SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.—The Life-boat Duncan was launched from this station at 6 A.M. on the 10th October last, and rescued 2 men from a perilous position on board the fishing smack Gleaner. A sudden storm had compelled a number of fishing vessels, riding at anchor off Sheringham, to proceed to sea. In getting under weigh the Gleaner and Reaper came i into collision. The crew of the former, expecting their craft to founder, got on board the Reaper with the exception of 2 men, and the Gleaner then went drifting off to leeward in a disabled state with 2 men only on board, the Life-boat took off both the men and placed them on board the other vessel.

SEAHAM, DURHAM.—About midnight on the 10th October, the night being dark with violent squalls, the schooner Lucinde, of Whitstable, came into collision with the Base, of Lynn, whilst the two vessels were making for the harbour of Seaham.

Both vessels went ashore, and the Lucinde grounded in a dangerous position. An effort was made by the Coastguard to land the crew of the last-named vessel with a rocket line; but that having failed, the Life- boat Sisters Carter, of Harrogate, was called out, and she succeeded in rescuing the crew, 6 in number, from their perilous position.

NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND.—After daylight on the 14th October, the fishing vessels of Newbiggin -were caught in a' sudden gale from the east, and obliged to j make for the port. Anticipating some i mishap, the Life-boat William HopJcinson, of Brighouse, was launched, and was ! fortunately enabled to render effective aid to the fishing coble William and Mary,  with her crew of 4 men, who were in ; Serious danger, and would probably have ! been lost but for the presence of the Life- | boat.

SCARBOROUGH. — October 14th. Soon after noon a gale sprang up suddenly i from the eastward. A large number of! Scarborough fishing vessels, which were outside, had to bear up .and run for the harbour at Scarborough. Vessels which ; fall to leeward when rounding the Pier- ! end under such circumstances are placed ! in great danger, as they are quickly in the j midst of broken water. The Life-boat j Lady Leigh was therefore launched and lay in readiness near the scene of danger, watching the different vessels as they shot into shelter round the bend of the breakwater. At 2.30 P.M. the smack Mary Ann, after throwing a rope to the Pier- end, parted it, and was swiftly on the edge of the breakers. Fortunately the Life-boat at once made a dash at her with, a line, and thus saved vessel and crew of 9 men from extreme peril.

MONTROSE.—On the 16th October the HOD. Secretary of this branch received a telegram from the Coastguard Station north of Montrose that a vessel was standing for the harbour with a signal of distress flying. It was then Wowing hard from S.E., with a heavy sea on.

The No. 1 Life-boat Hinting Lane was at once ordered out, and proceeded to row- down to the river bar in readiness to board the distressed vessel when she ap- proached : this was at 4 o'clock. At 4.30 it was observed from the lighthouse con- tiguous to the Life-boat Station that the vessel was waiting off for assistance, afraid to approach nearer—a circumstance that the coxswain of the Life-boat could not observe—at the same time it was con- sidered that the crew appeared very much exhausted. The second Life-boat, the Roman Governor of Caer Hun, was there- fore launched, and she took orders to the No. 1 Life-boat to push out, if possible, and board the distressed vessel, while the No. 2 boat remained on the bar ready for any eventuality. After a severe struggle the No. 1 boat got alongside what proved to be the Russian three-masted schooner Emilia, bound from Cronstadt to Mont- rose. The vessel was so overladen with a deck load of timber that the crew were unable to properly navigate their vessel in such heavy weather, and bad no re- source, being then on a lee shore, but to run for a port with which they had no acquaintance. Hence the signal of dis- tress.

The Mincing Lane broke all the oars on one side and sustained other damage in boarding the Emilia,, which vessel was then wore off shore till the tide served, and finally run for the bar about 11 p.sr., and, notwithstanding the heavy sea, got safely into the river, her movements closely attended to the last by the No. 2 Life-boat. The Emilia had a crew of 9 men.

Two days later (on the 18th October) two schooners and a brig were observed off the harbour, a " strong gale " from the S.E. blowing, with a "very heavy sea" running. These vessels were the schooner Anne, of Montrose, with a crew of 5 men; the schooner Scotsman, of Arbroath, 7 men; and the brig Stf, of Cbristiauia, 8 men. They were on a lee shore, but with a safe harbour under their lee if they could only get in; the entrance was not very wide, and a heavy sea boiled up on the bar. The Life-boat Mincing Lane went down to the bar, and, by signals, showed the best route. So encouraged, the Anne, which belonged to the place, bore up, and " took the bar" in safety; the other two vessels, which were strangers, bore up in her wake: the Scotsman also got in without mishap, but the Swede kept too far to the south in spite of Life- boat signals, and touched the rocks, but drove over on the top of the next wave without stopping; so escaping, as it were, by the "skin of her teeth," and finally sailed up the river without material damage. The Report states, "the sig- nalling of the Life-boat undoubtedly saved the vessels." On the 5th December, at 3 A.M., the schooner Lass o' Doon, of Montrose, bound from Sunderland to Montrose, got ashore" on the Annat Bank, off this port, in a snowstorm, the wind being at S.S.E. with considerable sea on.

