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SHOREHAM.— On the 20th July the barquentine Atlantic, of Areudal, which was riding at anchor off the harbour, was observed to be dragging towards theshore. The wind was blowing a moderate gale from the S. and there was a rough sea. At 2 P.M. the Life-boat William Rtstett was launched. The tide was then ebbing, there being only just sufficient water to float the boat, and it was known that the vessel was drawing sixteen feet of water and was perilously near the ground—in fact she struck while the Life-boat was alongside her. Her crew of nine men desired to leave the vessel, and were therefore taken into the Lifeboat, which then made for Brighton, as the wind having changed rendered it impracticable to return, to her station..