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Wellington

HOLYHEAD.—On the 28th March, at about 10 P.M., the Life-boat Thomas Fielden went off in reply to signals and found the schooner Wellington, of Carnarvon, in distress near the Breakwater. She had just been run into by another vessel, her bowsprit had been carried away, and her bows were considerably damaged. The Lifeboat put 4 men on board to assist at the pumps and to slip the moorings, and with the aid of a steam-tug, the vessel was taken into the Old Harbour. She had a crew of 3 men..