RYDE, ISLE OF WIGHT.—The ketch, Silver Spray, of Lowestoft, laden with machinery and stone, and bound from Guernsey for the North of England, showed signals of distress when about a quarter of a mile E. of Ryde pier, on the night of the 27th January, while a strong gale was blowing from N.W., accompanied by a rough sea. The Lifeboat Captain Hans Busk was launched at about 10.30, and on reaching the vessel, found that she had parted her cable and was aground on the sand. At the request of the Master, the Life-boat stood by the ketch during the night.

About 3.30 A.M. she floated, and two hours later the Life-boat returned to her station, the gale having moderated..