MILFORD HAVEN.—It being thought desirable to place a life-boat at Milford, the Institution 'decided to form a station there. A substantial house was accord- ingly constructed at Angle Point, a position which enables the life-boat to command the entrance to the Haven. In November last the life-boat, a 33-feet 10-oared one, was sent to Milford, and was efficiently launched there from the shipbuilding yard of Messrs. WATSOST and WIMSHURST, down launching ways kindly prepared by them for it, the boat making a long and rapid run into the water, with the crew seated, having their oars tossed up and with colours flying.

The boat had been previously named the Katherine by the COUNTESS of CAWDOR, after a prayer had been offered by the Rev.

Canon THOMAS. The crew were delighted with the boat, which was found to work remarkably well under sail. ' TITUS SALT, Jun., Esq., of Bradford, is the donor of the life-boat. His father, Sir TITUS SALT, Bart., had previously munificently pre- sented the entire cost of the Stromness Life-boat Establishment to the Institution, and the son had performed this munificent and benevolent act long before his father even knew of it.

CROMER, NORFOLK.—This Life-boat Esta- blishment has been completely renovated, the old boat having been removed on account of its having for some time exhibited signs of decay, which was evidently increasing.

It has accordingly been replaced by a new boat 34 feet long, 8 feet 8 inches wide, fitted to row 10 oars double-banked, and provided with a transporting-carriage. A new and very fine house has also been erected for the boat and carriage on a more suitable site, and the whole Life-boat Esta- blishment is now in a very efficient state.

The expense of the new station has been defrayed by BENJAMIN BOND CABBELL, Esq., F.R.S., who gave 1,OOOZ. to the So- ciety for that purpose, and in honour of that gentleman the Institution named the boat the Benjamin Bond Cabbell. On the 4th September, 18G8, the new station was inaugurated with the usual ceremonies, the BISHOP OF NOKWICH attending and deliver- ing an address on the occasion, and the boat being named, before the launch, by Miss BUXTON, daughter of the Dowager Lady BUXTON.

FRASERBURGH, N.B. — The Institution has sent another life-boat and carriage to this station, the men having lost confidence in their former boat after an accident which happened to her in December, 1866, but which was unattended with any loss of life.

The new boat is a 33-feet one, rowing 10 oars, and, like the old one, it is named the Hauelocfe, after the late distinguished Indian general, the name being given at the request of WILLIAM M'KEREELL, Esq., Hill House, Ayrshire, the gentleman who, in 1857, pre- sented the Seaton Carew Life-boat to the Society, and, in 1858, gave it the cost of the boat then placed at Fraserburgh, which was the first life-boat it established in Scotland, the most northernmost station up to that time being Bervvick-on-Tweed. At the present time the Institution has 25 life-boats on the Scotch coast; and it is satisfactory to find that the Scotch people are now fully alive to the great and national work of the LIFE-BOAT LLANELLY, SOUTH WALES. — It will pro- bably be remembered by our readers that several most distressing wrecks occurred in this neighbourhood in January, 1868, and it was afterwards thought, that had there been a life-boat closer at hand than the one at Pembrey, it might have been of service on the occasion. After making inquiries into the matter and finding that a life-boat might advantageously be placed on the Pilot Ship near Llanelly, the Institution decided to send a boat there. As the boat, having to be slung from davits, would ne- cessarily be much exposed, an iron life- boat, on the self-righting principle of the Institution, has been expressly constructed for this station by HAMILTON'S Windsor Iron Works Company (Limited), Liver- pool. It is 26J feet long, 6 feet 1 inch wide, rows 5 oars single-banked, and will be worked by the Llanelly pilots. The boat was tried as soon as it reached its destination in April last, and was found to tow admirably and to row well. Miss ANNE M. WHITE, of Plymouth, presented the life-boat to the Institution in memory of her parents and friends, she being the last of her family. The boat is named the James and Elizabeth after her deceased parents.