The Life-boat Roman Governor of Caer Hun, being launched, succeeded in rescu-ing the crew of 5 men, who were landed soon after 4 in the morning. Later in the day the same boat had again to be launched, and brought ashore 30 men from the same vessel, they having been employed to endeavour to save the vessel, : but being obliged to desist from the in- creasing foul weather, and having no mode of escape from the stranded vessel  but by the Life-boat.

BROUGHTY FERRY, DUNDEE.—About 2 j P.M. on the 18th October, at which time it was blowing a heavy gale from E.S.E., - the schooner Leopold, of Eiga, was ob- ; served on the Tay Banks at the mouth of | that river. The Life-boat Mary Hartley, stationed at Broughty Ferry, was promptly launched, and proceeded down the river in tow of a steam-tug. When a convenient position had been gained the boat cast off from the steamer and pulled in to the broken water, on the banks where the wreck lay. She was successful in saving j the whole of the crew, consisting of 6 j persons. i About 2 A.M. on the 23rd October the j information reached this station that a j ship was ashore on the Tay Banks. It ' was blowing a strong gale from S.E.  The Life-boat Mary Hartley being quickly j launched, pulled out of the river, and descried the brig Vidar, of Drammen, ashore in the midst of a heavy sea, her masts gone. The tide being at the time i very low, the Life-boat was unable to close the wreck at once on account of there being insufficient water over the j intervening shoals. Waiting at the edge i of the bank till towards 4 A.M., she then j plunged into the broken water and sue-1 ceeded in getting alongside, and with some j difficulty removed from the wreck the j whole of the crew of 8 men, who were ; landed in safety by 6 A.M. The wreck of the Vidar soon crumbled to pieces. ' WHITBY.—On the 18th October, at 5 | P.M., during a heavy gale at E.S.E., the i barque Teazer, of Whitby, whilst endea-vouring to enter that port, in tow of a •, steamer, parted her tow-rope and went ! ashore on Whitby Sands. The Life-boat Robert Whitworth was launched on the catastrophe being observed, and succeeded  in rescuing the whole of the crew, con- sisting of 9 persons.

On the 22nd October, at 3 P.M., signals of distress were observed at this station from the Swedish barque Svadsfare, and the Life-boat Harriott Forteath having boarded her, the crew were engaged to carry the disabled vessel into port, which, with the Life-boat in company, they suc- ceeded in doing. It was blowing hard at E.S.E. at the time of the launch.

ARKLOW, IRELAND.—At 8 o'clock on the morning of October 19th intelligence reached the station of a vessel being on the north end of the Arklow Bank. It was then blowing a moderate gale from the S.E. with very high sea. The Life-boat Out-Pensioner was launched, and proceeded to the stranded vessel forthwith. Just as the boat got close to her, however, the distressed vessel, which had been on the bank the greater part of the night, drove off it with the flood-tide, and the Life- boat, at the request of the captain, giving two men to pilot her into Wicklow, made for the shore again, where she was beached at 2.25 P.M. The vessel that experienced this narrow escape was the schooner Sen- sitive, of Boulogne, bound from that port to Wicklow, having a crew of 6 men.

CAISTER, NORFOLK.—On the 20th Oct., about 10.30 P.M., it then blowing a mode- rate gale at S.S.W. with a very heavy sea on, a man swam ashore about a mile north of Winterton Life-boat Station. An over- turned ship's boat lay beating about in the surf not far from him. The man was the solitary survivor of 13 who had left the wreck of the barque Young England, of Middlesborough, half an hour previously in the now overturned boat. A young Winterton beachman—who, with many others that dark and stormy night, was walking the beach on the look out— observed the boat in the surf, and then the half-drowned sailor on the beach.

The first act of the sailor was to state to the young man that when he and his 12 deceased shipmates left the Young England 4 men were left on board, owing to the rope which held the boat to her suddenly parting, and, more- over, that the vessel was breaking up.

