Padstow, Cornwall.—At 1.30 A.M. on the 6th August the Bude coastguard reported that a small yacht, with four men on board, had left Bude for Boscastle some hours earlier, but had not arrived, and that a light had been seen off Carnbeak. A freshening S.W.

breeze was blowing, but the sea was smooth. The weather was thick, with rain. The No. 1 motor life-boat John and Sarah Eliza Stych put out at 1.53 A.M. and found the auxiliary yacht Vixen about four miles W.S.W.

of Bude. Her engine had broken down.

The life-boat took her in tow, but shortly afterwards the owner signalled that he wanted to be taken into the life-boat. This was done; the yacht was abandoned, and the four men were landed at Boscastle. The life-boat returned to her station at 11.30 A.M., after an absence of over nine and ahalf hours. The Vixen went ashore and became a total wreck.—Rewards, £15 12s. 6d..