BLACKPOOL.—The schooner Esther Ann, of Belfast, timber laden, from Wexford for Preston, struck on the Crusader Bank during a strong breeze from the N.W. and a rough sea on the 28th June. The Samuel Fletcher Life-boat put off to her assistance at 8 A.M., and remained by her until she got over the bank, the master's wife and two children being taken into the boat. When-the tide rose the vessel floated, striking heavily and leaking; the pumps, however, were kept going, and she bore up for Lytham..