LOSSIEMOUTH.—On the 1st January, 1861 the sloop Thomas and Jane, of Dundee carried away her main boom, and having nearly four feet of water in her hold, and the master and crew being quite exhausted hoisted a signal of distress, which was seen from Lossiemouth, and the life-boat stationed there was at once launched and proceeded to her aid. On boarding her the master gave up charge to the coxswain of the lifeboat, who succeeded in running the sloop safely into the small harbour of Burghead, a few miles to the west of Lossiemouth.

WHITBURN, DURHAM. — On the 5th January, the Whitburn fishing-boats were caught in a gale, and had to leave their lines and run for the shore, which, with some difficulty, all of them but one succeeded in reaching. The crew of that boat had become utterly exhausted, and were drifting fast towards the rocks, where they must all have perished, when the life-boat proceeded to their aid through a high surf, and brought them in safety to the shore.

CARDIGAN.—On the 21st January the schooner Dem Wyn, stranded on Cardigan bar during a heavy ground-swell, the sea breaking completely over her. The Cardigan life-boat, was thereupon launched, and succeeded in taking off the crew of 8 men, and in landing them safely.

RHYL.—On the 9th February, the schooner William of Liverpool ran ashore, during a heavy gale, a mile and a half west of Rhyl.

The tubular life-boat, stationed at Rhyl, was launched as soon as practicable, and proceeded to the aid of her crew, who were seen lashed to the rigging, together with the master's wife. Letting go the anchor of the boat to windward, and veering down to the wreck, the whole of the sufferers were taken aboard in an exhausted state, through a high surf which was breaking over them, and were landed in safety.

ARKLOW, COUNTY WICKLOW.—On the 9th February, the schooner William, of Morecambe, was driven ashore in a terrific gale, near Arklow. The life-boat at that place was launched, and with great difficulty, owing to the force of the wind, succeeded in rescuing the schooner's crew of 5 men, and landed them in safety.

REDCAR, YORKSHIRE.—On the 9th February, the brig Human Empress was driven ashore near Redcar, in a very heavy gale and high surf. The Redcar life-boat was launched and proceeded to her aid, taking off her crew of 10 persons, and landing them in safety.

WICKLOW.—On the 9th February, the brig New Draper, of Whitehaven, lost her sails in a heavy gale, and was driven ashore near Wicklow harbour. The lifeboat stationed there was quickly launched, and succeeded in taking off her crew, 8 in number, and landed them in safety at Wicklow.

The Inspecting Commander of Coastguard, Captain BALFOUR, R.N., went off in the life-boat.

PENMON, ANGLESEY.—On the 10th February, at daylight, a vessel was observed to have sunk on the Dutchman's Bank, and the :rew to be clinging to the rigging. The Penmon life-boat was accordingly launched through a high surf, and proceeded .to their aid. The vessel proved to be the schooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood, and her crew of 4 men had been upwards of 12 hours in the rigging. They were speedily got into the life-boat, and conveyed safely to the shore.

HOLYHEAD.—On the night of the 6th March, lights were observed from Holyhead, n the neighbourhood of the Clipera Rocks.

The life-boat stationed at Holyhead was accordingly launched, and proceeded to the ;pot in the face of a heavy gale. They bound the vessel to be the schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater; she had driven close o the rocks and was in a most dangerous position. The life-boat accordingly took off crew, 4 in number, and conveyed them o Holyhead. The schooner was subsequently got off.

On the 14th September, the brig Anne, f Plymouth, and the schooner Betsey, of Peterhead, during a heavy gale from the S.W., were compelled to anchor in an unsafe position near Holy head; on the 15th, the wind shifting, they dragged their anchors and drifted close to the rocks. Their position being one of great danger, the Holyhead life-boat proceeded through a heavy sea, and took oft'both their crews, 14 in all, and landed them at Holyhead. Both vessels were subsequently got into the harbour.

PORTMADOC, WALES.—On the evening of the 6th March, a ship was seen to be aground on St. Patrick's Causeway, 10 miles from Criccieth, where the life-boat is stationed. At 9 p.m. the life-boat proceeded to her aid, under oars, against a heavy westerly gale and high sea: after some hours' exertion the attempt had to be given up, owing to the violence of the storm, and the boat returned to Criccieth on the following morning. The wind and sea having somewhat abated, the life-boat again put off, and this time succeeded in reaching the ship, taking off 17 of her crew, and landing them in safety. Eight of her crew had contrived to land safely in one of their own boats, but one was drowned in the attempt. The ship proved to be the Danube of Belfast, laden with cotton from New Orleans, and bound to Liverpool.

MlDDLESBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE.—On the 7th April, the schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven, on entering the river Tees, ran ashore on the South Gare Sand, at the entrance of the river, where, striking heavily, she filled and sank. Some steam-tugs attempted to approach her ; but being unable to do so, one of them proceeded to Middlesborough and fetched the life-boat, which was then rowed to the wrecked vessel and took off her crew, 4 in number.

