SCILLY.—During the night of the 27th October the wind blew a very heavy gale from the W.S.W., and early on the morning of the 28th signals of distress were observed from the direction of Trescoe.

Thp Henry Dundas Life-boat went out, and found the brig Messenger, of Salcombe, lying on a reef. The rocket apparatus had just established communication, but the hawser had fouled. Five of the crew were taken off by the Lifeboat, the captain and two men remaining by the vessel. The Life-boat stayed by her until daylight, 'and then returned to the shore. The vessel afterwards floated; she was bound from Cardiff to Portsmouth, with steam coal..