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PALLING, NORFOLK.—On the 11th April, at 4.15 A.M., during a strong gale of wind from the east, with a heavy sea, a vessel was observed stranded on the beach at Waxham. With all despatch the No. 1 Life-boat was launched and taken to the spot; with some difficulty she succeeded in getting alongside, and rescued the crew of 12 men from the vessel, which proved to be the Norwegian barque Ohristiania, bound from Frederickstadt to London, with a cargo of firewood. The ship broke up immediately after the crew had been rescued, and, out for the great promptitude displayed by the Life-boat men, the crew would in all probability have perished..