Whereupon, the young man—possibly having had painful experience of the value of time under such circumstances— started off at once, with his face south- ward, and (to use the words of the report), " knowing that no boat could get off ex- ' vessel had sunk soon after striking, and cept the Caister Life-boat, passed by the the crew had secured themselves in the Winterton Life-boat Station, -where there j main rigging. They were now, one by one, is a medium-sized rowing Life-boat, and ; drawn through the water to the Life-boat, her anchors northward and passed out of, fishing smack aground, surrounded by the stern broken off, a complete wreck." The ) the tide rose, when the sea beat the smack men were still clinging to what was ' over into deep water. The Life-boatmen never stopped till he had reached Caister Life-boat Station, 6 miles distant, by which time, as may be supposed, he was thoroughly exhausted." The Caister No. 1 Life-boat is one of the finest of the large sailing Life-boat class, and is 42 feet long. Her crew had been out early in the evening watching the Young England, then considered to be in an awkward position, but in no imme- diate danger, and with, no distress-signal flying. The vessel subsequently dragged sight of Caister. These men, on the re- ceipt of the intelligence of the wreck, were not long in manning the Life-boat, and by 3.30 A.M. had fallen in with the object of their search, which, they found " in the midst of the breakers, with her bow and left of their vessel, and were with diffi- culty hauled through the water to the Life-boat by lines thrown them.

The report of the wreck states that " the shouts, cries, and tears of joy (of the 4 rescued men) on the arrival of the Life-boat exceeded all that that crew had ever witnessed," The Life-boat did not regain the shore with the wrecked seamen till past 8 A.&T. on the 21st. The name of the young man who so gallantly plodded on through the storm, with his intelli- gence, and so preserved the lives of the 4 men who on the crumbling wreck were counting the moments, is JOHN BROWN.

The Young England was a barque of 400 tons belonging to Middlesborough, bound from Hanssand to London with a cargo of iron and wood. She carried a crew of 17, all told, of whom 12 perished as above described.

About 7 A.M. on the 3rd November, the same Life-boat launched to the brigantine Harmsion, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, which vessel was strasded on the Middle Cross Sand off Caister. A gale from the S.S.E, was blowing, with the usual heavy seas on the beach and off-lying banks. The Life-boat having reached off under sail, anchored in a suitable position, and, after many unsuccessful attempts, succeeded in. establishing communication with the stranded vessel by a heaving-line. The which at 10 P.M. regained the shore with the 7 rescued men who had formed the crew of the Harmstan, Some of those rescued were severely cut and bruised, and their escape was a narrow one, on account of the severity of the gale' and the rapid destruction of the wreck.

At 11.30 P.M. on the 16th November, "flare-up" signals on the Scroby Sand being observed from the Life-boat Station, the No. 2 Life-boat was launched, and an reaching the edge of the shoal observed a breakers. The crew were in the act of making a desperate attempt to escape in their own boat when the Life-boat was observed, and her services gladly accepted.

Having rescued the crew, consisting of 6 men, the Life-boat lay off the sand till then boarded the smack again, and, though she was leaking badly and waterlogged, succeeded in bringing her into Yarmouth Harbour by 1 P.M. on the 17th. The wind was moderate during the night, but there was a considerable swell, resulting from a previous gale.

At 2 P.M. on 21st November, the same Life-boat was launched to the disabled Norwegian brig Brodrenes Saab, of Tons- berg, which vessel exhibited signals of distress, it blowing hard at the time from the N.N.E. At the request of the master the Life-boatmen boarded the vessel, and, aided by her own crew of 6 persons, brought her safely into port.

HOLY ISLAND.—On the 20th October, during a gale from the E.S.E., the steamer Britannia, of Leith, was wrecked on " The Kidge," close to the bar of Holy Island Harbour.

The Britannia, had on board a number of passengers, and was bound from Leith to Newcastle. Finding the gale too strong to steam against, the captain bore up for Holy Island, and had nearly made good iis entrance to the harbour when a heavy sea struck the stern of the steamer, and, slewing her out of her course, caused her to strike on rocks under the Castle Point.

The Life-boat Grace Darling was at once launched and proceeded to the wreck, FEBRUARY 1, 1876.] THE LIFE-BOAT.

431 from which she removed 17 persons, mostly women and children. Some fish- ing vessels also made their way off to the lee of the wreck, and before long 78 pas- sengers had been landed in safety. The captain of the Britannia, relieved thus of the care of his passengers, used every endeavour to save his ship, but to no purpose; and at about 3 P.M., the vessel beginning to break up, and the sea hav- ing greatly increased with the flowing tide, the boats all washed away, and the holds and stokehole full of water, the Life-boat was again called into requisi- tion, and after three attempts she managed to embark the crew, 18 in number. The vessel was then finally abandoned.

SEATON CAREW, DURHAM.—On the 20th October, at 11.30 A.M., the Eussian brig- antine Porthan, of Aland, bound from Oruskjoldsrik to Antwerp, being water- logged, and in danger of foundering at her anchors outside the entrance of the River Tees, slipped her cables and bore up for the land north of the river. She struck the ground a long way off shore, the tide being out, and a hard gale at S.E. setting up a heavy sea on the beach. The vessel began to break up soon after striking.

