On the 29th December the Covent Garden Life-boat went out, in reply to signals of distress shown from the timber-laden barque Loreley, of Arendal, having on board a crew of twelve men, which had been on the Scroby Sands, and was in a waterlogged condition. With the assistance of two steam-tugs, the vessel was taken safely to Gravesend, and the Life-boat was subsequently towed back to its station..