H.R.H. The Prince George, K.G., at Newhaven. H.R.H. The Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood, at Scarborough and Bridling ton.

EIGHTEEN Inaugural Ceremonies of new Motor Life-boats have been held during the five months from the beginning of April to the end of August. Of these, eight were at English Stations, five at Scottish, three at Irish, one at a Welsh Station, and one in the Isle of Man.

At Newhaven, Sussex, H. R. H. The Prince George, E.G., G.C.V.O., R.N., performed the naming ceremony, and at Scarborough and Bridlington H.R.H. The Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood.

At Hastings the Boat was named by the Right Hon. The Viscount Gosehen, P.O., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., C.B.E. At Lytham St. Anne's the Boat was presented by Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., Chairman of the Committee of Management, and at Penlee by Colonel The Master of Sempill, a member of the Committee.

At the three Irish Stations, Ballycotton, Youghal and Courtmacsherry, President Cosgrave welcomed the new Life-boats on behalf of the people of the Irish Free State, and Mrs. Cosgrave named the Boats.

In Scotland the Duke of Montrose, a Vice-President of the Institution and Chairman of the Scottish Life-boat Council, presented four of the five Life- boats to their Stations, and Mr. Leonard Gow, a Vice-President of the Institution and Chairman of the Glasgow Branch, presented the fifth.

In Wales, at Moelfre, Anglesey, the presentation was made by Commodore Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, Bt., K.C.B., R.N.R., a Vice-President of the Institution, and at Ramsey in the Isle of Man the Life-boat was presented by the Lieutenant-Governor.

During September four more Inaugural Ceremonies took place, one in England, two in Ireland and one in the Channel Islands. Reports of these Ceremonies will appear in the next issue of The Lifeboat.

Newhaven, Sussex.

H.R.H. The Prince George, K.G., G.C.V.O., R.N., named the new Motor Life-boat at Newhaven, Sussex, on 7th July. This is the sixth Motor Life-boat which he has named. In 1928 he named the new Life-boats at Stromness and Longhope, in the Orkneys; in 1929 the Southend-on-Sea, Essex, Life-boat, and in 1930 the Life-boats at Walton-on-the- Naze and Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.

Newhaven has a distinguished Life- boat record. The Station was established in 1825. Since 1850 its Life-boats have rescued 317 lives; and one Gold, six Silver and two Bronze Medals have been awarded for gallantry. Newhaven was one of the first Stations to be equipped with motor power. In 1912 a 38 feet self-righting Life-boat with a 35 h.p. engine was stationed there. This boat served until 1930, rescuing 108 lives, and was then replaced by a boat of the Watson Cabin type, 45 feet 6 inches by 12 feet 6 inches, with a displacement of 20| tons. She is divided into eight watertight compart- ments and has 142 air cases ; is fitted with a searchlight and line-throwing gun, and can take 95 people on board in rough weather. She is driven by two 40 h.p. engines, giving her a speed of 8|- knots, and she carries enough petrol to be able to travel 116 miles at full speed without refuelling.

This boat is one of two presented to the Institution by the late Mrs. Lilian Philpott, the other being the new Hastings boat. Mrs. Philpott, who has died since making these two gifts, has also left the Institution £20,000.

At the Ceremony on 7th July, thousands of people were present to welcome the Prince, and take part in the ceremony, lining the sides of the harbour and on board the cross-Channel boats, Arundel and Newhaven; and the road to the Life-boat House and the shipping in the harbour were dressed with flags. Behind the Life-boat House a guard of honour was drawn up of a hundred men of the Sussex Division of the R.N.V.R., which is commanded by Captain the Right Hon. the Earl Howe, P.C., C.B.E., V.D., A.D.C., R.N.V.R. a member of the Committee of Management of the Institution, and men from the Newhaven, Seaford and Peacehaven British Legion, under the command of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Madden, Bt., G.C.B., G.C.V.O., | K.C.M.G., President of the Sussex | British Legion. Many representatives I of tne Institution's Branches in Sussex were present, and the singing was led ' by a choir of the Seamen's Mission, accompanied by the Band of The i Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth (H.M.S. Victory).

Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., Chairman of j the Committee of Management, presided j and presented the new boat to the Station on behalf of the Donor and the | Committee, after a description of her 1 had been given by Captain R. L.

