RAMSGATE, BROADSTAIRS, WALMER, and KINGSDOWNE.—These Life-boats, which are so frequently called out to assist the crews of vessels wrecked on the* fatal Goodwin Sands, were instrumental last year in performing the following services to distressed vessels and their crews:— On the 24th Feb. the barque Enchanter bound from Shields to Monte Video, and laden •with coal, went ashore on the S.W. end of the Goodwin Sands while the wind was blowing strong from the S.S.W.

In response to the signals of distress from the Gull and South Sand Head Light- ships, the Ramsgate Harbour steamer Vulcan and Life-boat Bradford, the Walmer Life-boat Centurion, and the Kingsdowne Life-boat Sabrina, went off to the Sands through a heavy sea, but, before their arrival, the master of the stranded ship had secured the assistance of a steamer and one of the Deal luggers, and he there- fore declined further help. The Life- boats, however, remained by the vessel until she floated and was clear of the Sands, when they returned to their stations.