The S.S. Brinkburn; of London, with twenty- two men on board, whilst bound from Antwerp to Cardiff in ballast on the 24th February, stranded on the Good- win Sands near the S.E. buoy. The weather at the time was threatening, and the Charles and Susanna Stephens and Civil Service No. 4 Life-boats were sent to the vessel's assistance. The steamer was almost dry and the captain at once engaged the Life- boatmen to try and save her. An anchor was run out with a hundred fathoms of wire hawser and other rope attached. The weather had now become very bad, a hard southerly gale blowing and very heavy sea, but fortunately on the rising tide the vessel was got clear and anchored. "With the heavy sea running the Ramsgate Life-boat, with only four men in her, broke adrift, and the men knowing she was no longer re- quired made for Ramsgate. The re- mainder of the Life-boat crew were taken off the steamer by the Walmer Life-boat, one man falling overboard and narrowly escaping from being drowned..