ST. IVES, CORNWALL.—On Saturday the 29th April a fearful gale was experienced here. The wind, which was from N.W., blew from about 11 until 3 o'clock in the afternoon with tremendous fury, lashing the sea into foam, and causing the spray to form a fog so dense that nothing could .be distinguished beyond a quarter of a mile from the shore. A large proportion of the St. Ives fleet of over one hundred mackerel boats was out, and had been absent since the previous Wednesday.

One steamer broke from her moorings and •went ashore at G-wythian, under the Black Cliff; another, and a schooner—the Ellen Vere—rode out the storm, but they appeared to be in such imminent danger that the Life-boat Exeter, stationed at St. Ives, was taken down to the water's edge, so as to be in readiness should her services be called into requisition. Some of the absent fishing luggers returned home, but two others arrived late, at nearly low water, and had to anchor outside the ridge, on which the sea was breaking with such fury that none of the gigs could venture outside. The Lifeboat therefore proceeded to the aid of the luggers the Quick and the Gyles—taking off fresh crews to them, and bringing ashore the fourteen men who were on board the boats. The men were in a very exhausted and benumbed condition when the Life-boat reached them..