FRASERBURGH, N.B.—About 9.30 P.M. on the 30th July last, the tug-boat Ex- pert arrived in this harbour with the infor- mation that she had passed a schooner at anchor on the lee side of the bay, in dis- tress from leakage, and in expectation of driving from her anchors.

The Life-boat Charlotte was therefore launched, and proceeded out of harbour and succeeded in boarding the schooner soon after 10 o'clock P.M. A hard gale was blowing at this time from N.N.E., a direction from which the wind is severely felt at Fraserburgh and the adjacent coast.

The Life-boat's crew found the dis- tressed vessel to be the Villager, of Inver- ness, bound from Runcorn to Fraserburgh with a cargo of salt. The leakage of the vessel, and her dangerous position in the bay, appeared at that time to offer the crew only the alternatives of their vessel going to pieces on the shore by parting her cables, or foundering at her anchors.

The Life-boat succeeded in getting them on board in safety, and returned with the 5 rescued men about 11.30 P.M.

This Life-boat also performed important service on the 31st August. On that day a sudden gale from the N.N.W. was severely felt at all the northern stations. At day- light a considerable number of fishing craft were observed to be making for Fraserburgh harbour. Strangers to the port may easily make a mistake when running before the gale for the narrow entrance, and in the case of fishing craft the danger is enhanced by the chance of drifting into the worst of the sea near the pier end: the manoeuvres, therefore, of every vessel, as it made its final effort and shot round the pier end into safety and smooth water, were anxiously watched.

The Life-boat and crew were ready for any emergency, but were not called on till 10 A.M., when a smack named the James, which had been obliged to come to an anchor outside, hoisted a signal of distress. The Charlotte was at once brought into requisition, and her crew, forcing her out of the harbour, suc- ceeded in boarding the fishing vessel, and brought her crew of 3 men into harbour in safety.

Scarcely had the Life-boat returned with this freight, when a Banffshire fish- ing vessel, the Invincible, being caught by a heavy sea on the broadside as she tried to round the end of the pier or break- water, was capsized, and her crew of 5 men were instantly either struggling in the broken water or clinging to pieces of broken wreck. It may be supposed that the oarsmen of the Life-boat now did their very best. In less than five minutes the Life-boat was in the midst of the struggling fishermen, and was just in time to save the whole of them. The sea was so heavy and broken about this time, that no other kind of craft than a first-class Life-boat could possibly have ventured out of harbour.

The Life-boat, still on the watch, about 1 P.M. discovered a Norwegian fishing vessel outside, with a signal of distress flying, and she once more pushed out to the rescue, and succeeded in saving that crew of 4 men also: this vessel was named the Tippergraph.

After this the Life-boat, as we were told recently on the spot, remained on duty till 8 o'clock at night, watching the entrance of the harbour, and rendering assistance in various ways to fishing ! vessels which, though they had made good I their entrance to the harbour, were not in I very secure berths.

GORLESTONE.—On the 6th August the Life-boat Leicester, stationed at this place, rendered valuable assistance to the smack Sophia, of Hull, laden with coal, which ves- sel, while on a voyage from the Humber to London, got on the North Sand off Gor- leston, which is a small town and fishing village at the entrance of the inlet which a few miles farther up forms Yarmouth Harbour. Shore boats had gone off to the stranded vessel, and were engaged in getting her afloat, when the wind and sea increased to a dangerous extent, and finally the boats that had taken the beachmen off were washed away to leeward, leaving part of their crews on board. Ultimately these boats regained the shore, after a fruitless effort to reach the wreck. Pour men were now left on board the smack, it being then about 3 A.M., and blowing hard from the north. The Life-boat Leicester was then called out, and succeeded in boarding the Sophia, and after five hours' hard work, the stranded vessel was got off and brought safely into port.

LOSSIEMOUTH, N. B.—'On the 31st August the sloop Helen, of Stornoway, bound from Cullen to the Moray Firth, was obliged to come to an anchor, during a gale at N.W., in the bay to the east of the small fishing harbour of Lossiemouth.

In that position she was well sheltered by the point on which the town is built; but in a few hours the wind shifted to N.N.E., putting her off a tee shore, and with no shelter. ' A heavy, broken sea speedily set into the bay, and the Helen hoisted a signal of distress. The Life-boat Bristol and Clifton was thereupon launched into the harbour, and proceeded out to the rescue. The vessel was already drift- ing towards the breakers, and the crew of 2 men had not been half an hour re- moved from her, when she took the ground, and presently nothing of her was visible but the mast as the sea broke on board. The Life-boat was a little over two hours, from the time of launching to regaining the shore.

