NEW BRIGHTON.—On the 4th January, 1881, at 3.45 A.M., in reply to signals of distress, the Life-boat Willie and Arthur proceeded to the Asque Spit and found the s.s. Brazilian, of Barrow, ashore there.

After the boat's arrival the steamer broke in two and filled with water, and her crew were then taken off by the Life-boat and put on board the Dock Board tender Vigilant. The steamer was bound from Boston to Liverpool, and had on board between seven hundred and eight hundred head of cattle..