At 1.45 P.M. on the 23rd December, information was received that a vessel was ashore on the Margate Sands, and the No. 2 Life-boat Civil Service No. 1 was launched. On arriving at the Sands, I the brigantine Raymond, of Whitstable, j was found in a bad position on the | north spit. At the request of the Master, the boat stood by the vessel until she floated clear on the flood tide. It was then ascertained that the vessel could proceed on her voyage, and the Life-boat returned to her station, where she arrived at 10 P.M..