At 6.23 A.M. on the 22nd September the coastguard tele- phoned that a vessel off Seaford Head was burning flares, but that there was no immediate need for the life-boat, as a "steamer had gone to her. Later it was reported that the vessel was drifting towards the shore, apparently unmanageable. A strong and increas- ing S.W. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea and rain. The motor life- boat Cecil and Lilian Philpott was launched at 7.29 A.M., and found that the vessel, the barge yacht Plinlimmon, of London, had been taken in tow by the steamer. Her steering-gear had gone. The life-boat stood by while the Plinlimmon was towed into New- haven, and returned to her station at 8.55 A.M. Mr. A. P. Herbert, the writer, new Member of Parliament for Ox- ford University, who had chartered the Plinlimmon, and who was on board with five other people, made a donation to the Institution.—Rewards, £6 8s. 6d..