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PAKBEFIELD, SUFFOLK.—The smack Alert, of Lowestoft, with thirty packages of fish on board, was seen at 8 P.M. on the 7th March with a flare burning on deck, on the Newcome Sands. The wind was blowing strongly from the S.W. and the sea was rough. The Life-boat Two Sisters Mary and Hannah proceeded to her, and found that her crew were about to leave her, having already put their clothes in their boat. It was, however, decided to try to save the vessel, and a rope having been passed from her to the Life-boat, she was ultimately got off the sands and taken safely into harbour. She had a crew of six men..