About midnight, on the 24th of January, 1868, the life-boat and steam-tug Vulcan proceeded to sea in answer to signal-guns from the Gull Light Ship. They cruised along the edge of the sand during a heavy gale, with snow, sleet, and rain, till about 6 A.M., when they discovered a brig on shore on the South Brake. Under circumstances of very great danger the life-boat took off the crew, 8 in number, and placed four of her own in the vessel, whose crew after- wards also returned to their ship. With the aid of the tug she was then dragged off the sand, and brought into Ramsgate Har- bour about 10 A.M. She proved to be the brig Britain's Pride, of Falmouth. The life- boat sustained some damage in this arduous service..