POBTMADOC, NOETH WALES.—At about 11.30 P.M., on the 6th of February, the Life-boat John Ashbury was launched, signals having been seen in the bay, during a strong S.S.W. wind and a heavy sea. She went in the direction of the light, which at 12.20 disappeared, and on the boat arriving at the place where it had been shown, nothing could be seen.

At 3 A.M. the Life-boat crew dropped their anchor; for an hour after which they worked to windward until daylight, the wind increasing to a gale from the S.W., with heavy showers. At daylight they ran for Portmadoe bar, and then had a signal from a tug, which had also remained in the bay during the night.

At last the Life-boatmen found the wreck, dismasted and covered by the sea, and happily succeeded in rescuing seven of the crew. The Life-boat was then taken in tow by the tug, and landed the shipwrecked men at about 11.40. The master and three of the crew had unfortunately been drowned in attempting to get ashore in their own boat. The wrecked vessel proved to be the barque Spanker, of Glasgow, from Jamaica, bound for Liverpool, with a cargo of logwood..