The Life-boat Joseph and Mary was launched from this station, at 8.30 A.M. on the 24th October, to go to the assistance of the brig Cuba, j of Abo, bound from that port to London, ! having a crew of 8 men. The vessel had I gone on shore on the Burham Flats, and ! was striking heavily in a considerable sea, , the result of a previous gale. Considering j their vessel lost, the crew were* ready to I jump into the boat when she approached.

I The Life-boat's crew, however, having i a better acquaintance with the locality, thought differently, as the weather was im- proving, and encouraged the crew to re- i main by their ship; and finally, by their advice and assistance, the vessel was driven off the bank into deep water, and though leaking badly, carried safely into King's Lynn.