RAMSGATE.—At 11.15 on September 22nd, during a fresh breeze at E.N.E., a burning tar-barrel was observed at this station from some distressed vessel in the direction of the east end of the Goodwin Sands. The steam-tug Vulwm, with the Life-boat Bradford in tow, both of which are under the management of the BOARD of TRADE, left' the harbour a little before midnight. The steamei made her way against a strong head-sea through the Cudd Channel to a suitable position, and then slipped the Life-boat, which made sail, and on reaching the dis- tressed vessel found her to be the barque Bucephalus, of Shields, bound from Cabes to Shields. The vessel had been in col- lision with a brig, and besides leaking badly, was anchored in a dangerous posi- tion, a cable's length from the Goodwin Knowle. The 2nd officer had been washed off and drowned, and the carpenter badly injured whilst over the bows endeavouring to stop the leak. The Life-boat having returned to the steamer with this intel- ligence, the latter dropped down close enough for the Life-boat to run out a towing hawser from the barque to her— always a difficult operation at night and in a rough sea. Communication thus, established, part of the Life-boat's crew went on board the ship; the anchor was slipped, and the steamer started ahead with the barque in tow, and about 3.30 A.M. got her clear out from the Sands, and to a safe anchorage in the Downs— all this time, however, the vessel was leaking freely, and it needed the greatest exertions on the part of her own and the Life-boat's crew to prevent the water gain- ing on them. At daylight the Life-boat's work was concluded, and in tow of the Vulcan she returned to Ramsgate; both steamer and Life-boat having performed a highly creditable night's work.

The Bucephalus was laden with lead and grass, and carried a crew of 20 men.

BROUGHTY FERRY, N.B.—During the night of the 25th September, the schooner Oathrina, of Biga, stranded on the Aber- tay Banks, which lie to the eastward of the entrance to the River Tay. At 4 A.M.

her signals of distress were observed from the shore. It was then blowing a strong gale from the S.E.; a bad sea breaking on the Banks.

The Life-boat Mary Hartley, stationed at Broughty Ferry, about 3 miles inside the entrance of the River Tay, was at once launched, and proceeded to sea in tow of the North British Railway Com- pany's steamer. On arriving outside, the Life-boat was cast off, and, under oars, managed to reach the lee edge of the bank, then, partly dry. The crew of the stranded vessel, numbering 8 men, then made their way to the Life-boat, as it was feared that with the flood tide their ship would go to pieces, or be swallowed HP in.

the sand. She was bound from Oron- stadt to Montrose, had been set into St.

Andrew's Bay by the storm, and finally on shore on the sandbank. Before the tide fell she had beaten half across the bank from the violence of the gale. Fortunately the tide then partly left her for the time, and gave the Broughty Ferry Life-boat and the steamer the opportunity of effect- ing the rescue of the crew.

CARNSORE, Co. WEXFORD. — At day- break on the 25th September, a vessel was observed at anchor close in-shore in the Bay to the west of Carnsore Point.

It was blowing hard from W.8.W., and, as usual with an on-shore wind on this coast, a heavy sea was breaking on the beach.

The distressed vessel had also lost her foremast. An effort was made to commu- nicate with the ship by rocket lines, but the exertions of the Coastguard were to no purpose, as the distance was too great.

In the meantime, the Life-boat Iris had been launched from her station on the east side of Carnsore Point, and she ultimately made her way against a strong head sea and wind for a distance of 7 miles. The dismasted vessel was reached at 2 P.M., the Life-boat having launched at 10.30 A.M. — an effort needing great and well-sustained exertions on the part of the crew had thus been made.

The crew of the disabled vessel were then got on board — with some difficulty, owing to the proximity of the breakers — and, to the number of 10 persons, safely landed.

The ship's name was the Paquite de Terranova, a Spanish brig, "with a cargo of sugar.

PADSTOW. — At 4 P.M. on the 26th Sep- tember, the Life-boat Albert Edward, sta- tioned at Padstow, rescued the crew of the brigantine Immacolata,, of Naples. This vessel had brought up in a very dangerous position, outside Padstow Bar, on which a heavy sea, was breaking, with a hard gale at S.W. It was impossible for her to remain long in that position, and the Life-boat's services (as usual promptly rendered) were gladly accepted by the crew, who, to the number of 8 persons, were safely landed by dark. Before mid- night the Immacolata, had become a total wreck.

— On the 26th Sept., signals of distress were made from the steamer Montagu, of Liverpool, which had grounded previously on Wexford Bar, but had ex- pected to get off. The weather in the meantime had increased in severity, and it was now blowing hard from S.S.W., with a heavy sea on. the bar.

