WE earnestly appeal to all interested in the Life-boat cause to do their utmost to establish or help to establish a " Life- boat Saturday" and a " Life-boat Sunday " in the neighbourhoods in which they reside. A good example has been set, as will be seen below, in Lancashire and elsewhere. Why should not such insti- tutions exist throughout the length and breadth of the United Kingdom? The (people of a great maritime nation like ours should surely not be back- ward to help the largest and oldest life- saving service in the world. All are dependent on the sailor for the common necessaries of life. He has a epacial claim therefore on us for protection.

DUNDEE.—The "Life-boat Saturday" Demonstration, which took place at Dun- dee on the 24th September last, was an unqualified success in every respect, thanks to a large extent to the very hearty and skilful co-operation extended to the movement by the numerous friends of the Institution in that city. It was stated in the local newspapers that never before in its history was such a gigantic and magnificent demonstration witnessed in the streets of Dundee, as on this occa- sion. The first to propose the carrying out of this idea was Mr. C. W. MILLAR, the local secretary of the Seamen's and Firemen's Union; but when he broached the subject in the autumn of 1891 it was thought desirable to defer the proposal until a more favourable season, on account of the great depression then prevailing in the jute industry. A few months since, however, Mr. MILLAR was deputed by his Onion to communicate on the subject with the local representatives of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, Mr. D. BBUCB, Hon. Treasurer, and Mr. J. HUNTER, Junr., Hon. Secretary, by whom the project was warmly received, and who have ever since rendered very valuable assistance in bringing it to a successful issue, in which they have been heartily supported by the Eight Hon. Lord Provost MATHEWSON, Captain A.WOOD, Mr. JOHN WISHART, Mr. DUNCAN RITCHIE, the Rev. H. WILLIAMSON, and other gentlemen, whose names are too numerous to be detailed.

The various trades and friendly socie- ties in the city having been communicated with and having promised to assist, it was resolved to organise a procession on a very large scale and to have a collection in the workshops and in the streets on Saturday the 24th September.

On that day the mustering of the great procession on the Esplanade, under the direction of Colonel RANKIN, was a lively and exciting scene. The Harbour Fire Brigade took the lead with their steam fire-engine, and were followed by the Seamen's and Firemen's Union, the Opera- tive Sailmakers, Brass Founders, Opera- tive Masons, Carpenters and Joiners and other trade representatives ; also members of the Odd Fellows, Foresters, Shepherds and other friendly societies. Next came the Broughty Ferry Life-boat Samuel Shawcross, the gift of the Ancient Order of Foresters, mounted on its transporting carriage and drawn by eight fine horses lent by Messrs. WOEDIE and Co. The boat was manned by its fishermen crew, who wore their cork life-belts and red caps.

Accompanying the procession, which was 2£ miles long, and which took three- quarters of an hour to pass a given point, were a number of honorary collectors provided with contribution boxes, and, in addition, showers of half-pence were poured into the Life-boat itself, the crew at one time standing ankle deep in bronze coin. Many of the trades delegates in the procession also received contributions in bags, baskets, &c., attached to poles.

The counting of the money thus collected was in itself a formidable task. It was carried out on the following Monday with the aid of a volunteer staff of bank officials under the superintendence of some of the leaders of the movement. The largest proportion of coins was in bronze, and when the counting party quitted work at a late hour, the total sum then counted was 3082. 8s. 3d., and there were some hundreds of boxes still outstanding. With the aid of the contributions at the work- shops and elsewhere, the total eventually reaching a sum approaching 1,0001.

MANCHESTER AND SALFORD (abridged from the Manchester Courier, 3rd October, 1892).—The energetic band of ladies and gentlemen, headed by Mr. CHARLES W. MACARA, and a Committee which owes much to the exertions of the Mayor and Mayoress of Manchester and to the Mayor and Mayoress of Salford, have every reason to be highly gratified at the success of their latest effort to give a much desired fillip to the, funds of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION. " Life-boat Saturday/ like "Hospital Saturday," may now be said to have established itself as an annual event in our local history, and its influence cannot fail to be felt in all the surrounding Lancashire towns. The per- ambulation of the Southport and St.

Anne's Life-boats through the principal streets of Manchester and Salford on Friday the 30th September was but the preliminary to the more imposing spec- tacle which followed on Saturday the 1st October; and if there had been any in- clination to forget that that day was especially set apart for benefiting thoroughly national institution there was ample evidence from a very early hour that the Committee were not going to lose copper for the want of a reminder.

'Life-boat Saturday," "Help the Life- boat Men," and " England expects every man this day will do his duty," were appeals which greeted the eye wherever one turnad on Saturday, both in Man- chester and the adjoining borough, and there was a plethora of public collecting boxes, varying in size from the small wooden hand-box to the huge maw of a sidebound lurry, a form of money recep- tacle which might with advantage be turned to account on Hospital Saturday.

