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. . • • • " Peri:eat • ',44/ Arf! ,wr . •"-• .7.7 . 1c4 •• IP • • I* • tr //1 •%,„ 40 4 4 • * AV af- AM& 1"1.1611. • • oN. 4 „ haze, ; r 7 . - DECE.iIIiER :9, ISn. ! 2 .7 64 ..] :SA'rtIiADNIC" . pM . I PENSION SOCIETY . ;LIEF OF AG7.D AND DISTRESSED 'ERS AND THEIR WIDOWS. TIRE t ILOCTION. . . SEVENt'ENCE. PA n I . S. DECI:I4BER 25. L MEE I'ING: of SUBSCRIBERS ',own on MONDAY, tbe nab day of Jemmy, London Tavern, Bielsoirtgate-street, between du " Twelve and Four, for the laleetlan of PENSIOMMIKS, Bight Male and Four Resnik.). for Ca. dklates must be forwarded to the &- EMMA T NUT. Dec. 1827. JOHN BLRADEN, Sec. Subscriptions received by Mr. Alderman Vs- Messrs. Fry. and Chipman, Bankers, and the IAY ON LUNA;T . IC ASYLUMS. This tidy WAS paibll bed, VIEW of the present State of LU and LUNATIC ASYLUMS, in Great Britain it wane other Kingdom.. !DREW HALLWAY, M.D. and K.II. Royal Society and Calico of Phy,teians of awl - Licentiate of the itoyai College of Physicians of London. and G. Untieswooth, :As Fiert-solat. - . IVE habit, generally leas nt at a great Itbe cnost.destructive thing that can be practised aid consider, that every act of debauchery of this into the eqnstitolien, inevitably battens many brings on aU 'be infirmities of the must lan- . finall y Induces piemature dissolution. 'NUM S CORDIAL BALM OF GILRAD ,_ those whose Constitutions have been impaired imprudence, as well as those whose nerves ate s stualy, or the habits of fashionable life; the too spirits, tea or coffee, and to all persons who are residence in hot and unhealthy climates. Rest- Impaired strength and appetite, Satalence, head dimness of sight, are more or less observable in t CAS!s it will prove of the greatest efficacy, nerves, and strengthening and invigorating the . this medicine should be sure to wit for 1)r. A Bairn of Gilead, and should look for the name Stamp, •ia "Samuel Solomon, Liverpool;' with- I genuine. Johnstone, 68, COmhill ; Mr. Sanger, 151, Oa- Ward, Holborn ; Mr. Stradling, Royal Exchange ; Venders, in bottles at Its. and 335. cach. be bad, the ANTI.' NI PETIGINES ; or, SO UPS They are an eirectusl cure for such dia. in a depraved habit of the body, as obstinate se Evacuations, Etuonic Rhenmatiaru,and the con- Insidious Diseases. safe, and effectual remedy, and the best sub , discovered for that dangerous mineral =emu, y. It adapted to both sexes and all ages. There are few -is its great utility does not admit of easy proof, as e blood, and a promoter of the natural secretions. s of the Efficacy of the Cordial Balm of Gilead, and Impetigines, are given in the Guide to Health, which -h interesting information on Health and Disease, origin and treatment of such disorders as result fashionable vices. Pike 1 ls. and 331. each—Oh• - " is engraved on the Government Stamp " Sam!. LONDON GAZETTE, Dsc. 23. FOREIGN OFFICE, Die. 9s. been graciously pleased to nominate and appoint • Bight Honourable Sir Wm. A'Court, Bart. sod lajesty's Ambassador Extraerdinary and Plied. Mast Faithful Majesty, to be his Majesty's Ans. rdinary and Plenipotentiary to his Majesty the • Russias. also been graciously pleased to nominate and ap- Honourable Sir Frederick Limb, G. C. B. now his Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to his be his Majesty's Ambassador Extramdinary to his Most Faithful Majesty. been graciously pleased to nominate and ap 41or, K O.H. new his Majesty's Envoy Extra. Minister Plnnipotentiary to his Majesty the King of Majesty's Savoy Extraordinary and Minister bis Majesty the King of Prussia. been graciously pleased to nominate and ap- Hoenstrable William Temple, now Secretary to his Ma- Berlin, to be Secretary to his Majesty's Embassy Peteraburgb. _- been graciously pleased to nominate and ap- Hamilton Seymour, E,q. now Secretary to his Ma- Stuttgardt, to be Secretary to his Maje►ty's la. ) been graciously pleased to nominate and ap , Hall. Wq. now Secretary to