SHOREHAM,—On the 1st November a French schooner, the Charles Elisa, of Paimpol, bound from Bordeaux for Shoreham with empty casks, was driven by the force of wind and sea into the bay, and was compelled to drop her anchor to prevent being stranded, as a gale of wind was blowing from the S.S.W., in the direction of the shore. The steam-tug Stella attempted to approach the vessel, but was unable to get near her, and therefore returned to the harbour. The crew of the Life-boat Bamonet was then summoned, and at 5 A.M. the boat was launched, being taken in tow by the Stella, went alongside the schooner, which was about half a mile W. of the harbour's mouth, put the end of a line on board, and then pulled to the steam-tug, thus enabling a hawser to be conveyed, and the vessel to be towed into the harbour.

The schooner, which carried a crew of six men, would, in the absence of this help, have probably become a total wreck..