Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—On the 28th August three men, with two small boys and a boatman, put out from Totland Bay in the motor launch Oberon to go fishing. The boat's engine broke down and she drifted on to Shingle Bank, which is in an exposedposition about half-way between the western end of the island and the Hampshire coast. As a moderate S.S.W. breeze had sprung up, making the sea rough, and rain began to fall heavily, signals of distress were made.

The signals were seen on shore and the motor life-boat B.A.S.P. was launched at 2.37 P.M. Lord Mottistone, a member of the committee of management of the Institution and coxswain of the Brooke life-boat, who happened to be in Yarmouth, went with the lifeboat as an extra hand. On approaching the bank the life-boat reduced speed and soundings were taken continuously, as with the strong ebb tide there was danger of the life-boat herself running aground. The six people had, by this time, landed on the bank and were walking up and down to keep warm.

On the direction of the coxswain they got back into their boat and pushed off, and the life-boat intercepted her as she drifted away before the wind.

The six people were taken into the lifeboat and their boat was towed back to Yarmouth. The life-boat returned to her station at 4.30 P.M. Only a few days before one of the rescued boys had put his week's pocket money in the life-boat collecting box, after his father had explained to him what the box was for.—Rewards, £3 18s..