1 Hamer, R.N. Deputy Chief Inspector of Lifeboats. She was received by Mr. R. W.

Dewdney, Chairman of the Branch, and dedicated by the Bishop of Lewes (the I Right Rev. H. M. Hordern, M.A.).

PRINCE GEORGE'S SPEECH.

I Prince George then spoke :— " Ladies and Gentlemen: It is a great pleasure for me to come here to-day to perform a ceremony which gives me yet another link with the great National Life-boat Institution.

" In these days when searching ques- tions are being asked as to our efficiency in trade and industry it is very satis- factory to think that not only in the Life-boat Service, but in the making of Life-boats themselves, Great Britain still stands supreme among the nations of the world. (Applause.) " Here in Newhaven you have every reason to be proud of the record of your Station, which was established in 1825, only a year after the Institution was established. Your boats have been launched on service 171 times and have rescued 317 lives.

" Where so many valuable services had been rendered it is difficult to discriminate, but I would like to refer to Mr. Lines, the Honorary Secretary of this Station. Mr. Lines has been appointed an Honorary Life-Governor of the Institu- tion, and in consideration of his long and valued services I feel this recognition is in every way well deserved. (Applause.) " As you have just heard, this Life- boat, which I am about to name, is one of the latest boats provided in the gradual transformation of the Institu- tion's fleet of Pulling and Sailing Life- boats to one of Motor Life-boats. She is stationed at a port where traffic between England and the Continent is steadily increasing. Your record is one of frequent, strenuous and successful service, and I am sure you will fully maintain it and make the Newhaven Station stand out even among the( sister Stations as notable for the cour- age, endurance and skill of its crew." (Loud applause.) Prince George then presented to Mr.

J. J. Lines, the Vellum, signed by the Prince of Wales, as President of the Institution, recording his appointment as an Honorary Life-Governor of the Institution, in recognition of his thirty years of service.

The Viscount Gage proposed, and Mr.

James Peters, J.P., Chairman of the Newhaven Urban District Council, seconded, a Vote of Thanks to Prince George, and His Royal Highness.

Following the Vote of Thanks, Prince George broke a bottle of champagne over the bows of the Life-boat and named her Cecil and Lilian Philpott.

The Life-boat was then launched, with the Prince on board, amidst loud cheers, and after a trip in the harbour took the Prince to the cross-Channel steamer, Worthing, where he and the principal guests were entertained to tea by the Directors of the Southern Railway Company.

Bridlington and Scarborough ON 5th August, H.R.H. The Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood, named the' two new Motor Life-boats at Bridlington and Scarborough. These are the first Inaugural Ceremonies in which Prin- cess Mary has taken part, but the large Padstow Motor Life-boat, which was inaugurated last year by H.R.H.

The Duke of Gloucester, is named Princess Mary.

Both the new Life-boats are of the same type, the light self-righting type of Motor Life-boat, of which twelve have gone to the coast this year. This type weighs only 6f tons, so that she can be launched from a carriage or off the open beach. She is 35 feet 6 inches long, is driven by a 35 h.p. engine, giving her a speed of 7J knots, and carries enough petrol to be able to travel 116 miles at full speed without refuelling.

She can empty herself of water more quickly than any other type. If a sea breaks on board she can free herself in twelve seconds. If she were capsized, even with a hole in her bottom, she would right herself in four seconds. In rough weather she can take thirty people on board.

Both boats are gifts from York- shire. Mr. Alexander 0. Joy, of Leeds and London, who gave the previous Scarborough Motor Life-boat, Herbert Joy, in memory of his brother, who was drowned at sea, has contributed generously towards the cost of the new boat, which is to bear the same name.

The Bridlington boat has been built out of a legacy from the late Mr.

Stanhope Smart, of Huddersfield.

Both Scarborough and Bridlington have long and distinguished records in saving life from shipwreck. The Scar- borough Station is one of the oldest in the country. It was established in 1801, and since 1850 has rescued 359 lives. Bridlington was established in 1824, and since 1850has rescued 142 lives.

