PENZANCE.—This Life-boat establish- ment has been entirely renewed by the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, a handsome new boat-house, provided with a bell-turret and bell, having been erected on a more convenient site, granted to the Institution by the Town Council, and a new 10-oared Life-boat, 34 feet long and 8 feet wide, furnished with a transporting carriage, having been sent in the place of the smaller boat and carriage originally placed here. The whole expense of the renovation of the Life-boat Station was defrayed by HENRY MARTIN HARVEY, Esq., of Hexworthy, near Launceston. The completion of the new house was cele- brated by a public demonstration on the 11th of February last. The boat, after it had been drawn on its carriage through the town, was taken to the house, and Mr. HARVEY handed over the key of the building to the representative of the In- stitution, Commander C. LA PRIMAUDAYE, R.N., District Inspector of Life-boats.

| It was transferred by him to the Mayor of Penzance, who was in attendance with I the other local authorities and thanked | the donor in suitable terms. The boat, ! which is named The Dora, was sub- sequently launched from the quay into I the harbour, a drop of about 10 feet, and | afterwards placed in the house. The proceedings were witnessed by a large gathering of the local residents. The I new boat has given every satisfaction to i the crew. It has already performed good service in saving life, as described on p. 644.

DUNMORE, Co. WATERFORD.—A new Life-boat station has been formed by the Institution at Dunmore, near the entrance to Waterford Harbour, which is con- sidered a good position, under certain circumstances, for a powerful sailing-boat, there being a sufficient number of fisher- men in the neighbourhood to form the Life-boat crew. An influential Local Committee has been formed, of which Sir B. J. PAUL, Bart., is Chairman, and the Vicar of Dunmore East, the Rev. W. G. GILLMOR, the Honorary Secretary. A good site for the boat-house has been granted to the Institution by the Com- missioners of Public Works in Ireland, and a large Life-boat, 37 feet long and 9 feet wide, provided with sails, and rowing 12 oars, double banked, has been placed on the station. The cost of the boat has been defrayed from a legacy bequeathed to the Institution by the late Mr. HENRY DODD, of Rotherfield, and the boat bears his name.

MlDDLESBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. The Life-boat on this station has been replaced by a new 34-feet 10-oared boat, the cost of which has been met by the bequests of the late Mr. and Mrs. EDWARD FIRBANK, of Uplyme, Devon, the boat being named, in accordance with their request, The Thomas and Isabella, Firbank. On the 11th of October last the new Life-boat had its first trial trip in a gale of wind and a heavy sea, when its seafaring capabilities were severely tested ; in cross- ing the bar, one or two very heavy seas were shipped, but were at once dis- charged through the self-acting valves, and altogether the boat's behaviour gave entire satisfaction.

MOELFRE AND BULL BAY. These two Life-boat stations on the Island of Angle- sey have been furnished with new boats possessing all the latest improvements, including water-ballast fittings, which consist of a series of tanks amidships, one or more of which can be filled with water or emptied at will in the space of one minute. The object is to increase the ballast and immersion of the boat, and consequently her draught of water and stability, when circumstances admit of so doing, without materially increasing her fixed weight for land carriage, or her draught of water when launching, or in very shallow water. The Life-boats have all the other characteristics of the boats of the Institution in the way of self-right- ing, self-ejecting water, &c. A new transporting and launching carriage has been provided for the Bull Bay boat.

The cost of the Moelfre new Life-boat, which is named The Star of Hope, was presented to the Institution by Mrs. ATHERTON HOWARD, of Cheltenham; and that of the Bull Bay boat was provided by Miss CURLING, of Camberwell, the boat bearing her name. It will be remembered that it was in the neighbourhood of the Moelfre Life-boat Station that the terrible wreck of the Royal Charter took place many years since, with the loss of 455 lives.

PALLING, NORFOLK.—The No. 1 Life- boat at Palling has been withdrawn, and a new 37-feet 12-oared boat placed there in its stead, the cost of which was pro- vided by W. J. GUERRIER, Esq., the boat, at his request, being named The Good Hope.

The boat has been afloat twice on service, and the crew on one of these occasions helped to save eight men from a stranded barque.

