AYR, N.B.—At about 10 o'clock on the morning of Sunday, the 19th December, the brig William Hill, of Dundalk, was seen making for Ayr Harbour, during S.W. gale. She was unmanageable, from loss of the greater part of her canvas and the weakness of her crew from long exposure.

In approaching the harbour, she struck the North Pier with considerable force, and drifted on to the gravel bank on the N. side of the harbour, where she was totally wrecked. The Glasgow Workman Life-boat was launched, and, after two attempts, reached the wreck and rescued three of the crew. The vessel carried a crew of five men. One of them had been washed overboard, and another died before he was brought ashore..