BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE.—The crew of the Life-boat placed here by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION not being satisfied with their boat, and having expressed a strong desire that they might be furnished with another one, the Institution has complied with their wishes, and has placed on the station a Life-boat specially built to meet their requirements. The new boat is 34 feet long, 7 feet-wide, and pulls 10 oars, double-banked. The expense of the same, and of the new trans- porting-carriage have been defrayed from the legacy bequeathed to the Society by the late JOHN ABBOTT, Esq., of Halifax, who h ad expressed a wish that a Life-boat, named after himself, might be placed on the Yorkshire coast. The new boat was sent to its station in August, 1871, and on the 21st of that month the boat, on its carriage, with the crew on board, was drawn through the town, and taken to the beach, where it was, in the customary manner, named the John Ablott by Miss BARNES, and launched in the presence of two or three thousand spectators, many of whom had come from Halifax for the occasion. S. T. BIGGE, Esq., one of the executors to the late Mr. ABBOTT, made a suitable address to the spectators before the launch, which was carried out under the superintendence of the Inspector of Life-boats of the Institution.

PEMBREY, SOUTH WALES.—A new and larger Life-boat has been furnished by the Institution for this station in the shape of a 32-feet 10-oared boat, named the Stanton Meyrick, of Pimlico, after a gentle- man who had, left a legacy to the Society for the purpose of enabling it to place a new Life-boat on the Welch Coast, to be thus named. The coxswain and crew are much pleased with tho new boat, which was sent to its station in October, 1871, and which since then has happily been instrumental in rendering good service in bring- ing the distressed schooner Pierre Desiree, of St. Valerie, and her crew of 4 men safely into harbour.

THURSO, N.B.—The crew of the Life- boat stationed at this place being anxious to have a larger boat, which was considered necessary for the rough waters and strong currents of the Pentland Frith, the Society has sent them a new 33-feet Life- boat, 8 feet wide, rowing 10 oars, double- banked, and furnished with a transporting-carriage. They were sent to their destination in August, 1871, being granted a free conveyance from Granton to Scrabster on one of the vessels of the Aberdeen, Leith, and Clyde Shipping Company, the Company also kindly bringing back the old boat and carriage free to Granton.

The legacy bequeathed to the Institution by the late CHARLES LLOYD, Esq., of Kennington, has been appropriated to this boat, which is named the Charley Lloyd, in accordance with the testator's wishes that a boat might be thus styled.

On the 19th August a demonstration took place on the occasion of the arrival of the Life-boat at its station, the boat being taken in procession from Scrabster and drawn through Thurso, accompanied by two bands, and after the usual ceremonies launched from the sands. The coxswain and crew are much pleased with their new Life-boat.

NORTH BERWICK, N.B.—This Life-boat having, from decay, become unfit for further service, and the carriage also requiring to be replaced, a new Life-boat and carriage have been sent to the locality by the Institution; and a slipway having been constructed from the boat-house to the beach, the station is now in thorough working order. The new boat is 30 feet long, 7 feet wide, and rows 10 oars, double-banked; and its expense was de- frayed from a collection made among the Freemasons of England, through the Lodge of Faith, No. 141, held in the city, Mr. S. DAVIS, of Whitechapel, being the original promoter of the .collection, while Mr. A. E. HARRIS was the President of the Fund, and Mr. E. GOTTHEIL acted as Honorary Secretary. Before being for- warded to its station, the Life-boat had its harbour trial, as usual, in the Regent's Canal Dock, Litnehouse, on the 12th Sept. 1871. The trial was attended by a large number of Freemasons and their friends. The Rev. D. SHABOE offered up a prayer on the occasion for the success of the Life-boat, and the boat having, in the usual manner, been named the Free- mason by Mr. J. E. STEBBING, Deputy Provincial Grandmaster of Freemasons in Hampshire, and formerly Mayor of Southampton, it was then launched from its carriage into the dock basin, 'when the usual qualities of stability, self-righting, and self-ejecting of water, were fully and satisfactorily tested. The water shipped, when the boat was capsized by means of a crane, was self-ejected in about twenty seconds. The interesting trial gave much satisfaction to the numerous spectators.

