TORQUAY.—About 9 P.M. on the 5th November, during a W.N.W. gale, it was reported that signals of distress were being shown by a vessel in the offing. The Mary Brundret Life-boat was launched, and on reaching the vessel, which was about eleven miles from the shore, and still drifting, she was found to be the barque Eden, of Liverpool. She was in a leaky condition, part of the cargo and provisions had been thrown overboard, and her crew were in a most exhausted condition.

The captain and crew expressed themselves much relieved by the presence of the Life-boat, and as the gale had somewhat abated, the master requested the Life-boatmen to assist to get the vessel into port. Some of the crew then went on board to help in working the ship, the pumps having to be kept going during the night and the following day. Eventually the ship, which carried a crew of seventeen men, was taken safely into Dartmouth Harbour, about 4 o'clock on the afternoon of the 6th November..