— The Life-boat Mary Batger was launched shortly after 1 A.M. on the 14th May in response to distress signals, a vessel having stranded, in foggy weather, during the night on the rocks at Huntcliffe. The Life-boat, on arrival, found the s.s. Stranton, of Dundee, a large vessel of upwards of 1,050 tons, which had left Sunderland on the evening tide bound for Brightlingsea with a cargo of coal. In the fog she got out of her course and ran on the outlying rocks. As the crew were in no immediate danger, the weather being moderate, the Life-boat stood by the vessel until about 5 A.M. when tugs arrived upon the scene. They then succeeded in towing the vessel clear, and the Life-boat returned to her station..