During a gale from the S.E., and in a heavy sea, on the 23rd Jan., a schooner was observed to run into St. Andrew's Bay at daybreak, in the di- rection of the West Sands, and close to the broken water. On a gun being fired to warn her of her dangerous position she stood about and hoisted a flag for a pilot; and, as no ordinary boat could go off to her, the Life-boat was launched, and after a hard pull she reached the schooner, when, at the request of the master, two of the Life-boat's crew went on board to assist in bringing the vessel into harbour, which was safely accomplished. The Life- boat in the meantime had gone out again to her with a Branch pilot, and while she was entering the harbour had remained by her, with ropes and other appliances ready to render further assistance if needed. The schooner was the Val, of Sandness, Norway, bound from Antwerp to Leith in ballast.