HORNSEA, YORKSHIRE.—A new life-boat, on Mr. PEAKE'S design, has been placed by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION at Horn- sea, in lieu of an old boat at that place, which was of an unwieldy and inferior construction, and in which the boatmen of the place had no confidence. The new boat is 28 feet long, and rows 6 oars, single banked. She was, by the liberality of the General Steam Navi- gation Company, taken gratuitously from Lon- don to Hull on board one of their steamers.

The cost of this life-boat was generously presented to the INSTITUTION by Mrs. A.WOOD, of Eltham. She has been named the B. Wood, at the request of that bene- volent lady.

WESTPORT, IRELAND.—A Branch of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has been founded at Westport, and a life-boat has been recently sent there. A local Committee, composed chiefly of the Harbour Commis- sioners, has undertaken the management of the establishment. The boat will be sta- tioned on the island of Innis Lyre, in Clew Bay, a central position, where she will be readily available to proceed to the assists ance of all vessels in the vicinity of the port.

She is 28 ft. long, rowing 10 oars, and was built by Mr. BEECHING, of Great Yarmouth.

She was conveyed gratuitously from Liver- pool to Westport by Mr. LEVER, proprietor of the Liverpool and Westport line of steamers.

SEATON CAREW, DURHAM.—A new life- boat has been stationed by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION at Seaton Carew, at the mouth of the river Tees, in Jieu of an old boat now worn out. The new boat, which is on Mr. PEAKE'S design, and is 30 ft. long, rowing 10 oars, double banked, underwent a public trial of some of her principal qualities, in the West Hartlepool Docks, on her arrival there, which afforded much satisfaction to a large concourse of persons present on the occa- sion ; and on the following day she was taken out in a heavy surf at Seaton, when she behaved much to the satisfaction of her crew.

She, together with her transporting carriage, was conveyed gratuitously to Hartlepool by the proprietor of the screw collier Killing- worth, on board that vessel. The future character of this boat will be regarded with great interest, as, being placed in the imme- diate neighbourhood of several of the old class of life-boats, a comparative estimate may be made of their performances, which will be of much value.

The cost of this life-boat and her stores (180?.) was the munificent gift to the INSTITUTION of WILLIAM McKEREELL, Esq., of Bath. She has been named the Charlotte, at the request of that gentleman, that being the Christian name of Mrs. McKERRELL.

The life-boat station at Seaton had been one of the stations of the Tees Bay Life- Boat Association, but that association having broken up by the separation of Hartlepool, which port preferred to support its own life- boats ; and the inhabitants of Stockton and its neighbourhood thinking it enough to support the life-boats on the Yorkshire side at the entrance to the Tees, discarded the Seaton Carew Station altogether; the Local Committee at that place, therefore, requested to join the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, which request was complied with, and their establishment now forms one of its branches.

PENMON, ANGLESEA.—A new life-boat on Mr. PEAKE'S design, 28 feet long, and rowing 6 oars, single banked, has been sta- tioned by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTI- TUTION at Penroon, instead of their former old boat which was not approved of. She was conveyed gratuitously to her station by the London and North-Western and the Chester and Holyhead Railway Companies.

BRAUNTON, NORTH DEVON.—A new life- boat on Mr. PEAKE'S design, 28 feet long, and rowing 6 oars, single banked, has been placed by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT IN- STITUTION at Braunton in lieu of an old boat, worn out. She will be under the management of the Committee of the Bide- ford Branch of the Institution, and is similar in all respects to the boat recently placed at Appledore on the opposite side of Bideford harbour. She was conveyed gratuitously as far as Exeter by the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Railway Companies, who have, in several previous instances, extended the same liberality to the Institution.

ARKLOW, IRELAND.—A life-boat station in connection with the NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION has been founded at Arklow, on the East Coast of Ireland, and a life-boat on Mr. PEAKE'S design, 30 feet long, and rowing 10 oars, double banked, has been placed there by the Institution.

A boat-house has been built from funds chiefly contributed in the neighbourhood, and the station will be at once furnished with a transporting carriage, and be com- pleted in every respect.

Her services will be chiefly required to vessels wrecked on the Blackwater and Arklow banks. She is the first of a series of life-boats now building for the INSTITU- TION to meet the wants of the East Coast of Ireland. She was conveyed gratuitously to Dublin by one of the steamers of the British and Irish Steam Packet Company, which Company has, on several previous occasions, most liberally conveyed the Society's life- boats free of all charge.