RAMSGATE, KENT.—While endeavouring to return to the harbour, in a whole gale from E. and a heavy sea, on the 1st February, the smack Lottie struck the West Pier, and was driven to the back of it. Her anchor was let go but it did not hold, and ultimately the cable parted, and an attempt to assist her by means of a line thrown from the pier was ineffectual. Three of the crew who took to their boat were got on to the pier, and one man, who was left on board the smack, which drifted into the surf on the rocky beach, was rescued by the Life-boat Bradford.