IN MEMORY OF ROBERT THEOPHILUS GARDEN, ESQ., OP RIVER LYONS, PHTLIPSTOWN, KING'S COUNTY, IRELAND.

DIED 10TH OCTOBER, 1862, AGED 73 YEARS.

" Him that cometh (o Me I will in no wise cast out."— St. John, ch. vi., v. 37.

THIS LIFE-BOAT ESTABLISHMENT WAS PRESENTED TO THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION IN THE NAMES OF HIS AFFECTIONATE GRANDCHILDREN, MARY DORCAS & BLANCHE JANE CHA.MPA.GSfi, ITU SEPTEMBER, 1866.

O. B. COOKE, P.R.I.B.A., RON. ARCHITECT.

BET. HENRY ROOKE, HON. SECRETARY.

SWANSEA.—The life-boat at the Mumbles, near this place, has recently been replaced by a new one, the cost of which was presented to the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION by the inhabitants of Wolverhampton, after which town the boat is named.

The new life-boat is 33 feet long, and rows 10 oars double-banked. Previous to being forwarded to their destination, the boat and its carriage were taken to Wolverbampton, and on'the 27th August a grand demonstration took place. The life-boat, on its transporting-carriage, was drawn through the town in procession, and taken thence to the Showell Pool, at Bushbury, where there was a very large attendance of spectators to witness the launch. The boat was then formally presented to tho Institution by Alderman LANGMAN, the Chairman of the Wolverhampton Life-boat Committee, who mentioned that the amount raised was made up from the contributions of all classes —the cost of the transporting-carriage of the boat having been raised by the liberality of the ladies. The Mayoress (Mrs. J.

CROWTHEr SMITH) then named the boat in the usual manner, and after being launched various experiments took place with it, to show its self-righting and other properties.

The Great Western Railway Company most liberally gave a free conveyance to the lifeboat and carriage to Wolverhampton, and thence to Swansea. The boat went out for its first quarterly exercise at the Mumbles on a very heavy sea, when it was taken through the surf on the Mixen Shoal under sail, and acquitted itself admirably, the crew being much pleased with its behaviour.

POOLBEG, DUBLIN BAY.—The Institution has sent a new life-boat and carriage to this station in the place of those previously there, the old boat having become partially decayed. The cost of the new lifeboat has been defrayed by the friends and admirers of the late eminent tragedian, Mr. G. V. BROOKE, after whom it was named, and whose native place was Dublin.

It will probably be remembered that Mr.

BROOKE was amongst those who met with an untimely end on the occasion of the wreck of the unfortunate Australian steamship fxmdon, in the Bay of Biscay, on the llth January last.

Before being sent to its station, the lifeboat was exhibited on Adelphi Terrace, London, to afford the benevolent donors an opportunity of seeing it, where it attracted much attention. The life-boat was publicly launched at Dublin in the presence of considerable numbers of people, amongst whom were Mrs. G. V. BROOKE and many friends of the deceased gentleman. J. F.

MAGUIRE, Esq., M.P. for Cork, delivered a very eloquent address on the occasion.

The London and North Western Railway Company and the City of Dublin Steamship Company readily gave a free conveyance to the boat and carriage from London, to*Dublin via Liverpool.

BRIXHAM, DEVON.—It will doubtless be remembered by our readers that Torbay was visited last January by one of the most terrific gales ever remembered there, and that the loss of life from wrecks in the Bay was veiy great. The anchorage is very safe, except during easterly gales, when it is very difficult to get out of the Bay. A fall description of these sad disasters was given in No. 61 of The Life-boat Journal, page 191. The NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION at once decided to form a life-boat station at Brixham, finding that it could depend on the co-operation of gentlemen in the locality to assist in the management of the life-boat station, and of the fishermen to man the boat. In October last the Society sent there a fine 34-feet life-boat, rowing 10 oars, double banked, and provided with a transporting-carriage, and these have been placed in a substantial and commodious boat-house prepared for them. The expense of the life-boat, &c., has been defrayed from a fund raised in Exeter and elsewhere in the county, chiefly through the indefatigable exertions of Mr. T. BRANDRETH GIBBS, assisted by W. BRODIE, Esq., and other friends in that city ; one gentleman (J. C. B.), giving the munificent dona-tion of 3001. in aid of the fund. On the way to their station the boat and carriage were exhibited at Exeter, where a verygrand demonstration took place with them on the 1st October. It was a day of great rejoicing in the city, and the most extensive preparations had been made to give the procession as much tdat as possible. The life-boat was drawn through, the city on its transporting-carriage by eight fine horses.

The mayor and corporation of Exeter, the volunteer bands, the various benefit societies, and other public bodies took part in the procession. The life-boat was taken to the banks of the Exe and named the City of Exeter by the Mayoress, and then launched, when its self-righting and other remarkable qualities were tested. On the 10th Nov.

the boat was launched at Brixham under the most gratifying circumstances. The London and South Western and South Devon Railway Companies kindly took the life-boat free from London to its destination.