Unfortunately the weather was very bad. Heavy rain fell during the Bridlington Ceremony, which had to be cut short, and a thunderstorm broke over Scarborough just before the Ceremony there was due to begin. In spite of this, some 10,000 people took part in the Ceremony at Bridlington and 30,000 at Scarborough. At both Ceremonies the Honorary Officials of the Branch and Guild were presented to Her Royal Highness.

The Bridlington Ceremony took place in the morning, and on her arrival at the County Boundary Her Royal High- ness was received by the Lord Dera- more (Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding and President of the York Branch of the Institution) and the Chief Constable. When she arrived at Bridlington she was received by the Hon. George Colville, Deputy Chairman of the Committee of Management, the Mayor of Bridlington (Alderman H.

Harker, J.P.), Major F. Strickland, J.P., President of the Branch, Sir George Shee, Secretary of the Institution, and other representatives of the Institution and Branch.

Major Strickland presided at the Ceremony, and after the singing of " Eternal Father, Strong to Save," accompanied by the Excelsior Prize Silver Band, and a prayer by the Rev.

Marcus E. R. Brockman, M.A., Presi- dent of the Bridlington Free Church Council, Commander E. D. Drury, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R., Chief Inspector of Life-boats, described the boat, and the Hon. George Colville presented her to the Station. She was received by the Mayoress of Bridlington (Mrs. H.

Harker), who is President of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

The Rural Dean of Bridlington, the Rev. Canon J. Topham, dedicated the Life-boat in the following words : "In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, I dedicate this Life-boat to the glory of God and the service of man, and in memory of Stanhope Smart. May the Divine Power protect it, may the Divine Wisdom direct it, and may the Divine Love perfect this life-saving work." Princess Mary then stepped forward in the falling rain and said : " It is with the greatest possible pleasure that I name this boat the Stanhope Smart, and I wish her God-speed in her benefi- cent task, which is to go to the rescue of those in peril on the sea, and thereby link this country with all the nations of the world, which have a seaboard, by the ties of gratitude for services rendered by the British Life-boat Crews." Amidst loud cheers, the Princess broke a bottle of champagne on the bows of the Life-boat.

The ceremony concluded with a Vote of Thanks to Her Royal Highness, proposed by the Mayor of Bridlington and seconded by Sir George Shee, the Secretary of the Institution.

Scarborough The Princess left at once for Scar- borough, being met at the boundary by the Chief Constable. Before the cere- mony she was entertained to luncheon by the Mayor and Mayoress of Scar- borough (Alderman and Mrs. J. W.

Butler). As the Princess reached the shore she was received by a fanfare sounded by trumpeters of the Royal Horse Guards, and by a guard of honour composed of the Life-boat Crew, Church Lads' Brigade and Girl Guides.

The Mayor of Scarborough presided, and after the singing of the hymn "Eternal Father, Strong to Save," Commander Drury described the Life- boat. Mr. Alexander 0. Joy, who was accompanied by Mrs. Joy, then formally presented the boat to the Institution.

In doing so he said that she was in memory of his brother, who was going out to his yacht with his friends in September, 1891, when a gust of wind overturned the dinghy and they were all thrown into the water. His brother was drowned, but it was to him a matter of the greatest pride and comfort to know that, when last seen, his brother was holding up his friends.

The Hon. George Colville, Deputy- Chairman of the Committee of Manage- ment, expressed the Institution's grati- tude to Mr. Joy, and formally handed the Life-boat to the Scarborough Branch, on behalf of which she was received by Captain J. Helm Gibson, the Chairman.

The Vicar of Scarborough (the Rev. A.

Basil Carter, M.A.) dedicated the boat.

PRINCESS MARY'S SPEECH.

Princess Mary then named the Life- boat Herbert Joy II. Before breaking the bottle of champagne, she said: '" I have just come from naming the new Motor Life-boat at Bridlington and I am very glad indeed to have the opportunity of naming two Life-boats on the Yorkshire Coast on one day.

I name this boat Herbert Joy the Second, and particularly as she was given in memory of one drowned at sea, I hope she may be the means of rescuing many lives placed in circumstances of danger, and may afford her Coxswain and Crew the opportunity of upholding the splendid traditions of gallant service which their forebears have established." Her Royal Highness then presented to Mr. F. P. Morgan, the Honorary Secre- tary of the Branch, the Gold Pendant awarded to him by the Institution in recognition of his services for twenty-one years and also a testimonial from the Scarborough Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

A Vote of Thanks to the Princess Mary was proposed by the Hon.

