The No. 1 Life-boat of this station, the Parsee, after two unsuccessful attempts, boarded the Hector, a brigantine of New- castle, which on the 9th December was run ashore by her crew to avoid foundering.

This service was performed in very tem- pestuous weather, and the Life-boat hav- ing broken eight of her oars, and the sand being too soft to hold her anchor, she experienced gieat difficulty in accom- plishing her object..