On the same day the Life-boat Robin Hood of Nottingham, stationed at Boulmer, was called out on two occasions, but the first time, when the schooner Maid of Tire, of Inverness, struck and sunk on the North Steel rocks the services of the boat were not ultimately needed, for by the time she reached the scene of the wreck, the shipwrecked crew, who were compelled to take to their own boat on their vessel sinking, had managed, with great diffi- culty, to land on the rocks in a very exhausted state from the cold wind and intense frost. The Life-boat men also suffered very much; but, nevertheless, they quickly. responded when their ser- vices were again called into requisition, a few hours later, on the occasion of the schooner Oxalis, of Macduff, striking on the South Steel Rocks and becoming a total wreck. The Life-boat was pulled off towards the vessel, and when about half a mile from it, the crew of four men were met coming in the direction of the shore in their own boat, thereby encountering great risk on account of the very heavy sea running at the timer,. -However, they were taken into the Life-boat and brought safely ashore. The men again suffered greatly on account of the bitter cold they had to encounter.