The life-boat Letitia was launched about midnight on the j 12th February, 1869, in reply to signals of distress from the brig Beatrix, of Whitby, which was riding heavily in the Roads near Gorton Gapway, with her mainmast cut; away, during a strong N.E. gale. She was [ leaking fast, and, at the request of the master, the life-boat remained alongside for some | time; and ultimately, with the aid of a steamer, she was enabled to get the vessel and her crew safely into Lowestoft Harbour.