LYDD, KENT.—The David Hulett Lifeboat was launched at 9 P.M. on the 3rd November, signals of distress having been shown by the barquentine Scotia, of Ayr, bound from Aruba for London, withphosphate rock, which had stranded off No. 1 Battery, during heavy squalls from the S.W., with rain and a heavy sea. At the master's request, the Life-boat remained by the vessel until daylight. She floated, and although leaking slightly, was able to get safely away..