The Seaton Carew Life-boat Job Eindley had been taken to the beach on first ob- serving the brigantine slip her cables, and was now launched, with some difficulty, owing to the heavy surf on the shore, and after a hard row succeeded in removing from the wreck the crew of 9 men. The Life-boat's crew are reported as having "behaved nobly" on this occasion.

This Life-boat again did excellent ser- vice on the 21st October. Soon after dark on that day the schooner Auld 'Reekie, bound from Middlesborough to Barcelona with pitch, got ashore on the North Gare, at the entrance of the River Tees. It was blowing hard, with a considerable sea, from the S.E. The Auld Reekie burnt tar- barrels to show her distressed condition, which signal was observed from the Life- boat Station at Seaton Garew, which is a few miles north of the Tees. That station telegraphed to the Middlesborough Station, which, being to windward, and able to approach close to the wreck while still in the smooth water of the Tees, appeared to have the best chance of rendering assist- ance. At the same time the Seaton Carew Life-boat herself was started out along the beach, and conveyed by horses 2 miles farther to windward, and launched off the open shore. Before this was accomplished, however, the lights from the distressed vessel had wholly disappeared.

The Middlesborough Life-boat's crew, on the receipt of the telegram, proceeded down the river with the Life-boat Crossley, and, having communicated with the light- house keepers near the entrance of the Tees and heard no tidings of the wreck, rowed back again, and hauled their boat up.

The Seaton Carew boat's crew also, after pulling about outside for two hours, and seeing nothing, returned to their sta- tion, supposing that either the vessel had foundered, or that the Middlesborough Life-boat had rescued the crew. Before midnight both boats and crews were safely bestowed for the night. Fortunately some of the Seaton Carew men, not feeling en- tirely reassured, kept a watch. At 3 A.M. (Oct. 22nd) the moon got up: some keen- eyed watcher caught sight of the masts of a vessel rising apparently out of the black water, and showing faintly against the now moonlit, stormy sky. The alarm was promptly given, and the farmer's horses once more attached to the Seaton Carew Life-boat carriage. That boat was then taken along the sands as before, and, at 3 A.M., for the second time launched off the beach. The masts of the wreck were hailed after nearly an hour's hard rowing; a feeble answer was returned; then the Life-boat closed, and her crew had the great satisfaction of removing from the mizen rigging of the Auld Reekie 8 poor fellows who had been in that position for eight hours, their vessel having foundered, and so extinguished their tar-barrel, at 7 P.M. The rescue was indeed timely, as the men saved were nearly in the last stage of exhaustion when the Life-boat appeared.

PETERHEAD.—At 9.50 A.M. on the 22nd October, the Life-boat of this Station, the People's Journal, No. 1, was launched for the purpose of saving the crew of the barque Eyack, of Langesund in Norway, which was wrecked north of Battray Head, a hard easterly gale blowing at the time.

The Life-boat did not succeed in reaching the stranded vessel, however, till the crew had been saved by the coastguard with the rocket apparatus. After dark on the same day, the Danish smack Nathalie have perished. As it was, the peril eu- Jacdbine, of Nibe, Jutland, drove ashore near the entrance of the South Harbour, while attempting to enter it. The Life- boat was promptly urged to the spot, and succeeded in saving the crew of 4 men.

GREAT YARMOUTH.—On the evening of the 23rd October, the Life-boat Abraham Thomas was launched, through a heavy surf, to the rescue of the crew of the schooner Saucy Jack, of Yarmouth, which vessel parted from her anchors, from, the violence of the south-east gale, and drove ashore on Yarmouth beach. She carried a crew of 4 men, who were safely landed, 3 by the Life-boat, and 1 by the rocket apparatus, the vessel herself becoming a total wreck. She was bound from Yar- mouth to Newcastle, SUNDERLAND.—About 1.30 A.M. of the 23rd October, the night being stormy and peculiarly dark, the wind at east (dead on shore), the lights of a vessel on the Beacon Rocks, Roker, to the north, of the entrance to Sunderland Harbour, were observed from the No. 1 Life-boat Station, and the crew of the Life-boat Good Templar pro- ceeded to launch their boat. A dangerous surf was rolling up on the exposed beach, and the boat was three times cast up on it, broadside on. At length the deter- mined efforts of the crew were crowned with success, and the Life-boat got fairly off into deep water, and was not long in making its way to the distressed vessel, which proved to be the screw-steamer Altona, of Hamburg, bound from that port to Sunderland. The rocks on, which the vessel struck had quickly penetrated her bottom, and she then fell over, with her decks to seaward, the seas frequently sweeping her from stern to stem. With great gallantry, and much difficulty and danger, the Life-boatmen succeeded in removing from the wreck her crew of 14 men. They were surrounded by rocks, however, and in the darkness came into collision with one that ripped the bottom up, and with considerable difficulty, from her water-logged condition, the boat re- gained the shore with the rescued men.