LITTLEHAMPTON, SUSSEX.—-A new Life- boat station has been formed by the Institution at this port, for the protection of the numerous sailing vessels trading there, and the boat at Chichester Harbour, named The Undaunted, presented by the late Mr. RICHARD THORNTON WEST and Mrs. WEST, has been transferred here and placed in a new boat-house erected for it on a convenient site granted by the War Department. The boat will be worked by a combined crew of coastguardmen and fishermen. The public inauguration of the new station took place on the 25th of August last. After the boat had been taken round the town on its carriage, it was placed on the beach, and the District Inspector of Life-boats, Com- mander NEPEAN, E.N., then handed it over to the Local Committee, which was represented by Mr. WHITEHEAD, Chairman of the Local Board, Rev. H. MITCHELL, Honorary Secretary of the Chichester, Selsey, and Littlehampton branch of the Institution, and Captain HILLS, R.N., Chairman of the sub-committee—all of whom responded—after which the boat was launched, and the crew put through the usual exercise.

FERRYSIDE, CARMARTHEN BAY.—A new water-ballast Life-boat, 37 feet long, 8 feet wide, and rowing 12 oars double banked, has recently replaced the boat on this station. Like the former boat, which was presented to the Institution by the Manchester Branch, it is named The City of Manchester.

CULLERCOATS, NORTHUMBERLAND.—The Life-boat on this station has been replaced by one of the modern type, measuring 37 feet by 8 feet, and rowing 12 oars, donble-banked, the cost of which was presented to the Institution by the Co- operative Wholesale Society, the head- quarters of which are at Manchester, and which also possesses branches at London and Newcastle ; the Society numbers up- wards of 400,000 members, and this gift commemorated the twenty-first anni- versary of the Society. A grand demon- stration took place on the occasion of the first launch of this new Life-boat, on the 13th-September last. The following was the programme of the proceedings: — At 1 P.M. the members of the Northern Section of the Central Co-operative Board, with the Committees of the Local Life-boat Institutions, and the Board of Manage- ment and Members of the North Shields Industrial Co-operative Society, Limited, together with the crews of the Cullercoats and Tynemouth boats, under the instruc- tion of Commander NEPEAN, K.N., District Inspector of Life-boats, received the new Life-boat, Co-operator No. 1, at the rail- way-station, North Shields, and escorted it, in the presence of thousands of enthu- siastic spectators, to the Aquarium at Tynemouth, arriving about 2 P.M. ; when the procession was re-formed, and pro- ceeded to Cullercoats Haven, to present, name, and launch the Life-boat. The pro- cession was then made up as follows:— Band of the Northumberland Hussars.

Members of the Central Co-operative Board.

Members of the North Shields Co-operative Pioneer Fishing Society.

Members of the Northern Section of the Central Co-operative Board.

Committee and Officers of the Newcastle, Tyne- mouth and Cullercoats Branch of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.

The new Life-boat, manned by the crew of the Cullercoats Station, drawn by eight powerful horses, the property of the Co-operative "Wholesale Society and North, Shields In- dustrial Co-operative Society.

Members of the General Board of Management of the Co-operative Wholesale Society.

Members of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Branch Committee Co-operative Wholesale Society.

Employees of the Co-operative Wholesale Society, Newcastle-on-Tyne Branch.

Deputation from the Wallsend Branch of the Women's League for the Spread of Co-operation.

Deputations from various other Local Societies.

Representatives of the Press.

The procession having arrived at Cul- lercoats Haven, the chair was taken by Mr. THOMAS EULE, Chairman of the Northern Section of the Central Co-opera- tive Board. The hymn, "For those in peril on the Sea," was then sung, the singing being led by a choir of fisher- girls, after which prayer was oifered by the Rev. E. F. WHEELER, Yicar of Whitley, having special reference to the dangers of the sea. Mr. J. T. W. MITCHELL, Chairman of the Co-operative Wholesale Society, then briefly explained the origin and present position of that Society, and trusted the Life-boat they had presented would be the forerunner of many such boats, whereby the lives of those on the waters might be saved to serve and benefit their country.

In the unavoidable absence of Mr. EDWARD VANSITTART NEALE, General Secretary of the Central Co-operative Board, Mr. BLAND, of Huddersfield, on behalf of the co-operators of England, presented the Life-boat to the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and the gift was accepted by the District Inspector of Life-boats, Major WILLIAM ADAMSON, Honorary Secretary of the Cul- lercoats Branch, and Mr. P. J. MESSENT, C.E., Honorary Secretary, Tynemouth Branch. Major ADAMSON said that he would guarantee that the Cullercoats fishermen would always do their duty with the Life-boat.

Prior to the launch, the ceremony of naming was performed by Mrs. HENRY E. BAILEY, wife of the Honorary Secretary of the Northern Section of the Central Co-operative Board. Having broken the customary bottle of wine over the bows of the Boat, she said, " I name this Life- boat the Go-operator No. 1, and I hope it may be the means of saving many lives.

