EXMOUTH, DEVON.—A new Life-boat has been placed on this Station, in lieu of the old boat, and the gift by Mrs. JOSEPH SOMES of Annery House, North Devon, of 3,0001. to the Institution to defray the cost of a Life-boat and its permanent maintenance in memory of her late hus- band, formerly M.P. for Dartmouth, has, with her approval, been appropriated to this Life-boat establishment. The boat is accordingly named The Joseph Somes ; it is 34,feet long, 7£ feet wide, and rows ten oafs double-banked. It reached its Station in February last, and was afterwards tried in rough weather, when the coxswains and crew reported their approval of the be- haviour of the boat which rowed and sailed well, and was found remarkably handy to turn; the men received a thorough drenching from the heavy cross seas encountered on the Pole Sands. On the 2nd October last the Life-boat was taken on its carriage to Budleigh Salterton, and launched under the superintendence of Commander ST. VINCENT NEPEAN, B.N., District Inspector of Life-boats. This was done to test how long it would take to get to that place by road in the event of a shipwreck happening there at a time when the wind and tide might be likely was obtained near the harbour, and the Life-boat can be satisfactorily launched from its carriage under the lee of the pier at all times of tide, or can be transported by road to other parts of the coast east- ward or westward as may be required.

An excellent crew of fishermen can always be depended on. The Life-boat reached its station on the 19th March last, having been taken from the Thames to Dublin by steamer, and towed thence to its destina- tion ; it is one of the 34-feet ten-oared boats, and is named The John Robert in accordance with the wishes of a generous lady (E. M. S.), who has defrayed the entire cost .of this new establishment.

to delay the progress of the Life-boat proceeding there by sea. Six horses were engaged, and the boat was afloat in two hours after leaving the house at Exmouth.

The work of getting the Life-boat over the pebbly beach at Salterton was very trying, however, to the men and horses.

KILMORE, Co. WEXFORD.—The attention of the Committee having been called to the desirability of forming a Life-boat Establishment here, there being many outlying dangers both inside and outside the Saltee Islands quite inacessible to the rocket apparatus, it was decided, on the joint recommendation of Lieut. TIPPING, E.N., the District Inspector of Life-boats, and of the Divisional Officer of H.M. Coast Guard, to organise the proposed Life-boat Station. A suitable site for the house KESSINGLAND, SUFFOLK.—The local boat- men, having strongly urged the desirability of a larger Life-boat being stationed here for use on the outlying sand-banks, the Committee, after due inquiry and delibera- tion, resolved to comply with their request, and accordingly a large sailing Life-boat has been specially built by Messrs. Beech- ing Brothers of Great Yarmouth, and placed at Kessingland, where it arrived on the 24th March last; having been sailed from Yarmouth by the crew, who were much pleased with their new craft. This boat is 38 feet long, 12 feet wide, and is fitted to row twelve oars double-banked.

The expense of the boat and equipment i has been defrayed from a legacy left to ! the Institution by the late CHARLES BURY, ESQ., of Nazing, Essex, after whom it is 1 named The Charles Bury.

PORT EYNON, GLAMORGANSHIRE.—The Committee of the Swansea Branch having reported that Port Eynpn on the Gower Coast was an eligible place for a Life-boat Station, a good crew being obtainable from the neighbouring villages of Horton and Overton, and the District Inspector of Life-boats having confirmed their recom- mendation, the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT IN- STITUTION has sent a new 34-feet ten-oared Life-boat there, provided with a trans- porting carriage and the usual equipment of stores, for which a commodious boat- house has been erected from the designs of the Institution's architect. The cost of the Life-boat establishment has been met from the bequest of l.OOOZ. made to the Institution by the late Miss MABIA JONES of "Waterloo, near Liverpool—the boat being known as A Daughter's Offering.

The first launch of the Life-boat took place on the 10th May last, in the presence of a large number of people, under the super- intendence of Commander LA PRIMAU-' DAYE, E.N., District Life-boat Inspector.

This station will be under the Swansea Branch and mainly supported by its con- tributions ; but Mr. CHARLES BEVAN, to whom is due most of the credit in organ- izing the crew and of the formation of the Life-boat establishment, has kindly pro- mised to fill the post of resident Honorary Secretary.

WALMER, KENT.—In May last the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION forwarded a new Life-boat to Walmer, to take the place of a smaller one on that station. The new boat is one of the largest built by the Institution, being 40 feet long, 10 feet wide, and rowing 12 oars double-banked; it is much liked by the crew. The expense of the new Life-boat has been defrayed from the Civil Service Life-boat Fund, and it is named The Civil Service No. 4. The other three boats provided from that fund are stationed respectively at Wexford, Ireland ; Tynemouth, Northumberland; and Port Patrick, Scotland.

ST. HELIER'S, JERSEY.—The Life-boat Station at Alderney having been abolished by the Committee, mainly on account of the impossibility at the present time of obtaining an efficient and competent crew, the Life-boat Mary and Victoria, which was presented to the Institution by the Bight Hon. the Earl of STRAFFORD, P.C., in 1869, has been transferred to a new station which has been formed at St.

Helier's, Jersey, where it is believed the boat is likely to do good service. Formerly the States of Jersey had a Life-boat belonging to them placed there, but it became inefficient, and could no longer be relied on to save the crews of vessels in distress. Accordingly the Corporation of St. Helier's readily accepted the offer of the Institution to provide the town with a Life-boat, and granted a site near the Picket House, People's Park, for the new boat-house now erected. An influential Local Committee has been formed, of which PHILIP BAUDAINS, Esq., Constable of St. Helier's, has been appointed Honorary Secretary. The Life-boat was transferred from Alderney in April last, under the superintendence of the District Inspector of Life-boats.

BARMSTON, YORKSHIRE.—Several vessels have gone ashore in this locality at different times, and only last year one was wrecked in the immediate vicinity, and went down with all hands. It was then urged by the residents of Bridlington Quay, the nearest Life-boat Station, that it would | be most desirable to establish an auxi- 1 liary station at Barmston, the boat to be | manned by a crew from Bridlington, in the absence of competent men on the spot.

The Institution has therefore organised the Life-boat establishment, the munifi- cent legacy of 3,1002. bequeathed by the late GEORGE WALKER, Esq., of Southport, for the establishment and permanent en- dowment of a Life-boat for the Yorkshire Coast, and to be named The George and Jane Walker, having been appropriated for the purpose. The Life-boat provided is one of the 34-feet 10-oared class, and is furnished with a transporting carriage.

On the completion of the boat-house in September last, the public inauguration of the station took place in the presence of a large concourse of spectators. The boat was very successfully launched under the charge of Commander CARTER, R.N., District Inspector of Life-boats.