The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-26 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Dee. 25.
The Queen distributed Christmas gifts yesterday
afternoon.

Her Majesty, accompanied by their Royal High•
nesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia
(Princess Royal), Princ.fss Beatrice, Prince Ar-
thur, and Prince Leopold, entered the servants'
hall soon after four o'clock.

WRECK ON THE SUFFOLK COAST.

ALBOROUGII, SUFFOLK, Dec. 21.

About six o'clock this morni❑g (writes James
Osborne, ag.,) the lifeboat of the National Life-
boat Institution stationed at this place put off in
reply to a signal of distress from the brig Fuschia,
of Whitby. The ve:sel, which was found to be
abandoned, had run into and dismasted the schooner
Diamond, of Goole, and the latter was making so
much water the crew had to run her a shoal, whence
the master, mate, and a boy were taken on board
the lifeboat and safely landed. The fate of the
brig's crew is unknown. It should be added that
the lifeboat is named the Pasco, after Captain
Montague Pasco, R.N., who has during the past
two years collected in London by personal visits
nearly £2,000 for the Lifeboat Institution. Capt.
Pasco is the son of the late Flag-Lieutenant Pasco,
who was with the immortal Nelson at the battle of

Trafalgar, and is the brother-in-law of Admiral
Al'Elardy, Chief Constable of Essex.
The Royal Mersey Yacht Club has presented to
the National Lifeboat Institution £75, being the
amount of the proceeds of a ball held in the Club.
house, Liverpool, in aid of the great and national
objects of the institution. The committee of the

society have expressed their high appreciation of
this substantial mark of sympathy and support on
the part of a club so capable of knowing the great
value of the lifeboat work.

VALUABLE LIFEBOAT SERVICES.

ABERYSTWITII, ChrhitMaS Day.

Last night about 8 p.m. (says Mr. John Williams),
the smack Castle, of this port, bound from Kings-
town to Aberystwith, struck aground, and become
unmanageable, the seas breaking completely over
her. The perilous state of the vessel and her crew
soon became evident to every one, and orders were
given to launch the Evelyn Wood lifeboat of the
National Lifeboat Institution, to their help, as their
cries were were plainly heard ashore, and it was
pitiable in the extreme. The boat, after a hard
struggle with the fearful breakers, was fairly got
off, and soon made its way to the wreck, and suc-
ceeded in getting into the lifeboat the crew, three in
number, and bringing them ashore in safety among
the hearty cheers of some hundreds of spectators.
The vessel is now a complete wreck, and will soon
be in fragments. Great praise is due to the crew of
the lifeboat for their alacrity, and to others for their
strenuous exertions in assisting to get the boat
launched, which was done with a will, and at the

risk of great personal injury. The crew and spec-
tators are delighted with the conduct of the life-
boat. The cost of the Aberystwith lifeboat and of
two others were munificently defrayed by Mrs. B.
Wood, sister-in-law of the present much respected
Lord Chancellor, who, like most members of 1113
family, has always been a warm friend of the Na'
tional Lifeboat Institution and a liberal contributor
to its funds.

ITIILI7ARY AND NAVAL INTELLIGENCE•

On Wednesday Major-General H. Renny, com-
manding the Ist Infantry Brigade at Aldershott,
inspected the Ist battalion of the 25th (King's Own)
Borderers, which has recently arrived at the COOP
from Glasgow. He made a minute examination of
the schoolroom, Canteen, library, married people's
quarters, the hospital, the men's huts, and in-
spected the two kits in each room. He also in-
spected the dinner rations served out to the men•
On the conclusion of his tour he expressed his full
approbation of the interior economy and condition
of the regiment.
The iron armour-plated ship Agincourt, 26, vitus
removed on Wednesday from Hatnoaze into PIP'
mouth Sound, where her compasses were adjusted•
She will leave for Sheerness when the weather
abates, and will be accompanied by the pad-
dle. wheel steam frigate Terrible, 19, Capt. T. P.
Coode.