CAMPBELTOWN.—On the 1st February the wind, which had been blowing strongly all day from W., increased to a strong gale towards the evening, at times blowing with hurricane force. At about 9 P.M. the coxswain of the Life-boat reported that a fishing skiff, the Lydia, with four men on board, had lost her sails in trying to enter the bay, and as none of the gear was good, and they had no provisions on board, they were in a helpless and dangerous position.

The crew of the Life-boat Mary Adelaide Harrison were summoned, the boat was launched, and proceeding in search of the skiff, found her outside the island of Davaar. The violence of the wind rendered it utterly impossible for the Life-boat to return, so that she was compelled to lay exposed to the storm at the back of the island during the night.

The men were wet through, and all the provisions they had consisted of three twopound loaves for the thirteen Life-boat men and the skiff's crew of four men. In the morning the Honorary Secretaries, Mr. JAMBS DONALDSON and the Eev. C. T.

WAKKHAM, tried to obtain the services of a steamer, but were unable to do so until the afternoon, and then the Life-boat was towed home, reachir ; the pier at 3.30 P.M..