On the 15th Sep- tember, the screw-steamer, Hettenis, of Dublin, bound from Naples and Lisbon to Dublin, with a general cargo, and having 26 bullocks on deck, grounded on Ark- low Bank, during a strong gale from W. to W.S.W. The Arklow life-boat was launched with all despatch, and pro- ceeded to the stranded vessel through a very high sea and much broken water. The officers and crew of the wreck, 21 in num- ber, were taken into the boat by means of a whip from the fore-yard-arm. The life- boat having dropped to leeward about two miles and a half, had a strong pull back to harbour against the heavy gale and tide, but she eventually landed in perfect safety all on board—36 men, including her own crew, and was reported to have.behaved very well. The steamer became a total wreck.

The master of the wrecked vessel spoke in the highest terms of the admirable manner in which the coxswain and crew managed the life-boat under the difficult circumstances they had to encounter. The Wicklow, Courtown, and Cahore life-boats, seeing the signals of distress, were also launched with the view of rendering assist- ance at this wreck; for, being a large steamer, it was feared there might be a larger number of passengers on board than the Arklow life-boat could carry at one trip..