George Colville and seconded by Sir George Shee, Secretary of the Institu- tion. The Ceremony concluded with the launching of the Life-boat. Princess Mary cut a red, white and blue ribbon by which the Life-boat was fastened to the platform. At that signal the launchers ran her down into the sea and she went afloat with the band of the Royal Horse Guards playing and the vessels sounding their syrens.

Redcar.

The Inaugural Ceremony at Redcar took place on 5th April in brilliant sunshine, the Life-boat, with her Launching Tractor, being drawn up in front of the bandstand. Sir Hugh Bell, Bt., Lord Lieutenant for the North Riding of Yorkshire, presided, and the beach was crowded with people.

The Teesmouth Motor Life-boat was present, and the singing was accom- panied by the Dormanstown Band.

Redcar is one of the oldest Life-boat Stations in the country. It was estab- lished in 1802, and since 1850 its Life- boats have rescued over 200 lives. It is also the proud possessor, as the Marquess of Zetland pointed out in his speech, of the oldest Life-boat in the world, Zetland, which was built in 1800, and carried out a service as late as October, 1880, when she was launched to the help of a brig which had gone aground—the Station Life-boat being temporarily out of action—and rescued her crew.

The new boat is of the same type as the Bridlington and Scarborough boats already described, and has been pro- vided out of a legacy from the late Mr. J. J. Polden, of Grove Park, Kent, and gifts from Mr. and Mrs. H. J.

Polden, his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. A. E. Polden, his son, and Mrs. M.

L. Reeve and Mrs. K. M. Reeve, his daughters.

Mr. H. J. Polden presented the Life- boat to the Branch and Mrs. K. M.

Reeve named her Louisa Polden. Mr.

A. E. Polden and Mrs. M. L. Reeve, two of the other donors of the Life- boat, and twelve other members of the family, were also present at the Cere- mony.

The Life-boat was received from Mr.

Polden by the Most Hon. the Marquess of Zetland, P.O., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., the President of the Redcar Branch, and was dedicated by the Rev. H.

Robson, M.A., Vicar of Redcar. The District Inspector of Life-boats, described the boat, and Mrs. K. M.

Reeve then named her. A Vote of thanks to the donors and Mrs. Reeve was proposed by Dr. A. S. Robinson, M.A., the Chairman of the Branch, and seconded by Alderman W. Mansfield, M.P.

Lady Zetland then presented to Captain J. T. Shaw, the Honorary Secretary of the Station, the Inscribed Binoculars which had been awarded to him by the Institution, and Mrs.

T. Boagey, Honorary Treasurer of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, asked Lord Zetland to accept, on behalf of the Institution, a sum of £132 12s. 9d.

which had been raised in Redcar in six weeks by the Guild in celebration of the coming of the Motor Life-boat.

Of this sum, £123 12*. 3d. was col- lected by means of a Talent Scheme, and £9 Os. 6d. by an egg collection in which the children of Redcar took part.

A Vote of Thanks to the Marquess and Marchioness of Zetland was pro- posed by the Mayor (Councillor J. E.

Battey, J.P., C.C.) and seconded by Mrs. H. Cartwright, Honorary Secre- tary of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, and a Vote of Thanks to the Chairman was proposed by Mr. Arthur Pickering, J.P., and seconded by Mrs. Lonsdale, C.C. The Marchioness of Zetland then gave the order for the Life-boat to be manned, and she was drawn away by the Tractor and launched.

Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire.

The Ceremony at Lytham-St. Anne's took place on 9th May. Until 1925 Lytham and St. Anne's each bad a Life-boat, and at one time two Life- boats were stationed at St. Anne's.

The Lytham Station was established in 1851, and the first St. Anne's Station in 1881. The two Stations have the fine record of 226 lives rescued. St.

Anne's was closed in 1925, and now the two Branches have been amalgamated and a Motor Life-boat was sent there this year. She is one of the new light self-righting type already described in the account of the Inaugural Ceremonies at Bridlington and Scarborough, and has been built out of legacies received from the late Mr. W. Johnson, of St.

