NEW BRIGHTON.—The steam Life-boat Queen left her moorings at 6.50 P.M. on the 2nd January, while a whole gale was blowing from N.W., with squalls and a very heavy sea, in response to signals of distress which had been shown in the direction of Crosby. The s.s. Voltaic, of Belfast, bound for Liverpool, was found on the beach stranded near the No. 8 gas-buoy; at the request of the master the Life-boat stood by until the vessel floated at 12.45..