BROADSTAIRS.—The Life-boat Francis Forbes Barton was launched at 4.5 P.M.

on the 14th February, while a gale of wind was blowing from N., accompanied by a heavy sea, a barge, with a signal of distress flying, having been seen eastward of the Goodwin Sands. On reaching her it was found she was the Mary. Kate, of London, homeward bound from Bemagen with a cargo of mineral waters. Her sails had been blown away and her rigging was damaged, while her captain had severely injured his hand, and he and his crew of two men were thoroughly exhausted. The Life-boat men having been requested to try to save the vessel, five of them boarded her, and with the help of the Ramsgate steam-tug she was taken to Ramsgate.