MILFORD.—The schooner Slaney, of Wexford, bound to Newport, Hon., in ballast, showed a signal of distress during a strong gale on the morning of the 26th September. The Life-boat Katharine put off to the vessel and found that her crew did not wish to leave her,, but preferred to wait until a tug arrived. The Lifeboat, however, remained by her about an hour, and the vessel getting nearer and nearer to the rocks, and the sea increasing in force, three of the men were, at their own request, taken into the Life-boat.

The vessel then parted her cable and went on the rocks. The Captain and the mate, who were still on the wreck, were happily got safely to land, through the assistance of men on shore. There was no chance of saving the vessel, which became a total wreck, and the Life-boat therefore returned ashore with the three men she had rescued..