The Lizard, Cornwall.—On the night of the llth July the steamer Runnelstone, of London, ran aground under Hot Point in a dense fog. She was bound, in ballast, from London to Swansea, and carried a crew of twelve.

Her SOS signals were heard, and the motor life-boat Duke of York was launched to her help at 10.45 P.M. A light south wind was blowing and the sea was smooth, but the steamer's captain asked the life-boat to stand by, as he feared that with the rising tide the steame'r would sink. A signal was made for a tug, but before one arrived the steamer refloated under her own power on the flood tide. The life-boat accompanied her until the captain reported that she was not making any water, and then returned to her station.

She got back at 5 A.M.—Rewards, £16..