BROADSTARS.—The reserve Life-boat temporarily placed at this station was launched at 9 P.M. on the 12th May, in a heavy rolling sea and a N.N.E. wind, and proceeded to the assistance of a vessel which had burnt flares off the North Foreland. On reaching her she was found be the ketch Firefly, of and from London, for Plymouth, laden with patent manure. Her main-mast had been carried away by a squall and was hanging alongside with all the gear attached. The mast, in falling, had ripped open the deck, and the vessel, being heavily laden, was in danger of foundering. Some of the Life-boat men boarded her and cleared away the wreckage, a shore-boat which arrived alongside was despatched toBamsgate for a steam-tug, and, on the arrival of the latter, at about 2.15 A.M., the ketch was taken in tow and •was safely berthed in the harbour at about 4 o'clock, the Life-boat accompanying her, and after wards regaining her station at 8.30 A.M..