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London, England, 1845-05-02 00:00:00

Ripon, and Cashel, had alraad •-nest distinctly declare:? at-ainst
Thy Rev. ArrWoOD, Crum Newark, said that such war :he
feeling in the locality he represented against the measure, that their
right honourable misrepresentative need not trouble himself to
come down among them again to solicit their votes, for he most
assuredly would not obtain them.
The meeting adjourned at ten o'elock.

IRELAND.
THE QUEEN'S VISIT.

DEMEAN, Ants. 29.—A special meeting of the corporation was
held this day in the City Assembly-house. The Bight Hon. the
Lord Mayor presided.
Alderman O'BRIEN said he felt peculiar pleasure in moving that
a Committee should be appointed to prepare an address to the
Queen, requesting her Majesty would be graciously pleased to visit
her faithful Irish subjects at her earliest convenience.

Alderman Sir J. POWER Bart., seconded the motion.

Mr. HUDSON moved an amendment, that the consideration of
the subject should be postponed for a month. In proposing the
amendment, Mr. Hudson said, that the unanimity which had ex-
isted on the subject of addressing her Majesty had been interrupted
by recent circumstances, to which he would refer. He was sur-
prised at finding in the morning papers a report of a speech, deli.
vered by Mr. O'Connell, in which the Learned Alderman declared
that the repeal cause should be in no wise abated on the arrival of
her Majesty ; and if that course were followed, he (Mr. Hudsou)
could not anticipate anything but dissension and strife.
Alderman KINA NAN seconded the amendment.

Mr. O'CoxlvaLL said, if there were anything criminal in the
course complained of by Mr. Hudson, it was solely attributable to
him, and he would vindicate himself. Since he last had the honour
of speaking on the subject, circumstances had occurred whieh altered
his opinion with regard to the course which he would pursue. The
English newspapers conveyed intelligence of a nature that was not
to be misunderstood. Ireland had been set at defiance. The Eng-
lish people were determined to risk everything rather than entertain
the subject of the repeal of the union ; and if her Majesty would
visit her Irish subjects, and that in compliment to her they would
suspend their exertions for repeal, it would be construed into a re-
linquishment of the question, to which he would never consent.
He would not be a party to delusion by any Ministry, whether
Whig or Tory. No one was bound by any act of his. He would
engage to fulfil his promise by giving the toast of her Majesty's
Ministers. He would contribute his share of whatever expense
would be necessary to carry •ut the object ; but he would refrain
from voting on the question, on one side or the other.
The amendment having been put and negatived, the origina
motion was carried, and a Committee appointed.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
THE CADIZ PACKET, OF NEWCASTLE.

An official document from the Admiralty, relating to
the mysterious disappearance of a boat's crew belonging
to the above vessel, has been received at Lloyd's. "It
appears that the schooner sailed from Gibraltar for the
northern coast of Brazil, in search of guano, last year,
and on Thursday, the sth of December last, the schooner
lying off the island of Fernando de Monorka, William
Parriter, the captain's clerk, Robert Cannon, the carpen-
ter, and George Elliott and John Gibbons, seamen be-
longing to the vessel, left in one of the boats for the
purpose of going ashore. They landed, were seen to re-
embark, and hoist a sail for the purpose of returning to
the schooner, she being then in sight from the shore,
tacking to and fro. The schooner burnt lights the whole
of the night, and next day remained tacking off and on,
when they set sail and anchored in Pernambuco Roads
on the 9th of the same month. Before leaving the island
the crew were sworn before the Governor regarding the
facts of the disappearance of the men, and again at Per-
nambuco:.before the British Vice-Consul, Mr. Joshua
Goring. The schoone-r, after shipping a cargo of sugar
at Pernambuco, sailed, and has arrived at Cadiz, where
she is discharging her cargo."

LOSS OF THE SKYLARK.
PORTSMOUTH,
WEDNESDAY.

The following particulars relating to the wreck of her
Majesty's brig Skylark may be relied on as authentic,
being an extract from the private letter of an eye-
witness:—