WEYMOUTH. — The Institution has founded a life-boat establishment at this well-known watering-place. It had been suggested to it that it was desirable to place a life-boat on the neighbouring pe- ninsula of Portland, but on inquiry, it was found that Weymouth was the more de- sirable place of the two for a life-boat station, as the boat would then be in a better position to go to the assistance of ves- sels in distress on the north and east sides of Weymouth Bay. Accordingly, a well- built substantial boat-house has been erected on a site at the west side of Weymouth Harbour, close to the water, enabling the boat to be in a position to be rapidly launched at all times of the tide—a slip- way and cutting through the quay having been made for the use of the boat. A first-class 33 feet 10-oared life-boat was provided for the station at the expense of the Earl of STBAFFOKD, P.O., and sent there in January last, and on the 26th of that month a very imposing demonstration took place at Weymouth on the occasion of the inauguration of the life-boat station.

The latter part of the day was observed as a general holiday there. The life-boat, fully equipped and manned, and mounted on a transporting carriage, drawn by six fine grey horses, was escorted through the principal streets of the town to the Espla- nade Sands, by a procession which com- prised the Mayor and Members of the Corporation in their robes, Serjeant-at- Mace, Members of the Local Committee, donors and friends of the movement, the officers of H.M. ships St. George and Bos- cawen, the Inspecting Commander and men of the Coast-guard, 300 boys belonging to the Soscawen, the officers of H.M. Customs, Volunteers and Members of the Ancient Order of Foresters, and Independent Order of Odd Fellows wearing their regalia, ac- companied by bands of music. On arriving at the Sands, the boat was presented by Captain DAVID ROBERTSON, R.N., the As- sistant Inspector of Life-boats, to the Mayor as representing the Local Committee, after which a prayer and benediction were offered by the Rev. TALBOT GREAVES, and the boat was named the Agnes Harriet by Lady ASHLEY, and launched, when various evolu- tions, including capsizing, to sliow the boat's self-righting power, were gone through.

The Coastguard afterwards practically il- lustrated the use of the rocket apparatus.

KIMERIDGE, DORSET. — A distressing wreck occurred on Kimeridge Ledge in September, 1868, and neither the nearest life-boat at Chapman's Pool nor the Coast- guard boat at Kimeridge were able to render any assistance, the vessel foundering and all the unfortunate crew perishing. A desire was then generally expressed to have a life-boat station formed at Kimeridge itself, and the Institution, after inquiry, decided to place a life-boat there—a shel- tered spot being found where the boat could be launched, when it would be impossible to get a boat off from any other part of the Bay. On account of the scarcity of competent men in the locality, a small life- boat only could be managed, and accord- ingly the boat sent there in December last was 28 feet in length, 6 feet 8 inches in width, and pulling 5 oars single-banked.

The Rev. NATHANIEL BOND has kindly undertaken to provide a site for a wooden boat-house, which he has promised to have constructed for the life-boat at his own expense. Meanwhile, the boat is kept under a canvas cover on a small platform beneath a protecting cliff, in readiness for instantaneous service when required. The boat, which is named the Mary Heape, is the gift to the Institution of BENJAMIN HEAPE, Esq., of Northwood, Manchester, the brother of ROBERT TAYLOR HEAPE, Esq., of Rochdale, who has also rendered valuable service to the life-boat cause, he having collected amongst his friends and others in his town the entire expense of the life-boat stationed at Polkerris, near Fowey, on the coast of Cornwall, in addition to col- lecting upwards of 50Z. a-year for its sup- port. When the Kimeridge life-boat was 1 placed on its station, a considerable number j of persons assembled to see its first launch, i which was successfully accomplished, while the wind was blowing hard from the S.W., and a heavy sea was running—the behaviour of the boat on the occasion being very much admired.

LYNMOUTH, NORTH DEVON.—The In- stitution has, on the urgent representation of the local residents and others, formed a life-boat establishment at this place—where the ship Home, of St. Andrew's, New Brunswick, was wrecked in August, 1868, on which occasion two of the crew were unhappily drowned, the others being rescued with much difficulty and peril by the ex- ertions of the inhabitants of Lynmouth.

