Youghal, Ireland.—On the 8th February, the Norwegian barque Galatea ran on shore on the bar at the entrance of Youghal harbour, the captain having mistaken the port for Queenstown : a gale of wind was blowing at the time from the south, and there was a very heavy and broken sea on the bar.

The Youghal life-boat, which had been only recently supplied by this Institution, immediately put off to the aid of her crew, 14 in number, whom she succeeded in rescuing from their perilous position, after a hard pull of two miles against wind, tide, and sea. The vessel became a total wreck within two hours after the crew were taken off.

This valuable service at once secured the confidence of the boatmen in the life-boat, and was also a striking illustration of the superiority of the class of life-boats adopted by the Institution ; for it so happened that, through some difficulty in launching, she got seriously stove, and her deck air-compartments partially, if not altogether, filled with water ; yet, after such an accident, which would have disabled many life-boats, she proceeded on her way, and performed the service above narrated..