The service of the same Life-boat on the 20th January, is thus reported in The East Anglian Daily Times :— "Those who were on Harwich pier between nine and ten on the morning of the 21st January, will not readily forget the scene presented onthe return of the Life-boat Springwett from the errand of mercy on which she left port about seven o'clock last evening. When our parcel left last night we were just able to report that the boat was getting' ready to put to sea in response to signals from the Cork Lightship.

The brave men were all too anxious to go, and more volunteers came forward than could be taken. A few minutes before seven a crew of twelve hands were fully equipped, and the boat started under the command of the second coxswain, WiLi/tAM BBITTON, Captain NEFEAN, E.N., the Institution's district inspector also being on board. The work of getting out of the harbour, however, was long and tedious. The frost had been so severe that a way had to be cut right to the harbour's mouth. Brittoa then turned the head of the boat to the Cork Light, when he was told that a smack had spoken with the mate and informed him that there was a steamship on the Sunk Sand with her crew lashed to the rigging. The Life-boat was put about for the Sunk, and at the Swin fell in with the smack A]batrogs> which took them in tow for some distance, and gave them directions where to find the wreck. The master of the Albatross, in answer to questions by- Britton, said he had seen men in the rigging of the wreck, and he had left them at dark. After leaving the smack sail was got on to the Life-boat, and between four and five this morning the wreck was sighted.

On approaching nearer seven* men were Been lashed to the foremast. The hull of the vessel wag completely under water. Britton hailed to Jknow if any of the poor fellows were alive, and, getting a moan in reply, anchor was let go, and grappungs thrown out. A life-line was made fast to the wreck, and the boat hauled up, but the strain was too much for the line, which parted. The poor fellows in the rigging, seeing the Life-boat receding from them, cried out in their fear,' Don't leave us, or we shall fall into the sea directly. Come this moment, or we shall drop off. We can't bold out any longer.' A second life-line was made fast, and with this the gallant Life-boat was hauled close up. Her crew boarded the wreck and helped the poor fellows down from where they were lashed, and assisted them into the boat, which at once headed back for Harwich. The vessel turned out to be the screw steamship Ingend, of Rotterdam, 438 tons, laden with ash from Norway for Naples. Her crew all told consisted of sixteen hands. She struck the sands on Monday, and on Tuesday morning a boat with seven of the crew on board left the wreck to try and reach land, whilst two more were lost overboard—one when the boat left, and another in attempting to get a second boat out. That night the captain and six men left on board had to seek refuge in the foremast, lashing themselves to it for fear of falling into the boiling sea beneath them. In this position they remained until rescued by the Life-boat on Friday morning.

What their sufferings were none can tell during the four nights and three days they were on the sands in the searching wind and biting frost, without any possibility of getting either food or drink. Just off the Oork the Life-boat met the Lowestoft tag Despatch, which was leaving Harwich with the Lowestoft Life-boat in tow, having come over on Thursday in response to a telegran^ asking for assistance in consequence of the Sjrringwett having been damaged during Tuesday's gale. Finding that the Lifeboat had seven poor fellows on board, the tvg turned back, and towed her into harbour, reaching the pier about a quarter before ten. The appearance of the Life-boat was greeted with a loud cheer from the crowd assembled awaiting the return of the SpringweU. On coming alongside the pier the occupants of the boat presented a frightful spectacle. The faces of the poor shipwrecked sailors were so blackened with frost that they looked as if they had all been in a horrible fighting affray, whilst their limba were stiff and useless. They were at once taken into the restaurant at the pier hotel, the Dutch Consul, and the hon. secretary of the Harwich Life-boat Branch, Mr. A. P. BBAY, giving the necessary directions for attention to their wants. When stripped, it was discovered that the legs and feet of all seven men were severely frost-bitten, being black and red from the exposure to the cold, whilst the flesh under the nails of their hands and part of their fingers were also blackened. Mr.

MOBQAN, surgeon, who had been summoned by Mr. BBAT, did everything possible to relieve the sufferers, and as quickly as possible five of the men were got upstairs to bed, when they were supplied with hot coffee and meat. Dr.

EVANS attended shortly after. The captain, VAN DEB STOOK, and the mate POPPINGA, however, declined to go to bed, the former, whose legs were the worst from frost, preferring to sit up and have his limbs rubbed with snow, whilst .

the latter, a hardy old salt of sixty-two years, who had gone through former shipwrecks, and in 1836 lost part of the little toe of the right foot from frost-bite, called for. a bath of cold brine, in which he placed his feet. The names of those saved are the captain, Van der Stook ; themate,Poppinga; the chief engineer, Steerard, the stoker, Andersen; and three seamen, Bokker, Goedgeluk, and A. Vos. There can be no doubt that the seven men who got away in the boat are lost. The boat was all right so long as it could be seen by those left behind, but it is impossible to believe that it could have lived long in such a sea as that of Tuesday morning.

There were two tugs in the harbour last night when the Springwett started—the Despatch, of Lairestoft, and the Harwich, owned by Mr. 3.

H. VAUX, but they were unable to render assistance, not having any coal on board. After the rescued men were taken care of, Mr. BOLTON, manager of the Great Eastern Hotel, called the Life-boat crew in, and with a thoughtfulness fully appreciated by the men, set a hot meat breakfast before them, which was most heartily accepted. The service of the Life-boat lasted sixteen hours, half of which time the crew were at the oars at one stretch, " About two o'clock this morning the smack Increase entered the harbour, and gave information of the wreck on the Sunk, not having fallen in with the Life-boat as she ran for the port.

"The chief engineer, Steerard, who has suffered greatly from frost-bite, says :—' We were on our way from Norway to Naples with a cargo of fish. On Monday the weather cameover hazy, with a strong wind east-north-east, during which we struck on the Sunk, about two miles below the Sunk Lightship. We were unable to get off, and all that night we were in the forecastle, praying to our Great Creator.

Shortly before noon on Tuesday, a boat was lowered, and eight men got into her to try and reach land, but the second engineer, one of the number, fell overboard and was drowned. The seven men left in the boat parted from us, and we have heard nothing more of them. Whether they reached the shore or perished at sea we do not know. We attempted to get a second boat out, but failed, the second fireman being lost overboard in the confusion. That night we had to take to the foremast, to which we lashed ourselves, the deck being completely swept by the waves, which were running with terrible force. The cold was horrible, and we hardly knew how to bear it. During that day I saw several steamers pass us, but the sea was too high for them to be able to do anything for us.

On the next day the wind went down, and the weather became calmer, continuing so throughout Thursday. On both these days I saw vessels passing, and thought it hard that none should attempt to get near and lend us a hand to get away from our terrible position. The deck was under water, and we could not leave our places on the mast to get food or drink. As Thursday night closed in we saw a smack pass, and at half-past four this morning we were overjoyed to see the Life-boat approaching. We bad throughout said our grace to our Maker, but had well nigh given up all hopes of being saved. Our limbs were frozen, and we could not have held out much longer. I am sure that if the boat had not come when she did we must all have died from cold and starvation.'".