IT will be remembered by our Readers that on I the 25th November last the crew of the East- bourne Life-boat performed a very meritorious service. We are alluding to the rescue, under exceptionally trying circumstances, of the crew consisting of eleven persons, of the Norwegian barque tiew Brunswick which was riding at her anchors in ahighly dangerous position off Birling Gap, and exhibiting signals of distress, during a gale of wind from the S.S.W. accompanied by a very heavy sea. For this service the Life-boatmen were remunerated by the Institution, double pay being awarded them, and they also received •201. from the donor of the Boat and about 702.

collected in the town of Eastbourne. Subse- quently the Life-boatmen made a claim on the owners of the unfortunate vessel for life-salvage, such action being in direct contravention of the rules of the Institution, which strictly prohibit Life-boats' crews from making any claim on a vessel for life-salvage, as such services are paid for by the Institution, and, notwithstanding a warning which the crew received on the subject, they wilfully persisted in their claim, and ob- tained 1051. The Central Committee, having carefully weighed all the circumstances con- nected with the case, came, with much regret, to the decision to dismiss the coxswains and crew of the Life-boat from their service, in which decision they received the concurrence of the Local Committee. It should be added that the Life-boatmen forwarded to the Parent Institution 151. of the life-salvage as the Boat's two shares, but this amount was refunded by the Institution to the owners of the New Brunswick. A Boat-house keeper has been appointed to take charge of the Station with instructions that, in the event of a wreck or of a vessel being in distress, he is to give the keys of the House to any reputable seafaring or otherwise competent body of men demanding them.