DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN.—Early on the morning of the 25th January, the barque Thorne, of and from Liverpool, bound for Adelaide with a general cargo, which had been riding out the gale in the bay for two or three days, showed signals of distress.

There was a strong S.S.W. gale, with rain, at the time, and the weather was thick and cold. Owing to the intense darkness, it was impossible to discern clearly whether more than one vessel was in distress, and therefore both the Lifeboats at this station, the Thomas Rose and the John Turner Turner, were despatched to the rescue at 3 A.M. The ship had dragged both her anchors, and stranded on the rocks at the western side of Ouchan harbour; her two passengers and 16 of the vessel's crew, three others being ashore, took to their boat and were sighted by the Thomas Hose Life-boat near the broken surf on the rocks, and wera fortunately rescued. They were placed on board the steam-tug Manx King, which had been engaged to assist the Lifeboats, and were landed at the quay amidst the hearty cheers of the large crowd which had assembled..