HARTLEPOOL.—At about 9 A.M. on the 5th October the brig Frannaes, of Brevig, Norway, was observed to be making for Hartlepool, in tow of a steam-tug, during an easterly gale and in a heavy sea. She grounded on Middleton Beach and filled with water, and signals of distress were shown from her, whereupon the John Clay Barlow Life-boat proceeded to her assistance, and took off the crew of seven men and the pilot. The vessel afterwardsbroke up. She was bound from Brevig to West Hartlepool with a cargo of pit props and mining timber..