This life-boat was also taken out on the night of the 3rd October, a vessel having been reported to be stranded on the Gore Sands, on which, on account of recent gales, a considerable sea was running, preventing any ordinary boat from getting near the spot.

The vessel was found by the life-boat to be the Dutch schooner Talkenia Meiskeina, bound from Smyrna to Bridgewater. The boat got her oft' the bank by towing, &c., and her orew also set the sails, put a pilot on board, and otherwise assisted the vessel away from her dangerous position, and ulti- mately she was got into port in safety..