HAUXLEY, NORTHUMBERLAND.—On the 5th of January, 1854, the brig Earl of Newburgh, of Shields, coal laden, brought up in a sinking state in Coquet Roads, the wind blowing a gale from the eastward at the time. The danger to her crew being apparent from the shore, the Hauxley life-boat went off to their assistance through a heavy surf, and brought six of their number safely on shore. The master and mate, determining not then to desert their vessel, would not avail themselves, of the opportunity, and contrived before night to get on board a light brig at anchor near them, which vessel also on the following day drifted on shore, when her own crew, and the master and mate of the Earl of Newburgh, succeeded at low water in getting safely on the beach.

On the morning of the 6th January, the brig Monarch, of Guernsey, also laden with coals, was driven on shore by stress of weather, near the same spot as the Earl of Newburgh, and became shortly after a total wreck. The Hauxley life-boat was speedily launched through a heavy sea, and brought successfully to the land the whole of her crew, consisting of ten persons.

On the morning of the 9th January, in a heavy gale of wind from the east, the sloop Heroine, laden with wheat, was driven on the rocks within Coquet Island. The Hauxley life-boat immediately put off, and brought her crew of four persons safely on shore.

On the morning of the 10th January, the services of the Hauxley life-boat were again, for the fourth time in the short space of five days, called into requisition, but on this occasion unfortunately not with the same success.

The Danish galliot Catherine Maria, in ballast, was driven on shore by the violence of the gale which was still blowing from the eastward, about five miles south of Hauxley; but although the life-boat at that place was manned and launched as speedily as could be, it was found impossible to reach the wreck until the whole of the crew, consisting of six persons, had been washed off and drowned.

BRIDLINGTON.—On the 4th of January, the brig Ranger, of Jersey, coal laden, was driven on shore in a strong gale from the E.S.E., a quarter of a mile to the southward of Bridlington Harbour. The life-boat at Bridlington Quay was quickly launched, and succeeded in taking on board and in conveying safely to the shore the crew, consisting of eight persons.

LYME REGIS.—On the 7th January, a French brigantine was observed four or five miles distant from Lyme harbour, drifting towards the land, with a flag of distress flying; the wind was blowing a gale from S.S.W. at the time, with a heavy topping sea. The life-boat, a new one on Mr. PEAKE'S design, lately furnished by the National Shipwreck Institution, was quickly manned by a volunteer crew, consisting of seven coastguardmen and four boatmen of the place, and proceeded to her assistance.

She was found to be La Jeune Rose, of 100 tons, with a crew of five men, and laden with wine, a large quantity of which was stowed in casks on deck. Her master and crew were quiee worn out, having been several days without cooked provisions, and were ignorant of the position they were in.

She was accordingly taken charge of by the coxswain and crew of the life-boat, the greater portion of whom went on board her.

Finding that she had drifted to leeward of Lyme Harbour, they determined on working her up to it, in which', having the tide under their lee, there appeared a fair prospect of their succeeding; unfortunately, however, immediately after making the first tack, and before the vessel had way on her, or could be brought to the wind, she was struck by a sudden and very violent squall, which, in consequence of her having much water in her hold and a heavy deck load, threw her on her beam-ends. Falling over on the lifeboat, into which a portion of the casks of wine stowed on her deck were also hurled, the latter, besides being much knocked about, was turned over keel uppermost, and the coxswain and four men who were in her at the time were thrown overboard.

Owing to the schooner's mainsail fouling the boat, her self-righting power was_prevented from acting, and she remained keel uppermost, the coxswain and two of her crew being confined under her for some time, the latter for about twenty minutes.

The coxswain, on getting from under her, handed his knife to another of the crew, who with the assistance of a third cut and ripped the mainsail until it was clear of the boat, when she was readily righted, and both her own crew and the crew of the schooner, with the exception of one of the former found missing, succeeded in getting into her, and _were safely conveyed to the shore.

