LYTHAM.—While the heavy gale was blowing on the 7th October, the steam tender Florence;, of Preston, was seen to part one of her chains and collide with another steamer, damaging both vessels.

The sea being very high, at was feared the tender would founder, and that the engineer who was on board would be drowned. Two attempts were made by shore boats to reach the vessel, but these proving futile, the Life-boat Charles Biggs was manned aad launched, and saved the man, who was at that time in imminent peril. The direction of the wind soon afterwards changed, causing the sea to moderate, otherwise there can be little doubt that the vessel would have gone down. Five fishing-boats and several open boats sunk at their moorings during the gale..