his Majesty's Le- Confederated States of the Swiss Cantons, to be Se- Majesty's Legation at Stuttgatdt. been graciously pleased to nominate and ap. __. George Edgecumbe, some time attached to 11 " Majesty's Embassy at the Hague, to be Secretary to his Ma- Pr's Legation to the Confederated States of the Swiss Cantons. The Nbtg bas also been graciously pleased to nominate and ap. Pio Philip Yurk Gore, Esq. some time attached to his Majesty's Embassy at Lisboa, to be Secretary to bit Majesty's Legation to the UsiorkProvinces of Rim de la Plata. BANICRUPtCIES ENLARGED. William Jessup, jun. Broad -street, Ratcliffe, victualler, from Dec. ts, to January 29, at ele►en, u dm Court ot Commissioners of Risinglaali.street. Cooper, Caisson-row, Westminster, dealer in Cement, from Jan. i , toles. 14, at um, at the Court of CommisaUners of Bankrupts, Bashaghail-street. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSRDRD. • Harrison, Manchester, cotton-dealer. BANKRUPTS. Was-cup, late of Dartford, Kent, patent washing-machine pause wungle-manufacturer, to surrender, January a, 15, lid FebrtatF 11, at eleven, at the Co r m of Commissioners of Saakrupts,. niglull-street. Attornies, Messrs. Richardson aid Co. Bedfaid-row. Jsin Randall, Kentish Town, and Pancraa.street, Tottenham awn -rood, auctioneer, January 4, 11, and February a, at eleven, i t the Court of Commiadoners of Bankrupts, Basinghall-street. &maim Meurs. Allen end Co. Carlisle.street.-Soho. mph Horsley, Rilliter.equare, and Edward Grey Hill, Sock -11,.,ti1-plate, Surrey, merchants, January 4, at eleven, I. and " 1)14 "Y 1, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners of Bank. runts, Basinehaltotreet. Attornies, Messrs. Davis and Co. Corbett- Grarechurch-street. Mazdall, lace of Water-lane. brandy-merchant, Jaoeary 4, 11 , and February 8, at twelve, at the Court of, Commissioners of Bankrupts, Basiughall.street. Attorney, Mr. Warrand, Austin hien. &best Parry, ltuthin, Denbiphire„ linen and woollen-draper. :antsy 4, 11 , and February 8, at twelve, at the Town Hall, awbut- Attornies, Mr. Robert Humphreys Jones ; Ruthiu ; or Ntr. John Jones, Pump-court, Temple. Isaac Haley, late of Brantley, Yorkshire, wooilemcinth-tnanufac hirer* /maul a. at eleven, 18, at twelve, and Febrvary II; at ages at the C ourt of Connaisslanets of ankftlittl, Baiiilliall areet Attorney, Mr. Nicker, liasingball.sireet. &laud Thompson, late of Heath and Reach, Bedfordshire, dealer in straw pinta and thoph , January 4, 11, and February 8, "larlenrat fte COM of CMatslwfa wi of Bankrupts, Basing halkstreit. • Attornies. Mr. Bobs_ Tatakicourt, Cursing. Watt; Of MGM& 2114 CO. WIPO. align* John :Monk home, Cansherwell, Surreiy, lavernelieeper, January 14; x 2 .• and February 8, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners of Fietkrupts, Basingisall-street. Attointimr, Messrs. Arundel) and Co. Furnival's Inn. • . Robert Hodson, Cobourg.plaee, Borough-road. Surrey, glass and chinanian, Jana sry 4, at ten, I I, at eleven, and February 8, at ten; at the Court of Commissioners of Bankrupts, BasitighaU-street. Attorney, Mr. Charles Shearman, Gray's lan., DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. James Buttivant, Appledore, Devonshire, merchant, is in ingot ' vent cirearustanees, and is unable to meet his engagemeats with his creditors—Filed Dec. 28. John Walters, Cwm-Corwg-House, Newport, Monmouthshire. retail-brewer, is in insolvent circumstances, and is unable to meet kis engagements with his creditors—Filed Dec. la. DIVIDENDS to be made in BASING H A LL-STREET. Jan. 18, Alexander Wilkie, Duke -street, Poriland•plaer, Sr Mary-la-bonne, upholsterer, at eleven. Jan. lts, W. MsNiell, Charles -street, Misidlese: Hospital, and of sluswell•hill, cosh and harness maser, at eleven. Jan 18; Samuel Barlow, Sen. - *tld Samuel Barlow, jun. Old .Broid-street, merchants, at' eleven. Jan. 1 8, Wiliam Hibbert, Alornt-street, Gro.venor-sguare, butcher, at twelve. Jan. 22, Henry