God bless it." Votes of thanks, moved by Mr. ALBERT GREY, M.P., and seconded by Mr. J. C. STEVENSON, M.P., closed the proceedings.

The following Life-boats took part in the launch and trials of the new boat: No. 1, the Charles Dibdin, Tynemouth; No. 2, the Forester, Tynemouth; No. 3, the Palmerston, Cullercoats; No. 4, the Co- operator No. 1, Cullercoats.

The band of the Northumberland Hussars played selections during the launch and trial of the boat.

The Directors of the North Shields Industrial Co-operative Society, Limited, entertained at tea the wives of the Culler- coats fishermen ; also the staff of employees engaged by the Society.

CLACTON-ON-SEA, ESSEX. — THE NA- TIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has re- cently sent a new Life-boat to Clacton-on- Sea, to take the place of a smaller boat on that Station. The new boat is 39 feet long, 9 feet wide, rows 12 oars double banked, and possesses all the latest im- provements. Amongst other things it is fitted with a sliding keel, being a new adaptation of the centre board to the requirements of a Life-boat, which mate- rially increases her stability and weatherly qualities whilst in deep water, without sacrificing the flat floor and light draught, so necessary when in shallow water. The sliding keel can either be lowered to its full extent at both ends, giving a uniform increased draught of 14 inches for its whole length, or it can be triced up at either end, or put in any desired position.

Should it be bent by a blow, or other cause, so that it cannot be triced up, it can be slipped downwards and abandoned, and the boat will nevertheless be a stable self-righting Life-boat. A new transport- ing and launching carriage has been pro- vided for the boat, and two wooden slip- ways have recently been constructed for her use at a very considerable expense, so that she can readily be launched from either side of the pier at Clacton. The new boat, like the old one, is named the Albert Edward, after H.E.H. the Prince of Wales.

BRIDLINGTON and REDCAR, YORKSHIRE ; HYTHE and NEW ROMNEY, KENT ; BRIXHAM and PLYMOUTH, DEVON ; FISHGUARD i (Nos. 1 and 2), PEMBROKESHIRE ; SILLOTH, CUMBERLAND ; CASTLETOWN, ISLE OF MAN ; j GROOMSPORT, BALLYWALTER, BLACK ROCK (DUNDALK), DROGHEDA (No. 2), and , YOUGHAL, IRELAND.—The Life-boats on these stations have been replaced by boats of the modern type, possessing all the latest improvements. The Bridlington boat was provided from the legacy of the late Mr. W. J. PAYNE, of Reigate, and is named the William, John, and Frances.

The cost of the Redcar new Life-boat, which is named The Brothers, was defrayed from a collection made by four ladies, E. B., M. P., and A. and E. J., Cheddar.

The new boat for Hythe is named The Mayer de Rothschild, like its predecessor, which was the gift of Lady ROSEBEHRY.

The New Romney Life-boat was presented to the Institution by Mr. JOSEPH SPAW- FORTH, and is named the Sandal Magna.

The legacy of the late Mr. BRIAN BATES, of Buxton, was appropriated to the Brix- ham new boat, which bears Mr. Bates's name. The Plymouth Life-boat, The Escape, was the gift of Miss LUCY HARRIS, of Lower Clapton. The No. 1 Life-boat at Fishguard, like the one it superseded, will be known as the Sir Edward Perrett.

The No. 2 boat on that Station, the Appin, was provided from the bequest received from the late Miss DOWNIE, of Appin, Scotland. Miss ANNIE F. Howis, of Tulse Hill, gave the Silloth Station its new boat, which, in accordance with her wishes, is named the Emma Frisly. A legacy left to the Institution by the late Mrs. BRADSHAW, of Beading, for three Life-boats to be respectively known as Faith, Hope, and Charity, has been appro- priated to the new boats sent to Castle- town, Cloughey, Co. Down, and Drogheda.

Those for Groomsport, Ballywalter, Black Rock, and Youghal were also the result of legacies to the Institution received respectively from the late Mr. GEORGE POOLEY, of Hadley; Mr. WILLIAM WAL- LACE, of Curtain Road, Shoreditch; Mrs.

HELEN BLAKE, of Handcross House, Sus- sex ; and Mrs. MARY LUCKOMBE, of Brighton. The Black Rock Life-boat is known as the General £. Dudley Blake; the other boats severally bear the names of their donors.