BROADSTAIRS, KENT. — The boatmen at Broadstairs having some time since requested the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION to place one of its self-righting life-boats on that station, and it being considered that such a boat might be useful, in addition to those already stationed in the neighbourhood of the Goodwin Sands, their request has been complied with, and a very fine life-boat, on the Institution's self-righting plan, has accordingly been stationed there. It is clench built, is 36 feet long, 9 feet wide, and pulls 12 oars. Its cost has been contri- buted to the Society by a lady, a friend of Captain FISHBOUENE, R.N., C.B., in memory of her deceased son, after whom the boat is named the Samuel Morrison Collins. As j no site can be had on which to build a house, ! the boat is kept on the Pier under a tar- paulin cover, the requisite permission having been kindly granted by the Pier and Harbour Commissioners, who have also given the use of a storeroom on the pier, in which to keep the spare stores of the life-boat and the life-belts for the crew. A wooden slipway has also been constructed at the expense of the Institution for the life-boat, so that it may be speedily launched when needed.

Through the continued kind co-operation of the General Steam Navigation Company, the boat was towed to the neighbourhood of its station with some men on board, and was then rowed into Broadstairs. On the following day the life-boat was taken afloat while the wind was blowing hard in squalls, and the coxswain and crew were well pleased with its behaviour. On the occasion also of the Annual Regatta at Broadstairs in August last the life-boat was publicly named, with some ceremony, launched, and ultimately capsized, to de- monstrate its self-righting properties.

ABERGELE, NEAR RHYL.—The Institu- tion has provided a self-righting life-boat, 33 feet long, 85 feet wide, rowing 10 oars, and fitted with a transporting-carriage for this place. It was considered desirable to have another life-boat in this locality, worked by the same crew as that which managed the Rhyl Tubular Life-boat, and under the con- trol of the Local Committee at Rhyl.

Wrecks frequently occurred in the neigh- bourhood which could not be reached by the Rhyl Life-boat without much delay.

The expense of the new life-boat was defrayed, through the Manchester Branch, by the late HENRY NIXSON", Esq., of Man- chester, who had previously given the Society the Maryport Life-boat. It is named the Henry Nixson No. 2, and was forwarded to its station in January 1868, where it temporarily occupied the place of the tubular, while that boat was being repaired in Liverpool. Since then the self- righting life-boat has been allowed to re- main at Rhyl in the old life-boat house until it is decided which is the most suitable site for its permanent house, it having been sug- gested that it might be placed at Llandulas instead of at Abergele.

RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAX.—The NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has formed another Life-boat Establishment on the Isle of Man, namely, at Ramsey, where wrecks are said to be more numerous than on any other part of the island, and where plenty of boatmen are always to be found to work the boat. There was formerly a life-boat here, but it did not possess the confidence of the seafaring people, who preferred risk- ing their lives in their own boats rather than to use it. A first-class life-boat, 33 feet in length, 8J feet wide, fitted to pull 10 oars, and furnished with a trans- porting-carriage, has accordingly been sent to Ramsey, the expense of the same being also met through the Manchester Branch, which was indebted to Mr. COUNCILLOR RYDER, of that city, for the gift of the necessary funds. The boat is named the Two Sisters, after the daughters of Mr.

RYDER. It met with an enthusiastic recep- tion from the people of Ramsey when it arrived at its station; and since then it has been the means of saving the crews, number- ing eight men, from two wrecked vessels, and has given the greatest satisfaction to its crew. The house for the permanent recep- tion of the life-boat and carriage is now in course of erection, it not having been built sooner on account of various diffi- culties in regard to obtaining a suitable site for it.

PENARTH, SOUTH WALES.—The Institu- tion has sent a new life-boat and carriage to this important station, which is situated on the northern shore of the Bristol Channel, the old boat having been found quite rotten, its carriage also being defective. The new boat is a 32-feet 10-oared one. It is named the George Gay, after the donor of the old boat.

CLEETHORPES, LINCOLNSHIRE. — On the application of the local residents and others, the Institution has organized a life-boat establishment at this place, which is near the mouth of the Humber. It was con- sidered desirable to have such a boat there, as, from the flatness of the shore, vessels usually ground at too long a distance from the beach to be reached by the rocket appa- ratus, and wrecks are frequently occurring in this locality. The life-boat is a 33-feet 10-oared one, provided with a transporting- carriage, and a commodious house has been erected for them. The Manchester Unity of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows defrayed the entire expense of the station, and before the life-boat was sent to Lincoln- shire it was exhibited, at their request, to Members of the Order on the occasion of their holding/efes at the Crystal Palace and at Windsor. The public launch of the boat took place at Cleethorpes in August last, in the presence of immense crowds of people, the majority of whom were brought by special trains from the different inland towns  of the surrounding counties: it was said that upwards of 70,000 persons assembled on the occasion. Everything passed off in the most satisfactory manner. The boat was drawn in procession to Cleethorpes from Grimsby, when speeches were made by Mr. JAMES CURTIS and by the Grand Master of the Odd Fellows. A prayer was then offered up by the Rev. W. P. JONES, and the boat was named in the usual man- ner, a bottle of wine being broken against its bow by Miss WALKER, daughter of the late Grand Master of the Order, who named the life-boat the Manchester Unity. The boat, manned by its crew, was then launched, and various evolutions gone through with it. Then, approaching the shore, the men with considerable difficulty succeeded in capsizing it, they wishing to demon- strate the important power of self-righting which this boat possesses—like most of the craft of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION — the crew readily regained their boat when she righted, and after- wards repeated the experiment, which was witnessed with great admiration and sur- prise by the numerous spectators. Some of the life-boat men, who were equipped, as usual, with their life-belts, subsequently jumped into the water and swam ashore to show the value of their belts. The rocket apparatus was afterwards tested, and a ban- quet closed the proceedings of the day.

Capt. WARD, R.N., Inspector of Life-boats, represented the Institution on the occasion.