On the 20th August, at daylight, a small vessel, which afterwards proved to be the smack Hope, of Dublin, was observed to be on shore on the Horse Bank at the entrance to the Mersey. The Southport life-boat, in con- nection with the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTI- TUTION, was quickly launched, and in about two hours reached her, and took oft" her crew of three men, landing them in safety at Southport. The vessel having also been observed from Lytham, the life-boat of the Institution at that place likewise proceeded to her aid, not knowing that the Southport boat was already on its way to her; she, however, did not arrive at the site of the wreck until the crew had already been taken oft' by the Sonthport life-boat.

We are again compelled, from want of space, to postpone reports of the additional valuable services of the life-boats at HauxLey, Newbiggin, Middlesborough, Filey, Yar- mouth, Lyme Regis, Appledore, and Fleet- wood, in saving, during recent heavy gales, the crews, consisting of fifty-four persons, of the wrecked vessels:—Susan and Isabella, of Dundee; Hose, of Lynn; Prodroma, of Stockton; Flying Fish, of Whitby; Ad- miral Hood, of Rochester; Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis; Druid, of Aberystwith; and Vermont, of Halifax, U. S.