LITTLEHAMPTON.— The Life-boat James, Mercer and Elizabeth was launched at 10 P.M. on the 14th August, in a rough sea and a moderate to fresh gale of wind from the S., it having been reported that a vessel was making signals of distress.

The vessel, which was the yawl Surf, belonging to Littlehampton, with the owner and one man on board, was found about a mile south of the coastguard station. Two of the Life-boat men boarded the yacht and brought her safely into harbour, the owner of the vessel coming ashore in the Life-boat..