PORTHCAWL.—The coxswain of the Lifeboat Speedwell was informed by the pilot on watch, on the 7th April, that a vessel was running for the shore in a sinking condition. At 6.20 A.M. the Life-boat was launched, and proceeded, in a moderate N.N.W. wind and a rough sea, to the vessel, which had then stranded in Black Bock Bay, about three-quarters of a mile from Porthcawl. She proved to be the schooner James and Agnes, of Lancaster. Her crew of three men had left in the ship's boat and landed at Forthcawl, and the master and mate, who had remained on board, got into the Life-boat, and were brought safely ashore. The vessel had struck on the Scar-weather Sands during the previous night, and had been badly strained..