FLAMBOROUGH.—On the 15th January, while a strong gale was blowing from W.N.W., with a heavy sea, six of the fishing-boats were trying to reach the North Landing, but were unable to do so in consequence of the state of the wind and sea. The No. 1 Life-boat MaryFrederick was launched at noon and stood by the boats while they rounded the Head and made for the South Landing.

Mr. WILLIAM EGBERTS, Chief Officer H.M. Coastguard, who watched the Lifeboat from the top of the cliff, spoke in the highest terms of this service, and of the manner in which the Boat was managed by her coxswain and crew. He stated that the Boat herself behaved splendidly under sail, working like a smack, with the sea lashed into white foam, the wind at times blowing nearly a whole gale, and that in the absence of the Life-boat, whose presence gave courage and support to the fishermen, a serious casualty would probably have occurred..