WORTHING.—The Life-boat at this j station has recently been replaced by a new and rather larger self-righting boat of the latest type, 35 feet long, 8i feet : wide, and rowing 10 oars double banked ; she has one drop keel and two water ballast tanks and is provided with a ' new transporting carriage. The whole expense has been defrayed by Mrs.

BiRT-DAViES-CoLEMAN, of Birmingham, who has also presented funds to the Institution for the permanent endow- ment of a Richard Cole-man Life-boat in memory of her late husband, after whom this boat is named. On the 7th August the public ceremony of naming and launching the boat at her station was carried out with great suc- cess in the presence of thousands of spectators. The new boat, with her predecessor, the Henry Harris, and the Shoreham and Littlehampton boats tokeep her company, was taken through the streets in imposing procession before the christening and launch. Headed by the borough police and the Coast- guard, under Chief Officer MacGregor, the procession extended for something like half-a-mile. It included the Shore- ham Artillery Volunteers, the Worthing Volunteers, with their band; the regi- ments of the Church Lads' Brigade then in camp at Ferring, from Rochester, Canterbury, Chichester, Winchester, and Oxford, attended by pioneers, signallers, bands and ambulance, some 1,600 or more in all, the Brigade Staff present including Col. E. H. EYBE, C.B., Bgde.- Major Col. H. D. PUCKLE, Brigade Quartermaster Major G. LONG, and Assist.-Quartermaster Captain CLISHAM, I.Y. As the procession stopped near the entrance to the pier, the troops lined an enclosure where the Mayor and Corpora- tion in their official robes, and attended by the town officials, assembled to receive Mrs. BiET-DAViES-CoLEMAN. The Life- boats were placed in position for launch- ing, the " National Anthem " sung, and then Mrs. COLEMAN, after being pre- sented with a beautiful bouquet, formally handed over the Richard Coleman to the Institution, in the person of its District Inspector of Life-boats, Mr. KEPPEL H. FOOTE. Having expressed grateful thanks for the noble gift, Mr. FOOTE handed the boat over to the Mayor, as the representative of the town, and his Worship in his turn transferred her to the care of Mr. H. HABGOOD, as chairman of the Local Life-boat Com- mittee. The Mayor performed his part with a few graceful words, warmly thanking Mrs. COLEMAN, in the name of the town, for her gift, and adding that although they had not there the rugged shores of Cornwall or the equally dan- gerous shores of the east coast, still the record of the old Life-boat showed there was need for a boat at Worthing, and as long as she remained there willing hands and stout hearts would be found to man her. Mr. HABGOOD, in his turn, thanked the Life-boat Institution for the generous way in which they had always treated Worthing. Special prayer was then offered by the Mayor's Chap- lain, the Rev. C. G. COOMBE, vicar of St. Paul's, and the hymn " For those in j peril on the sea " was sung to the accom- paniment of the massed bands. Mrs.

BiRT-DAViES-CoLEMAN then performed the naming ceremony with a bottle of water which she had brought specially from the River Jordan. Breaking the bottle on the rudder of the boat she said : "I name this boat the Richard Coleman in everlasting remembrance of my beloved husband, and I wish her and her brave crew every success." Then amid enthusiastic cheering the boat and her three companion Life-boats were simultaneously launched, the bands playing " Rule Britannia." PADSTOW. CORNWALL.—The Life-boat Station which has been maintained at Padstow for many years past by the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has recently been completely renovated and strengthened by the Institution, which has placed there two new Life- boats, one in the place of the original boat, the Arab, which was no longer fit for service, and the other in lieu of the steam Life-boat which was lost while on the way to help a vessel in distress in April, 1900. As usual, the coxswains and crews were allowed, in conjunction with the local committee, a free hand in the choice of the boats which they would be called on to work, and in accordance with their wishes they have been provided with two self-righting Life-boats, one 36 ft. long by 8 ft.

wide, pulling 10 oars, provided with two water-ballast tanks and furnished with a new transporting carriage, the other 42 feet in length and 11 feet in width, pulling 12 oars. Each boat is fitted with two drop-keels, to increase her weatherly qualities, and has masts and sails. The smaller boat of the two was built by Mr. H. Roberts, of Mevagissey ; the other was constructed by the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, Limited. An entirely new departure has also been carried out by the Institu- tion at this important Life-boat Station in the provision of a steam-tug to be used only in conjunction with Life-boats of the Institution when their services are needed to assist vessels in danger of being wrecked on this very dangerous part of the coast. This vessel has been specially designed for the purpose byMr. G. L. Watson, the Consulting Naval Architect of the Institution. She is classed 100 Al in Lloyd's Yacht Register, is 95 ft. long, and 19£ ft.

wide, and is a twin-screw boat, fitted with a Scotch boiler and two sets of direct-acting, inverted compound service, condensing marine engines, indicating collectively 300 horse-power with natural draught, and 400 horse-power collectively with mild forced draught. At her trials, which proved very satisfactory, she developed a mean speed of over 10 knots under natural draught. She was built by Messrs. Ratnage and Ferguson, Ltd., of Leith, and 011 the way to her station she called, by arrangement, at Southend- on-Sea to pick up the new large LiSe- boat, which was then towed by her to Padstow. The smaHer (No. 1) Life-boat at Padstow, like the one she superseded, is named the Arab, the endowment of a boat to bear always that name having been provided through the kindness of Mr. R. A. B. PRESTON, of London. The large sailing (No. 2) boat is the gift of Mrs. EDMUND HARVEY,also of London, in memory of her late husband, after whom the boat is named the Edmund Harvey, the donor having generously presented to the Institution a sum sufficient for pro- viding and endowing in perpetuity a Life-boat bearing that name. The cost of the new steam-tug has been in part defrayed from a special bequest in favour of the Institution by the late Mr. C. J.

