MONTROSE.—At about half-past six o'clock on the 27th January all the fishing-boats put out to sea in a moderate N.N.E. breeze. At about eight o'clock the wind became very strong and squally, with snow showers and a very heavy eea, compelling most of the boats to return to the harbour without shooting their lines. These boats got in safely, but the remaining twenty-seven boats which had shot their lines were on that account longer in arriving off the entrance of the harbour, and by that time not only was a very heavy sea breaking on the bar, but there was also a gully caused by the ebb tide which rendered it very unsafe for any of the boats to attempt to enter. The lighthouse keeper at Senrdyness telephoned to the coxswain of the Life-boat informing him of this and requesting him to have the Life-boat launched. The No. 1 Life-boat Eobert Henderson put off at 9.45, went over the bar and advised the crews of a number of the boats not to attempt to enter until low water, after which she remained inside the bar until 2 o'clock, when all the boats managed to get safely into the harbour..