On the night of the 27th March the schooner Hor- tensia, of Hanover, drove ashore on the North Steel Rocks, near Boulmer. The Boulmer life-boat was soon launched through a high surf, and proceeded to the rescue of.

her crew, which they succeeded in effecting with some difficulty, and after being three times foiled in the attempt. The master, however, who was in a state of intoxication at the time, resolutely refused to leave his vessel, and was shortly afterwards washed overboard and drowned. The wreck soon after broke up.