On the 28th December, at 4 A.M., large flares were seen in the direction of the Cross Sand. The Life-boat Covent Garden was launched, and proceeded to the Cross Sand, on "which, a very heavy sea -was running, and found a brig ashore on the sand. The boat's anchor was let go, but she could not reach the vessel; the positionof the anchor was then shifted, and the crew, consisting of 8 men, were fortunately rescued, the sea breaking over the brig as high as the foretop, and over the boat the whole time. She proved to be the Rival, of Blytb, bound from Gravesend to Newcastle in ballast..