MARGATE. —At 1 A.M. on the 28th October, during a gale from the E.N.E.

and a very heavy sea, it was reported that a barge was ashore opposite Birchington, and that men could be seen in the rigging.

The Quiver Life-boat was launched, proceeded to the vessel, and rescued her crew of two men, who were in a very weak condition, having been in the rigging since 1 o'clock on the previous day. The barge became a total wreck; she was the John, of Faversham, with a cargo of stone..