Shipwrecks are not very frequent on this part of the coast; still it was felt that a life- boat should be placed here ready for any such emergency as that just mentioned, especially as there was no life-boat station between Ilfracombe, Devon, and Burnham, Somerset—rather a long coast line. A life- boat and carriage have accordingly been forwarded, and a commodious boat-house is in course of construction for them, on a site granted by;ROBERT ROE, Esq., J.P., the Lord of the Manor, they being, in the mean time, kept in a shed on the beach, lent by the same gentleman for that pur- pose. The boat, which is the gift of a lady in Yorkshire, " in memory of a very dear brother," after whom it is named the Henry, is 30 feet long, 7£ feet wide, and rows 10 oars. On the 20th January last it was drawn on its carriage by eleven horses from Barnstaple to Lynmouth, a distance of 20 miles, along a most hilly road, presenting difficulties of no ordinary character. The journey was however accomplished in safety under the superintendence of the Assistant Inspector of the Institution. On the arrival of the boat at its destination, it was met by the inhabitants of Lynton and Lynmouth, who had erected a number of triumphal arches decorated with flags, and the life- boat met with a most hearty reception.

The next morning the life-boat was named in the usual manner by Mrs. ROE, launched, and the crew exercised in its management.

ST. DAVID'S.—A life-boat establishment has been organized by the Society near this place, t. e., at Port St. Justinian, on the north side of St. David's Head, facing Ramsey Island and Sound, where no diffi- culty will probably be found in launching the boat in the heaviest gales to the aid of vessels which may be in distress on the Sound—which is much used as a roadstead.

The local residents had applied to the Insti- tution to send one of its boats to the locality, and the Inspector of Life-boats, after visit- ing the spot, had recommended it to form the life-boat station; and, in addition, a life-boat has been placed at Solva, on the south side of the Head and St. David's Bay—both boats being under the manage- ment of the same. Local Committee, and I being worked by the same crew, who will ! exercise each boat in alternate quarters. The I St. Justinian 10-oared life-boat is 32 feet Jong, and 1 feet wide. It was contributed to the Society by the EARL OF DART- MOUTH and his tenantry in Staffordshire, West Riding of Yorkshire, Buckingham- j shire, and Sussex, the boat being named the Augusta, after the COUNTESS of DARTMOUTH.

In April last the boat was taken for exhibi- tion to his Lordship's seat at Patshall Park, near Wolverhampton, en route to its desti- nation. In the presence of members of his family, many of his tenantry and friends, and of a considerable number of persons from the surrounding neighbourhood, Lord DARTMOUTH formally presented the life- boat to the Institution, which was repre- sented on the occasion by its Inspector.

The boat was then named by Lady DART- MOUTH, and launched into a lake in the Park, it being manned by an amateur crew of young gentlemen resident in the locality, amongst whom were Lord DARTMOUTH'S two eldest sons, this crew rowing the boat remarkably well. The life-boat was after- wards forwarded to its station vi& Haver- fordwest, being first publicly launched at Solva and St. David's in the presence of a large number of persons, after'addresses had been delivered at the two last-named places by different Members of the Local Committee. The boat-house is now being built, the boat at present being kept on a carriage in enclosed premises in the town of St. David's, ready to be used when needed.

We reserve for our next Number the ac- count of the life-boat placed at Solva in September last.

DROGHEDA, IRELAND.—The Local Com- mittee having reported that the very small life-boat stationed at the mouth of the Boyne was not powerful enough to be propelled against a strong flood tide and heavy sea, with the wind from the S.E., when her services are likely to be frequently needed, a new medium-sized life-boat, 32 feet long, 7ij feet wide, pulling 10 oars, and provided with a transporting-carriage, has been sent to Drogheda. The British and Irish Steam Packet Company kindly gave them a free conveyance to Dublin, whence they were taken, on similar liberal terms, by the Dub- lin and Drogheda Railway Company. The old life-boat was named the Old George Irlam of Liverpool, after a deceased eminent Liverpool merchant of that name, whose daughter had left a legacy of 1,000?. to the Institution in aid of its general funds, and had often expressed a desire that a life-boat might be named after her late father; and, on hearing of this, the Society gave that designation to the then life-boat placed at Drogheda, and the new boat also bears that name. On arriving at its station, the life- boat was taken afloat, in a strong wind, and some sea, when the coxswain and crew ex- pressed much satisfaction with its behaviour.