BALLYCOTTON, Co. CORK.—A new Life- boat has been placed here, one of the 34 feet 10-oared class having been substi- tuted for the smaller boat at this Station.

The new Life-boat is named the Oliver Qoldsmith, it having been provided from the fund generously subscribed in response to an appeal issued by Miss ADA GOLD- SMITH TULLOH of West Malvern, a col- lateral descendant of the illustrious poet, her untiring efforts thus enabling the Institution to provide this new Life-boat for the coast. In her circular Miss TULLOH stated that she was anxious to pay a tribute to the memory of her an- cestor, OLIVER GOLDSMITH, and she added— "I confidently put forth this appeal, not only in virtue of the Life-boat's noble mission and memorable services, but feeling sure that all who have read with pleasure ' The Vicar of Wakefield,' ' The Traveller,' and ' The Deserted Village/ will not fail in helping me to further this good work, and aid in perpetuating the memory of OLIVES GOLDSMITH, who, from the inscription in Westminster Abbey by Dr. Johnson, was " In expression at once noble, pure, and delicate." " His memory will last as long as society retains affection." " Friendship is not void of honour." " And reading wants not her admirers." The ceremony of launching the boat at its Station took place on the 29th July, 1880. In opening the proceedings, the Local Hon. Secretary of the Institution, T. WILSON STRANGMAN, Esq., stated that Miss TULLOH had expressed an earnest wish that the form of prayer usually employed at the launching of the ships of H.M. Navy should be employed on that occasion, and the Lord Bishop of the diocese, while regretting his absence, had readily sanctioned that course being adopted. The Bev. — HUGHES was there- upon called upon to read the service, which was used for the first time in Ireland on such an occasion. An address written by Miss TULLOH was then read to the crew, she being unfortunately prevented by indisposition from attending to take a personal part in the proceedings, and, after Mrs. STRANGMAN had performed the customary ceremony of naming, the boat was launched amid the hearty cheers of all assembled.

BRIGHSTONE GRANGE, ISLE OF WIGHT.— The Life-boat presented to the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION by the officers and cadets of the training ship Worcester and their friends, through the indefatigable exertions of Captain J. H. SMITH, has been placed at Brighstone Grange, on the south shore of the Isle of Wight. The Boat is a 10-oared one, 34 feet long and 8 feet wide. It was publicly exhibited at New- port OH the 11th August, on the way to its station. It was drawn on its trans- porting carriage through the town, the band of the head-quarters companies of the Isle of Wight Rifle Volunteers being in attendance. On arriving at the Guild- hall, addresses were given by the Rev. Canon CONNOR, Vicar of Newport; the Mayor, HERBERT J. ORCHARD, Esq., J.P.; and the District Inspector, Captain the Hon. H. W. CHETWTND, B.N. At the conclusion the band played the National Anthem, the crew standing with oars erect.

Afterwards the Boat proceeded through Carisbrooke to its station; the people there gave it a hearty welcome, and the crew were addressed by the Rev. E. BOUCHER JAMES, M.A., vicar of the parish. On the following day, after a brief ceremonial, the Life-boat was launched for the first time at Brighstone Grange, and the crew were practised at sea by the Inspector, the behaviour of the Boat on the occasion giving every satisfaction.

In the course of his remarks at New- port, Captain CHETWYND said, " The Boat before them was given by the training ship Worcester, in the Thames, which was a school for the training of officers of the mercantile marine, and it was exceedingly gratifying, and very promising for the future usefulness of the institution, to find those who would in years to come, be the leaders of our grand mercantile marine—the first in the world—already realising the importance and the value of these Boats. The Boat would be for- mally handed over on the morrow to men in whom the Institution had every con- fidence. Ever since the establishment of the two stations at the back of the Island, the crews of the two Boats had shown themselves worthy of the name of British seamen, and had during that time saved nearly 300 lives, but as time had gone on, the veteran they saw before them (JAMES BUCKETT), wearing the decoration of the Institution, had been obliged by advancing years to give place to a younger man. He (the speaker) could tell them that their Life-boat crews were animated by a truly noble spirit, and that they did deeds of as noble gallantry as were ever done on the field of battle.

The Rev. Canon CONNOR, in referring to the services rendered by our Life-boat crews, said, "No grander achievements had been recorded upon our English annals than those performed by these men. At the risk of their lives, in the storm of midnight, as the thunder rolled in the heaven, and the lightning flashed across the ocean, and the sea, foaming forth its imprecations, brought its victim nearer and nearer the rock or the shoal, these brave Life-boat men, trusting in the arm of Almighty God, were always ready to step into the Boat and go forth to the rescue of those in peril on the sea. Few people knew the danger of work of this kind. There was not only the launching of the Boat and getting it under way, but there was the managing it in a rough sea, so as to reach its des- tination, and then there was the difficulty I in getting it alongside the wreck and helping those on board to get safely into the Life-boat. From beginning to end it was a matter of the greatest difficulty, and he believed there were no greater heroes than those men, who would quietly and calmly step from the sands into their boat, to take their oars and go forth to save poor people who were in danger, and bring them in safety to the dear English shore. He was happy to think that last year about 637 persons were rescued from wrecks, and by the mercy of God not one life was forfeited in the dis- charge of this great duty. It was a glorious proof of our greatness as a nation, | and of the strength and reality of our j Christian sympathy, that we had instituted in our country such a magnificent organi- zation as this." SALTBURN-BY-THE-SEA.—The Life-boat ' on this station, one of the old class, | placed there upwards of thirty years since, has been replaced by a new self- righting Life-boat, of the 34 feet 10-oared class, provided with a transporting car- ' riage. The expense of the new Life-boat has been defrayed, through the Man- chester Branch of the Life-boat Institu- ' tion, by Mrs. TOWNEND, of Puckrup Hall, I near Tewkesbury, and at her request it is I named the Charles and Ann. On the | 19th August the Boat on its carriage, with the crew on board, fully equipped with their lifebelts, &c., proceeded, under j the directions of the zealous Hon. Secre- | tary, Mr. T. G. PEARSON, in procession from the Saltburn Bail way Station, through i the principal streets to the sands in front | of Marine Terrace, where, after some addresses had been given by different i gentlemen, it was named in the usual i manner, and launched, under the superin-tence of the District Inspector of Life- I boats, Commander NEPEAN, E.N., in the presence of about 5,000 people. The ceremony of naming was performed by Mrs. THEODORE Fox. The crew were much pleased with the new Boat. On the 1st October the Life-boat was launched to the assistance of some fishing cobles, which were in distress off Saltburn, having been overtaken by a heavy sea that had suddenly sprung up. The behaviour of the Life-boat, under the most trying circumstances, was all that could be desired, and her crew have expressed | themselves as prepared to go out in her in any weather to the rescue of ship- wrecked crews.