On the 13th February the Appledore Life-boat, Hope, saved the crew of 3 men from the wreck of the schooner Lydney Trader, of Barnstaple. That vesselhad sailed last from Caldy Island, and had tried to get into Barnstaple Har- bour, but failed from the state of the tide and the light -wind, and in endeavour- ing to get out to sea again had been swept on to the shoals outside the har- bour. Over the shallows of Barnstaple Bay there frequently rolls, in the calmest summer's day, a tremendous ground sea, which breaks in the shoaler places, and as it nears the shore, in an appalling manner.

That was the state of affairs on the 13th February, and no sooner had the unfortu- nate schooner taken the ground than an avalanche of water swept over her decks, whilst great rollers and crested breakers surrounding her, set the efforts of all ordinary boats at defiance. A pilot gig, commanded by the coxswain of the Braunton Bay Life-boat, who chanced to be afloat, made a dash at the wreck, but was compelled to retire after losing some oars and narrowly escaping a capsize.

In the meantime, Mr. NICOLL, the Assistant Hon. Sec., had summoned the Life-boat's crew, and very soon eight horses were galloping over the flats, with the Hope Life-boat behind them, and Jos.

Cox, the coxswain, was not long in launch- ing through the breakers, and getting on board the crew of the wrecked schooner, 3 in number. Not long after they had returned to the shore with the rescued crew, even the masts of the wreck had •wholly disappeared..