Helens, the late Mr. G. H. B. Haworth, of Biggar, the late Mrs. E. F. S. Sack- ville, of London, and the balance of a legacy from the late Mrs. C. May.

At the Ceremony on 9th May, the Boat was presented to the Branch by Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., Chairman of the Committee of Management, and was received by Sir Thomas Smethurst, K.B.E., J.P., Chairman of the Branch.

The Rev. H. G. Rosher, M.A., Vicar of Lytham, and the Rev. F. J. Pope, a Minister of the Wesleyan Church, per- formed the Ceremony of dedicating the Boat, and Mrs. E. W. Mellor named the Life-boat J. H. W. The names chosen by the first three donors were Johnson Webster, Henry Butterworth and William and Catherine Rashleigh. These names are inscribed in full inside the Boat, and the Boat has been named with the first initials of the three names. No name was attached to the fourth legacy.

A Vote of Thanks to Mrs. Mellor and the donors of the Life-boat was proposed by Sir Thomas Smethurst, and seconded by Brigadier-General W. S. Swabey, C.B., District Organizing Secretary, and a Vote of Thanks to the Branch was proposed by the Mayor of Lytham-St.

Anne's.

In presenting the Boat, Sir Godfrey Baring recalled the splendid record of Lancashire Life-boatmen, and in par- ticular the heroism shown on that terrible night in December, 1886, when the South/port, St. Anne's and Lytham Life-boats all went out to the help of the German barque Mexico ; the Lytham Boat rescued her crew, and the Southport and St. Anne's Boats were both wrecked with the loss of all but two lives. Sir Thomas Smethurst, in accepting the Boat, appealed to the people of Lytham-St. Anne's to con- tribute the £400 a year needed to main- tain the Station.

Penlee, Cornwall.

The Inaugural Ceremony at Penlee took place on 15th August, with the Mayor of Penzance (Alderman E. Hall), a member of the Committee of the Penlee (Penzance) Branch, presiding.

The Institution was represented by Colonel The Master of Sempill, a member of the Committee of Management. The new Motor Life-boat is of the Watson cabin type, 45 feet 6 inches long, already described in the account of the Inaugural Ceremony at Newhaven. The Boat has been built out of legacies received from the late Miss W. A. Coode, of Launceston, and the late Miss Ellen Young, of Twickenham.

Miss Winifred Coode, a niece of one of the two donors, presented the Life-boat to the Institution, The Boat was received by the Master of Sempill, who expressed the Institution's gratitude to the two donors and spoke of the great record of Cornish Life-boatmen, who had rescued nearly 3,000 lives from shipwreck, and of the record of the Penlee Station itself.

There had been a Life-boat on the Penzance coast since 1803, and 324 lives had been rescued.

The Mayor of Penzance received the Life-boat. The Eev. F. J. Prideaux, M.A., Vicar of Paul, dedicated her, and Miss Winifred Coode then named her W. and S. Miss Winifred Alice Coode had left her legacy for a Boat to be named Winifred Alice Coode and Miss Ellen Young for a Boat to be named Sidney Webb. The full names are inscribed on a plate inside the Boat, and the Boat has been named with the first initials of the two names.

A Vote of Thanks to Miss Coode was proposed by Mr. J. L. Orr-Ewing, and a Vote of Thanks to The Master of Sempill and others by Mr. A. Hutchins, Vice-Chairman of Paul Urban District Council.

At the beginning of the Ceremony, Mrs. Molyneux Fa veil presented to Alderman C. Tregenza, J.P., C.C., the Centenary Vellum signed by the Prince of Wales, which will be hung in the Boathouse.

Padstow, Cornwall.

The Inaugural Ceremony at Padstow took place on 19th August. The new Boat is the second of two Motor Life- boats to be stationed at Padstow, the other being the Princess Mary, which was named by H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester last summer. There are few places on this dangerous rock-bound coast where Life-boats can be stationed.

It is essential, therefore, that there should be at Padstow a Life-boat able to cover a big stretch of coast, and the Princess Mary is one of the most powerful Boats in the Institution's fleet, 61 feet long, with two 80 h.p. engines, and able to travel 310 miles at her full speed of 9| knots without refuelling.

