AMONGST the many noble deeds of heroism by our Life-boats' crews and others during the recent fearful gale, perhaps none is more deserving of being held up for public admiration and sympathy than that of the Captain of the s.s. Cyprian, lost on the 14th October, on the south shore of Carnarvon Bay, near Forth Nevin.

The Cyprian, commanded by Captain JOHN ALEX. STRACHAN, left Liverpool on Thursday, the 13th October, for the Medi- terranean ; she immediately encountered a heavy gale, which gradually increased to a perfect hurricane, and on the following day, after having all her steering gear carried away and one boiler tube having burst, she became unmanageable "and was driven ashore on the Carnarvonshire coast at the spot above indicated. Her destruc- tion was then so rapid and the position into which the ship was driven such that tho nearest Life-boat, stationed at Porth- dinllaen, could not possibly render any aid to her unfortunate crew.

There were on board her twenty-eight persons, including a poor lad, a " stow- away," as it is termed, one of the number- less " waifs and strays " of Liverpool, who had concealed himself below amongst the cargo, no doubt hoping somehow or other to better his condition, and ready, in order to do so, to encounter any punishment that might be meted to him when dis- covered on board. Before the ship striking, what life-belts were on board were distri- buted amongst the crew, one being reserved for Captain STRACHAN. One after another the crew had plunged into the boiling surf, to be hurled by it to the shore, as affording the only chance of saving their lives. The noble captain remained to the last, and was about to follow the Example of the others, when, seeing the poor trembling, frightened lad, who was but an intruder in his ship, he placed the life-belt intended for himself securely around him, bidding him, leap into the sea, and he himself following without a life-belt. The poor lad was carried safely to the shore; the noble-hearted man was drowned, together with nineteen of his crew, eight only being saved. If, us' the Great Master has said, " Whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you he shall ia no wise lose his reward,'" how much more may we well feel sure that this brave soul, who unhesitatingly gave his life for this poor friendless lad, has met with his reward?