FRASERBURGH.—The fishing boats having been overtaken by a strong gale from the E.N.B., and a heavy sea on the 1st November, it was considered advisable to launch the. Life-boat Cosmo and Charles at 12.15 P.M., so as to encourage the crews and to be in readiness to render them assistance should any casualty occur.

All the boats, reached the harbour in safety, although two or three of them had narrow escapes of being swamped..