WHEN His Majesty the King was staying for a few days at Londeshorough Park last October, John Owston, the Coxswain superintendent of the Scar- borough Life-boat, was sent for by Lord Londesborough to assist the shooting parties. After the King had performed the ceremony of planting a tree in the park, he saw Owston standing by, and noticing that he was wearing the silver medal of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, walked up to him, saying, " That's a fine medal you've got, my man. It's for saving life " The veteran Life-boatman explained that it had been given him by the Institution, in 1880, for going out in the Scarborough Life- boat five times in one day, and assisting to save 28 lives, each of the five vessels becoming a total wreck. The date of the rescues was twenty-five years to a day prior to his interview with His Majesty. The King asked Owston several questions, who in reply stated that he had been the Coxswain of the Scarborough Life-boat since 1872, and that he had been Coxswain longer and had saved more lives than any other Coxswain on the Yorkshire coast.

" That's good ! that's good ! " exclaimed the King. His Majesty appeared interested in all that the gallant Coxswain told him, and when he wound up with the remark that he felt it a great honour to stand at the side of his King that day, His Majesty laughed heartily and seemed to be pleased..