APPLEDORE, DEVON.—The ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has re- cently sent a new Life-boat to Appledore, North Devon, to replace one which had been stationed there for many years. The new boat is 34 feet long, 1 feet wide, and rows twelve oars, double-bonked. It possesses all the latest improvements, with all the other characteristics of the boats of the National Institution in the way of self-righting, self-ejecting water, &c. The cost of the new boat, which is named the Bessie Pearce, has been defrayed from a legacy bequeathed to the Institution by the late Mr, ALEX- ANDER LOVE, of Dublin.

CAISTER, NORFOLK.—The smaller of the two Life-boats on this station, which was placed here about twenty-five years ago, and which since that period had been out 128 times on service and boasted a grand total of 410 lives saved, besides having helped to rescue nine vessels from destruction, has at the request of the crew been replaced by a new and rather larger boat. The new craft, like the one which it superseded, is of the Norfolk and Suffolk type of sailing Life-boat, and is 36 feet long, and 10| feet wide. It is fitted to row twelve oars, double-banked when required. The cost of this boat has been defrayed by Sir REGINALD PROCTOR- BEAUCHAMP, Bart., in memory of his late father and two brothers, and the boat is named the Beauchamp. A public ceremony took place on the occasion of the first launch of the Life-boat at its station on Thursday, the 21st January. The naming ceremony was performed by Lady VIOLET PROCTOR-BEAUCHAMP, who was accompanied by her husband, the donor. The Chairman of the Life-boat Institution, Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., M.P., and the Mayor of Yarmouth also took part in the proceed- ings, and the launch was under the superintendence of Mr. C. E. F. Cunningham-Graham, District Inspector of Life-boats to the Institution.

On the occasion of the inauguration of the new Life-boat, the Mayor having thanked the donor for his noble gift, Sir REGINALD PROCTOR-BEAUCHAMP, in re- sponse, said he had for a long time been waiting to give some memorial of his father and his two brothers, and he thought it could not be done in a better way than by presenting a Life-boat to that station, where he found one was wanted. He hoped the boat that he had the honour of presenting would be the means of saving many a life. He had great pleasure in formally giving the .boat over to the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT expected of it they must look to the liberal support of the public. He referred to the noble services rendered by the old Life- boat, and added that the total of saved lives standing to the credit of the Caister branch was 1,168. He with much pleasure handed the boat over to ROBERT HAYLETT (coxswain), who for fifty years had been connected with the Institution, and had done so much good work in saving the i lives of shipwrecked sailors. The hymn j " Eternal Father, strong to save," was i then sung, and a prayer offered by the INSTITUTION. Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, in accepting the gift, said as a Norfolk man he was proud to see one in their own county come forward and give such a noble boat, one of the finest specimens the Institution had, and probably the finest the builder had ever turned out. It was presented to one of the most celebrated stations in England, and it was given over to them without any restrictions.

The gift came at the right time, just when it was wanted. If the Life-boat Institu- tion was to carry on the work that was Rev. L. A. HALLWELL, of Yarmouth. This was followed by the Lord's Prayer and another hymn, " 0 God, who metest." The Life-boat was then named The Beau- champ, by Lady VIOLET BEAUCHAMP, and the boat, manned by the Caister Life-boat men, was launched into the sea from the beach, and went out on her trial trip, among the passengers being the Mayor, Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, and others.

PORT ERIN, ISLE OF MAN.—In compliance with a desire expressed by the coxswain and crew, the Life-boat on this station has been replaced by a larger boat fitted with two drop keels. The new boat was sent there last month; it is 37 feet long, 8 feet wide, and rows twelve oars double-banked. Its cost was defrayed from a legacy bequeathed to the Institu- tion by the late Miss L. C. SARGENSON, of New Bond Street, and in accordance with the wishes of the deceased lady, it is named the Sugden.