While the wind was blowing hard from the S.W. and a heavy sea was running, a ship was re- ported to be in distress about five miles from this place, on the 19 th September. The Jane life-boat was immediately launched and proceeded to the vessel, which proved to be the fishing smack Active, belonging to Selsey, without any person on board, she hav- ing evidently parted from her anchor during the night. Three of the crew of the life-boat then boarded her, and brought her safely to Worthing. The life-boat, on her return, also picked up a boat, keel uppermost, having marked on her stern, " Brave Chillon, Bou- logne." Finding the owner of the smack was a poor man, and that he and his brother were members of the Selsey life-boat crew, the claim to salvage for saving the vessel was readily foregone by the crew of the Worthing life-boat, the Parent Institution granting them the usual day-service pay- ment..