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Remedy, of Whistable

On the 17th November, the schooner Remedy, of Whitstable, was in a very dangerous position near the Admiralty Pier during a fearful gale of wind. The Royal Wiltshire life-boat put off, and re- mained by the vessel till she was out of danger. Whilst proceeding out to her, in iow of one of the mail steamers of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, the life-boat was several times struck by heavy seas, which almost sub- merged her for a time, but she rose again buoyantly, and altogether behaved remarkably well..