The new Motor Life-boat has replaced a Pulling and Sailing Life-boat, and her duty will be to work the inner waters of the Bristol Channel. She is one of the light Motor Life-boats, 35 feet 6 inches long, with a 35 h.p. engine, already described in the account of the Inaugural Ceremony at Bridlington.

She has been built out of two legacies received from the late Mr. John Stych and his wife, the late Mrs. Sarah Eliza Stych, of Acocks Green, Birmingham.

Mr. Stych left a sum of money to the Institution in 1907 to build a Life-boat to be named after his wife, the money to be paid to the Institution on her death. When Mrs. Stych died, in 1912, it was found that she too had left a sum of money to build a Life-boat to be named after her husband. With the increasing cost of Life-boats neither sum was sufficient for its purpose, but by investing the two legacies and by com- bining them, the Institution has been able to provide one Life-boat bearing the names of the two donors.

Padstow has a long and distinguished record as a Life-boat Station. Its first Life-boat was placed there in 1827, and since 1856 its Boats have rescued over 400 lives. No fewer than twenty-three Silver and one Bronze Medal have been awarded by the Institution to Padstow men for gallantry in saving life from shipwreck.

The Life-boat was presented to the Station by Mr. B. Franklyn Stych, and ten other members of the family were present at the Ceremony.

Sir George Shee, Secretary of the Institution, received the Life-boat and presented her to the Branch. In doing so he recalled that the great record of the Padstow Station had been darkened by two tragedies. In 1867 the Pulling and Sailing Life-boat Albert Edward capsized on service, and five of her Crew of thirteen were drowned. In 1900 the Steam Life-boat James Stevens No. 4 capsized and lost eight out of her Crew of eleven men. That Life-boat was built out of a very large sum received by the Institution from Mr. James Stevens, of Birmingham, so that the new Life-boat was a second link between Birmingham and Padstow.

The Life-boat was received by Colonel C. R. Prideaux Brune, President of the Branch, and was dedicated by the Bishop of Truro (the Right Rev. W. H.

Frere, D.D.).

The Rev. Charles Plank, Vicar of Padstow, the Rev. A. Knight, of the United Methodist Church, and the Rev.

S. Brown, of the Wesleyan Church, also took part in the Ceremony.

Mr. B. Franklin Stych then named the Life-boat John and Sarah Eliza Stych.

A Vote of Thanks to Mr. Stych was proposed by Sir George Shee and seconded by Colonel Prideaux Brune.

The singing of the hymns was accom- panied by the Bugle Silver Prize Band. In the afternoon the Band played in the grounds of Prideaux Place which, through the kindness of Colonel Prideaux Brune, were opened to the Public in honour of the occa- sion.

Hastings, Sussex.

The Hastings Inaugural Ceremony took place on 21st August, the Life-boat being named by the Right Hon. the Viscount Goschen, P.C., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., C.B.E., late Governor of Madras and Viceroy and Acting Governor- General of India. The new Boat is a gift to the Institution from the late Mrs.

Lilian Philpott, who also presented the Newhaven Motor Life-boat which H.R.H.

the Prince George named in July, and who has left to the Institution £20,000.

Hastings has had a Life-boat Station since 1858, and its Life-boats have rescued 40 lives.

The Mayor of Hastings (Councillor G. H. Ormerod, J.P.), President of the Branch, presided at the Ceremony.

Sir George Shee, Secretary of the Institution, presented the Life-boat to the Station. She was received by Mr. A.

Samson, J.P., the Honorary Secretary, and was dedicated by the Ven. A. F.

Alston, M.A., Archdeacon of Hastings.

Before the actual naming ceremony, a Vote of Thanks to Lord Goschen was proposed by General Sir Owen Lloyd, V.C.,K.C.B., and seconded by Major A. J.

Dawson, and a Vote of Thanks to the Mayor was proposed by Sir George Shee and seconded by Mr. Clement Hill, J.P.

Lord Goschen said that he had come to name the Life-boat as a Sussex man and a native of Hastings, and he wished to pay his humble tribute to Coxswain and Crew for their courage and self- sacrifice. He then named the boat Cyril and Lilian Bishop. After the national anthem had been sung, the Life-boat was run down the beach and launched amid the cheers of a large crowd. The singing of the hymns was led by buglers of the Salvation Army, and a collection was made by boys from St. Leonards Central School and the St. Andrew's School..