On the 6th December the brig Champion, of Shoreham, was observed in the direc- tion of the Gorton Sand during a N.E.

gale, with a heavy sea. The Yarmouth No. 1 Life-boat put off to her assistance, and found that she was riding on the top of the sand, with a very heavy sea break- ing around her. The anchors of the vessel were then slipped, and with the assistance of the Life-boat she was got round before -the wind; the Life-boat crew afterwards boarded her and brought her to anchor, and, with some assistance, got her safely into harbour..