During a moderate W.S.W. gale, accompanied by thunder, lightning and very heavy rain, on the 28th August, a vessel was pro- ceeding up the Solway Firth, and she was kept under observation. About 8 P.M. it was seen that a signal of dis- tress was flying in her rigging, and without loss of time the crew of the Life-boat Civil Service No. 5 were as- sembled, and at about the same time the Solway Light-vessel commenced to fire rockets. On the arrival of the Life-boat at the vessel, it was found that she had been aground, but on the rising tide had bumped over the sand and was then riding to her anchors.

The Captain stated that he required a pilot and assistance, to take bis vessel into safety. A pilot and five Life-boatmen were therefore placed on board, and the Life-boat, being required no longer, ran for Silloth. When the tide slackened, the men on board the vessel attempted to weigh her anchors, but one cable parted. The other anchor and cable were then slipped, and with the assistance of the Life-boatmen, the vessel and her crew of five hands were taken into safety. The vessel was the schooner Englebert, of Barssel, and was bound from Morocco to Annan with a cargo of beans..