[WE resume our Reports, which bad been unavoidably postponed, of the Services of the Life-boats of the Institution.] TENET, :SOUTH WALES.—On the 27th October, 1867, during a strong gale of wind, the Florence life-boat put off, in reply to signals of distress from the smack Queen Victoria, of Brixham, which was dismasted off St. Govin's Head, and, with the assist- ance of a shore-boat, succeeded in towing the disabled smack safely into port.

GIRVAN, N.B.—On the 26th October, the smack Margaret Davis, of Girvan, was totally wrecked on a reef of boulder-stones, a short distance south of the harbour of that place, during a gale of wind. The crew expected to get her off, but the gale increas- ing to a hurricane, the vessel became a total wreck. The Earl of Carrick life-boat put off and rescued, after great difficulty, the vessel's crew of 3 men. A pilot-boat made repeated attempts to reach the vessel, but was unable to do so; and it was only after two hours' exertion that the life-boat suc- ceeded in saving the poor fellows : a very heavy sea struck the life-boat after leaving the wreck, and completely filled her; but she was all right again in a minute or two, and those on board were highly pleased with her behaviour.

WINCHELSEA, SUSSEX.—On the 22nd October, during foggy weather, the ship Miahiels Loos, of Antwerp, was stranded abreast of No. 35 Martello Tower. The Solicitors' and Proctors' life-boat Storm Sprite, stationed at Winchelsea, went off and remained by the vessel all night, and at day- light, with the assistance of two steam-tugs, the ship was got off in safety, and she after- wards proceeded on her voyage.

WHITBURN, DURHAM.—On the 29th October, the barque Lord Collingwood, of Newcastle, went ashore off Souter Point.

The Thomas Wilson life-boat put off and remained all night by the vessel, which was towed safely into harbour the next morn- ing.

On the night of the 30th November the same life-boat put off, during stormy weather, and brought safely ashore the crew of 6 men from the brig Jenny, of Whitby, which had struck on the rocks between Souter Point and Whitburn Steel, and soon became a total wreck.

On the 21st December this life-boat put off again, in reply to signals of distress JULY 1,1869.] THE LIFE-BOAT.

225 from the brig John, of Hartlepool, which, during a strong wind from S.S.E. and in a heavy sea, had run ashore near Cape Kerr Point. On arriving alongside, the life-boat men hailed the vessel, but re- ceiving no answer, and observing that the long-boat had been hoisted out, they pulled out to sea in search of the shipwrecked crew.

No trace of them, however, could be found, and the life-boat returned to the shore. The boat again went out later in the evening, but in consequence of the very heavy sea then running, she was unable to reach the vessel, and consequently returned to the shore. Subsequently, however, a messen- ger arrived from Sunderland, saying that the crew had landed there in the ship's boat, having left the master on board the stranded vessel intoxicated. The life-boat again put off and, after some difficulty, saved the Captain, who was found asleep in. his cabin, with the water washing all round him.

CAISTER, NORFOLK.—On the 2 7th October the large life-boat on this Station went out in reply to signals of distress from the Newark Lightship. On arriving alongside, it was found that she had been in collision with a large steamer, and had been cut down almost to the water's edge. The steamer, which had sustained some damage herself, remained alongside until the arrival of the life-boat, and then went on to Yar- mouth. Some of the life-boat's crew boarded the Light-vessel and assisted at the pumps, and the life-boat returned to Caister with a letter to the Trinity House Agent at Yar- mouth. A steam-tug was afterwards sent out from the latter place, and the Light- vessel brought into Yarmouth to be repaired.

It was very dark at the time, with a strong wind blowing from W. to N.W., with much swell in the offing.

On the 18th November, this life-boat again went off during a fresh wind to the Norwegian schooner Polydesa, which had stranded on the shoal of the Cross Sand, during a fresh wind from N.N.E. The life-boat, with the help of a steam-tug, suc- ceeded in bringing the vessel and her crew safely to anchor in Yarmouth Roads.

On the 25th November, the small life- boat, the Boys', at this place, put off to the help of the schooner Assistant, of Stavanger, which was stranded on the Barber Sands during a strong wind and hazy weather.

