A strong gale from the N.E. sprung up on the afternoon of the 14th February, accompanied by snow-showers and a very high sea. Most of the fishing-boats had returned home, but one of them, the Reliance, was overtaken by the storm and was unable to haul in her lines. When about two miles from the shore she was observed to be in a very critical position, unable to make any headway, and the Robert and Susan Life-boat therefore proceeded to her assistance, and brought hersafely into the bay. She would in all probability have been swamped, and her crew of four men lost, had not this timely help been rendered to her..