SCARBOROUGH.—The Institution has sent a new 37 feet, twelve oared Life-boat •with transporting carriage to this well- known port and watering place, the cost having been provided by HERBERT A. FOSTER, Esq., of Queensbury Works, Bradford, and the boat being named the Queensbury. No less than 138 lives have been saved by Life-boats from shipwrecks off Scarborough during the past twenty- six years. A very interesting ceremony took place on the occasion of naming and launching the new Life-boat on the 19th July last, in the presence of some thou- sands of spectators, including excur- sionists from Bradford and other towns.

The boat was taken through the principal streets in procession, and on arriving at the Foreshore Road, a halt was made in front of the Mayor's Garden, where the Earl and Countess of LONDESBOROUGH, Sir GEORGE and the Hon. LADY SITWELL, Lord RAINCLIFFE, and other ladies and gentle- men had taken up a position on an im- provised platform. The Venerable Arch- deacon BLUNT opened the proceedings by delivering an address. He said the occasion was one of deep interest, and one which was quite in sympathy with those thoughts which had occupied them in the past few weeks of the Queen's Jubilee.

They had been much occupied with feelings of joy and thankfulness which were mainly kindled by a retrospect of the happy past. They were that day met in order to receive a generous gift from a generous donor; to receive from one of the I most munificent of Yorkshiremen, one of the most munificent of gifts (hear, hear).

After other remarks the Archdeacon offered a brief prayer, after which the band played " Eternal Father, strong to save " in a most impressive manner.

Mr. HERBERT A. FOSTER (the donor of the boat) now came forward amid loud cheering. He said it was his simple but pleasant duty to hand over the boat to the care of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITU- TION. He had for a number of years taken a very great interest in the Institution, the good deeds done by which it was needless to mention (cheers). He was glad the boat had come to Yorkshire, and still more so that it had arrived at Scar- borough, a town with which his early youth had been associated (hear, hear).

He was aware of the affection with which they regarded the old boat, but he hoped the present one would soon occupy the same place. He could only hope that it would be long before it would be used, but when it was required he was sure it could not be manned by a better crew in the whole world (cheers), because Scar- borough men were ever ready to risk their own lives to save those of their fellowmen (hear, hear). He had great pleasure in handing over the boat. Three cheers were then given for Mr. FOSTER.

C. E. F. CUNNINGHAME GRAHAM, Esq. the District Life-boat Inspector, accepted the gift on behalf of the Institution, observing that it was not only the limited few directly interested who had reason to be grateful for such an offering, but it was one that appealed to the whole of humanity. He need only say that a gift of that nature required a considerable sum to keep it in working order, but Mr. FOSTER, his four brothers and two uncles had most generously provided a fund for the per- manent maintenance of the boat (loud applause). This most generous gift had the Institution finding the Scarborough boat a heavy charge upon them, and he had no doubt that liberal support would be continued in the future.

The ceremony of naming the boat was then performed by the Countess of LON- DESBOROUGH. The bottle of champagne was attached to a piece of coloured ribbon. The first endeavour to break the bottle on the side of the vessel failed, through the bottle coming in contact with a rope, but the second attempt was more successful, and as the bottle shivered into come at an opportune moment, for at the present time great improvements were being made in all the boats, and it had been found necessary to replace a very large number by more efficient ones.

Alderman WOODALL acknowledged the gift on behalf- of the Committee, the subscribers, and inhabitants of the town.

He had always taken a great interest in the Life-boat movement, as did his great grandfather, grandfather, and father before him (hear, hear). The town had always subscribed sufficient to prevent numberless pieces, her Ladyship named the boat the " Queensbury " amid loud and continued cheering.

The Earl of LONDESBOROUOH and the donor of the Life-boat afterwards proceeded on board, and the boat was run down the slipway opposite the Mayor's garden on to the sands. On a signal being given a gun was fired, and at the same moment the Life-boat was most success- fully launched, amid the loud and con- tinued cheers of the vast concourse of spectators. The crew rowed the boat about in the bay for some time, after which they returned to shore, the trial trip haying been a very successful one.

