Shortly after midnight on the 4th-oth July, flares were observed by the Coastguard on duty at Westward Ho ! He at once communicated by telephone with Apple- dore, and the No. 1 Life-boat Jane Hannah Macdonald was sent to the place indicated. The barge Amy, of Bideford, bound from Clovelly to that port, was found fast on the sand, and at high tide the sea made a clean breach over her. The Life-boat proceeded alongside, took off her crew of three hands, and landed them. The weather at the time was fine, with a moderate N.W. breeze blowing..