BURNHAM, SOMERSET. — As the lifeboat formerly placed at Burnham by the Bridgewater Harbour Trust, being Siadapted for the locality, had been allowed to go to decay, and had then been broken up, the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION recently, with the assistance of the Harbour Commissioners and other gentlemen in the locality, formed a new life-boat establishment there. It was thought desirable that a life-boat should be stationed there, as the ordinary shore boats frequently ran great risk in putting off to vessels in distress on the outlying sandbanks in the vicinity. The Institution has therefore forwarded a 32-feet 10-oared lifeboat and a transporting-carriage to the station, and they have been placed in an excellent boat-house prepared for their reception. The cost of the life-boat and carriage, fec., has been defrayed from the life-beat fund raised in the town of Cheltenham and its neighbourhood, principally through the benevolent exertions of the Rev. W. HODGSON, Capt. A. W. YOUNG, R.N., and Mr. WITCHELL, the bookseller.

The life-boat was conveyed to Cheltenham, en route to her station, that the contributors might have an opportunity of seeing their boat, and it was publicly named and launched on the Pittville Lake in the suburbs of that town, on the 10th October, amidst much enthusiasm. Lady CHARLOTTE SCHREIBER performed the task of naming the boat, and CHARLES SCHREIBER, Esq., M.P. for the borough, presented the boat to the Institution in an appropriate speech. A very hearty reception was also given to the boat on its arrival at Burnham, and a deputation from Cheltenham attended to take part in the proceedings on the occasion of its launch there. The boat and carriage were liberally conveyed from London to their destination free of charge by the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Railway Companies.

LOSSIEMOUTH, N.B.—The Institution has sent to this station a new 32-feet 10-oared life-boat, as the boat previously there had been found by experience not powerful enough to encounter the very heavy surf which was met with on that part of the coast. The new life-boat is provided with a transporting-carriage, and is fully equipped in all ways. The fund, amounting altogether to about 5001., for defraying the expense of this alteration, was raised in Bristol and Clifton, through the benevolent and untiring exertions of the members of the Bristol Histrionic Club., who had given various musical and dramatic entertainments for that purpose, and had also organized a grand f6te and fancy fair in aid of the same object in August last, at the Zoological Gardens, Clifton, and which bad been a great success. The boat was taken to Bristol in October last, prior to being sent to its station, and was joyfully received by the inhabitants, who got up a very imposing demonstration on the occasion of the first launch of the boat. A long procession, comprising the mayor and corporation of the city, members of the Histrionic Club, yeomanry cavalry, artillery, engineer, and rifle volunteers, men-of-war's men, naval reserve men, &c., escorted the life-boat on its transporting- carriage through the city, and took it to the Zoological Gfardens, where it was formally presented to the Institution by Mr. Commissioner HILL, Q.C., who made an interesting speech on the occasion. The life-boat was then named by Miss HILL, in the customary manner, the Bristol and Clifton, and launched in a small lake within the gardens, when its self-righting and other qualities were demonstrated by experiments which afforded much gratification to the numerous lookers-on. This is the second life-boat presented to the Society by Bristol. The first Bristol life-boat, the cost of which was collected in 1864, through the indefatigable exertions of Admiral TRYON, is named the Albert Edward, after H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, and is stationed at Padstow, on the Cornish coast, where she has already saved, during a midnight storm, 17 shipwrecked sailors from the barque Juliet, of Greenock. The Lossiemouth life-boat was granted a free conveyance to Bristol by the Great Western Railway Company, and was also liberally taken on free from that city to its destination by the Midland, North Western, Caledonian, and Great North of Scotland Railway Companies.

POLKERRIS (FOWEY), CORNWALL.—The life-boat here having shown symptoms of decay, has been replaced by the Institution, and a new life-boat, 32 feet in length and rowing 10 oars double-banked, has been forwarded to the station, The boat is provided with a transporting-carriage, and the boat-house has been altered and repaired for their reception. The cost of the new life-boat and carriage has been defrayed by some of the inhabitants of the town of Rochdale, through ROBERT TAYLOR HEAPE, Esq., a sum of 600Z. having been contributed for that purpose. The boat was taken to Rochdale in November last and exhibited, and launched there with much eclat. When the original life-boat was stationed at Polkerris, in 1859, the Hon. Mrs. RASHLEIGH and WILLIAM RASHLEIGH, Ksq., contributed 100Z. in aid of its cost, on condition that the boat should be named the Catherine Jlashleigh, and in deference to their wishes the people of Rochdale have kindly allowed the new boat to bear that name also. The life-boat demonstration at Rochdale was a most gratifying one, the uncommon ceremony causing upwards of 8,000 people to turn out on the occasion to see the boat, which was much admired. It was taken in procession through the town, being manned on the occasion by the crew of the Institution's life-boat at Blackpool. Having been escorted to Hollingworth Lake, the life-boat was named the Rochdale and Catherine Rashkigh, by Mrs. HEAPE, and then launched, when the usual experimental trials were made to test its properties. It was subsequently forwarded to its station, where it was again publicly launched from Par Sands. The Great Northern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Midland, Bristol and Exeter, and South Devon and Cornwall Railway Companies, all liberally gave a free conveyance to the boat and carriage over their respective lines. The old boat on this station had rendered good service to shipwrecked crews.