ARKLOW.—On the 30th March it was reported by the master of a fishing smack that a barque had grounded on the Arklow Bank. The Out-Pensioner Life-boat proceeded to her assistance, and found she was the barque Pater, of Sundswall, Sweden, bound from Liverpool to New York with a cargo of salt. The Life-boatmen were requested to assist in throwing the cargo overboard or into hookers if they arrived. This work was persevered in for six or seven hours, when a heavy breeze sprung up from the S.S.W., accompanied by rain, and the sea rose so rapidly and so high that it was considered advisable to get away from the vessel as soon as possible. The Life-boat therefore returned ashore, bringing 11 of the crew and the captain's wife, the remaining three men of the crew having previously been taken off by a fishingboat.

The Life-boat arrived at Arklow at about midnight, after crossing the Bank, where she shipped a great quantity of water. Prior to leaving the barque, one of the seamen fell overboard; his cries were heard from the Life-boat, which was pulled in that direction, and happily they were successful in picking the man up, after he had floated some distance.

Before noon the next day the vessel had entirely disappeared..