WALTON-ON-THE-NAZE.—On the 17th March, the Life-boat Honourable Artillery Company was called out by signal guns.

She was launched at 5 P.M., and was towed to the north-east part of the Gunfleet Sands where the steamer Brighton, of and for London, from Newcastle with a cargo of coal, was found stranded. The Life-boat men assisted to throw cargo overboard to lighten her, until nearly 3.30 A.M., when the vessel was towed by three steam-tugs into deep water and safely anchored. As her services were no longer required, the Life-boat then returned to her station, arriving there at 5 A.M..