" The Skylark, 2, Lieutenant-Commander George
Morris (1823), sailed from Plymouth on Thursday,
April 24, with 68 supernumeraries on board for Ports-
mouth, which, together with her own crew, made about
110 men.. She passed the Portland Lights on the morn-
ing of the 25th early: it soon after became very foggy.
At a few minutes after 10 o'clock, when the ship was
going about 4:1 knots, with topgallant sails set, she
struck ; attempts were iomaediately made to put her
about, but being between two ledges of rock the again
struck, and would not go about. Attempts were then
made to back her off, the hands were turned up, and
every precaution and exertion used ; all, however, was
ineffectual. About 11 o'clock, A.M., the fog cleared off.
little, and the ship was found to be within hail of the
shore, and the people "on hoard the brig could hear
voices from the cliffs calling to them that a boat was
coming to their assistance from the Coast-guard station.
One of the guns was then hove overboard, and an
anchor dropped with a halser to it, to lighten her and
haul her cif; at this time the water started ; the hen&
were immediately set to work at the pumps, and the
boats were got out, but the tide, being on the ebb, soon
left her with two fe t of water under her bows and three-
quarters of a fathom in the channels ; aft there was a
greater depth. She had run ashore on Coalpit Ledge,
near Kimberage, a short distance to the eastward of the
tower which stands on the eastward point of Yellow-
bay. There was not much wind blowing at the time,
but a tremendous surf setting in shore. The coast-guard
boat above-named was nearing the brig under the
guidance of Lieutenant Smith, when the brig's second
gig (which had been got out to communicate with the
shore), in which, besides the boat's crew, was the com-
mander's son, a boy 11 years old, upset. Master Morris
sank several times, and was on the point of sinking to
rise no more alive, when one of the crew of the coast-
guard boat, named Crawley, swam out to him and sup•
ported him until Lieutenant Smith, of the Coast Guard,
at the imminent risk of his own life, rushed in, and
saved them all, and returned to the bay with them. The
brig's cutter was then hoisted out, and filled with men,
after immense difficulty, who were safely landed on the
shore of the bay. Lieutenant Smith, having landed the
commander's son and the boat's crew, returned, and
went as near the brig as the breakers would admit, and
put one of his men in the Skylark's who
directed two boys who were in her to put her alongside
the lee-quarter of the brig. They did so, and took
in six men, and put them on board the Coast-guard
boat ; but Lieutenant Smith, observing the awkward-
ness of the boys in the dingy, put two more of his men
in her, who went to and from the stranded brig in
G most dexterous and intrepid manner, bringing each
time as many of the brig's crew as the dingy could safely
hold, and placing them on board the coast-guard vessel,
until it was full, when it pulled away with them for the
bay. The tide having gone down, and the surf decreased
in violence, the dingy was enabled to land her men on
the ledge, which was but a stone's throw from the brig's
bows, until nearly all were landed. A boat, the Bee, of
Weymouth, then came alongside and took the rest of
the crew and the master out. Commander Morris,
having the gout in one of his legs, and having used
almost superhuman exertions to save his ship, was
quite exhausted when the last boat went alongside ;
so far, indeed, was his strength prostrated, that he
was incapable of getting into the boat to save him-
self, arid was thrown overboard, and picked up by
the first gig. Lieutenant Smith had returned in the
meantime, and advised the officers to send the cutter off
to the wreck to endeavour to get some sails and spars
wherewith to make tents for the men, as the tower was
not large enough for them all to sleep in and also to
save as much from the wreck as possible, as it
appeared most probable she would go entirely
to pieces when the tide flowed, and offered
to assist with his men and boat, which was
thankfully accepted. Accordingly, every exertion
was immediately used, and a great quantity of
the sails, spars, provisions, and some of the officers' pro-
perty was got ashore. Commander Granby arrived from
Swanage-bay in his tender, the Gertrude, in the after-
part of the day (having received information by express
from Lieutenant Smith respecting the wreck of the Sky-
lark), and immediately took his boat to the brig and
rendered all the assistance in his power. By 10 o'clock
at night, the wind still blowing fresh, the Gertrude had
a great quantity of stores, arms, and some of the officers'
goods on board, with which she got underweigh, and,
after considerable danger and difficulty, cleared the
ledges and safely got into Swanage Bay with them by
12 o'clock at night."
" On Saturday the brig still held together, although
the wind had amounted to a gale all Friday night.
" On Sunday part of the deck and several articles of
stores were washed ashore. . _

"On Monday, the gale having continued with un:
abated violence during the whole of Saturday, the boats
put off and succeeded in bringing the yards and spars
ashore. This morning (Monday) Mr. Brown, the As-
sistaLt Master-Attendant of Portsmouth Dockyard, ar-
rived from Swanage Bay, in the Echo steamer, and in
the evening the supernumeraries brought by the Sky-
lark were sent to Swanage Bay and embarked on board
the Echo, for conveyance on board the flag-ship at Port,-
mouth, as they had been disgracing themselves in their
awful position by getting drunk and riotous in the adja
cent pillage of Kimberage.
" On Tuesday the boats were engaged nearly all day,
the weather being comparatively calm, and succeeded in
saving some of the tanks and other stores.

" The officers and crew are still engaged in endeavour-
ing to save all possible, and will not leave the place until
the wreck has been cleared of everything of value.
" A ship got ashore on the same day as the Skylark,
near Portland—all hands perished ; another the same
day, near St. Alban's—crew not yet heard of."

CHARING -CROSS HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday, the dis-
tribution of prizes at this hospital took plade ; the Rev. Mr.
Bowers, Rector of Saint Paul's, Covent-garden, in the chair.
The meeting was held in the lecture-room of the institution,
which was filled with pupils and their friends- The Rev.
Chairman having stated the object of the meeting, and the
Professors in turn spoke in high teams, not only of the pro..
ficiency of their pupils, but of their general good conduet
and close attendance. The prizes were then awarded ;
the competitors having each previously enelostd a sealed
motto, accompanied with the title of the paper and came of
fkie writer. These communications were broken up by the Rev.
Chairman in the presence of the meeting, and the names duly an-
nounced. The annual exhibition, valuo 151., was adjudicated to
Joteph Fayrer, for the best essay on tho Materia Afedica ; in
chemistra, to J. H. Buckstone; in anatomy, to AliCreal
and Philip Harbor; in the junior class of anatomy, to Henry
Lamden and Joseph Fayrer; midwifery, Henry Watts, Frederick
Nicholl, and Thomas Flaherty; physiology, Joseph Fayrer;
Medicine—P. Harper, Thomas M'Creal, and Henry Watts; Sur-
gery—Nicholl, Harper, M'Crcal, and Fayrer. Dr. Golding ad.
dressed the meeting on the unwearied diligence and excellent con-
duct of the students on the establishment ; they all appeared to
know that, without study, they could not practice with success in
after life. The Charing-cross Hospital had one distinguishing fea-
ture, which ought to recommend it to the notice of the philan-
thropist, namely, that young gentlemen of slender means, bit
of good character, and education snfficlent to enable them to
pass the rigid examination appointed by the hospital authorities,
might have their medical education gratis. This was particularly
applicable to the sans of clergymen, officers of the army arid navy,
&c. Dr. Golding then awarded certificates of good behaviour to
various of the students. Thanks were voted to the chairman, and
the meeting separated—those visitors who choose being willingly
conducted over the wards of the hospital,