From the coast near this i port, on the 2ud January, by the first light 1 of breaking day, the masts of a vessel were | observed looming faintly through the haze of a S.W. storm. It was presently ascer- tained that the vessel herself had sunk, and that her crew were clinging to the rigging.

, They had, in truth, been in that fearful position for the greater part of the nigdt, , The wrecked vessel proved to bo the Mary Tatham, of Beaumaris, a schooner, carry- ing a crew of 4 persons, and bound to ! Preston. She had struck on the Salthouse ; Bank in the middle of the night, and sooa sank, the crew lashing themselves to tho rigging of the masts which remained above the water. The intelligence being con- veyed to Lyfcham, the Life-boat Wakefkld was soon pressing towards the scene of the wreck, the crew urging the boat to her utmost speed, for they well knew that in such a case the crew, if not promptly rescued, must either die of cold, from being hung in. mid-air, exposed to wet and ice-cold storm, or lose their hold and fall into the sea, and so a few minutes' delay may be of vital consequence. However, the efforts of the Life-boat men were crowned with complete success. They reached the wreck at 8.30 A.M., and, with difficulty, hauling on board the benumbed and helpless crew of the sunken ship, landed them safely at Lytham by 10.30, though in a dreadfully exhausted state..