She remained alongside the vessel and as- sisted to get her off the sand.

POOLE, DORSET.—On the 16th Novem-ber, the brig Contest, of Guernsey, was I stranded during a gale of wind from the I East, on the Hook Sands. The Manley I Wood life-boat at Poole went out three | times and took off 46 men from the vessel.

They consisted of the crew and 36 labourers, I who had been employed in throwing over- | board the cargo with the view of saving the vessel. When the life-boat first arrived alongside, those on board the brig would not leave, and the boat remained by the vessel for three hours, notwithstanding that the life-boat men were nearly perished with the cold and exposure. She then returned to the shore, but afterwards went off a second time ;, still the men on board would not quit the wreck, but said they would signal for the boat if they required her services.

Accordingly after the life-boat had returned to her station some time, the signal was made and a third time she was launched, and on this occasion was towed out to the wreck by the steamer Royal Albert. The latter took a warp from the port bow of the brig with the view of getting her off, but the rope broke, and then those on board hailed the life-boat to take them off and put j them on board the steamer. The life-boat crew went to their work in the most gallant manner. They first took off 12 of the crew and managed this very well, but tlie second time when the boat took off 24, she was struck by three heavy seas on her side and went under water, but soon relieved herself again and safely reached the vessel. On the third trip she took off the remaining 10 men. When all had been put safely on board the steamer, the life-boat was towed by her back to her station.

MUUDESLEY, NORFOLK.—On the morn- ing of the 17th of November a vessel was seen burning a light as a signal of distress during a strong gale from S.S.E., and in a heavy sea. The Grocers' life-boat, sta- tioned at Mundesley, was at once got ready, and launched. In, the meantime the master had beached his vessel in the hope of saving himself and crew, but the ship being full of water, she remained fast on the outer bank, out of reach of the rocket apparatus. Owing to the heavy wind and- sea, it was with difficulty the life-boat succeeded in reaching the wreck, and then only in time to save one man, for the vessel broke up within an hour after striking; and the mainmast, to which 6 men were clinging, falling overboard, the poor fellows unhappily lost their lives. The man saved managed to cling to a small plank, and, as he was floating past the life-boat, WILLIAM JUNIPER, one of the boat's crew, leaped overboard with a line and caught him, and both men were then hauled into the life-boat. The vessel proved to be the brig George, of Sunder- land, bound from that port to Rouen with coals. [It may be mentioned that the silver Medal of the Institution was given to JUNIPER for his gallantry and promptitude on this occasion.] On the following day the same life-boat put off again, and brought ashore the crew of 6 men from the schooner Restless, of Peterhead, which was totally wrecked on the Hasborough Sands, during a fresh wind and heavy sea. The shipwrecked crew had succeeded in reaching the light ship on the 'sands, from which vessel they were taken off by the life-boat.

GREAT YARMOUTH.—On the 17th No- vember, the smack Plowman, of Yar- mouth, was seen making signals of distress in Yarmouth Roads during a heavy gale of wind from the N.E. The Duff small life- boat went off through a heavy sea, and after several attempts, some of her crew boarded the smack, slipped the cables, and took the vessel and the crew of 7 men safely into Lowestoft Harbour.

At 11 P.M., on the 24th January, 1868, guns were heard from the St. Nicholas Light Vessel, and lights of distress were seen in Yarmouth Roads. The large life-boat was at once got out, but the gale was so strong, and the weather so thick and snowy, that the vessel was not reached till 3 A.M. She was brought into a safe position by the crew of the life-boat, and assisted into Yarmouth Harbour the next morning.

She proved to be the fishing-smack Clipper, of Yarmouth, with 6 men on board.

BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT.—On the 17th November, during a strong gale of wind from the E.N.E., the brig Bessie, of Sunderland, was observed to anchor in a dan- gerous position near this life-boat station, and the City of Worcester life-boat accordingly went out, and piloted her safely into Bern- bridge Harbour. _ DOVER.—On the 17th November, the schooner Remedy, of Whitstable, was in a very dangerous position near the Admiralty Pier during a fearful gale of wind. The Royal Wiltshire life-boat put off, and re- mained by the vessel till she was out of danger. Whilst proceeding out to her, in iow of one of the mail steamers of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, the life-boat was several times struck by heavy seas, which almost sub- merged her for a time, but she rose again buoyantly, and altogether behaved remarkably well.

