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County of Ayr, of Glasgow,

ARKLOW, IRELAND.—At 8.30 P.M. on the 19th March, the weather being fine and clear, and the wind moderate, the ship County of Ayr, of Glasgow, bound from Glasgow to Batavia, stranded on the Jack>s Hole- a Part of the Arklow Banks. whlch are 6 miles from the coast of countv Wicklow. At 8.30 A.M. on the following day, as the wind had then fresh- ened, the Life-boat Out-Pensioner was launched from her station at Arklow, and proceeded to the stranded vessel to offer her assistance. On gaining the ship it was ascertained that the crew of 13 men had already landed in their own boat, but the master and mate remained on board, expecting that she would be got off. The Life-boat therefore stood by the County °/ AtJr tm the morning of the 21st, at which time the wind had increased to half a gale, when she returned to her station with the mate and cook. Somewhat later the master also made good his escape, and the ship went to pieces..