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Ceres

BERWICK-ON-TWEED.—The barque Ceres, of Eonne, bound from Cronstadt for Berwick with a cargo of battens, in trying to enter the harbour, on the evening of the 24th August, struck on the bar and was driven by the heavy seas on Spittal Beach, where she rolled and struck heavily. The Life-boat John and Janet P"' off to her assistance at 4.45, being manned andlaunched with commendable promptitude, took off her crew of nine men, and landed them safely at 5.80..