On the 13th November, the schooner Ellen, of Li- verpool, laden with freestone, on entering the River Dee, struck on the bar at its mouth, in a strong breeze from the S.S.E.

Information of the same having been con- veyed to Kirkcudbright, the life-boat at that place was soon launched, and in an hour after reached the vessel, which, with the assistance of her own crew, they succeeded in getting again afloat, taking her to Kirk- cudbright : without this assistance, the vessel would have become a total wreck, and her crew would have incurred great risk had they attempted to laud in their own boat.

This was the first service of this boat, which had been only a few months on the station, her cost having boon presented to the In- stitution bv K. L., a gentleman resident in Manchester. She was reported to have be- haved admirably on the occasion.