NORTH SUNDERLAND.—The Fame lighthouses having signalled a ship in distress on the Knavestone Bock, the Life-boat Thomas Bewick was launched at 2.45 A.M.

on the 12th July, in a moderate W.N.W.

gale and a rough sea, and on reaching the vessel found she was the schooner Para- gon, of Inverness, timber laden from Inver- gordon for Sunderland. She had struck on the rock, but when the Life-boat arrived she had floated off. Her crew consisted of four men. Four of the Life-boat's crew went on board and made sail, with the view of bringing the vessel into harbour, but she capsized, turning keel upwards, and all the men on board her were thrown into the water. The Lifeboat men had their life-belts on and the schooner's crew were good swimmers, andso all the men were picked up by the Life-boat, which then returned to her station, arriving at 5.30 A.M..