Soon after midnight on the 9th May, the Lucy life-boat again went out, in reply to signals of distress from a large vessel which had struck on Whitby rocks. Several cobles had previously attempted to get the vessel off the rocks, but the sea increasing, they were compelled to abandon her. The life-boat afterwards took off the crew of 19 men, and landed them in safety. The vessel proved to be the barque Maria Somes, of London, coal laden..