PORTRUSH, Co. ANTRIM.—The schooner Ocean Child, of Belfast, bound from Ayr to Lough Swilly with coal, anchored in Skerries Roads at noon on the 20th August, through stress of weather. The wind increased, and at about 4 o'clock on the following afternoon it blew a gale from the W.N.W., accompanied by a heavy sea. The vessel hoisted signals of distress, as she was dragging her anchor. The John Whitaker Life-boat went to her assistance, and took off her crew, consisting of three men. The Life-boat also proceeded to the ketch Happy Beturn, of Padstow, bound from Teignmouth to BallyshannonBallyshannon with clay. This vessel was also dragging her anchors, and showing a signal of distress. • The master, his wife— who was in a very weak, in fact almost dying, condition—and the crew of two men were also taken into the Life-boat and brought safely ashore. This service, which was most creditably performed, was witnessed by a large number of people, who greeted the Life-boat with cheers on her return to the shore..