On the 17th No- vember, the smack Plowman, of Yar- mouth, was seen making signals of distress in Yarmouth Roads during a heavy gale of wind from the N.E. The Duff small life- boat went off through a heavy sea, and after several attempts, some of her crew boarded the smack, slipped the cables, and took the vessel and the crew of 7 men safely into Lowestoft Harbour..