Dady, late of Llowgate.hill, carpenter at eleven. Jan. 18, Charles Meld, Cranborne-street, Leicester square, hosier, at ten. Jan. 22, Thomas Waring, St. Julanestreet road, carpenter, at ton. Jan. 8, John, Thomas Denny, George. street, Baker-street, St. Mary-la.bonne, victualler, at ten. :Jan. 18, William Plunkett and John Batkln, Ott-street-road, St. Luke, timb e r metehmits, at twelve. Jan. It Joseph Wood, hlarY- 11 -' bonne street, Piccadilly, victualler; at twelve. Jan: Thomas %laningtort, Hastings, Sagest, ironmonger, at one. Jam 1114.1ampb Barlow and John Doering, late of the New-road, S t . G eor ge's in the East, sugar refiners, at deem. Jan. 25, Geo. F.atly,, Bromley, Kent, coach master, at ten. Jan. 18, George Leyburn, 4.eadenhall market, and of St. Mary Ate, provision merchant, at twelie. Jan. in, J. Horsier, Myrtle street, litizton, shawl dealer, at twelve. • • 0 N CM HER PRINTE 'yoß THR RE!. PRINTS AGENERAL will be holder 1 0, at the Larldrol Hours of Ts TN (Wes a g estumendations f iv ory before Winne 47 ,1,0thbuty. Dec. flotations and Sul n os (Treat:ter) MI 30IfergY• HALLIDA AA GENERAL NATICS and sod behad, and in 1° By Sit ANDE Mow of the lim Edinburgh, at w Sold by T. a A DELUSIVE schnh, is the Ton Pertly should bed wiles deep butt demist diseases, bri t wang old age, and DOCTOR SOLO:\ litanneended to tt M nth early intt.ru *end by intense its keine ardent spit awned by long rest ham ef mind, limp ads, wet* and dint these aL la these e kick the relaxed ne wanitatiom irp Purchners of faunal Cordial Hal waved se the Stann air which sane is gen Sold by Mr. R. Jot lerdireet ; Mr. Ward ad all Medicine Veto Of whom may be h • LONION'S DROPS sr.lres as eriiinate in a Inpasaa, undue Eva of lnsidious truly mild, in lane hitherto diseovi k gladly well adapted haw In which its g emitted( the blood . Illsetrations of the of the Anti- Impedgir • as contains much int prticularly on the ori Ira imprudence and Sold in bottles I ham% Liverpool." deed to each bottle. e FROM THE FOR yhu ILlng has been ib Eceellenay the Ri: G.C.B. now his Mai patentiary to his Ma Meador Extraordim garrior of AU the 1 The King has also riot the Right Hone Ilainty's Envoy Eau Catholic .Majesty, to ad Pleelporentiary tr The King " has also pat Sir Brook Tayk chary and Minister Bonne, to be his kl Teripoteatiart co his Kiog has also pent the Honourable Pity's Legation at Be tithe Court of St. Pe The King has also Piet George HaniUte Ply's Legation, at Stu Phu at Berlin. Ile King has also point Charles Henry 11 gifle to the Ossfede treaty to his Wiest, The King has also I ' pet the Honourable iir kiretre jelly's Legation to the The King has deo point Phili p Yurk Go * Embassy at Lisboa, t the LlaiteriTrweinces B A Nit S William Jessup, jun. ta, to January 29, r Bankrupts, Basing! 'William Henderson I Roman Cement, fr I Commisaieoers of 1 BANK Wiliam Brown Ham %lam Wanly, late ad patent sangle-i val February t , at linkrupta, • &aleg' ad Co. Bedfoid-re Ala Randall, Monti r ourt.rood, madam at the Court of Cot _Alagoas, Meson "lerb Hanky. SW DI V I DENDS- to he made M the COUNTRY: - - - - - - Jan. 22, Deodatus Carr, Birmingham, Warwickshire, grocer, at eleven, at the Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Jan. 2!, John Clargo, Ilucklebury, Becks, yeoman and coppice dealer, at eleven, at the ' Upper Ship Inn, Reading, Berks. Jan. 19, Hubert Cook and Robert Sutton, Baton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, corn factou, at twelve, at the Kingston Hotel, Kineton-upom Hull: Jan. 23: Thomas Smith, Whiston Eaves, and Joseph Locker, Hanley, Staf fordshire, bankers, at twelve, at the Swan Inn, Manley. Jan. 21, Walter Bray, Redruth, Cornwall, saddler, at ten, at Andrew's Hotel, itesirtoh. Jar. 21, Henry Raiford, Oakham, Rothadshire, draper i „ at two, at Standwell's Hotel, Stamford, Lin co l ns hi re . Jan.lT, James Johnston, Manchester, Lancashire, draper, at ten, at the Royal Hotel, Mosley -street, Manchester. Jan. 