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Himalaya

MORAY FIRTH, NAIENSHIRE. —Telegrams were received from Burghead and Findhorn, on the 13th August, to the effect that a barque was ashore between Findhorn and the Old Bar, beyond the reach of the rocket apparatus. The Caulfield and Ann Life-boat was promptly manned by a volunteer crew, Capt. BAIN and Mr.

JAMES CRAWFORD CRAWFORD going out in her, and encouraging others to follow their example, the regular crew being absent fishing. After a long and hard pull through a heavy sea, the wind blowing a gale from the N., the vessel, which proved to be the Himalaya, of Tvedestrand, Norway, bound from Sundsvall for Inverness with timber, was reached, and her crew of nine men were happily rescued, the vessel becoming a total wreck.

The thanks of the Institution, inscribed on vellum, were voted to Capt. BAIN and Mr. CRAWFORD, in recognition of their valuable services on this occasion..