NEWBIGGIN-BY-THE-SEA, NORTHUMBERLAND.

—On the 1st July a gale from E.S.E. sprang up at about 4 A.M. Seven fishing cobles had left about four hours previously for the fishing-ground, which is about 15 miles from the shore, and considerable anxiety was felt for their safety, a heavy ground sea having set in.

The Life-boat William Hopkinson of Brig- Jiouse was launched at 9.30 A.M., before any of the cobles were in sight, and remained in a very heavy sea off the point, for three hours, assisting the boats as they came in one by one until all had got safely ashore..