BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT.—It will be remembered by our readers that on the occasion of the Jubilee of our late beloved QUEEN VICTORIA, in the year 1887, the Committee of Management, with the sanction of Her Most Gracious Majesty, who was the Patron of the Institution, decided to place on the coast and maintain in perpetuity a Life- boat to be named the Queen Victoria.

The station selected by the Queen for the boat was Bembridge, on the north- eastern shore of the Isle of Wight, and the ceremony of naming was performedby H.R.H. the DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH, | who came over from Osborne in the! royal yacht Alberta, and was accom-! panied by H.R.H. the late PRINCE i HENRY OP BATTENBEBG and the late ! PRINCE ALFRED OF EDINBURGH. It was of late found that the Life-boat was hardly powerful enough for the station, and accordingly she has been replaced by a new self-righting boat, 35 ft. long, 8i ft. wide, and rowing ten oars double-bauked. She is provided with masts and sails, and has a sliding or drop keel, two ballast tanks, and all the latest improvements. H.R.H. the PRINCESS BEATRICE has graciously con- sented to perform the ceremony of for providing buoyancy, but air-chambers were built in at both bow and stern, portable ones being fitted along each side under the thwarts, so as to keep the boat afloat in the event of shipping water to any considerable extent, suf- ficient buoyancy having been provided by these means. A very efficient form of double-throw pump has been fitted amidships at the request of the local Life-boat authorities. The boat rows six oars, and has that number of thwarts, giving the men plenty of room to work. On account of her light- ness and sharp form under water she is very fast and easy to row. With good handling, the chances of being swamped naming this new Life-boat, the Queen Victoria, on Saturday, 23rd August.

POOLBEG, DUBLIN BAY.—The Life- boat stationed by the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE BOAT INSTITUTION some years since at Poolbeg, near the entrance to the River Liffey, has been replaced by a new one, 29 ft. long, and 6 ft. 6 ins.

wide, intended entirely for work under oars in comparatively smooth water.

She is of the whale-boat type, built of two skins of thin mahogany with calico and white lead between. Care was taken to keep the weight of the boat down as much as possible, and when finished she weighed about 15 cwt., exclusive of crew and gear. It was not advisable in so small a boat to fit a deck and all the usual Life-boat arrangements are remote, and even were she by chance swamped, the crew would be in no danger of sinking.

The building of the boat was entrusted to Mr. J. N. ATKINSON, of Bullock Harbour, near Kingstown, and great credit is due to him for the manner in which the work was carried out.

Several modifications and improvements were introduced into the boat at the suggestion of those interested in Life- boats in Dublin Bay. It is mainly due to them that so smart a little boat was turned out. The cost of the new boat and equipment has been defrayed from a legacy received by the Institution from I the estate of the late Mrs. E. A. ORES- WELL, of Egham, Surrey, and in accord- ance with the wishes of the testatrix, the boat is named the Richard Creswell. HAUXLEY, NORTHUMBERLAND ; LOOE, CORNWALL; LLANDUDNO AND PORTH- DINLLABN, CARNARVONSHIBE ; SCAR- BOROUGH AND TORQUAY.—The Life-boats on these stations have also recently been superseded by new boats of the self-righting type, fitted with all the most modern improvements. With the exception of that for Scarborough, the boats were provided by bequests received by the Institution, and are named in accordance with the wishes of the donors, as follows :—Hauxley, the Mary Andrew, legacy of the late Miss ANDREW, of Hale, Cheshire. Looe, the Ryder, the late Mr. WILLIAM RYDEB, of Brixtoii. Llandudno, the Theodore Price, the late Miss A. G. G. ROLLESTON, of Hyde Park Terrace, London. Porth- dinllaen, the Barbara Fleming, the late Miss JANE ISABELLA FLEMING, of Rayrigg, Windermere, Torquay, the WiffMon, the late Mrs. M. A. WIGHTON, of Hornsey. The late Scarborough Life- boat was endowed, and the new boat, therefore, like her predecessor, is named the Queensbury; the original donor was HERBERT S. FOSTER, Esq., and the endowment was carried out by him and his brothers and uncles.