CLOVELLY.—During a moderate gale from the N., squally weather, and a heavy sea, on the 7th December, the ketch Ark, of Bridgwater, bound from Lydney for Bnde with a cargo of coal, showed a signal of distress while at anchor in the roadstead. The crew of the Life-boat Graham, Hughes were at once called together, and at 8.45 A.M. the boat was launched, and rescued the vessel's crew of three men from a perilous position, as the heavy seas were breaking over the •vessel at the time the men were taken off..