Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.—At 3.20 A.M. on the 6th April the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was ashore N.E. of Crammag Head. The wind was light and the sea smooth, but there was a thick fog. The new motor lifeboat Jeanie Speirs was launched at 3.45 A.M., and found the s.s. Lairdsbank, of Glasgow, on the rocks. The Lairdsbank was bound laden from Londonderry for Heysham and carried a crew of twenty-two. At the master's request the life-boat took off seven men, and stood by while an attempt was made to refloat her. The attempt was unsuccessful, and the life-boat returned to her station at 11 A.M. to refuel and land the seven men. At 12.45 P.M. she put out again. She took off one more man, stood by for some hours until the Lairdsbank refloated, and returned finally to her station at 10.10 P.M. She had been at sea for nearly seventeen hours.—Rewards, £23 7*. 6d..