The Life-boat Ethel Eveleen, which is kept afloat at Kosslare, inside the entrance of Wexford Harbour, was promptly got under weigh, and about 5 P.M. succeeded in boarding the steamer, which at that time was already showing symptoms of breaking up, the sea sweeping clean over her hull. The 33 persons on board the steamer were then taken into the Life- boat, asd the 'shore regained at 5.30— the Life-boat's crew having performed a very creditable piece of service in a prompt and skilful manner.

NEW BRIGHTON.—On the morning of the 27th September, a very gallant service was performed by the Institution's tubular Life-boat Willie and Arthur, stationed at New Brighton.

During the previous night a storm of unusual violence had raged over the greater part of these islands, and heavy damage both by sea, and land followed.

The gale, which had commenced at W.S.W., veered round to the N.W. towards day- light, and a sea, which is described as terrific, was breaking over the banks and shoals at the mouth of the Mersey.

At daybreak, a signal indicating that a distressed vessel required Life-boat aid was exhibited from the Rock Lighthouse.

The New Brighton Life-boat was at once launched, and proceeded, in tow of the steamer Spindrift, in the direction of the wreck—the ship Ellen Southard, of Rich- mond, Maine, U.S.—-which lay in the midst of the breakers on Taylor's Bank, at the entrance of the Mersey. On the way out, the New Brighton boat was passed by the Liverpool Harbour Board tubular Life- boat, which being provided with a faster steam-tug—the Rattler—attained a suffi- ciently weatherly position first. That Life- boat in due time cast off from her steam- tug, and, dashing into the broken water under oars, gained the side of the wreck.

The Ellm Southard was a timber ship, and had been, beating on the bank the greater part of the night; her bottom was fairly driven in; her masts had been cut away or fallen, and the crew with difficulty maintained themselves on the top of the deck-load of timber, over which the water repeatedly swept. The captain's wife made a brave spring from the wreck to the Liver- pool Life-boat, as it rose on the top of the wave; others were hauled through the sea to the Life-boat by ropes; and finally, all on board being removed, the Life-boat shoved off, and threading her way through the mass of floating wreck and timber amidst great peril, drew near to the edge of the breakers, and to deeper and safer water.

The coxswain, Mr. JAMES MARTIN, now ordered the foresail to be set to steady the boat in. running to leeward, and no doubt all on board considered that the worst of the peril was past; the captain's wife had just exclaimed, " Let us thank God we are saved!" when a huge wave was seen careering down on them: it .has been- described as appearing " like a high wall." The foresail was partly set, and the boat's quarter was towards the advancing wave; the coxswain shouted out to " hold on !" fearing that some might be washed out; but the "high wall " lifted the boat up like a plaything on its front as it marched on, and in another instant rolled it clean over. Thirty-two persons were now struggling in the midst of the broken water, striving, as they rose to the surface from under the boat, to save themselves by clinging to her as she tossed about bottom up. Three were drowned. The master of the wreck, Captain D. H. WOODWORTH, was seen to rise to the sur- face near the boat, and look round; his wife rose immediately afterwards close to him ; she threw her arms round his neck, and they went down together. Others, after keeping themselves on the bottom of the Life-boat for a short time, became exhausted, were washed off, and perished.

Two men, one a sailor and the other a Life-boatman, were seen on a spar toge- ther, but the mast of the Life-boat, which had washed out of her, lay across the throat of the latter, and he was drowned, notwithstanding his life-belt, and the sailor beside him was saved.

The steam-tug Rattler, beholding this terrible catastrophe, but from the shallow- ness of the water unable to render assist- ance, promptly signalled to the New Brighton Life-boat, then a considerable distance to leeward, making the best of her way to shore, after having observed that the Liverpool boat had got the wrecked crew safely on board. The Nev? Brighton crew fortunately observed the signal, put about, and, with desperate energy, impelled their boat once more against the storm, in among the breakers, and to the side of the overturned boat.

It is said that the feat was accomplished in little over ten minutes, but the master of the wreck, his wife, the pilot, 2 of the mates, and 4 of the seamen, to- gether with 3 of the crew of the cap- sized Life-boat, had already perished.

The New Brighton Life-boat saved the remainder, consisting of 8 seamen of the wreck, and 11 Life-boatmen.

It is characteristic of the men who are willing to undergo such risks for hu- manity's sake, that when those on. The And now one word as to the manner in which the New Brighton Life-boat was handled when it was made known to them that we had come to grief. Being at a considerable distance from us, they came I with amazing promptitude to our rescue, when the men under our charge are straining every nerve to reach the drown- ing sailor first, and all ready to risk their lives, -we may be strengthened by the remembrance that the Almighty is smiling and the crew of the New Brighton tubular Life-boat of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION."