WORTHING.—The brigantine Halcyon, of St. Nazaire, laden with slates for London, being observed to be rapidly driving ashore in a whole gale from S.S.W. and a heavy sea on the 20th July, the Life-boat Henry Harris put off at 2.45 P.M., and on teaching her found that there was only the master on board, the crew of five men having been taken off by a pilot-cutter at 10 o'clock in the morning, as the vessel was in a sinking condition.

The master, however, remained on board, hoping ti> be able to steer his vessel into Shoreham harbour. He was in such an exhausted condition that he could not take the Life-boat's line, but had to be lifted out of his vessel by the Life-boat men. In the evening the vessel sank and became a total wreck..