During a mode- rate north-easterly gale, with a rough sea, on the 25th October, a vessel was observed - to be in danger of drifting ashore, as her anchors were not holding, and the Life-boat George Leicester was promptly dispatched to her assistance.

The crew of five hands asked to be landed as they considered they were in danger. The Life-boat accordingly took them off and landed thetn at Minehead.

The vessel was the schooner lanthe, of Bristol, bound from Youghat to Newport with a cargo of pit-props..