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LIFE-BOAT SERVICES.—During the late October storms the Life-boats belonging to the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION were successful in saving the lives of many persons on board shipwrecked and foundering vessels. The Pembrey (South Wales) Life-boat rescued seven men from the steamship Laura Fell. The Padstow Life-Boat Albert Edward saved the crew of three men and a boy from the schooner Favorite, driven on the Doom Bar Sand. The Aldborough Life-boat assisted to rescue the schooner Equity, of Boston, and her crew. The Ramsay (Isle of Man) Life-boat rescued the crew of four men of the schooner Eulala, of Dumfries. The Kes- singland Life-boat saved the crew of eight men of the brig Maria, of Hartlepool. The Burnham (Somerset) Life-boat saved the crew of three men from the rigging of the smack Neafh Trader, of Newport. 1'he Boys of England Life-boat, of Southend, saved four men from two small vessels which were in a sinking condition.

The Holyhead Life-boat saved a crew of four men from the schooner Golden Island, of Belfast, which was also in a most perilous condition.

The Newbiggin Life-boat saved the crew of four men of the steamer Northumberland. The Torquay Life-boat Mary Brundret rescued the fishing-smack Slack Cat, and her crew of two men. The Bembridge Life-boat rendered assist- ance to the distressed brigantine Slcold, of Chris- tiausund. The Ramsgate and Deal Life-boats saved thirty-two men from the ship Ganges, wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. The Winterton No. 2 Life-boat rescued the crew of four men belonging to the ketch Kme, of Goole, The Clacton Life-boat helped to save the distressed schooner Ocean, of Goole, and her crew of four men. At Porthdinllaen, North Wales, the George Moore Life-boat saved the crew of four men belonging to a screw flat named the Tal-y-fan. The Groomsport (Co. Down) Life-boat rescued the crew of fifteen men belonging to the barque Margaret, of Belfast, which was driven ashore in Bangor Bay. The Lady Vivian Life-boat, of Moelfre, Anglesea, rescued four men, the crew of a fishing-boat belonging to Bed Wharf. The Life-boat at Portmadoc, Carnarvonshire, rescued the crew of the schooner Brenton, of Fowey, and assisted to save their vessel. The Penarth Life-* boat, assisted to save the distressed barque Febo, of Genoa, and her crew of fourteen men. The Bally waiter Life-boat saved, with much difficulty, the crew of two men from an endangered fishing- smack. The Buckie (N.B.) Life-boat saved the crew of four men from the schooner Equestrian, of Banff, which drifted ashore at Port Gordon.

Altogether the _Life-boats were instrumental during the October gales in saving one hundred and thirty-one lives from different shipwrecks, besides helping to rescue six vessels from destruc- tion.