At 10 A.M. on the 9th March, the sloop Osprey, of Shields, whilst on a voyage from Shields to Dunbar, encountered a strong northerly gale, and, when off Berwick, sprang a leak. Finding himself in a sinking state, the master of the sloop bore up before the gale for the mouth of the Tweed, but the tide being too low, she struck the ground off Spittal Beach, outside the entrance of the river.

The Life-boat Albert Victor, ably com- manded by P. PATTERSON, the coxswain, was promptly launched, and reached the wreck in time to save the lives of the 2 men who formed the crew. Not long after the return of the Life-boat not a vestige of the vessel was to be seen.