RAMSGATE. — At 9 P.M. on the 31st January, when blowing hard from the S.W., in answer to signals of distress from the Gull Lightship, the steam-tug Aid, with the Life-boat Bradford in tow, proceeded to the dismasted barque Dorothea, of Sunderland, which vessel had been in collision with a steamer and lost her masts.

The Life-boat, having boarded her, ran a hawser out to the steam-tug, which ultimately succeeded in carrying her safely into Ramsgate. The Dorothea carried a crew of 11 men..