CASTLETOWN, ISLE OF MAN.—On the afternoon of the 8th December two flags of distress were observed in Derbyhaven Bay during a gale from the W.S.W. The Hope Life-boat was launched at about 3.30 and brought ashore the crew, consisting of five men, from the fishing-smack Swift, of Douglas, and the crew of three men from the schooner Julia, of Buncorn..