RAMSGATE AND NORTH DEAL.—The Institution has recently placed new Life-boats on these important stations, Each boat is 40 feet long and 10 feet i wide, and is fitted with four water bal- j last tanks and a sliding, or drop keel to increase her weatherly qualities. The Ramsgate new Life-boat, like her pre- decessor is named The Bradford, that town having been identified with Rams- gate by means of the Life-boats stationed at that port for upwards of 21 years, in which period the Life-boats bearing that name* have been instrumental in saving 803 lives, besides helping to save 54 vessels from destruction. The first Life-boat at Ramsgate, named The Northumberland, in the course of 13 years saved about 400 lives from various wrecks, making a total of 1,200 lives saved by the Ramsgate Life-boats, in conjunction with their consorts, the harbour steamers Vulcan and Aid, during the past 34 years.

The Ramsgate Life-boat Station is under the management of the Board of Trade.

The cost of the North Deal new Life-boat and equipment has been defrayed from a legacy bequeathed to the Institution by the late Miss M. 0. SOMERVILLE, of Genoa, and the boat, like the one it superseded, is named the Mary Somerville. On the 8th September, the Deal Life-boat was publicly launched in the presence of Earl GRANVILLE and his two daughters, the Ladies VICTORIA and MARY LEVERSON, the Earl and Countess SYDNEY, Sir EDWARD and the Hon. Lady BIRKBECK, Lady HONORIA CADOGAN, the Mayor of Deal and numerous other ladies and gentlemen.

Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, who attended as Chairman of the NATIONAL LITE-BOAT INSTITUTION to make the formal presenta- tion of the boat to the Local Committee, spoke in highly eulogistic terms of the bravery of the Deal boat-men in manning their Life-boat in the past, and adverted to the fact that the boat which this replaced had been instrumental in saving no less than 237 lives. On the part of the Institution he thanked the crew who in the past had so bravely manned the boat to the honour of themselves and the credit of their country, and was sure that in the future they would as cheerfully obey any call for assistance.

The Rev. T. S. TREANOR, Honorary Secretary of the Good win Sands and Downs Branch of the Institution, having offered prayer and addressed those assembled, and the hymn " For those at Sea " having been sung, Countess SYDNEY said: "I name this Life-boat after its noble predecessor, the Mary Somervitte, and I pray, as I am sure we all do, that God will guide and protect the brave and noble Deal boatmen on their mission of mercy to those in peril on the sea." The Mayor of Deal having thanked the Countess for her kindness in taking part in the proceedings, the boat was launched amid loud cheers.

LYDD, DUNGENESS.—One of the new 34 feet 10 oared Life-boats has been sent to Lydd, Dungeness, to take the place of a Life-boat stationed there many years since. The cost of the new boat has been presented to the Institution by the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes, and the boat is named the R. A. 0. B., which is the short title of the Order. The public launch of the boat took place at Dunge- ness on the 24th September, under the superintendence of Mr. C. E. F. CUNNING- HAME GRAHAM, District Inspector of Life- boats to the Institution. There was a very large company of spectators, who had arrived by special trains from London, and some of the neighbouring coast towns. A large party of the members of the Order of Buffaloes from London and elsewhere were present, attired in their peculiar dress. On their behalf Mr. J. SARGENT formally handed over the boat to the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and in doing so specially referred to the services of Mr. F. GREY, the Founder and Honorary Secretary of this Life-boat, Fund.

The gift was acknowledged by the Chair- man of the Branch, ALFRED DENNE, Esq., D.L., and by the District Inspector of Life-boats.

A short and appropriate service was performed by the Rev. F. DAY, Vicar of Lydd, and the boat, which had been manned by a crew fully equipped, was then launched by Lady WHITTAKER ELLIS, from a platform which had been tem- porarily erected for the purpose. Previous to the launching, Lady ELLIS named the boat by breaking a bottle of wine over the bows.