Later in the day there was a grand pro- cession through the streets of the city to Belle Yue Gardens, and here again there was displayed an ingenuity for securing money which positively deserved to suc- ceed. Many persons view a procession along the public thoroughfares from the tops of tramcars, from balconies, first- floor windows, and other points of van- tage, who would under ordinary circum- stances escape from the general levy; but the Life-boat Committee were equal to the occasion on Saturday, for by the use of "purse-poles," a long, wide-mouthed pocket attached to a stilt-like pole, they were able to reach the elevated ones and bring each person's contribution. The procession formed in Albert Square about noon. Headed by a mounted detachment of the City Police, there then came an open carriage, containing Mr. MACARA, Mr. BELLAMY, and Mr. J. F. PEARSON, the mounted band of the 14th (the King's) Hussars, a cart containing the rocket gear and Brigade, the Ardwick Industrial School Band, the St. Anne's Life-boat and crew, wearing their oil- skins; one of the ubiquitous collection lurries, " Grace Darling and her father in character"—a young maiden with her aged parent seated in a skiff buffeting its way through some artificial billows; the band and a number of boys from the training-ship Indefatigable, armed with rifles and cutlasses, and presenting a very brave show indeed; the Manchester Fire Brigade, the Newton Heath Steam Shed Employes' Brass Band, the Southport Life-boat and crew, Colonel Thompson's Miniature Volunteers, another lurry used for collecting purposes, the Salford Fire Brigade, the Alexandra Band of the Carriage and Wagon Department of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, and last, but not least in importance, Messrs. Eylands and Sons, Limited, Volunteer Eire Brigade, making altogether a magni- ficent demonstration of our land and sea services. Fortunately, the weather was brilliantly fine as the procession wended its way to the Belle Vue Gardens, taking the offerings of the people en route. The demonstrators were accompanied into the gardens by an enormous following, which helped very considerably to swell the large crowd already assembled there, and which during the afternoon was computed at between 30,000 and 40,000 persons.

The spacious gallery fronting the great picture was soon packed from end to end, and it may interest many to know that the takings here were generously given by the Messrs. JKNNISON to the Life-boat Saturday Fund. In the private box near the band stand the special visitors in- cluded the Mayor and Mayoress of Man- chester, the Mayor of Southport, and a number of other ladies and gentlemen.

Below, on the dancing board and on the embankment near the lake, there was a mass of humanity which has rarely been seen even at Belle Vue Gardens. Tired though they were with their long march from the town, the boys from the Inde- fatigable opened the afternoon's entertain- ment with cutlass and musical drill, on the platform across the lake, and shortly afterwards, to the strains of the band of the 14th Hussars, the St. Anne's Life-boat, Nora Royds, was successfully launched.

Intervals of music on shore, and the spectacle of a Life-boat quietly paddling up and down a peaceful lake, passed away the time pleasantly enough until a thunder-clap was heard in the distance.

Coming nearer as the vibrations became more frequent, a thunderstorm of great violence, accompanied by vivid flashes of lightning, suddenly broke over the gar- dens, driving the huge crowd to seek shelter in all directions. The heavy rain quickly cleared the embankment and the galleries, but it gave to the Life-boatmen an opportunity of completing their demon- stration under almost normal conditions, for there was only a rough sea wanting to make the picture perfect. It was while the storm was at its height that those who remained in the drenching rain had the opportunity of seeing the rocket ap- paratus worked from the Life-boat station on shore, in answer to a signal of distress from a supposed wreck, as well as a rescue by means of this apparatus. At night, when the Southport boat, the Mary Anna, was also launched, there was a further demonstration, the interest in which was enhanced by the use of electric and coloured lights, and an augmented display of fireworks. It may be added that the only two survivors of that terrible disaster to the Southport Life-boat, in 1886, took part in Saturday's proceedings, for the success of which great credit is due, amongst others, to Mr. MACARA, Mr. G.

B. BELLAMY, and the following members of the Committee :—Messrs. B. P. BLAKE- LET, J. A. EASTWOOD, A. A. GILLIES, G.

HBALD, B. LOCKWOOD, G. M'CONNELL, W.

H. NEWETT, J. NOEBUBT, J. F. PEARSON, H. KADFOKD, F. SHOBE, W. H. SUTTON and J. WEIGHT, who were also assisted by Messrs. SWIFT and BLACKMAN.

During the interval between the two demonstrations on the lake, a number of gentlemen accepted the invitation of the Local Committee to partake of a cold collation in one of the adjoining rooms, over which the Mayor of Manchester, who is president of the Local Centre, presided.

His Worship, in a brief address, expressed his satisfaction at the great success of the day's proceedings. He thought Mr. MACARA, who had been so energetic in his exertions on behalf of a thoroughly noble institution, had done quite right in ask- ing the inland towns of the country to give their support to our Life-boat men.

It was too often supposed by people in the interior, so to speak, that they had little to do with the seaboard, but apart from the great importance of the commercial aspect of the question, the higher ground of common humanity demanded that all should take an interest in the Life-boat movement. (Applause.) We in England depended very much upon our trade across the seas, and those whose duty had taken them across to foreign countries could not help feeling how much they owed to the brave sailors who so frequently imperilled their lives on behalf of the community.