PENARTH, SOUTH WALES.—On the 17th November, during a very heavy gale of wind and in a high sea, a Prussian brig was seen hoisting signals of distress off this place. The Baroness Windsor life-boat was promptly launched, and proceeded to her assistance. Three steam-tugs and two pilot-boats had failed to get near her, and it was with great difficulty the life-boat suc- ceeded in boarding her. The crew were anxiously awaiting the arrival of the boat in order to leave the brig, their own boat being useless. Owing to the violence of the gale, the brig had lost her best bower anchor and seventy fathoms of cable, and ultimately drove on the Ranie Spit, a most dangerous part of the coast. The poor shipwrecked foreigners were taken off, and safely landed by the life-boat, which was eleven hours mgaged in this service, the crew being quite exhausted, having suffered great ex- posure. The vessel proved to be the brig Marie, of Grieffswold, having a crew of 11 men on board.

LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.—On the morn- ing of the 17th November, during a very strong gale from E.N.E., a torch- light was seen burning as a signal of distress from a vessel ashore on the New- come Sand. The life-boat stationed at this place was at once launched, but in con- sequence of the wind being nearly full on the beach, the boat could not get off for some time. Ultimately she was enabled to proceed to the Sands, where the brigantine Medora, of Yarmouth, was found to have parted from her anchors. The life-boat succeeded in saving 2 out of 5 of the crew, the remainder having been washed over- board, and drowned before her arrival.

HUNSTANTON, NORFOLK.—On the 18th November, the Licensed Victualler life-boat put off, during a strong wind and hazy weather, and rescued from their boat the crew of 16 men belonging to the barque Thetis, of Gothenburg, which had gone on the Woolpack Sand, about seven miles from Hunstanton.

Again, on the 7th December the same life-boat went off and saved the crew of 15 men from the S.S. Harmonia, of Hamburg, which was totally wrecked on a sandbank near Brancaster. There was a heavy gale blowing from the N.E., and a high sea run- ning, at the time. The steamer's own boats had landed the passengers, but, owing to the increased strength of the gale, the boats could not return to the ship for those left on board.

DONNA NOOK, LINCOLNSHIRE.—On the 1st December, the coxswain of the North Briton life-boat, and 6 other men, with 2 horses, proceeded at midnight along the coast upwards of fcrar miles in the direction of Gramthorpe Haven, and there found a schooner on the sands, and her crew of 3 men preparing to leave her. She proved to be the Mary Ant, of Whitby, in ballast.

They assisted the crew ashore, and brought them back on the horses to Donna Nook.

They afterwards returned to the vessel, and safely moored her, and, whilst thus engaged, discovered another vessel throwing up signals of distress, and burning tar-barrels. It was then about 5 A.M., and the coxswain at once returned to the life-boat station, and sent messengers to call up the life-boat crew.

Soon all was ready, and the life-boat was launched; through the heavy gale holding up the tide, the horses had to go a mile and a quarter, belly deep, before reaching the outer bank of sand, so as to get to windward of the schooner; and the tide running so rapidly, the launching men, being up to their arm- pits in water, could not stand to pull the boat off her carriage, and were obliged to get into the boat, when the crew pushed her off and over the bank with their oars.

With great difficulty the vessel was at last reached. She proved to be the Esk, of Montrose. After making fast the life-boat by anchor and ropes, 6 of the vessel's crew were taken off, and the life-boat then made her way back, and grounded on the bank.

All hands (except the vessel's crew) then got out, and, up to their waists in water, dragged the life-boat as far as they could; but not being able to get her clear, they got out, except the coxswain, and waded up- wards of a mile to the life-boat house. All were so frozen and exhausted, that it was necessary to send for a medical man to re- store them. The coxswain remained with the life-boat and carriage on the bank, to secure them from loss or damage. He after- wards waded to the shore, but none of the farmers would again lend their horses to get the boat back. The coxswain and a coastguardman then waded back to the life-boat, and soon afterwards discovered another vessel with signals of distress flying about eight miles away. The two men again returned to the shore, and called up the crew and launchers, but not being able to procure horses, they were obliged to aban- don the effort to get the life-boat off to the vessel. The horses had been so injured by exposure to the severe cold on the first occa- sion, that it was difficult to keep life in, them for a time. The life-boat was afterwards got safely back to her station.

