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Esperance

TYRELLA.—During a S.S.E. wind with showers of sleet and a very heavy sea, on the 24th January, the barque Esperance, of St. Malo, bound from Cadiz for Belfast with teak, stranded in Dundrum Bay.

The crew of the Memorial Life-boat assembled, and remained in attendance during the night in case their servicesshould be required. At 6.30 A.M., the vessel showed signals of distress, and the Life-boat thereupon proceeded to her assistance and landed her crew, consisting of ten men..