WHITBY.—A telegram was received at about 10.30 A.M. on the 19th January stating that a ship had sunk about sixmiles southward of this port, and that the crew had been compelled to take to their boat and come to an anchor. A message was sent in reply to say that the Life-boat Robert Whitworth should at once proceed there by road, and requesting that she might be met by men and horses, a gang of men being also despatched to cut the snow in front, which in places was six or seven feet deep. With the help jointly rendered by horses and men from both directions, the Life-boat was got to the scene of the disaster in little more than two hours, and was immediately launched.

After pulling for an hour the steer oar and six other oars were broken, and she had to return to shore for a fresh supply.

A double crew then manned the boat, and with a cheer she was again launched through terrific seas. After struggling for an hour and a half, the shipwrecked crew of six men were reached, and safely landed at four o'clock. The poor fellows were thoroughly exhausted and benumbed, and it was only with great difficulty that they were brought back to consciousness, with the help of the medical men who were at hand ready to receive them. The Life-boat crew also suffered severely; one of them was so exhausted that he could not for some time return home. The vessel proved to be the brig Visitor, belonging to Whitby. She was bound from Shields to London, with coal..