WHITBY. — The NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has replaced the No. 1 Life- boat on this Station by a new boat, 34 feet long, 8 feet wide, and rowing 10 oars, which was presented by Mrs. MABT ANN ELLIS, of York, and formerly of North Grrimston, through C. H. DUNHILL, Esq., M.D., the zealous Hon. Secretary of the York Branch of the Institution, in memory of her late husband, the Eev. ROBERT ELLIS, the Life-boat being named the Robert and Mary Ellis. The boat is provided with a new transporting carriage. On the way to its station it was exhibited in York, on the 2nd December last. The crew went over from Whitby to man the boat, which was drawn in procession through the principal streets of the city, the band of the York Artillery Volunteers leading the way.

Large crowds of people assembled, and at and near the Blue Bridge, over the River Ouse, where the ceremony of naming and launching was to take place, there were several thousands of people present The Rev. F. L. PALMER, in the name of Mrs. ELLIS, formally presented the Life-boat to the Institution. The gift was acknow- ledged by Commander ST.VINCENT NEPEAN, E.N., its District Inspector of Life-boats, who stated that at no place would a Life- boat have a better opportunity of seeing good service than at Whitby, where the men were always ready to risk their lives in order to save others, and where he was sure that its interests and efficiency would be well looked after. EDWARD W. CHAP- MAN, Esq., Chairman of the Whitby Branch, on behalf of the Local Committee, thanked Mrs. ELLIS for her valuable and munificent present. The DEAN afterwards read an appropriate prayer, and Mrs. ELLIS broke a bottle of wine suspended from the bow, and named the boat the Robert and Mary Ellis. It was then launched from its carriage into the water. Besides the crew, there were in the boat the DEAN of YORK and Captain NEPEAN. Various evolutions were performed by the crew, and the boat was finally capsized in the Foss, near Castle Mills Bridge, but instantly righted itself, thus demonstrating its self-righting powers and inability to sink. The whole of the proceedings were watched with interest by the immense crowd of people, who cheered frequently. The boat was afterwards replaced on its transporting carriage, conveyed to the station, and sent on to Whitby.

WHITBURN, DURHAM.—The Life-boat on this Station, which had been there many years, was replaced, a short time since, by a new Life-boat, of the 34 feet ten-oared class, which was contributed to the In- stitution by "A Lady." The boat, in accordance with her request, has been named the William, and Charles. The crew have expressed themselves as much pleased with the new Life-boat.

NEWCASTLE, DUNDRUM BAY.—This Life- boat Station, which was first formed by the Institution nearly thirty years since, has been entirely renovated, a new boat and carriage having been sent there, and a handsome and commodious house having been erected on a convenient site kindly granted by the Bight Hon. the Earl of ANNESLET. The new Life-boat and equip- ment were the gift of E. ARMITAGE, Esq., E.A., who desired that the boat might be named the Farriley. It is 34 feet long, 8 feet wide, and rows 10 oars double- banked. On the 10th October last the public inauguration of the new Life-boat station took place, in the presence of a large assemblage of spectators. The pro- ceedings commenced by the Rev. 3. H. SEYMOUR, Sector of Newcastle, and Chair- man of the Local Committee, delivering an address, in which he commented on the great success that had attended the opera- tions of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITU- TION, towards which the Branch had happily been the means of contributing by the rescue of sixty-four lives; he said that the new Life-boat would receive a hearty welcome at their hands. Lieut. TIPPING, R.N., District Inspector of Life- boats, then, on behalf of the parent Insti- tution, handed over the Life-boat to the care of the Local Committee, and the gift having been suitably acknowledged, the choir of St. John's Church, Newcastle, sang a hymn, and the Rev. J. H. SEYMOUR offered up a prayer for the success of the boat,after which Lord ANNESLEY expressed the satisfaction he had experienced in helping forward the Life-boat work. The Countess ANNESLEY then came forward, and said that it gave her more than ordinary pleasure to be present that day, and take part in that interesting ceremony, because she might say she had lived nearly all her life by the sea, and had seen a great deal of Life-boat work. She recollected that on one occasion a fishing- boat, with several men on board, got into great difficulties in a sudden gale. The crew of the Life-boat could not be had for the moment, but it was manned partly by volunteers, and some of the men asked her to take the helm. She did so, and they steered out and saved the lives of those in the boat, which was sinking.

Since then she naturally took a warm interest in the Life-boat service, and she hoped that the boat which had now been presented to the locality would meet with great success in saving life (loud cheers).

Her ladyship then advanced to the side of the boat, and, breaking a bottle of wine against it, bestowed on it the name of the Farnley, after which it was drawn by willing hands to the water's side, and the work of launching was successfully per- formed. Sail was immediately set, and the Farnley proceeded on a trial trip across the bay, the result being all that could be desired as to speed, steadiness, and general seaworthiness. The boat was met in the bay by the Tyrella Life-boat, and hearty salutations were exchanged between the two crews.

Only twelve days after this formal opening of the Life-boat Station, the boat was instrumental in rendering the follow- ing admirable service to a shipwrecked crew, thus auspiciously commencing her life-saving mission.

It was about half-past 7 o'clock on the morning of the 22nd October when a vessel, which afterwards proved to be the schooner Florence, of Belfast, bound to that port from Cardiff with coal, was seen to be running for Dundrum Bay, ap- parently in distress, during a strong E.S.E.

gale and a heavy sea. The Farnley Life- boat at once proceeded to her assistance, and rescued the crew, consisting of five men. The vessel had been entirely dis- abled through loss of sails.

HARWICH.—The Life-boat which was placed by the Institution at this port a few years since, having been found to be hardly large enough for the requirements of this important Station, has recently been replaced by one of the finest self- righting Life-boats ever built for the Institution, the new boat,being 45 feet long, 11 feet wide, and pulling 10 oars double-banked. Like its predecessor, which was presented by Miss BURMESTER, of London, it is named the Springwell, and it has already been the means of saving life since it was placed on its station in December last.

LlTTLEHAVEN, Si. BRIDE'S BAY. The NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has sent a new Life-boat to Littlehaven, near Mil- ford Haven, it having been thought desir- able to- station a Life-boat there for use in St. Bride's Bay. The boat, which is kept moored afloat in a sheltered position under Goldtrop Head, is 33 feet long, 8 feet wide, and rows 10 oars, double-banked, and it will command the entire bay in S. and S.W. gales. The expense of the new Life-boat has been defrayed from a legacy bequeathed to the Destitution by the late Mr. C. J. CORKER, of Ramsgate, and it is named the Friend. It was con- veyed to Milford Haven by the Great Western Rail way Company, and was sailed thence to its Station by its crew, who were well pleased with the boat's beha- viour. The District Inspector of Life- boats, Commander C. LAPRIMAUDAYE, K.N., accompanied the Life-boat from Milford.

PALLING-BY-THE-SEA, NORFOLK.—A new  self-righting Life-boat has recently been forwarded by the Institution to Palling, on the coast of Norfolk; it is 37 feet long, 9 feet 'wide, and rows 12 oars, double- banked. The Life-boat is named the Heyland, having been presented to the Institution by the friends of the late Lieutenant HEYLAND, B.N., who lost his life in nobly saving a seaman who had fallen overboard from H.M.S. Minotaur, during a gale of wind on the 25th Novem- ber, 1880. The new Life-boat was towed to its Station, free of charge, by one of the steamers belonging to Messrs. Stephenson, Clarke, and Co., and the Great Eastern Railway Company kindly granted a free conveyance to the boat's transporting- carriage and stores over their line.