On the 9th December the barque Ross, of Arendal, Norway, bound from Christiania to Santander with a cargo of wood, having encountered the full fury of a gale in the North Sea for a whole week, during which period her crew had suffered great privations, determined to seek a place of refuge, so as to give them rest. The lights were, however, mistaken, and instead of anchoring in the Firth of Forth, as intended, she was, at daybreak on the 9th December, near Amble, with breakers all round her. Signals of distress were shown, in response to which the Life-boat went to her assistance, and brought ashore her crew of ten men..