THERE could probably be no better evidence afforded of the national importance of the work in which the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION is engaged than the cordial and valuable co-operation afforded to it by the general press of this country; the columns of which are ever open to record its services in the cause of humanity, and to appeal to the public for their aid in its support.

There could, perhaps, be no higher reward bestowed on those gentlemen who gratuitously devote their time and attention to its management than this general testimony to the practical character and satisfactory results of their labours.

We have much gratification in now informing our readers, through the following extract from the pages of a deservedly popular periodical, the London Journal, of a new feature in our mutual co-operation, by which it will be seen that it has, unsolicited by the Institution, avowed its intention, in further aid of the good cause, to be directly instrumental to the establishment of a lifeboat on the coast:— " Several correspondents, friends, and subscribers to the London Journal, having read with interest our Articles in recent Numbers, treating of the LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, its valuable services, and its noble object, while pointing out how inadequate were its scanty funds to the due performance of its charitable mission, have suggested to us that we should undertake to receive small donations from those of our readers who are able and willing to contribute something in acknowledgment of the services rendered by our gallant mariners, and that those donations should be applied towards the purchase of a life-boat, to be presented to the LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION as the gift of the subscribers to the London Journal, We do not feel at liberty to refuse compliance with the request so urgently addressed to us, because we are sensible of the great utility of this excellent Institution, and know bow it is limited in its operations by its want of funds. We beg leave, therefore, to announce our willingness to receive the contributions of our friends, from one penny to one shilling, and to apply them to the purchase of a life-boat, to be presented to the LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. We must, however, enforce the following rules:—1. No donation shall exceed in amount one shilling. 2. Every donor must adopt some distinctive initials or pseudonym, if he objects to give his real name. 3. Acknowledgments of amounts received will be given in the columns of the Journal.—With these few observations we heartily commend the proposition to the charitable consideration of our friends."—London Journal.