PORTRUSH, IRELAND.—On the 1st Decem- ber, during a terrific gale, the brigantine Vitruvius, of Liverpool, was seen to anchor in a very dangerous position in the Skerries Roads. The Zelimda life-boat was at once launched, but, after proceeding some distance, it was thought the shipwrecked crew had left the vessel in their own boat, and the life-boat was signalled to return, which she did. Subsequently she was launched a second time, but was driven back by the fury of the gale. Again, a third time, she was taken afloat, and happily succeeded in rescuing the brigantine's crew of 6 men, and in bringing them safely ashore, amid great rejoicing.

ST. IVES, CORNWALL.—On the 2nd De- cember, the French brig Courrier du Nord went ashore on the ridge outside St. Ives Pier. She was first seen in the offing at ten o'clock A.M., standing to the westward in a very heavy sea, the wind blowing a strong gale at N. by E., and the ship labouring heavily. When she struck, the sea was breaking with fearful violence.

The Moses life-boat was in readiness, under the lee of the new pier, when the vessel struck, and at once proceeded to the rescue of the crew. She was, however, beaten to leeward of the ship by the heavy sea and strong current. Three other attempts were then made by the life-boat to reach the vessel, and twice the men succeeded in grappling the rigging; but the Frenchmen seemed afraid to trust themselves to the rope. Eventually the life-boat succeeded in saving one of the crew. Two others left the vessel in their own boat, which was capsized, and only one succeeded in gaining the shore, and he was in a most exhausted state. The remainder of the crew were unfortunately drowned. The life-boat lost several of her oars, and was manned by four different crews in her gallant attempts to save the shipwrecked men.

BUCKIE, N.B.—On the 2nd December, the crew of the Miriam life-boat assembled and got everything in readiness for launch- ing to the assistance of the sloop Hellens, of Alloa, which was observed in the offing, off Buckie, during a severe storm from the N.E. It being impossible that she could keep the sea any length of time, signals were made for the crew to ran the vessel ashore, so that she might avoid tlie rocks, The captain steered as directed, and the sloop came forward on the top of the waves, only the spray breaking over her, and struck the ground a short distance from the beach.

The life-boat was then quickly launched, and after some difficulty, succeeded in saving the crew of 4 men.

HOLYHEAD.—About nine P.M. on the 1st December, the barque Bayadere, of Rouen, parted from her anchors, and struck on the rocks near the lighthouse, at Holyhead.

It was blowing at the time a most terrific gale from the N. The Princess of Wales life-boat was soon launched in the face of all difficulties—heavy sea and lee shore— and brought safely ashore the crew of 12 men. The vessel soon afterwards became a total wreck. The life-boat then went out three separate times to the ship Lydw Williams, of Liverpool, which had sunk near Salt Island, and brought 34 persons on shore. The crew of the ship were in the rigging, and among them a lady pas- senger, with an infant seven months old.

After two trips, 2 men were found to have been left in the fore-rigging, so they again had to return. At 5 A.M. on the 2nd, the life-boat was again manned, and sent off to save the crew of the schooner Seefland, of Chester. The men were, however, saved by means of ropes from the breakwater.

On this occasion the boat beat off in the most wonderful style to the breakwater, through some terrific squalls of snow and hail, her sailing powers proving very great.

The last time the life-boat went off in reply to a signal of distress, she brought ashore 7 persons from the schooner Elizabeth, of Liverpool, making 53 in all saved—a good 24 hours' work. Six separate times the boat was manned and did good service with her veteran coxswain, ROWLAND, over 70 years of age.

RAMSGATE.—During a strong gale from the S.W., on the morning of the 1st De- cember, signal-guns were fired from the Gull Light Ship. The Aid steam-tug and the- Bradford life-boat were immediately got ready, and in the course of twenty mi- nutes proceeded to the Goodwin Sands.