PEELE, of Chertsey, and, in accordance with the wishes of the testator, she has been named the Helen Peele.

The new rowing Life-boat was towed from Mevagissey by a steam-tug spe- cially engaged for the purpose, and was taken to the North Quay, where she was beached, and placed on her carriage at the top of the quay. Naturally such an occasion drew together a large number of spectators and admirers, including the chairman and the members of the Local Life-boat Committee and their ! Honorary Secretary. [ Mr. PRESTON, the donor, gave a very i feeling and suitable address, in which he expressed every confidence in the new , Life-boat, which was built by Cornish- men and manned by them, too, who, he • knew, would never flinch in their duty when occasion required. Deep as was his regret at the loss of the old Life- boat, he had the great satisfaction of knowing she had perished on active service, in the performance of her duty, and during her career had been instru- mental in saving no less than seventy- five lives. Mr. PRESTON then formally presented the new Life-boat to his j brother, Captain GEORGE B. PRESTON, a | Member of the Committee of Manage- | ment, as representing the Parent j Institution, and he in turn handed her over to the local committee and crew.

: Mr. C. G. PRIDEAUX-BRDNE, chairman I of the local committee, accepted the ' gift, and in appropriate terms thanked I Mr. PRESTON for this his second noble gift to the port.

I The Rev. E. F. NUGENT, M.A., offered ! an impressive prayer, and then the whole ! assemblage, accompanied by the Volun- teer bandj sang heartily the beautiful I hymn, " Eternal Father, strong to save." I As the Life-boat glided off her new carriage, which had been specially built, Miss PRESTON, sister of the donor, with much grace, performed the christening ceremony.

The new Life-boat was then satisfac- torily rowed and manoeuvred by her stalwart crew, returning to the Life-boat house at Hawker's Cove, where she awaits the stirring cry, " Man the Life-boat." BARRY DOCK, GLAMORGANSHIRE.—A new Life-boat Station has just been formed by the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION »t Barry Dock, South Wales, where an efficient crew ! and the services of a steam-tug belonging to the Dock Company are always avail- able to work the boat in the event of her services being needed on the occasion of disaster occurring amongst the | numerous vessels using the port. A fund, amounting to 600Z., raised amongsD Wesleyans to provide a Life-boat to be named the John Wesley, has been appro- priated to this new Life-boat Station, with the approbation of the principal promoters, the Rev. JAMES HARGREAVES, of Teignmouth and Mr. J. CORY, of Cardiff. This fund has been largely supplemented from the general funds of the Life-boat Institution, the boat herself being of a very large and expensive type, while the boat-houseand long launching slipway which are provided, from the designs of Mr. W. T.

Douglass, the Engineer and Architect of the Institution, involved a very heavy outlay, amounting to2,212Z. The Life- boat is a sailing boat, 43 feet long and 12£ feet wide, furnished with a drop keel. She was built by the Thames Iron Works Company, Limited, in accordance with the plans of Mr. G. L. Watson, and was towed to her station by one of Messrs. Cory's steamers.

MONTROSE, FOHFARSHIRE.—The Life- boat establishment at Montrose has also recently been completely renovated by the Institution. A new boat-house and slipway have been constructed, and two new Life-boats, supplied with trans- porting carriages, have been sent to the station to take the place of boats which were forwarded to Montrose some years since. They are both built on the self- righting principle; one is 34 ft. long and 8 ft. wide, pulling 10 oars, and fitted with one water-ballast tank. This boat is named the Marianne Atherstone, her cost having been defrayed from a legacy received by the Institution from the estate of the late Mr. J. G. ATHER- STONE, of Montrose. The other boat is also a 10-oared one, 37 ft. long and 9J ft.

wide; she has two water-ballast tanks, and in addition is furnished with two drop keels. This Life-boat is a memorial boat, named the Sarah Jane Turner, and has been provided from a gift received by the Institution from Mr. SAMUEL TURNER, of Rochdale. The Life-boats stationed at Montrose have rendered excellent service at different times.

Since they were brought into connection with the Institution in the year 1869, they have been instrumental in saving 297 lives, besides rendering help to many vessels in distress.

HASTINGS, PALLING (NORFOLK), PIEL (BARROW-IN-FURNESS), HuNA (CAITH- NESS-SHIEE), COURTMACSHERRY and QUEENSTOWN (IRELAND).—These Life- boat Stations have recently had their boats replaced by new ones, four on the self-righting principle, the remaining two (Pieland Queenstown) being large sailing boats of the " Watson " type.

The Hastings boat, like her pre- decessor, which was endowed by Mr.

ARKCOLL, of Chatham, is named the Charles Arkcoll; the Palling No. 1 new boat was the gift of the late Major LANCELOT WOOD, and in accordance with his request she is named the 54 fe West Norfolk Regiment; that at Piel, an endowed boat, the gift of the late Messrs. SAMUEL, JOHN, and JOSHUA FIELDEN, of Todmorden, is named the Thomas Fielden the Huna boat, the Ida, was provided from the legacy of the late Miss IDA B. SIMMONS, of Hove; the cost of the Courtmacsherry Life-boat was defrayed from a legacy bequeathed to the Institution by the late Mr. ALFRED GWILT, of Norbiton, for a boat I to be named the Kezia Gwilt; while the Queenstown new Life-boat — James ' Stevens No. 20—is one of those provided by the legacy received from the estate ' of the late Mr. JOHN STEVENS, of Birimingham.