PENMON.—On the 25th January, during a strong gale from the N., while the disabled steamer Pioneer, of Dublin, was being towed into the Menai Straits, the hawsers of the tugs broke, and the vessel drove on Puffin Island. The Penmon Life-boat Christopher Brown was towed out through a heavy sea, by the steam-tug Royal Saxon, but could not get alongside the vessel on account of the heavy surf.

She was, therefore, towed round to the lee-side of the island, and, on arriving there, it was found that 10 of the vessel's crew had been landed by some Penmon pilots, 3 others having been unfortunately drowned. These 10 men were taken into the Life-boat, put on board the steam-tug, and safely landed at Beaumaris.

The thanks of the Institution, inscribed on vellum, were voted to Mr. W. M.

PRESTON, the Honorary Secretary of the Penmon Branch, in acknowledgment of his services on this occasion. He ran a distance of four miles to the station to get the Life-boat ready, and afterwards went oat in the boat, acting as coxswain.