Barmouth.—At midnight, on the 25th of July last, the smack, Ann and Catherine, of Barmouth, stranded on the bar off that place, the wind blowing a gale from W. S. W. at the time. At 2 A.M. the Barmouth life- boat, belonging to the National Life-boat Institution, was launched and succeeded in rescuing her crew of three persons, and in bringing them safely to the shore. The life- boat was reported to have behaved very well on the occasion.

Ramsgate.—On the 22nd of September last, at 3 A. M., the brig Jesse Anna, of Whitby, ran on the Goodwin Sands. On signals of distress being made by the light- vessels, the Ramsgate life-boat, in tow of the Harbour Commissioners' steamer Aid, proceeded to the spot, but, owing to the darkness of the night, could discern nothing of the object of their search until daylight, when their attention was drawn to it by two Deal luggers at anchor within the sand.

They then discovered the wrecked vessel lying on her beam-ends in a dismantled state, with her decks blown up, and her crew of six persons clinging to the hull, and the sea breaking over them. The steamer having cast off the life-boat, the fetter an- chored to windward of the wreck, and veered down to it through a heavy surf, when, with the aid of lines, they succeeded in getting the whole of the vessel's crew safely aboard. Sail was then made on the life-boat, after slipping her anchor, and she was afterwards again taken in tow by the •steamer, and the shipwrecked men were landed in an exhausted state at Ramsgate.

The mate of the brig had been drowned before the arrival of the life-boat. The brig became a total wreck.

On the 24th of September, at 11 P.M., the brig Hartley, of Southampton, went on shore on the south end of the Goodwin sands, the wind blowing a strong gale from the S.W. at the time. At 1-40 A. si. alarm guns and rockets were observed on board the North and South Sandhead and the Gull light-vessels, when the Ramsgate Har- bour steamer Sampson, with the life-boat in tow, immediately proceeded to the sands.

On speaking the Gull light-vessel, the po- sition of the wreck was ascertained, and after running down to her, the life-boat cast off from the steamer, and going through a very heavy sea, endeavoured to get along- side the brig, but missed her in the first attempt. Her crew then made sail on her, and got to windward again, then bearing up again they succeeded in boarding the wreck, over which the sea was making a clean breach at the time. The life-boat was now repeatedly filled with water as the seas broke over the vessel, but immediately freed her- self of it again. She succeeded in taking off the crew, eight in number, and putting them on board the steamer. As the tide was rising, and the brig was timber-laden, there was a probability of her floating off at high-water; accordingly the steamer and life-boat re- mained by her, and at 7 A. M., she having previously drifted off the sand, she was taken in tow by the steamer, and conveyed in safety to Ramsgate.

On the 25th of November the services of the Ramsgate life-boat were again brought into requisition. At daybreak on that day, the wind blowing a heavy gale at the time from N.N.W., a brigantine was observed, with signals of distress flying, anchored in a most perilous position amongst the breakers on the windward side of the north end of the Goodwin Sands. The Harbour Steamer Aid, with the life-boat in tow, was instantly despatched to her assistance. On arriving on the spot they found the schooner, the Sophia of Naples, riding with all her anchors ahead, in the utmost jeopardy. The steamer slipped the life-boat to windward of the ves- sel, and a portion of the life-boat's crew were placed on board the brigantine, the life- boat herself being then veered astern, in readiness for any emergency. With some difficulty and risk the steamer's large towing hawser was then got on board the brigan- tine, and the latter was towed through a ter- rific sea, clear of the shoal, and taken in safety into Ramsgate Harbour. Some Ing- gers' men had got on board the Sophia pre- vious to the arrival of the steamer and life- boat, and one of their boats had been upset and lost alongside ; they would however have been unable to render her any assistance without the aid of the steamer and life-boat.

The Ramsgate life-boat has on other oc- casions recently rendered important services to vessels in distress, and has been off many times to the Goodwin Sands in reply to sig- nals of distress during the night-time on board the light-vessels ; but we only record those occasions when she has been instru- mental to save life. Indeed there is no life- boat in the kingdom which has been brought so constantly into requisition during the last two years, and none that is kept in a greater state of efficiency or more constant readiness for instantaneous service than she is, under the superintendence of the vigilant and active harbour-master at Ramsgate, Capt. K. B.

Berwick. — On the 28th September last the Norwegian Galliot Ship Provence ran on shore on the south side of Berwick-har- bour; the wind blowing strong from the E.N.E., and a heavy sea running at the time.

The Berwick life-boat, belonging to the Na- tional Life-boat Institution, was quickly launched and succeeded in rescuing her crew of six persons, and in bringing them safely to the land. The life-boat is reported to have behaved very well on the occasion.

Shields. — On the 26th November last the brig Brothers, laden with coal, ran on shore on the north side of the Tyne, when the South Shields life-boat quickly proceeded to her, and rescued her crew of six persons, taking them safely into the river.