Of course a boat unprovided with indepen- dent cellular compartments would under such circumstances have been incapable of floating so many men (27) as the Good Templar had on board, and many must countered by all was great, and the Life- boat's crew deserved praise for their con- duct throughout the whole affair, whicli •was suitably recognised by the Institution in the way of a double reward.

BRANCASTER, NORFOLK.—The Life-boat Joseph and Mary was launched from this station, at 8.30 A.M. on the 24th October, to go to the assistance of the brig Cuba, of Abo, bound from that port to London, ! having a crew of 8 men. The vessel had I gone on shore on the Burham Flats, and ! was striking heavily in a considerable sea, , the result of a previous gale. Considering j their vessel lost, the crew were* ready to I jump into the boat when she approached.

I The Life-boat's crew, however, having i a better acquaintance with the locality, thought differently, as the weather was im- proving, and encouraged the crew to re- i main by their ship; and finally, by their advice and assistance, the vessel was driven off the bank into deep water, and though leaking badly, carried safely into King's Lynn.

NEW ROMNEY.—At 10 P.M. on the 27th October, in reply to signals of distress, the Life-boat Dr. Batton was launched from this station, and proceeded through a heavy sea and fresh breeze at S.E. to the assistance of the barque Atlantic, of Grimstad, which, through mistaking cer- tain lights, had gone ashore in Romney Bay while on a voyage from Flushing to the West Indies. The Life-boat reached j the stranded vessel as the crew —11 in 1 number—were in the act of abandoning ; her, but, re-encouraged by her presence, , they returned on board, the Life-boat ; remaining by them till her services were no longer required.

SELSEY.—On the 14th November, dur- ing a heavy westerly gale, the schooner Henrietta,, of Truro, which was at anchor in a dangerous position off the Selsey Bocks, hoisted signals of distress, and the Life-boat Four Sisters was launched to render aid; but, the tide and gale being against her, she had to return, after a hard struggle, and wait till the tide turned at 10 P.M., when a second attempt was made; and shortly before midnight the distressed vessel was boarded, and found to have sustained damage aloft, and to be riding heavily with three anchors down. The vessel was afterwards got under weigh and carried safely into Shoreham Harbour.

CARDIGAN. — On the 19th November the Life-boat John Stuart was launched at 6 A.M., and proceeded to the schooner Johanna Antoinette, of Gravenhage, Hol- land, -which vessel had become a wreck on Cardigan Bar during the night. A " terrific gale " was blowing from the "W.S.W., and the crew, for the most part new hands, and with a new coxswain (in consequence of the recent withdrawal of the Coastguard), had a most perilous task to accomplish, the ebb tide from the river making out over the bar against the ocean swell and producing a tremendous sea. After one hour and twenty minutes' hard struggle a position to windward of the wreck was reached, and the crew, being in readiness, jumped into the Life- boat as she dropped past them through the breakers. AJ1 the crew of 5 men thus on board, the Life-boat bore away for the river, which she entered in safety, and landed about 8.30 at St. Dogmell's.

This rescue was daring in conception, and highly creditable to the Life-boatmen from the gallant and determined manner in which it was carried into effect. Much highly meritorious service had also been performed by this Life-boat during the many years she had been under the charge of the Coastguardmen and mainly manned by them.

the 14th November the Life -boat Licensed Victualler was launched to rescue a boy who had bee.n left on board the smack Mermaid, of Grimsby, which vessel had parted from her cables while in charge of the boy and grounded 200 yards from the beach in a very rough, broken sea, while blowing hard at N.N.E.

But after a vain attempt (on account of the. shallowness of the water), the Life- boat had to return to the shore, and the crew, forming a " hand-to-hand " line from the beach, as far as that was possible, the end men swam the remaining dis- tance and brought the boy safely ashore.

This was at 7 P.M., long after dark.

Also on the 22nd November, at 3 P.M., in reply to her signals of distress, this Life-boat boarded the Russian barque Caseo, of Bargo, which vessel was aground on the South Sand, it blowing hard from the N.E., with considerable sea. At the request of the captain the Life-boatmen boarded the vessel, which by their local knowledge and assistance was got off the sand and carried into port. The Caseo carried a crew of 15 men.

