At about 7 o'clock in the evening of the 26th February, the screw steamer Tuskar, \ of Glasgow, bound from Dundee to Liver- j pool, got on shore, in heavy weather, on the Abertay Sand Bank, at the mouth of , the Kiver Tay, A heavy sea soon swept over the steamer as she rolled to and ! fro on the bank. The roar of her signal- j guns and the sight of her rockets apprised j the crews of the Life-boats stationed at Buddon Ness and Bronghty Ferry, and \ at 8 P.M. the latter was speedily on her I way down the river under oars. At the i mouth of the Tay the Mary Hartley was j taken in tow by the steam-tug, Thane of \ Fife, and towed out against the gale to j such a position as enabled that Life-boat j to board the stranded vessel; an enforced delay followed, from the tide not having sufficient water on the bank for the boat to cross it. At last, about an hoar after midnight, the feat -was accomplished, and having embarked 16 persons, she made her way to the steam-tug, and was towed into the river. The return of the Life- boat with the rescued persons was hailed with hearty acclamations and congratu- lations by a considerable crowd of persons, who had been roused from their beds by the signal-guns, and who awaited the result in anxious suspense. This was at 2 A.M. on the 27th. While the Broughty Ferry boat was thus doing her part, the other Dundee Life-boat, iheJSleanora, stationed at Buddon Ness, had also made her way off to the wreck, and she returned into the river at 4 A.M. with the captain and remainder of the crew, 5 in number, making in all 21 persons saved during the night by the two Life-boats of the Dundee Branch..