On the 1st January, the sloop Emma, of Portsmouth, was seen near this place during very bad weather with a signal of distress flying. The Brightuiett life-boat was dragged as soon as possible across the sands some distance, and then launched in a very heavy sea; and, on reaching the vessel, they found she was riding in great danger close to the broken water about a mile to the west of the harbour. The life-boat anchored to windward, and dropped down to the sloop, the crew of which were preparing to leave, her, which in the state of the sea at the time would have been at- tended with great danger, as their boat would scarcely have had any chance of living. The life-boat put some men on board the sloop, and hauled her off by the life-boat's anchor, her own cable being jammed between the bitt and the windlass.

A steam-tag was then signalled for, and the vessel was safely towed into harbour.