This Life-boat was also afloat all the night of the 25th November, in conse- quence of distress signals being exhibited from the lightship, from which it was subsequently ascertained that the vessel which had required aid had got off the bank at 10 P.M. after the distress signals were shown. It was blowing hard from the N.E. on this occasion.

NORTH BERWICK.—Information having been received at this station about 9 A.M. on the 30th November, at which time it was blowing a gale from the N.E., ac- companied by snow squalls, that a vessel had been wrecked on the Fidra Island, 3 miles north of Berwick, the Life- boat Freemason was launched, and suc- ceeded in reaching the island, when it was found that the wreck was the sloop Lauton of Arbroath, from that place bound to Newcastle, which had struck at 2 A.M. in a snow squall. One of the crew had perished, and the remaining 2 men, after great exposure, were thus rescued by the Life-boat and brought ashore.

PADSTOW.—At 6.30 P.M. on the 6th November, information was received at this Life-boat Station of a vessel being stranded on the Doom bar. The Life-boat Albert Edward proceeded to her assistance, and was successful in rescuing 4 men who had been left on board by the rest of the crew. The vessel was the French brig Marie Josephine, of Cherbourg, bound from j Swansea to Caen. A gale was blowing i from the N.W., and the wreck occurred : in consequence of an attempt to enter the ! harbour at a wrong state of tide.

APPLEDORE.—The brigantine Waterloo, of Cork, bound from that place to Bristol, j was stranded on the Northam Sands at I 2 A.M. on the 6th November. A fresh ! gale from W.N.W. was blowing at the ! time. The Waterloo, having no means of i making a signal of distress, remained un- observed till daylight. As soon as she was seen the Life-boat Hope was got ready, and at 7.45 A.M. launched to the assist- ance of the distressed crew. By her means all on board, consisting of 6 men and the master's wife, were rescued, the latter being in a very exhausted state.

KINGSDOWNE.—At 2 A.M. on the 11th November, the Life-boat Sabrina, launched, during a strong gale at S.W. and pro- ceeded to the assistance of the brig Wish, of Plymouth, which was ashore near Old Stairs Bay. The Wish was found to be leaking, and with 3 feet of water in her hold. The Life-boatmen kept her free of water, subsequently assisted by men from a smack, till daylight, when a steam- tug came to their assistance, and between them the damaged vessel was got afloat and carried into Ramsgate Harbour.

NORTH DEAL.—At midnight on the 13th November, it then blowing a hard gale from W.S.W., signals indicating that a vessel was in distress were exhibited from the Gull Lightship, and the North Deal Life- boat Van Kook launched forthwith. She proceeded under sail towards the Goodwin Sands, but "being unable to discover the •wreck, and no more lights being shown, she came to an anchor till daylight in the Downs. As soon as it was daylight she weighed and proceeded to the Brake Sand, where she found the barque Monte Carmelo, of Malta, aground, with signals of distress flying. Having boarded this vessel, the Life-boat crew succeeded in running out a hawser to a steam-tug, by whose aid she •was got off and carried into port. The Life-boat then proceeded to the schooner Josie, of New York, which was also ashore with distress signals flying, and the master having engaged the service of the Life- boat crew to get his vessel afloat, they were fortunately enabled to do BO, the schooner not having received material damage. The crews of the two vessels numbered 21 persons.

BROADSTAIRS,—At midnight on the 13th, in reply to signals from the Gull Lightship, the Life-boat Samuel Morrison Collins was launched, in a strong breeze at W.S.W., and proceeded under sail to the assistance of the barque Fleetwing, of Newcastle, bound from Shields to Lisbon, which vessel had received considerable damage while in collision with the Gull Lightship, and was drifting to the east- ward, having lost both her anchors. The Life-boat having boarded the Fleetwing, she ultimately secured the services of a steam-tug, by whose assistance she was carried, with 9 of her crew, into port.

Whilst the Broadstairs Life-boat was thus engaged, the Ramsgate Life-boat and steam-tug also arrived, but their services were not needed.

SWANSEA.—At half an hour after mid- night on the 14th November, in reply to signals of distress shown from the schooner Ellen Beatrice, of Aberystwith, bound from Swansea to Dover, the Life-boat Wolver- hampton launched from its station, and proceeded to render assistance.

A strong gale was blowing at W.N.W., and the schooner had been dragging her anchors. The vessel had also lost both spars and canvas; and the master, in ex- pectation of his vessel becoming a wreck, requested the Life-boat to stay by him, which she did till the danger was past by the gale moderating.

FISHGUARD.—About noon of the 14th of November, during a terrible gale from the N.E., signals of distress were hoisted on board vessels at anchor in Fishguard Roads. The No. 1 Life-boat, Sir Edward Perratt, was at once launched; but before she could reach the anchorage the schooner Elinor and Mary, of Milford, had patted her cables and driven among the breakers of the Goodwick Sands, the sea immedi- ately sweeping the vessel fore and aft.

