Inaugural Ceremony of the " Mar£chal-Foch." THE Inaugural Ceremony of the Motor Life-boat Marechal-Foch, which the French Life-boat Society has built for its Station at Calais, took place on 15th August. The Marechal-Foch is a twin-screw twin-engine Motor Life-boat, 42 feet 6 inches by 11 feet 4 inches, with a speed of 8| knots. As described elsewhere, the Marechal-Foch was present at the Inaugural Ceremony of the Sir William Hillary at Dover on 10th July.

The Institution was represented at the Calais Ceremony by the new Hythe Motor Life-boat, City of Nottingham, under the command of Lieut.-Com- mander H. L. Wheeler, R.N. (Inspector of Life-boats for the Southern District).

Mr. C. H. Niven, Honorary Secretary at Hythe, was also on board. Com- mander Wheeler, Mr. Niven and the Hythe Coxswain (Harry Griggs, jun., who won the Institution's Silver Medal last November) were the guests of the Mayor of Calais at the banquet which preceded the Ceremony. Mr. Niven took with him a letter of greeting from the Lord Mayor of Nottingham, addressed to the Mayor of Calais, and passages from this letter were read by the Mayor of Calais at the banquet. In the course of the letter the Lord Mayor said:— " It will be the earnest and sincere hope of both cities that the two Life- boats will have a long and honourable service in the noble work of life-saving amongst the mariners and others of all nations who daily face the perils of the sea.".