LOWESTOFT.—On the 25th July, during a strong S.S.W. gale, the French brig, St. Michel, ran on the Holm Sand, and the sea at once broke heavily over her. Being seen from Lowestofi, the life-boat at that place was quickly launched, and taking off the crew of 8 men, conveyed them safely to the land. The Pakefield life-boat was also launched with the same object, but seeing that the Lowestoft boat would save the crew, she returned to the shore.

On the night of the 2nd November, at 10 P.M., blowing a heavy gale from the north, signals of distress were seen from Lowestoft: the life-boat was at once launched through a heavy surf, and proceeded under sail to the spot, where the schooner Fly, of Whitby, was found to be the distressed vessel. She was at anchor, but in a sinking state. With the aid of the life-boat's crew she was slipped from her anchor and taken into Lowestoft harbour.

CAHORE, Co. WEXFORD.— On the 7th August, the Spanish barque Pritnera de Torrevieja, bound from Liverpool to the Havannah, with a valuable cargo, ran ashore on the Blackwater Bank. Information having been conveyed to the Cahore lifeboat station, 12 miles distant, the life-boat there was launched with a view of proceeding to her assistance. After an hour's exertion in rowing against wind and tide, she was compelled to return. An hour after the barque was observed to have got off the bank and to be drifting away to the northward. The life-boat was again launched, and succeeded in reaching her, when it was found that the captain and crew had landed in their own boat, with the exception of one man, left inadvertently on board. The vessel had ten feet of water in her hold, and was rapidly filling, whilst three of her pumps were disabled and the fourth one was partially choked with rice. The lifeboat's crew, consisting of coast-guardmen and fishermen, at once made sail on her, and worked away at the solitary pump; but finding that it would be impossible to keep her afloat, they ultimately ran her on shore near Arklow, where her cargo was partially discharged, and at low-water her leaks were temporarily stopped, and she was ultimately conveyed to Kingstown Harbour. The life-boat was thus the means of saving a valuable ship and cargo, in addition to the life of the unfortunate man left on board, who would otherwise undoubtedly have perished. For the latter service they were as usual paid by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and for the former, a handsome salvage payment was awarded.

On the 20th October, a large ship was observed to be stranded on the Blackwater Bank, when the Cahore life-boat was again brought into requisition. Before reaching the bank, the ship was observed to have got off and to make sail to the southward; a boat was, however, seen, with one man only in her, in an unmanageable state. On boarding her, it was learnt from him that she was a boat which, with five hands, had proceeded from the shore to the aid of the ship ; that the latter was the American ship A. Z., bound from Liverpool to New York; that the captain had availed himself of the services of his four companions, but that he was left in the boat in tow astern; that the tow-rope breaking, he was left adrift in the boat, which, being a landsman, he was unable to manage, and that the captain would not stop the ship to pick him up.

As the boat was fast drifting out to sea, the poor fellow's life would probably have been sacrificed had he not been rescued by the life-boat. It eventually turned out that the captain of the A. Z., after treating the four men, who had helped him, in the most unjustifiable and cruel manner, put them into a pilot-boat off Cork without payment for the valuable services which they had rendered him, and leaving them to find their way, penniless, to their homes, proceeded on his voyage.

DUNDALK.—On the 22nd August, the barque Frederick, of Dublin, drove 5n the bar off Dundalk; there was only one man on board, who had been left in charge. On the 13th Sept., the weather being squally and a heavy sea on, the Dundalk life-boat proceeded to her and rescued this man, landing him in safety. The barque afterwards became a total wreck.

CAMBER, RYE.—On the 28th September, at 3 A.M., a small vessel, which proved to be the barge Peace, of London, was observed to have anchored in heavy broken water off the Camber coast-guard station, near Rye. The Camber life-boat was quickly launched, and proceeded to the aid of her crew, taking them off, 2 in number, and landing them in safety. The sea was breaking over the vessel at the time, and she shortly after sank.

BANFF.—On the 1st November, the schooner Auchimcruive, of Grangemouth, stranded in a strong gale and very heavy sea off Banff Harbour. The Banff life-boat proceeded at once to her and took off her crew of 6 persons, the vessel shortly after breaking up.

BRIDLINGTON QUAY.—At daylight on the 2nd Nov., during a very heavy gale, the schooner Friends, of Lynn, parted from her anchor and was driven ashore, three miles south of Bridlington Harbour. The Bridlington life-boat was quickly conveyed on her transporting-carriage to the spot, and launched to the assistance of her crew, 4 in number, whom she took off and landed in safety.

SEATON CAREW, DURHAM.—On the 2nd November, the barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland, ran ashore at Seaton Carew, in a heavy N.N.W. gale; the life-boat at that place was quickly launched and took off 5 of her crew; 6 others had previously effected a safe landing in their own boat.

We are compelled to postpone the reports of the additional life-boat services during the fearful gale of 14th Nov. last.