CAISTER, NORFOLK.—Shortly before 8 P.M. on the 15th February, signals of distress were observed opposite Caister, and the Life-boat Covent Garden was launched with all despatch. On arrival outside the Barber Sand the ketch Evelyn, of Jersey, was found brought up in the roads and leaking badly. Lifeboatmen were at once put on board to man the pumps and they worked untilafter midnight. A tug then came up and the anchor having been slipped, the vessel was taken in tow and brought to Yarmouth Harbour. It appeared that the ketch was bound from Southampton to Bo'ness with a cargo of scrap iron, and when near Caister, had sprung a leak and was in danger of foundering.

The sea at the time was smooth, with a moderate northerly breeze..