On the 9th May* the life-boat of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, which is stationed at Thorpe- ness, was the means of saving the Lives of 3 fishermen, who had been caught in a gale near Sizewell Bank, and were in great danger. Being seen from the shore (about 3 miles distant) the Thorpe life-boat was launched, under sails and oars, and took them on board. A heavy surf had set in on the shore, and no ordinary open boat could have been safely taken through it.