On the night of the 24th September, the services of this valuable life-boat were again called into requisition. At 11 P.M. on that night, the wind blowing a strong gale from N.E. with rain, guns were heard at Rams- gate, in the direction of the " Gull" light- ship. The Northumberland life-boat, in tow of the steam-tug Vulcan, immediately pro- ceeded to sea, and after a while observed tar-barrels burning and lights displayed from a vessel which was soon discovered to be ashore, on the inner part of the North Sand-head. A terrific sea was found to be running on the sand; but the life-boat was quickly slipt, and, running fearlessly through it, her anchor was let go a short distance to windward of the wreck. At that juncture one of the life-boat's crew, HENRY VENION, was knocked overboard by a sea, but was soon got into the boat again; and, veering down to the vessel, the crew, 9 in number, jumped into her; and then, slipping their cable, they ran to leeward and joined the steamer, the gale then blowing hard from S.S.E., landing the shipwrecked men in safety at Ramsgate at 3-30 A.M. This vessel proved to be the barque Linda, of Whitby, of 300 tons, laden with railway iron, and bound to Alexandria.

At 4-30 the tug and life-boat again pro- ceeded to the sand, with the master of the Linda on board, in order to ascertain whether there would be any probability of getting, the vessel off. At daylight they found her to be full of wafer; but, looking round, observed another vessel on shore near the North Sand-head, and dismasted.

Again turning the life-boat to windward, she ran down to the wreck through a very heavy surf, a hard gale from S.W. blowing.

With considerable difficulty the crew of 13 persons were safely taken out of the wreck, which proved to be the barque Ariel, of Gottenburgh, bound to Marseilles with a cargo of deals.

It will be remembered that in our last Number we published an account of a noble service performed by this life-boat, by taking 19 persons from the Spanish brig Samaritano, wrecked on the Wedge Sand, off Margate, in February last.

The names of JAMES HOGBEN, master of the Ramsgate life-boat, and of DANIEL READING, master of the Ramsgate Harbour- tug, deserve to be handed down to posterity for the .splendid services they have jointly performed in saving lives during the last few years.