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Regian

r, NOBTHITHBKBIIAND. — Oa the 4th November at 6 P.M. the assistant coxswain of the Life-boat saw the lights of a steamer upon the rocks at Hadstone, The crew of the Algernon and Eleanor Life-boat were at once summoned, horses were obtained, and the boat on her carriage was taken along the beach and launched. She proceeded through a very heavy sea to the vessel, which was the Regian, of Liverpool, 3000 tons, bound from Calcutta for Dundee with a cargo of jute, and carrying a crew of 34 men.

Fourteen men were taken into the Lifeboat and safely landed, and the boat returning to the steamer brought ashore eleven of the craw, the master and the remainder of the crow deciding to stay by their vessel. During the night the sea moderated, and on the following day they came ashore in their own boat..