ON Empire Day, 24th May last, twenty Life-boatmen took part in the Empire Day Festival and Procession of the Empire organised by the Daily Express in Hyde Park. The procession was led by the massed bands of H.M. Brigade of Guards, and an address by the Prime Minister was broadcast. The twenty Life-boatmen, who were in full dress, came from Ramsgate, Newhaven and Worthing, and were led by two medallists of the Institution, Coxswain Thomas Read of Ramsgate, and Coxswain Richard Payne of Newhaven..