When in the Gull stream a vessel was ob- served on shore on the high part of the sands, on her beam-ends, with the crew clinging to the rigging. The life-boat was slipped, and run on the sand about a quarter of a mile from the wreck, a heavy surf breaking over the sand and over the boat. Three of the life-boat men waded through the surf to the vessel, boarded her, and assisted the crew of 8 men out of the rigging, in an exhausted state, as they had been there about eleven hours. The 11 men then pro- ceeded to the life-boat, and after much diffi- culty, on account of the heavy sea, the anchor of the boat was weighed, and she was taken in tow of the steamer, and all returned safely to Ramsgate Harbour. The wrecked vessel was the brigantine Amor, of Elsfleth, bound from Newcastle to Genoa, with a cargo of coals and coke.

The captain of the Amor subsequently expressed, through the public Press, the thanks of himself and crew to the men who manned the-Bradford life-boat and the steam- tug Aid, for their services on the above oc- casion.

On the 3rd December, in a fresh gale and heavy swell, with falls of snow and sleet, a brig was observed, apparently near the Goodwin Sands, with a signal of distress in the main rigging, and soon afterwards she was seen to cut away both masts. The Ramsgate tug and life-boat immediately pro- ceeded off to the vessel, and on arriving there very heavy confused seas were breaking all around her, and she was riding to only one anchor, the other having previously parted.

The life-boat was slipped from the tug, and made fast to the vessel, but broke adrift in consequence of the violence of the wind and sea; and it was only after great difficulty that her crew were enabled to put their tow-line on board the brig. The vessel's anchor was then slipped, and she was towed safely into Ramsgate harbour. She proved to be the brig Cruiser, of Hartlepool, having a crew of 6 men, and was bound to that port from London, in ballast.

About midnight, on the 24th of January, 1868, the life-boat and steam-tug Vulcan proceeded to sea in answer to signal-guns from the Gull Light Ship. They cruised JULY 1,1869.] THE LIFE-BOAT.

229 along the edge of the sand during a heavy gale, with snow, sleet, and rain, till about 6 A.M., when they discovered a brig on shore on the South Brake. Under circumstances of very great danger the life-boat took off the crew, 8 in number, and placed four of her own in the vessel, whose crew after- wards also returned to their ship. With the aid of the tug she was then dragged off the sand, and brought into Ramsgate Har- bour about 10 A.M. She proved to be the brig Britain's Pride, of Falmouth. The life- boat sustained some damage in this arduous service.

PAKEFIELD, SUFFOLK.—On the 3rd De- cember, during a strong N.E. gale, the brig Queen Victoria, of South Shields, was totally wrecked on the Barnard Sand. The life-boat put off, and succeeded in saving one of the crew from the rigging. The remainder, 7 in number, had unhappily perished before the arrival of the boat.

SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.—On the 2nd and 3rd December, the Herbert Ingram life- boat went out during a strong gale, in reply to signals of distress from the schooner Eliza- beth, of Louth, and the sloop Ant, of Boston.

She brought ashore the captain of the first- named vessel, and saved the crew of 2 men from the sloop.

SUTTON, LINCOLNSHIRE.—On the 3rd De- cember, the brig Clarinda, of Sunderland, was seen drifting along the coast to the north- ward of Sutton. A very heavy gale of wind was blowing, and the vessel appeared in a very distressed condition, with her. main- mast gone, and all her sails blown to atoms, and fluttering in the wind. The Sutton life- boat was quickly manned and launched through a tremendous sea. It was a long and arduous task pulling through the surf, but it brought out the good qualities of both men and boat in a most admirable manner.

So heavy were the seas that the boat was often completely lost to sight. At last sail was got on her, and she then started gallantly in pursuit of the brig. It was a most anxious sight to the spectators on shore to watch the chase—a race truly of life and death. The vessel at last struck on a jutting point of land oft' Ingoldmells, about ten miles distant from Sutton, just as the boat overtook her. A communication was then effected between the ship and the life-boat, and the crew of 7 men were rescued, and afterwards brought safely ashore in a very exhausted state. The vessel was subsequently driven out to sea, and completely lost sight of from the shore.

