NEWHAVEN.—On the morning of the 8th February the coastguard reported to the coxswain of the Life-boat that a vessel was ashore at Seaford. The crew were at once summoned and the Life-boat Michael Henry was launched at 3.50. A strong gale was blowing from S. at the time. With considerable difficulty, caused by the heavy sea, the Life-boat succeeded in getting alongside t he vessel and took off the master and nine hands. In response to the coxswain's inquiries the master stated there were two other men, the first and second mates, on board. The Life-boatmen shouted for them, but in vain, and the position of the Boat became so critical, as the seas were dashing her against the ship, that she was compelled to leave the vessel and landed the men at Newhaven. Having done so, it was decided to return for the two men, and as the crew of the Life-boat were exhausted by their exertions, the proffered services of the tug Nelson were accepted and the Boat was towed to the scene of the wreck.

No trace of the men however could be found, and the Boat was taken back to her station. It was afterwards ascertained that one of the men had been rescued by the rocket apparatus and that the other had been drowned in an attempt to land him. Both men appear to have been in the cabin, instead of on deck when the others were taken off by the Life-boat, and did not hear the shouting of the men. The vessel was the barque Peruvian, of Fano, Denmark, bound from Esmeralda for Hamburg with a cargo of ivory nuts and logwood..