WHITBURN.—The William and Charles Life-boat was launched at about 4.30 P.M.

on the 5th October and rescued the crew, consisting of six men, from the schooner Theodor, of Riga, which stranded on Whitburn Stile during a S.E. wind, a strong sea and a thick fog. The vessel was on a voyage from Kiga to Sunderland with a cargo of pit props..