The crews of the life-boats at Theddlethorpe and Skegness also assembled with the view of going off to the same vessel.

SHERRINGHAM, NORFOLK.—On the 3rd December, during a fresh wind from the N.E., the schooner Hero, of Maldon, anchored in distress on a lee shore. Soon afterward she slipped her cables and took the ground.

The -Duncan life-boat, stationed at Shering- ham, was quickly launched, and gallantly made her way amongst the heavy breakers to the vessel, and saved 3 of the crew. The mate had been rescued by means of the rocket-apparatus. The behaviour of the life-boat amidst the heavy breakers elicited the admiration of her crew, who expressed the greatest confidence in her.

WINTERTON, NORFOLK. — On the 3rd December, the Anna Maria life-boat on this station put off, during a strong gale, and rescued 2 men from the rigging of the schooner Phoebe, of Goole, which was stranded about a mile north of Winterton.

The captain's wife and a lad were unfortu- nately drowned before the arrival of the life- boat." NEW BRIGHTON, NEAR LIVERPOOL.—On the 6th December, the ship Thornton, of New York, was stranded on the West Middle Sand off Liverpool during a fresh gale of wind, and subsequently became a total wreck. The Willie and Arthur life- boat went off, and brought ashore the crew of 13 men. Owing to the strength of the gale, two steam-tugs which had gone out were quite unable to get near the vessel.

CROMER, NORFOLK.—On the morning of the 3rd December, the life-boat at this place put off, and rendered assistance to the brig Wild £ose, of Brixham, which was observed to be in a dismantled state off Cromer during stormy weather. When the life-boat arrived alongside the vessel was in a very disabled state, with nothing but mainmast and maintopmast standing, and her sails blown to ribbons. Being a strong- built ship, however, she did not make much water; and, with the assistance of two steam-tags, she was afterwards-towed into Yarmouth.

BALLYWALTER, IRELAND.—On the 6th December, the ship Annie Gray was distress during stormy weather off this place. The Admiral Henry Meynell life- boat was quickly launched, and remained alongside the vessel some hours until she was out of danger.

ST. ANDREWS, N.B. —On the 6th Decem- ber, during a gale from N.N.E., with heavy squalls of rain and hail, the sloop Christian and Charlotte, of Peterhead, was stranded off St. Andrews. The Annie life-boat was promptly manned and launched, and soon succeeded in taking off and landing in safety the vessel's crew of 4 men.

PADSTOW, CORNWALL.'—On the 8th De- cember, the sloop Telegraph, of Port Isaac, was seen stranded on the Doom Bar Sands.

While a strong gale was blowing from the N., with heavy squalls, the " City of Bristol" life-boat, the Albert Edward, was quickly launched, and proceeded to the Bar, which she reached, after being driven back three times by the tide and heavy sea. She then dropped down to the vessel, and effected a communication with her, but the rope un- fortunately broke, and some difficulty was experienced in getting another line on board.

Ultimately, however, this was effected, and the crew of 3 men were rescued, and brought safely ashore. The life-boat shipped several seas, and once the whole of the starboard oars were knocked out of the men's hands, and would have been lost but for the lanyards attaching them to the boat.

ABERDOVEY, NORTH WALES.—On the 10th December, the schooner Jane Sophia, of Aberystwith, whilst attempting to cross the Bar before the tide served, struck on the South Bank. It was blowing very hard from N.N.W., and a heavy sea was running at the time. A pilot-boat, finding it impossible to reach the vessel, returned for the Royal Berkshire life-boat, which was promptly launched, and soon reached the schooner, which was found very leaky from the continued and heavy thumping she had had on the sand. The life-boatmen boarded her, and, after great exertion, suc- ceeded in bringing her and her crew of 5 men safely into harbour.

The services of this valuable life-boat were again called into requisition on the evening of the 23rd December under the following circumstances:—A light being observed on the South Bank while it was blowing fresh from the S.W., the life-boat was at once launched, and proceeded to the spot, and found that the smack Hope, of Aberystwith, from Newport to Aberdovey with coals, had got ashore there. The assistance of the life-boat was offered and refused, and the boat consequently returned to her station; but, as the weather still bore a threatening appearance, the crew of the smack were told to hoist two lights in case the services of the life-boat should ulti- mately be needed. About midnight this signal was shown, and the life-boat again went down to the vessel, and found that she was rolling heavily, the sea running high, and occasionally sweeping completely over her.- Several of the life-boat's crew then went on board, and assisted in throw- ing about fifteen tons of the coal out of the vessel into the sea, to lighten her, after which she was successfully brought into the harbour the next tide, which would not have been the case without the aid of the life-boat.

