ABERSOCH.—Signals ot distress were seen in the vicinity of St. Tudwall's Sound and rockets were fired from St.

Tudwall's Lighthouse on the morning of the 13th January. The Life-boatOldham was launched at 6 o'clock in a heavy sea, the wind blowing a strong gale from E.S.E. with heavy snowstorms, and rescued the crew of three men from the ketch Peter Varkevisser, of Milford, bound from Portmadoc for Cardiff with slates, which foundered near Penrhyn du Point..