DEAL AND RAMSGATE.—On the 14th October, at about 5 P.M., during a very heavy gale of wind, the Gull Lightship fired signals of distress, in response to which the Deal Life-boat Mary Somerville proceeded to the Goodwin Sands. The Ramsgate Life-boat Bradford, in tow of the harbour steam-tug Vulcan, also put off in reply to the signals. On arriving at the sands the ship Ganges, of London, was found ashore there, the sea breaking over her. The Life-boats remained near the vessel for some time, and eventually, as there was a probability that she would break up, the master and crew decided to abandon her. Fifteen men were therefore taken into the Ramsgate Life-boat, the remaining seventeen men were taken into the Deal Life-boat, and all were brought safely to land, arriving soon after 3 o'clock on the following morning.