FLEETWOOD.—In accordance with the wishes of the Life-boat men, the Life-boat which is kept moored afloat at Fleetwood has been replaced by a new sailing boat, which is a modification of the large one designed in 1887 for the South- port Station, and is fitted with water ballast confined in five tanks, being also provided with a deck, relieving valves and side air-cases similar to those of the self- righting boat; she has a large drop keel and a " turtle-back " deck forward to throw off the seas which may break over her bows, and is not self-righting. She is 43 feet long, 12J feet wide, and is fitted to row 10 oars when required. Her cost has been de- frayed from a legacy bequeathed to the Institution by the late Mr. JAMES PICKUP, of Southport, and the boat, in accordance with the wishes of the testator, is named the Maude Pickup.

STAITHES, YORKSHIRE; BRIXHAM and ILFBACOMBE, DEVON; and FEASERBURGH and MONTROSE, SCOTLAND.—The Life-boats on these stations have recently oeen re- placed by new and improved boats, all of the self-righting type.

The Staithes boat is one of the 34 feet, 10-oared class, and is named the Jonathan Stott; her cost was met from a legacy bequeathed by the late Mr. JAMES MAUD STOTT, of Rastrick, for a boat to be thus named and stationed on the coast of Yorkshire.

The new Life-boat for Brixham is 38 feet long, 8 feet wide, and rows 12 oars double banked. She is one of the five endowed boats for the English coast provided for in the will of the late Mr. E. A. NEWBON, of Isling- ton, and in accordance with his wishes she will always be known as the Betsey Newbon.

The Ilfracombe Life-boat, like her pre- decessor, the cost of which was provided by the Co-operative Union, Limited, is named the Co-operator No. 2; she is a 12-oared boat, 37 feet in length and 9 feet in width. The new Life-boats for the Scotch coast are both 38 feet 12-oared boats, and the outlay for them has been met by legacies; that for Fraserburgh from the bequest of the late Mrs. SARAH ANN LEE, of Gunners- bury, the boat being named the Anna Maria Lee, and that for Montrose No. 1 SELSEY, SUSSEX.—An additional Life- boat Station has been formed at this place, a large drop-keel sailing boat having been sent there for service on the outer shoals, eight or nine miles off the land, the present 34 by 7 feet Life-bout being retained for inshore work. The late 1 Station, which is to be known as the Robert Henderson, from the estate of the late Mr. PATRICK HENDERSON, of London, who had desired that a Life - boat thus named should be placed somewhere on the east coast of | Scotland, between Peterhead and Pitten- ween.

Mr. NEWBON'S munificent legacy to the lastitution was utilised in the purchase of this new boat, which has been named the Lucy Newbon. On the occasion of the harbour trial of this Life-boat in the Shadwell Basin, London, in February last, she demonstrated in a remarkable degree her power of self-righting, after she ha been upset by the aid of a powerful crane.

She readily righted with masts and sails set, the rest of the gear in her, jib and mizen sheets fast, and fore sheet slack, while at the same time she had weights repre- senting fifteen men weighing 11 stone each lashed on the thwarts, and other weights, in addition, to represent thirty- seven men on the lee gunwale. It was also shown that it required forty-two men on the gunwale of the boat to bring it awash, with the crew and gear in their places. The conditions in salt water would necessarily be better than in fresh water.