Four cobles of Spittal and Berwick went out during the forenoon on the 6th April to recover their gear, which they had been obliged to abandon three days previously owing to heavy winds. They proceeded to Goswick Bay, and had hardly commenced to haul their lines when the wind freshened into a gale, and none of the boats could set any sail except with the utmost care.

Soon after noon it was considered ad- visable to launch the Life-boat Mattfreto Simpson, and she proceeded with a tug to the mouth of the harbour and accom- panied the boats into safety..