The crew, 3 in number, were rescued with j difficulty by the Life-boat. Scarcely had this crew been landed when the Life-boat was required to perform a similar service for the crew of the Laura, a smack be- longing to Carnarvon; and at 1 o'clock the schooner Independence parted her cables and drove on to the sands, the vessel in- stantly filling and the crew taking refuge in the rigging. These men were, one by one, taken from the rigging, and all safely landed by the Life-boat, which had then, for the fourth time, to make her way off and remove the crew of the Princess Zoyal, of Cardigan, also stranded and the crew lashed in the rigging to avoid being swept off by the seas which broke over their vessel.

Sixteen lives were thus saved by the Sir Edward Perrott, and the Institution marked its sense of the services rendered by add-ing a bar to the medal of the coxswain, JAMES WHITE, Chief Boatman of Coast- guard, and a Vote of Thanks on vellum, and letter of thanks, to Mr. J. G. ANNAL, Chief Officer of Coastguard, and the Rev. J. WILLIAMS, respectively, for their valu- able aid and co-operation. An additional money reward was also voted to the crew.

WEXFORD.—At 10.30 A.M. on the 14th November, the brigantine Emily Raymond, of St. John's, N.B., then aground on the North Bar, Wexford Harbour, exhibited signals of distress. A gale was blowing from the N.W. at the time, with a very bad sea on. The Life-boat Civil Ser- vice, stationed at Rosslare, at the mouth of Wexford Harbour, proceeded to her assistance, and succeeded in landing from her the whole of the crew, consisting of 9 persons.

CLEETHORPES.—On the 20th November, just before dark, in reply to signals of distress, the Life-boat Manchester Unity was launched to the assistance of the Danish schooner Foriuna, of Nykjobing, bound from that port to Stockton, and car- rying a crew of 5 men. The Fortuna had lost an anchor, spars, and sails, and was in a dangerous position, while the crew- were exhausted by cold and overwork.

At the request of the master, the Life- boatmen went on board and worked the ship until the following day, when the services of a steam-tug were procured, which carried her safely into port. It was blowing a moderate gale from the ' N.E. at the time of this service.

YOUGHAL.—On the 30th October, at 3 P.M., the schooner Gleaner, of Milford, •was "wrecked beneath Clay Castle, near the entrance of Youghal Harbour. It was blowing a heavy gale at S. The Life-boat William Beckett of Leeds was launched at 3.45, and succeeded in reaching the wreck, which, to the great disappointment of the Life-boat's crew, they found de- serted; the crew having taken to their own boat, which was almost immediately capsized, and all perished.

HORNSEA.—A gallant attempt was made by this Life-boat, the Ellen and Margaret of Settle, on the 20th November, to rescue the crew of the schooner Rapid, of Boston.

In consequence of information from the Coastguard Station near the wreck, the Life-boat was launched at 2.15 P.M., and at 3.45 P.M. reached a position near the wreck, having come over 7 miles in a hard N.E. gale, only to notice a signal from the Coastguard Station that they were too late, as the solitary man who had been clinging to her had been seen to drop into the water and perish. The conduct and labour of the Life-boatmen were none the less creditable, as, owing to the heavy surf on the beach, the boat had been twice thrown back on it, and had to be remounted on her carriage for the next attempt. No work is so trying as this working in the water in bitterly cold weather with a large boat to handle, and the beach or sand yielding under the feet; and the Hornsea men deserve full credit for their persistent though un- successful efforts.

ST. ANDREW'S —October 20th, at 5 P.M.

The schooner Fantee, of Hamburg, bound from that port to Shields, was wrecked on the Tay Bank, 8 miles to leeward of St.

Andrew's. It was blowing a gale from the S.E. with, as usual under such circum- stances, heavy breakers on the bank. The Life-boat Ladies' Own was launched from St. Andrew's, and, running to leeward under sail, with the intention of ulti- mately boarding the wreck, got close enough to her to ascertain that help was being afforded from the River Tay Life- boat and steam-tug, which were able to operate from the side of the bank, with less danger to themselves. They thereupon hauled to the wind and beat back again to her station. The gallant intention of this Life-boat's crew, and the skill exhi- bited in the management of their boat, reflect great credit on them.

SEASCALE.—On the 26th October, at 9.30 A.M., the Life-boat William Tomlinson was launched to the assistance of the schooner Elizabeth, of Carlisle, which had driven ashore near Seascale, a heavy sea breaking on the beach and it blowing hard at S.S.W. The Elizabeth was bound from Port Dinorwin to Silloth with a cargo of slates. The Life-boat, after a smart row, succeeded in boarding the wreck, and at 1.30 P.M. returned ashore with the crew of 3 men.

