About ,7 o'clock on the evening of the 18th Novem- ber, information was received at Penarth that a large ship was stranded on the S.W.. Patch. The life-boat at once proceeded to the spot in tow of a steam-tug. On ar- riving alongside, some of the life-boat's crew boarded the ship and assisted in getting her from her perilous position. They received the hearty thanks of both owner and master 'for so promptly coming to their help. The vessel proved to be the ship Far West, of Newport, Monmouth, -bound from Callao to (Queenstown with, a cargo of guano.