On the 11th De- cember, the brig Lucy, of Sunderland, was stranded on the shoal part of the Barber Sand. The beachmen put off in one of their yawls, and endeavoured to get the vessel off.

In this, however, they failed; and, the crew refusing to quit their vessel till she was full of water, the beachmen returned to the shore. Soon afterwards, however, signals of distress were seen flying from the vessel's rigging, and the Caister life-boat was imme- diately launched, and brought ashore the crew of 6 men. The wind was blowing strong at the time from N.E. by N., with a heavy swell on.