The unfortunate man whose life was lost, JOHN MARTYN, a coastguardman, was last seen struggling amongst a number of wine casks in the water between the wreck and the boat, and was supposed to have been struck and injured by them; he had also unfortunately, in consequence of feeling ill when rowing off to the vessel, loosened the fastenings of his life-belt, which was of sufficient buoyancy to have prevented his body from sinking, but which became detached from it, apparently by violence, and floated on shore, where it was picked up on the following day, whilst the body did not come on shore until several days afterwards.

The coolness and intrepidity displayed by the crew of the life-boat was the subject of universal admiration in the neighbourhood where the accident occurred, as it was also matter of astonishment, considering the nature of the accident, that no more lives were lost. The behaviour of the boat throughout was also much extolled, both by those who were in her, and all who were witnesses of the transaction.

A stronger instance could not be afforded than the extraordinary accident above narrated, of the advantage of having everything connected with a life-boat of as complete a character as possible. The efficient form of the boat herself, her being sufficiently furnished with life-lines, and her crew provided with good life-belts, are all points of importance; and we have reason to believe, that had this boat been deficient in any one of them, greater loss of life would have ensued.

The Committee of the National Shipwreck Institution may, therefore well congratulate themselves on having been instrumental to providing at Lyme, and at many other localities, boats which are able to pass unscathed through so extraordinary and terrible an ordeal as that above related. But especially is it a proof of the advantage which may accrue from a boat's possessing the property of self-righting; for it is unquestionable, that had not this boat been again righted, the whole of the persons on board her, and those in the French vessel, would have perished. If, therefore, the self-righting principle can be secured without impairing other necessary qualifications, which is the case in Mr. PEAKE'S life-boats, ought not every life-boat to be constructed with selfrighting power, although it might be only under some such extraordinary circumstances as the above that it would be ever called into requisition.

BOULMER.—On the 9th January, at daylight, a large barque, subsequently ascertained to be the Momtezuma, was observed on shore on the South Steel rocks, on the Northumberland coast. The wind was blowing a heavy gale at the time from the east, accompanied with rain and snow.

The Boulmer life-boat was immediately launched, and succeeded in reaching the vessel, but found no person on board her.

She drifted to the south and broke In two the same tide.

NEWBIGOIN.—On the 7th January, the brig JSmbla, of Christiana, laden with salt, went on shore about 2 miles to the northward of Newbiggin, Northumberland.

The life-boat was immediately got ready, and horses having been procured, was conveyed on her carriage to the scene of the wreck, accompanied, not only, by the seamen who should have manned her, but by a large portion of the female as well as male population of Newbiggin. On arriving at the spot a scene of noise and confusion ensued which much interrupted the launching of the boat, and it was then found that one-half of the crew, either influenced by the cries and persuasions of their wives, or deterred by their own fears, refused to take their places in the boat. After some delay, some volunteers were procured in lieu of them, but they were mere lads and deficient in the requisite muscular strength for such an arduous undertaking, although they showed a noble example of courage to the many others on the spot possessed of greater experience and bodily strength.

Thus manned, with 3 men short of her proper complement, and 5 of that number little more than boys, two strenuous attempts were made to reach the wreck without success, and 3 of the oars and an iron trowel-pin being then broken, she was thrown broadside on to the sea and driven on shore, when the attempt was given up and the unfortunate men on board the wreck left to their fate.

It is a melancholy reflection that the crew of this vessel should have perished when we believe the means were at hand which, with God's blessing, might have rescued them from their perilous position.

The life-boat was a new one, on Mr. PEAKE'S design, as equal, we believe, to the emergency as any other in the kingdom, and she was reported to have behaved very well on this occasion. The fishermen at Newbiggin are considered to be hardy and experienced boatmen, and the crew had, moreover, been previously off in this boat in a heavy sea, so that they were not ignorant of her capabilities. The coxswain is also as good a seaman and as fine a fellow as any on the coast of Northumberland; yet, notwithstanding these advantages, a vessel's crew were drowned almost within a stone's throw of the shore, and within the sight of a large crowd of persons.

