Whistled wild the shots around him, as a curling, smoky wreath Formed a cloudy shroud to hide him from the enemy beneath. Beat his heart with proud elation as he firmly fixed his stand, And again the colours floated as he held them in his hand. Then with pistol deftly wielded, 'mid the battle's ceaseless blast, Fastened there the colours firmly, as he nailed them to the mast; Then, as if to yield him glory, the smoke-clouds cleared away-- And we sent him up the loudest cheer that reached his ear that day, And, with new-born zeal and courage, dashed more boldly to the fight, Till the day of battle ended in the triumph of the night. Jack Crawford was a native of Sunderland, where he died in 1831. In 1890 a statue was erected to his memory in his native town by public subscription, and was unveiled on April 8th by Lord Camperdown, a descendant of Admiral Duncan, in whose ship Crawford served. THE LOSS OF H.M.S. _REPULSE_. BY G. H. WALKER. The _Repulse_ was one of the ships belonging to the Channel fleet, under the command of Sir Allen Gardner, but had been detached for the purpose of intercepting provision vessels going into Brest. On the night of March 10th, 1800, she struck upon a sunken rock, supposed to be the Mace, about twenty-five leagues southeast of Ushant. The crew made good a landing on one of the Glenan Islands, about two miles from the continent. Here the captain, and most of the officers, were made prisoners, and sent to Quimper; but Mr. Rother, the first lieutenant, Mr. Gordon, the fifth, Mr. Finn, the master, two midshipmen, and eight seamen, got into the larger cutter; and, on the fourth day after leaving the ship, during which interval they experienced bad weather, and were, at times, near perishing, arrived safe at Guernsey. The following letter from one of the officers who escaped, to his father, gives a full account of the loss of the _Repulse_, and likewise of the adventures of the boat's crew, from the time of their quitting the ship till their arrival at Guernsey:-- "GUERNSEY, _March 13th, 1800_.