At about 8.30 P.M., the Life-boat was launched for the fourth time this day, and rescued the crew, consisting of four men and the master's wife, from the sloop J. Prizeman, of Plymouth, which had also stranded. This service was even more difficult and dangerous than the previous ones, as it was now dark, and the gale had, if possible, increased in its fury.

On the following morning the gale had.