BROUGHTY FERRY, DUNDEE.—A new 33- feet 10-oared Life-boat and carriage have been sent here in lieu of the old boat and carriage, which were becoming unfit for further service. The expense of the same was defrayed from the Life-boat Fund raised through the medium of the ' Eng- lish Mechanic and World of Science,' a weekly scientific journal published in London, under the supervision of J.

PASSMORE EDWARDS, Esq., whose kind co-operation largely tended to the com- plete success of this Life-boat subscrip- tion. The boat was named the English Mechanic, in accordance with the wishes of the contributors. It may be mentioned that the Life-boats placed on the Broughty Ferry Station by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, have done noble service to shipwrecked crews during the past few years, no less than 68 lives having been saved through their instrumentality.

When the new boat reached Dundee it was drawn in procession through the town; the streets were densely crowded all the way, and on reaching the place of launch at the north side of King William's Dock there was an immense assemblage, men and boys being perched on every conceivable elevation from which a view of the scene might be obtained. As Mr.

PASSMORE EDWARDS was unable to be present to hand over the boat to the In- stitution on behalf of the donors, he had requested JAMES TEAMAN, Esq., M.P., for Dundee, to undertake that duty, and that gentleman, on making the presentation, expressed a hope that the new Life-boat might be as successful as her predecessor, should her services be called into requi- sition. Colonel ALISON, on behalf of the crew of the boat, said, he felt sure they would do their duty when called on.

Other gentlemen having spoken, three hearty cheers were given for the donors, and the boat was named by Mrs. DAL- GLBISH, and launched, after a suitable prayer had been offered by the Eev. Dr.

"WATSON. Curiously enough the Life- boat was at once enabled to inaugurate her usefulness, for while she was out on her trial trip, and was passing Broughty Ferry, intelligence was received that a vessel was in difficulties near the Gaa Sandbank. The steamer Fairweather at once towed the boat to the spot, and with their joint aid, the vessel, which was the schooner Brothers of Sunderland, was soon extricated from her perilous position.

HARWICH.—Since the wreck of the ill- fated emigrant steam-ship DeutsMand in Dec. 1875 on the Kentish Knock Sands, near the mouth of the Thames, with the loss of 57 lives, the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has been enabled, in concert with the local residents, to form a Life- boat establishment at Harwich. The Society had often previously desired to station a Life-boat there, but its offers had been declined, it having always been considered that the outlying sandbanks, on which vessels were liable to be wrecked, were all so distant, that before a Life-boat from Harwich could reach them the ship- wrecked persons would have been taken off by one of the numerous hovelling smacks which are almost always cruising about, or lying under shelter of the sands, on the look-out for vessels in distress.

Indeed, in the case of the DeutscMand, the spot where she was wrecked was 24 miles from Harwich, and no one on j shore knew of her having stranded until fourteen hours had elapsed. As, how- ever, there is now a steam-tug at that port, which was not formerly the case, it ! is hoped that in the event of any future 1 wrecks the Life-boat may be towed out and be enabled, in conjunction with the steamer, to do good service to the ship- i wrecked crews. The Life-boat is 35 feet : long, 9 feet wide, and pulls 10 oars double- | banked; it was sent to its destination, with its transporting carriage and equip- ment, in January last year, without waiting for the erection of the boathouse, so that it might be ready for any emergency that might arise, a Norwegian ship having been wrecked on the Shipwash Sandbank, off the coast of Essex, early in January.

The Life-boat and its equipment were presented to the Institution by Miss BUBMESTER of London, and at her wish the boat is named the Spring-well. It should be mentioned that the Life-boat was towed from the Thames to its station free of charge by the steamer Lord Alfred Paget, belonging to S. CLARKE, Esq., of St. Dunstan's Alley, while the Great Eastern Railway Company readily granted the transporting carriage and gear a free conveyance to their destination over their line.

A substantial and commodious house has since been erected for the boat on the only suitable site, which was granted to the Society by H.M. Principal Secretary of State for War, and on its completion the public inauguration of the Life-boat establishment took place on the 7th Sept.

under the superintendence of Bear-Ad- miral D. EDBERTSON-MACDONALD, Assist- ant-Inspector of Life-boats. After going in procession through the town, which was handsomely decorated with flags, the Life-boat was- taken to the Esplanade.

The Mayor of Harwich, JOHNSON BICH- MOND, Esq., who had from the first been indefatigable in his exertions to promote the formation of the Life-boat establishment, then addressed the spec- tators, and a religious service was con- ducted by the Eev. S. FARMAN, after which the naming of the boat was performed by the Mayoress, and the boat was launched and put through the customary evolutions.

The Mayor afterwards entertained at luncheon a number of the principal in- habitants, while a regatta concluded the proceedings of the day.