CAISTER.—The No. 2 Life-boat, the Godsend, was launched at 11 A.M. on the 28th January, and proceeded to the assistance of the brig La Belle, of Shoreham, bound from Shields to Poole, which vessel was ashore on the North Scroby, a heavy sea running and blowing hard from the S.W.The Life-boat was towed to windward by a steam-tug, and then making sail went through the broken water on the shoals and succeeded in boarding the La Belle, which, besides her own crew, had on, board several beachmen, who had been trying to get her afloat, but were now unable even to leave her, their yawl having been compelled to drop off the shoal on account of the breakers. After another futile attempt by the combined crews, as the water was still gaining, the vessel was abandoned, the Life-boat making trips clear of the breakers till all the men were removed.

The crew of the brig were 8 in number..