by the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 16th December last, calling their Lordships' attention to the services rendered on the 4th December, by some fishermen of Hull, to the crew of the schooner 'John Thomas,' of Carnarvon, and I am to inform you in reply, that my Lords have presented the sum of five pounds (L5) to be divided amongst the crew of the 'Washer,' as a mark of their appreciation of their gallant conduct, and ten pounds (L10) to the owners of the smack as compensation for loss of time, &c. The Receiver of Wreck has received instructions to pay the above-mentioned sums to the parties in question. I am, Sir, John Ellerthorpe, Esq., Your obedient Servant, Humber Dock Gates, J. H. FARRER. Kingston-upon-Hull. The following letter explains itself:-- Humber Lock Gate, Hull. _February 17th, 1863._ _To the Secretary of the Royal Humane Society._