COVERACK, CORNWALL.—THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has formed a Life-boat Station at Coverack, where there is an active body of fisher- men, with a view to rendering assist- ance in case of wrecks on the Manacle Rocks, not far from the Lizard, where the steamers Mohegan and Paris were wrecked in 1898-9. The Life-boat sent to the station was built by the Thames Iron "Works Company, and is of the " Liverpool" non-self-righting type, 35 ft. long, 10 ft. wide; she rows 12 oars double-banked, is provided with masts and sails, and is fitted with two drop keels to increase her stability and weatherly qualities. A new boat-house and launching slipway have been con- structed for the use of the boat on a convenient site, from the designs of Mr.

W. T. Douglass, M. Inst. C.E., the Engineer and Architect of the Institution. The cost of the new boat and equip- ment has been defrayed from a handsome legacy received from the estate of the late Mr. F. E. HILLS, of Penshurst, Kent, and in ac- cordance with the wishes of the Testator, the boat is named Con- stance Melanie.

DUNBAR, SCOT- LAND. —The In- stitution has also placed on this station, in lieu of the boat that had been there for several years a Life-boat of the same size and class as the one at Coverack, but with the addition, in this instance, of two large water ballast tanks, which, when full, add vei'y much to her stability afloat. A new carriage accompanied the boat, together with a set of Tipping's Plates and horse launching and pushing poles, and as a new boat-house has recently been built here by the Institution, the station is now in first-class condition. A legacy received by the Institution for a new Life-boat for the east or north-east coast of Scotland from the estate of the late Mr.

WILLIAM ARTHUR MILLWARD, of Chapel- en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, was appropri- ated to this new Life-boat, which has been named after the Testator.

On the 15th March last, in bright weather, the ceremony of naming and launching the boat was performed at the new harbour slipway, in the presence of a large concourse of spectators. The proceedings commenced by the Earl of HADDINGTON, President of the local branch, opening the door of the new boat-house and accepting the custody of the boat and station, as Lord-Lieutenant of the county, from Mr. STRACEY CLITHEROW, District Inspector of Life- boats, as representing the parent Institution. Subsequently the Life-boat was conveyed down the slipway, and as she entered the water Lady CECILY BAILLIE HAMILTON broke a bottle of wine on the bow, and christened the boat the William Arthur Millward. The launch was performed with remarkable dexterity amidst the cheers of the on- lookers, and the boat was afterwards exercised in the bay. Cake and wine were afterwards served in the boat- house, at which a large company was presided over by Lord HADDINGTON. Mr. STRACEY CLITHEROW proposed success to the new Life-boat. He spoke of the exceedingly dangerous nature of the coast, and of the necessity which had arisen for the provision in Dunbar of the most powerful and modern type of boat procurable, that the late Mr. Millward had bequeathed funds for a boat for the north or east coast of Scotland, and that, largely through the instrumentality of Mr. W. BERTRAM, the energetic hon. secretary, the Dunbar branch had been accepted as the station at which the boat and boat-house should be placed. Lord HADDINGTON replied, and expressed the hope that the good work of the past would be continued by the new boat.

Through the generosity of his Lord- ship, the Life-boat men were entertained at dinner a day or two later at the Hotel Belle Vue, when his health was heartily pledged, together with that of the Chairman of the Branch, Bailie BRAND.

HARWICH. — The Hydraulic Steam Life-boat, built by Messrs. B,. and H.

Green, of Blackwall, which was placed on this station about seven years since, has recently been superseded by a new Screw Steam Life-boat, constructed by J.

SAMUEL WHITE & Co., Limited, of East Cowes, which, like the original boat, is named the City of Glasgow, in acknow- ledgment of the gift to the Institution of the cost of the first boat by the citizens of Glasgow, in connection with the " Life-boat Saturday " demonstra- tions of 1893 and 1894. This is the sixth Steam Life-boat which has been constructed by the Institution. The first three were hydraulically propelled, but in order to avoid the loss of power inseparable from the use of the turbine and the risk of the machinery becoming fouled, the other boats have been fitted with screws, which are, as far as possible, protected from fouling by hollowing out the after-end of the boat, so as to form a tunnel for the protection of the screw.

The behaviour of the new Life-boat and the machiflery when she was put through her official trials, off the Isle of Wight, and afterwards when she steamed to her station at Harwich from Cowes, was all that could be desired. From the com- parative tables of efficiencies of the Steam Life-boats built by the Institution, it appears that this latest addition to its fleet proves to be the fastest boat, her average maximum full speed on the measured mile being 9 • 66 knots per hour, and her ordinary working full speed 9 • 143 knots. She is 56 ft. long, 14 ft.

8 in. wide, and has a load displacement of 32 • 6 tons, while the mean indicated horse-power is 208-95.

CAMBOIS, HOLY ISLAND No. 2 and TYNEMOUTH No. 2, NORTHUMBERLAND; SUNDERLAND (NORTH DOCK), Co.

DURHAM ; DOVER, KENT ; WINCHELSEA, SUSSEX ; PORTHOUSTOCK, CORNWALL ; GlRVAN, JOHNSHAVEN, MONTROSE No. 2 and NEWBURGH, SCOTLAND ; and GROOMS- PORT, IRELAND.-—New Life-boats have also taken the place of others stationed at these places; they are of the self- righting type, with the exception of the Girvan, Groomsport and Porthoustock boats, which are of the " Liverpool" non-self-righting class.

The cost of the Cambois new Life- boat and equipment has been defrayed from a munificent legacy received by the Institution from the estate of the late Dr. JOHN ANTHONY, of Edgbaston, Birmingham, after whom the boat is named. Similarly the Holy Island boat, which is named Edward and Eliza, was provided from the bequest of the late Mrs. C. S. COPLAND, of Overcliffe, Gravesend.

The Tynemouth Life-boat, like its pre-decessor, is known, as the Forester, the Ancient Order of Foresters having pre- sented the original boat to the Institu- tion. A legacy received on behalf of the late Mr. GEORGE WOOFINDIN, of Sharrow, Sheffield, was utilised for the Sunderland new Life-boat, which bears his name. The cost of the Dover new boat and her equipment was defrayed from a handsome contribution received by the Institution from Mr. ISAAC HOYIE, of Wimbledon, for a Life-boat to be named the Mary HamerlToyle, after his late wife. The Porthoustock, Girvan and Newburgh Life-boats are respectively known as the James Stevens Nos. 17, 18 and 19, having been taken from the very handsome legacy left to the Institu- tion by the late Mr. JAMES STEVENS, of Birmingham. In the same way, the Institution was enabled to defray the cost of the remaining four Life-boats from special bequests, viz., Winchelsea, John William Dudley, the late Mr. J.

"W. DUDLEY, of Woodford; Johns- haven, Sarah Anne Holden, the late Miss S. A. HOLDEN, of Rochdale; Montrose No. 2, Marianne Atherstone, the late Mr. J. G. ATHERSTONE, of Montrose; and Groomsport, Chapman, the late Mrs. M. H. CHAPMAN, of Cathcart Road, W.