As far as our Life-boat men were concerned they were a hardy class of men who had in times past been instrumental in saving many lives, and we in the inland towns were as intimately bound up with their safety and their comfort as were those who lived on our coasts. Only the other day the people of Manchester had a shock when they heard that many of their fellow- citizens were on board a steamer which ran aground off the coast of the Isle of Man, and had there been need for a Life- boat on that occasion we should have felt proud that we had given support to an institution which might have been called upon to render very valuable assistance.

(Applause.) He hoped Life-boat Saturday would take deep root, not only in Man- chester and Salford, but in all the inland towns, and he could not help feeling that Mr. MACARA was on the right tack when he appealed for support to the multitude.

(Hear, hear.) It was for the sake of the multitude that our Life-boats were fre- quently brought into use, and he asked the people of Lancashire, who were always interested in the doings of our sailors, to do all in their power to support Mr.

MACARA in his noble effort to regenerate the Life-boat Institution. (Applause.) Mr. CHARLES W. MACARA, who was very heartily received, said that never had a movement been more heartily taken up than by those who had worked with him.

The magnificent demonstration they had that day witnessed was entirely due to the untiring energy of the chairman of the Demonstration Committee, Mr. G. R. BELLAMY, Mr. PEARSON, and others. (Ap- plause.) Mr, MACARA proceeded to speak of the efforts and willing assistance of other gentlemen, and tendered his thanks to Messrs. JENNISON, Messrs. THOMPSON, M'KAT, and Co., Mr. MALCOLM WOOD (Chief Constable), to the officers of the 14th Hussars, to Commander SCOTT, and to the chiefs of the Manchester and Sal- ford Fire Brigades. It was exceedingly appropriate, he added, that the two ser- vices for saving life on land and at sea should be represented on that occasion, nor could he forget that their hearty thanks were due to the boys from the Indefatigable training ship and from the industrial schools. (Applause.) Mr. G-, M'CosNELL spoke of the valuable assistance they had received from the ladies' committee, and he hoped that their example would be followed by every town in Lancashire. If the Civil Service, he said, could raise more than 10,000 half- crowns yearly he did not see why they could not do the same in Manchester and Salford. (Applause.) KEPPEL H. FOOTE, Esq., District In- spector of Life-boats, on behalf of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, said he wished it to be known how much the committee of management were in- debted to Manchester and Salford. Thanks in a measure to the valuable assistance rendered by Lancashire and Yorkshire, they had been able to increase the pay of the Life-boat men fifty per cent, during the winter months. (Hear, hear.) On the motion of Mr. THOMAS HAEKBK, seconded by Mr. J. RAMSAY, a vote of thanks was passed to the Mayor, and the proceedings terminated.

PRESTON. — The Life-boat Saturday movement at Preston was held on the 17th September last. The weather was eminently suitable for an outdoor display, and the people of North and East Lanca- shire cordially responded to the appeal in behalf of the Life-boat Institution. The Life-boats from St. Anne's and Southport, manned by their crews, paraded the streets accompanied by the Preston Fire Brigade, the bands of the 12th Lancers and the West Yorkshire Regiment, and the Preston morris dancers, who were ac- companied by Mr. GBEENHALGH'S band.

An enormous crowd, numbering 50,000 people, assembled from Preston and the surrounding towns, and followed the pro- cession down to the new forty-acre dock, recently opened by H.R.H. the DUKE OF EDINBURGH. The two Life-boats were launched in the dock, which was lined with people, while the vessels in the docks were crowded. The Life-boat crews com- peted in a race, and afterwards there was an exhibition of saving life by means of the rocket apparatus. A number of men were taken in the breeches buoy off the mainmast of the Ethendune, a New Bruns- wick timber ship, which had been moored in the middle of the dock. Collection boxes were used, and subscription lists had also been opened in the public works and places of business, by the aid of which a handsome sum was realised. Mr. CHARLES W. MACARA was present, accompanied by Mr. J. F. PEARSON, a prominent member of the St. Anne's Committee, and Mr.

JOHN WAINWRIGHT, of St. Anne's, who had charge of the Life-boat arrangements, while the local organisation was carried out by Mr. JOHN TOULMIN, the Rev. 0.

0. L. RILEY, and others. In the evening a concert was held at the Public Hall, which was crowded, the whole of the pro- ceeds going to the Life-boat Fund.

REDCAR.—A " Life-boat Saturday " was held here on the 20th August last. It was kindly organised by the Local Com- mittee, with the able assistance of their indefatigable Honorary Secretary, Mr. J. M. MEEK, and attracted considerable inte- rest amongst the residents of the town and district. It is fully hoped that it will become an annual institution here, and that it will be attended by a material addition to the Life-boat Fund.

Special days have also recently been set apart for somewhat similar demonstra- tions to promote the collection of funds for the support of Life-boats of the Insti- tution at Clacton-on-Sea, Grail, Douglas, Ilfracombe, Teignmouth, Tynemouth, Walton-on-the-Naze and Whitburn. We regret that we are precluded by want of space from giving the details of what has taken place on those interesting occasions, which have undoubtedly had the effect not only of a present increase in the local Life-boat funds, but of a permanent addi- tion to the interest taken in the work of the Society.