On the 16th September the boat was launched at its station, after having gone through the village in a procession which comprised a deputation from the St. Baldred Lodge of Freemasons, and the band and pipers of the 93rd Highlanders.

In the presence of a large concourse of spectators the boat was formally handed over to the Chairman of the Local Com-mittee, Sir HEW DALRYMPLE, Bart, by Capt. D. ROBERTSON, ILN., the Assistant Inspector of Life-boats to the Institution.

The chairman, on behalf of the Committee, thanked the Institution for the gift, and also conveyed their appreciation of the generosity of the Freemasons in presenting such a magnificent boat. He asked for a cheer in honour of the new boat, which was then launched, and after being tried in the Bay, was taken Toimd to the harbour, where it was capsized, to show its self-righting powers. Everything went off in a very satisfactory manner, all the men expressing much satisfaction with the boat.

SCARBOROUGH.—The crew of the Life- boat on this station having expressed a strong and repeated desire to be furnished with a new self-righting Life-boat, possess- ing more beam than the one they then had, the Institution decided to forward to that place a new boat, 35 feet long, 9 feet wide, and pulling 10 oars double-banked, and such a Life-boat, provided with a transporting-carriage, was accordingly sent there in September last. A Harbour-trial of the boat took place at the Regent's Canal Dock, Limehouse, before it was sent to its station, Sir EDWARD PERROTT, Bart., Capt. DE ST. CROIX, and others being present on the occasion. The cost of this Life-boat and its equipment was defrayed by the Freemasons of Warwickshire, the amount having been principally collected through the exertions of a committee formed at Birmingham, of which the Right Hon. Lord LEIGH, the Provincial Grand Master, was the President, Colonel MACHEN, DP.G.M., Chairman, J. T. COL- LINS, Esq., P.G.T., Treasurer, and Capt. SALT PPGSB the Honorary Secretary.

The boat, at the request of the donors, is named the Lady Leigh. A public demonstration took place at Scarborough on the llth September, when the boat was first launched at its station. After the Life-boat had been taken through the town in a procession, which was joined by many of the "Warwickshire Freemasons, who had gone specially to Scarborough for the occasion, it was taken to the Sands, when Capt. SALT briefly explained to the numerous spectators the origin and progress of the Life-boat Fund. The Masonic Brethren in Warwickshire had long been anxious to testify their esteem towards their Provincial Grand Master, the Lord LEIGH, who would shortly arrive at the twentieth year of his rule over the Province. There was some difficulty in knowing the manner this mark of .respect might be expressed, because his lordship had an objection to receiving any large public memorials. They knew also that it would be more acceptable to him if with their act they associated some work of philanthropy, and it occurred to them that the presentation to the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, through his lordship, of a boat bearing the name of his wife would probably be gratifying to him; and this mode of testimonial seemed peculiarly suitable to the Freemasons, whose duty it was to help the suffering and distressed.

The Hon. and Rev. JAMES LEIGH then made the presentation of the boat on behalf of his brother, Lord LEIGH, who was unable to attend on the occasion.

He said that his lordship highly appreciated the kindness of the Freemasons in thus associating Mm with the gift of the boat. The presentation was acknowledged by the Mayor of Scarborough, Dr. W. F. ROOKE, and by the Inspector of Life-boats, Capt. WARD, E.N., after which the boat was named in the usual way by his lord- ship's daughter, the Hon. AGNES LEIGH ; and the Rev. H. BLANK, H.A., having offered a prayer for its success, the boat was launched, and pulled round the bay, and was twice capsized alongside a fishing- smack to show the self-righting quality, the crew each time going round in* the boat, and being much pleased with its behaviour.

Capt. NEBOLSINE, of the Russian Imperial Navy, and Inspector of Life-boats on the coasts of Russia, went specially from London to see this Life-boat launch. He had also been present at its Harbour Trial in London.