On the 30th November, the schooner Coronation, of London, was observed' to strike on the Caister Shoal, or Inner Barber Sand, during a fresh breeze from. S.E. by E.

The beachmen went off in their yawl; but finding they could not reach the vessel in her, they returned, and launched the Bir- mingham No. 2 life-boat. The vessel was lying fast on the sand, in the midst of the breakers, and, from her position, the life- boat was unable to get within sixty or se- venty yards of her, the water being very shallow on the lee side of the schooner.

After great difficulty, however, they suc- ceeded- in rescuing 3 of the crew; but the master refused to forsake his vessel.

The life-boat men, knowing that he must perish if they left him, would not leave the wreck without him, and, after waiting up- wards of two hours, they persuaded him to fasten a rope round his body, and throw himself into the sea. He was then picked up by the life-boat, and afterwards safely landed with his crew. The schooner soon afterwards became a total wreck.