The ketch Diana, of Rye, bound from that port to St. Andrews with a cargo of gravel, arrived on the 13th April, but was unable to make the harbour owing to the state of the tide. The captain there- fore anchored about a mile to the north of the pierhead. Next day an E.S.E.

gale sprang up, and on the 15th a dense fog came on. By this time the sea had become very rough, and when the fog lifted in the afternoon it was seen that the Diana was in a position of great danger, the seas continually breaking over her. About 5 P.M. a distress signal was hoisted, the Life-boat Louisa was launched, and after a stiff struggle reached the ship. There were eight persons on board, including the captain's wife and child ; all were rescued, and the Life-boat made for the beach. The vessel at the time of the rescue was in close proximity to the rocks on a lee shore, and had her cable parted nothing could have saved her. Happily the cable held, and although the anchor dragged until every one gave the ketch up for lost, it brought her up when she was all but on the rooks. Two days later the weather moderated and the Life-boat took the crew off to the ketch and gave valuable help in saving her..