About nine P.M. on the 1st December, the barque Bayadere, of Rouen, parted from her anchors, and struck on the rocks near the lighthouse, at Holyhead.

It was blowing at the time a most terrific gale from the N. The Princess of Wales life-boat was soon launched in the face of all difficulties—heavy sea and lee shore— and brought safely ashore the crew of 12 men. The vessel soon afterwards became a total wreck. The life-boat then went out three separate times to the ship Lydw Williams, of Liverpool, which had sunk near Salt Island, and brought 34 persons on shore. The crew of the ship were in the rigging, and among them a lady pas- senger, with an infant seven months old.

After two trips, 2 men were found to have been left in the fore-rigging, so they again had to return. At 5 A.M. on the 2nd, the life-boat was again manned, and sent off to save the crew of the schooner Seefland, of Chester. The men were, however, saved by means of ropes from the breakwater.

On this occasion the boat beat off in the most wonderful style to the breakwater, through some terrific squalls of snow and hail, her sailing powers proving very great.

The last time the life-boat went off in reply to a signal of distress, she brought ashore 7 persons from the schooner Elizabeth, of Liverpool, making 53 in all saved—a good 24 hours' work. Six separate times the boat was manned and did good service with her veteran coxswain, ROWLAND, over 70 years of age..