The French schooner Volontaire anchored in Pol- kerris Bay on the 30th May during a strong S.W. gale and very heavy sea, and the Life-boat James William and Caroline Courtney, when returning from another vessel, offered her assistance, as it was realized that she was in a perilous position. This the captain refused, and the Life-boat returned to Polkerris, but she was left at moorings in case her services should be required later. At 4.45 P.M. the Volontaire's cables parted and she drifted right up on the main. The Life-boat was boarded by the Coxswain and by one of the crew, and helpers veered her down to the schooner with ropes from the shore. The crew of the schooner refused to leave, and the Life-boat was then hauled back ; but within a few minutes the men commenced to climb down the vessel's bow. The Life-boat crew saw the danger which they were running and went to their assistance with a rope. One of the men in his hurry jumped and fell, and had one of the Life-boatmen not rushed into the water and caught hold of him he would have been carried out to sea. . Another of the crew, who was also in danger, was saved..