BROADSTAIRS, KENT.—The ketch Meteor, of London, bound for Dunkirk with a cargo of pitch, had her mainsail and jib blown away in a south-westerly gale on the 3rd May when about two miles from the South Foreland. In response to her signals of distress the Life-boat Francis Forbes Barton launched about 1.35 P.M. and proceeded to her assistance.

The sea was very rough at the time, but they succeeded in placing two men on board, who with the crew of the ketch, managed to bring her into Ramsgate Harbour safely, the Life-boat meanwhile standing by in case her services should again be required..