On the 4th of the following month (December), the brig Schiedam, of Middles- borough, bound from Seaham to South- ampton with coals, foundered at sea off the Yorkshire coast soon after midnight.

The master and crew of 5 men had taken to their longboat a few minutes previous to the vessel going down. While making for the land, the master and mate were washed out of the boat: the latter suc- ceeded in regaining her, but the captain was unfortunately lost. -The boat was seen from Scarborough when 4 miles dis- tant from the shore, and as a heavy sea was running out of the Pier Head, it was very doubtful whether the erew could reach the harbour in safety. The Scar- borough life-boat was thereupon manned and launched, and reached the boat when it was upwards of 3 miles from the land.

When taken into, the life-boat, the poor fellows were very much exhausted, and their boat was half full of water..