TEIGNMOUTH.—On the 6th December after dark, several of the fishing vessels of the port being known to be off it, and expected to take the bar of the river under somewhat trying circumstances, the Life- boat China was held in readiness. It was blowing a fresh breeze at E.N.E. with a rough sea on the bar at 8 P.M., when a fishing boat, whilst entering the river, was struck by a sea and capsized. The Life-boat was launched as speedily as possible, and succeeded in rescuing 2 of the crew. Two were, unhappily, drowned before the Life-boat reached the scene of the accident.

RAMSEY.—On the 24th December, at 9 A.M., the smack Thistle, of Castletown, bound from Ramsey to Castletown, having parted her principal cables and sprung a leak, hoisted signals of distress. It was blowing a heavy gale at S.W., and the Life-boat Two Sisters at once launched, and, standing off under sail, succeeded in rescuing the crew of 3 men from the Thistle.

BUDE.— On the 31st December the Life- boat Elizabeth Moore Garden was launched, and proceeded to the assistance of the smack Mirre, stranded on the rocks under Summerlies Point. A heavy ground sea had set in after the Mirre grounded, which made the task of getting the vessel afloat again very difficult. She struck the beach after she had been got off the rocks, and was in a most precarious position, when the Life-boat ran a line through the surf to her, by which means she was got afloat again and safely Mo the river.

On the 21st December, at 6 A.M., the brig Island Bdle, of Guernsey, bound from Wilmington to Bristol, drove ashore near the entrance to this harbour. It was at the time blowing hard from the west- ward, with a heavy sea running. The Bude Life-boat was again launched, and succeeded in saving the whole crew of 6 persons.

PENSION.—On the 31st December, at 3 P.M., the Life-boat Christopher Brown was launched during a S.W. gale, and proceeded to the smack Crane, of Beau- mariss which vessel was at anchor in a dangerous position with a signal of dis- tress flying. The Life-boat's crew having boarded the vessel, got her under weigh, and, having sailed her to a place of safety, left her secure for the night at 6 P.M.

BRIGHTON and NEWHAVEN.—At noon on the 14th November the barque Broughton, of Liverpool, bound from Shields to Val- paraiso, was observed drifting towards the land east of Brighton, during a heavy gale from the W.S.W. The Broughton had lost her mizen-mast, and had nearly all her canvas blown away; she had also a heavy list, from the cargo having shifted; altogether, she was ia a most dangerous position, and hoisted signals of distress. The London Sunday-Schools' Life-boat Robert Raikes was launched off the beach with some difficulty, owing to the heavy surf, and stretched off to the disabled vessel, under sail. The Broughton in the' meantime had come to an anchor, and, unfortunately, the Life-boat, miscal- culating her drift, rounded-to under the stern at such a distance that the heaving grapnels could not reach the vessel. As a necessary consequence, the Life-boat was swept astern by the gale, and, after a fruitless effort to row up against it, had to bear up for Newhaven.

As soon as the tide served for crossing the bar the Newhaven Life-boat Elizabeth Boys put to sea—this was at 8 P.M.—and, having rowed a mile westward, was taken in tow by the tug Victoria, and towed to the disabled barque, which, she boaided.

In the meantime the wind shifted off the land, the gale moderated,'and the Broughton rode to her anchors till finer weather enabled a steam-tug to convey her into port.

SKEGNESS. — At 4.30 A.M. on the 5th December the barge Star, of Colchester, bound from Hull to Poole, was driven ashore at Winthorpe Gap, on the Lincoln- shire coast, during a fresh gale at E., with snow falling heavily. The Life-boat Henry Ingram, was conveyed a distance of 2 miles by horses, and at 6 A.M.

launched through a considerable surf, the wind being dead on to a very exposed beach. Shortly before daylight the stranded vessel was reached: she -was surrounded by broken water a few hun- dred yards from the beach, and some dif- ficulty was experienced in getting the crew out. After the rest of the men had been hauled on board the Life-boat, the master fell overboard, and being without a life-belt, and in imminent danger of being swept away, SAMUEL MOODY, fisher- man, and GEORGE CHESNUTT, Coastguard- 

437 man, leaped into the sea from the Life- boat, and, having their life-belts on, were able to support him and bring him to the side of the Life-boat, in which position the three men held on to the outside life-lines and were towed ashore, as it was found im- possible to get them on board. Fortunately, the Life-boat had only a few hundred yards to go when she drove ashore on the beach to leeward of the wreck. The whole crew of the Star, consisting of 3 men, were thus saved.