NEW BRIGHTON.—The coast-guard on duty having reported a signal of distress in the Crosby Channel at 10 P.M. on the 25th February, the steam Life-boat Queen proceeded in the direction indicated and found the schooner Robert and Elizabeth, of Lancaster, stranded on Crosby Beach.

A moderate gale was blowing from W.N.W., and there was a very heavy sea which was washing over the vessel fore and aft.

The crew of four men, who were in an exhausted condition, were taken into the Life-boat and landed at New" Brighton shortly after midnight..