Very early on the morning of the 4th January, a vessel was seen on the Dogger Bank, off this coast, on which a rough sea was then breaking.

As soon as possible the smaller of the two Life-boats on this station, the Civil Service, was got out, and after a long and arduous pull through a heavy surf, ar- rived alongside, when 2 of the Life-boat men boarded the vessel at much risk, and found the crew of 16 men were desirous to be taken off, who were ac- cordingly got into the Life-boat and afterwards transferred to the steam-tug Ruby, which then came to anchor. At daylight the master and 1 of the crow of the vessel—which was the barque Paquita, of Santauder, bound thence from Liver- pool—were, at their request, put on board their ship again; but in tho afternoon tho weather looking bad, the Life-boat once more put out, and after two hours hard work brought the 2 men ashore. By tho nest morning the weather had moderated, and tho ship still holding together, a number of labourers were taken out to her in the steamer, the Life-boat re- maining alongside in case the weather should change, in which case, her ser- vices would have been required to save the men from the stranded vessel. Even- tually, after prolonged exertions, the barque was got off the sands on the morning of the 6th January, and taken into Wexford Harbour..