PORT LOGAN, N.B.—On the night of the 16th December, the barque Strathleven, of Glasgow, was wrecked, during a strong wind W. by N., half a mile North of Float Bay, about seven miles from Port Logan.

The vessel was under double reefed topsails when she struck, and the night was very dark. An attempt was made to communi- cate with the land, and a boat was lowered for that purpose, but it immediately broke adrift with two men in it, who were thrown upon the rocks, and after great exertion, succeeded in gaining the shore. Information was at once forwarded to Port Logan for the Edinburgh and B. M. Ballantyne life- boat, which was quickly launched and on her way to the wreck. She found the ship- wrecked crew, 15 in number, clinging to the rigging on the starboard quarter, which was nearly under water, with the sea constantly washing over them. They were safely got into the life-boat, and brought ashore in a very exhausted state early in the morning. They said they could not have held on much longer, and expressed great gratitude for the services of the life-boat, and spoke in high terms of the manner in which she was handled.

[As recorded in No. 70. of the Life-loat Journal for October last, p. 740, a most re- markable coincidence occurred in connection with this service. The life-boat was exhi- bited in Glasgow on the 16th Dec., 1866, before being sent to her station, and the wife of the master of the Strathleven, accompanied by her children, went to see the boat and put an offering into the subscription-box.

Exactly one year after, as above narrated, the captain's vessel was wrecked, and on the following morning he and his crew were providentially rescued by the very boat which his wife had contributed to support!] NORTH BERWICK.—On the 29th Decem- ber, the brig Wodgast, of Woolgast, Prussia, was observed in distress near the South Scarr Rocks, during stormy weather. The Caroline life-boat was quickly launched, and succeeded in getting the vessel out of her perilous position.

PALLING, NORFOLK.—On the night of the 30th December, signals of distress were seen burning from a vessel off this place.

The wind was blowing fresh from the East, and a heavy sea running. The Parsee life- boat put off and assisted, after ten hours' exertions, in getting the vessel out of her dangerous position. She proved to be the schooner Naiad, of Colchester, bound from Sunderland to Colchester, with coals. The neighbouring life-boat at Hasborough, the Huddersfield, was likewise got in readiness and conveyed along the shore, but she was not required to be launched.

TRAMORE, IRELAND.—On January 12th, 1868, a large iron ship, the Oasis, of Liverpool, struck on the rocks west of the Metal Mail, Newtown Head, in a south-easterly gale.

The Cambridge University life-boat, Tom Egan, was launched, and reached the wreck about midnight. Twenty men were taken off on the seaward side of the vessel, which was found to be the most suitable.

The wind increased very much, and the work of reaching the shore was'difficult.

In this situation the drogue was of great advantage. Captain J. W. PJM, then Hon.

Secretary of the Tramore Branch, joined the crew as a volunteer, and showed conspicuous gallantry. At daybreak it was discovered that a man still remained in the rigging, and the life-boat was again despatched to rescue him. The man was on the cross-trees of the foremast, where he lay motionless. He was roused by the cheers of the spectators on shore and descended to the deck, where he fell forward. In this crisis it was neces- sary to board the vessel, and this was done by JAMES NORRIS, who succeeded in catch- ing a rope that was hanging from the bow- sprit. He lashed a rope round the body of the sailor, and threw, one end to the life- boat crew and kept the other himself. He then threw him into the water, from which he was soon hauled into the life-boat.

NORRIS'S presence of mind and success were greeted with deafening cheers by the spec- tators. He got safely back to the boat, which then returned to land. Seven of the crew, who had launched the ship's life-boat soon after she struck, got safely into Slade Harbour. The captain of the vessel had been washed off and drowned before the life-boat was got out, and two or three other men who were sick were drowned in their berths.