On the 18th May, shortly after noon, information was received that a vessel was ashore on the Gorton Sands. The crew of the No. 1 Life-boat Mark Lane were im- mediately summoned and the Life-boat launched. On the inner bank, the brigantine Arsene, of Vannes, was found ashore. The master declined any active assistance, but the Marie Lane stood by the vessel about an hour, when on the flood tide she floated off and proceeded. During this service the wind was N.E. by N., and the sea was rough on the sands..