PALLING, NORFOLK.—The Life-boat Hearts of OaJc was launched at 12.7 p.m.

on the 17th March, signal guns having been heard in the direction of the Hasborough Sands apparently fired from the Would Light-Vessel. A dense fog prevailed at the time, the sea was smooth, and a light wind was blowing from N.N.W. The s.s. Ardlethen, of Aberdeen, bound from the Tyne for an Argentine port, with a, cargo of coal and coke, was found aground on the sands and, at the request of the master, the Life-boat remained in attendance until the vessel was again afloat..