[Illustration: MR. WILLIAM TERRISS.
_From a Photo. by Alfred Ellis._]
"On August 16th, 1885, Mr. William Terriss saved a boy off the North
Foreland, off Deal. Three lads were bathing near the shore, and one of
them was seized with cramp. Mr. Terriss jumped overboard from a boat,
with all his clothes on, and saved the boy. He was presented with the
Royal Humane Society's Medal by H. Irving, Esq., in the presence of the
whole of the Lyceum employees."