The fishing-boats also went to their fishing-grounds at 2 A.M. on the 28th March. At 5.30 the wind commenced to blow strongly, and at 7 o'clock it had increased to a gale from the E.S.E., and the sea .was very rough. Nine of the boats returned to the shore at 10.30, and at 11 o'clock the Life-boat Robert and Susan was launched; proceeded about two miles to the assistance of the remaining twenty-three boats, and attended them safely to the shore. The Life-boat was out five and a half hours rendering these services. Most of the boats were more or less damaged, having their masts and oars broken, or rudders carried away, and nearly all the fishing-lines had to be abandoned..