A panic, such as that which sometimes mysteriously seizes on soldiers in a battle, seems to have iallen upon the seamen who were present, and the lamentable consequences were such as we have above related.

We think that the names of the brave fellows, who, although unsuccessful, yet did their best under such discouraging circumstances to afford succour to their fellow-creatures, are deserving of being placed on record. We therefore give them as follows:—Coxswain, PHILIP JEFFERSON; Cre w and Volunteers, ADAM STOREY, JAMES STOREY, EDWARD DENT, DAVID DENT, THOMAS BROWN, WILLIAM TURZELL, HUNTER TAYLOR, JOHN HARBOTTLE, REAFORD ARMSTRONG.

ALDBOROUGH, SUFFOLK.—On the night of the 24th January, the brig Canadian, of South Shields, laden with coals, in consequence of dragging her anchor, went on shore on the Ridge Shoal, about 2 miles S.W. of Aldborough, the wind Wowing a gale at the time from S.S.E., and afterwards veering to S.S.W. The Aldborough life-boat, one on Mr. PEAKE'S design, recently supplied (vide No, 9 of the Lifeboat Journal, page 38), was quickly launched, and proceeded under sail to the rescue of the crew, 9 in number, whom she succeeded in taking off, in the midst of some heavy seas which were breaking over the wreck, and in landing them safely. The life-boat was much praised both by the crew and the master of the wrecked vessel, which shortly after broke up.

CEMLYN, ANGLESEA, — On the 26th January, at 8'45 P.M., the Olinda iron- screw steamer, of 1138 tons, bound from Liverpool to the Brazils, with 28 passengers and a valuable cargo of assorted goods on board, ran on shore on the rocks between the Harry Furlongs and Cemlyn Point, on the north side of the island of Anglesea.

The night was very dark, a fresh gale was blowing from S.W. with occasional heavy squalls and rain, and a strong tide running, thereby occasioning much broken water, and rendering any attempt to reach the wreck in a boat both difficult and dangerous.

Blue lights were burned on the Furlong, which at 9'30 P.M. were seen from the residence of the Rev. JAMES WILLIAMS, the secretary to the Anglesea Life-boat Association, whose son, the Rev. OWEN LI. WILLIAMS, with great promptitude, got the crew of the Cemlyn life-boat together, and himself taking the helm, without a moment's loss of time proceeded in her to the assistance of the wrecked vessel, which they succeeded in reaching at about 10'30 P.M.

Eleven persons, chiefly passengers, were taken on board, the life-boat being a small one and not having stowage room for a greater number, and were safely landed at Cemlyn Point. Mr. WILLIAMS then made a second trip and brought from the wreck seven more; the captain and crew declining then to leave their vessel, from which they were subsequently, at low water, enabled to walk on shore.

It may here be mentioned, as illustrative of the skill and judgment with which Mr. WILLIAMS, although a landsman, managed the life-boat, that the ship's life-boat which left the vessel at the same time as the Cemlyn boat on her first, trip, and having on board 4 ladies, 2 gentlemen and 4 children, did not succeed in landing until 11 o'clock the next morning, after being twelve hours from the vessel.

Mr. WILLIAMS was also accompanied in the boat by a relative, Mr. AUGUSTUS E. VINCENT, a young officer in the service of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, who rendered valuable assistance on the occasion. The Olinda became a total wreck.

FILEY, YORKSHIRE.—On the 27th April, at midnight, during a strong gale from the north, with a heavy sea running, the sloop Comet, of Whitby, laden with limestone, having previously sprung a leak at sea, ran on shore half a mile south of Filey. The life-boat at that place was thereupon manned, and succeeded in getting alongside and in rescuing the crew, consisting of four men.

The life-boat got damaged in launching, which, however, did not deter the crew from proceeding to the rescue of the shipwrecked men. The boat behaved well on the occasion.

SHIELDS and HARTLEPOOL.—During the gales of the past winter, the life-boats at Shields and Hartlepool' rendered important services, and rescued many persons from vessels wrecked in their localities, but not being able to obtain particulars, we are unable to give them in each case.