THOBPEHESS, SUFFOLK.—At 5.30 A.M., on the 26th November, .the Life^boat Ipswich was launched in response to signals in the direction of Sizewell Bank, during a S.S.E. wind and a heavy sea.

On reaching the vessel, which proved to be the steamer Agnes Louisa, of and from Hartlepool for London with a cargo of coal, it was found that she was striking heavily on the sand. Following the advice of the Life-boatmen the engines were reversed, and working full power astern backed the vessel off the sand into deep water. The Life-boat was taken in tow as far as Orford Ness, and leaving three of her crew on board the steamer, returned to her station at 11.30 A.M..