21, John Leech, Hurstbourne Priors, Southampton, corn dealer, at five, at the white Hart Inn, Andover. Jan. 22, Jas. Wiuscom, Andover, Southampton, linen draper, at ten, at the White Hart Inn, Andover. CERTIFICATES, JAL IL John Gallemore, jun. and John Foster, Ardwick, Lancashire. John Martindale, of the Flaws, Chester-le -street, Durham, farmer. Michaet Heaton, nerd's House, Haworth, Yorkshire, worsted spinner and manufacturer. Henry Weatherald and Thomas Wea therald, Mickley-mill, Kirkby Alalseard, Yorkshire, flax spinners. Nathaniel W. Worley, Seaomont-chase,Uppinshatr, Rotlandahire, dealer. J. Board, late of Highbridge, Somersetshire, shopkeeper. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Abraham Rees and John Eaton, Strand, tailors and drapers. Jenkins Jones and Robert Webb, Great Tower street, and of High-street, - Southwark, provision merchants. J. B. Austin and William Winter, New Alresford and Romsey, finutbampton, sur geons. Joseph Atkinson, jun. John Ellen; and John Kirk, Brad ley Mills, Dalton, Kirkheaton, Yorkshire, wood-cutters. John Holland and John Guiding, filanche.ter, cotton goods manufac. curers. Henry Early and John Whymark, Great Waterloo -street, Waterloo-road, Lambeth, Surrey, drapers. J. Davenport, H. Davenport, H. Poritigny, and M. Fynney, Longport, Staffordshire, and of Liverpool and London, glass and china manufacturers. W. George and T. Phillips, Gellygrose, Alonythusioyne, hlonmeuth attire, shopkeepers. Chas. Wells and Edward Wells, BlrMlngfiam, manufacturers of Brkannia metal wares. Benjamin Butterworth, George Maihnson, and Edward Johnson, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, I merchants. Elizabeth Rushton and John Rushton (executrix and : executor of the late Thomas Rushton, deceased), Great Lever, Lan- eashire, and W. amber, Ilohoo•Ie-Moors, manufacturing chemists.: William Smith and John Charnock Jones, Choriton-row, Mulches.: ter, glass dealers. Wm. Barrett and Edward Hockley, Bell-yard, Doctors Commons, conveyancers. Fanny Apps, Henry Talcum, and George Ha rod (executrix and executors •f the late Edward Apps), and William Dunk, Counter-street, Southwark, Surrey, hop and seed factors. Matthew Brownlie, John Clark, and Joseph C. Buchanan, Greenock, copper and tin smiths. George Sylvester and Thomas Sylvester. Trowbridge, Wiltshire, surgeons and apotheca ries. John Mumfotd, William Ileskins, and &miry Stevenson, Wood -street, Cheap,ide, lacemen. J. K. Matterson and W. D. Henwood, Bath, Somersetshire, linendrapers. Gazza►c W AVRRAOR OP TIIR PRICE OF BRITIMi CORN, WHICH GOTCRINI IMPORT•T/ON E MAD, OP TO Dec. 21. Wheat 325. Od. I Oats 225. Id. I Beans 41s. 4d. Barley 30s. SU. nye 3.15. OJ. Peas 435. 9J. FRENCH PAPERS. FROM THE GAZETTE DE FRANCE, DATED DEC. 27. PARIS, Racism& t 6. Official accounts from St. Petersburg!), dated the 6th of Dec. announce the following details: "Immediately after the taking of Tauris, Feth Ali Khan, who had hi id the office of Governor General of that city, had been commissioned by Abbas Mizza to carry proposals of peace to General Paskewitsch. The latter took advantage of this mission, to make Feth Al. Khan the organ of his answer, and to acquaint the Per sian Prince with the conditions upon which peace would .be granted. A few days afterwards, he received by the same officer the assurance of .he entire adherence of Abbas !Ooze, the news of the sending of a Persian Ple 'nipoteat ary in the pet s - rn of his Caimacan, orp:incipal Mini ter, and an uq,ent request to 61 as soon as pos sible the time and place for an interview, which the Prince himself asked of the General in •C'hief. In con sequence, M. Obsenoff, Councillor of State met the Per sian Plenipotentiary on the 2d of Novemte-, in a village beyond Tauris, where they agreed the next thy on the following preliminaries : " 1. 'That the Schah of Persia should entirely cede to u: the whole of the Khanate of Erica!), boll on this and the other side cf the Arates as well as the Khanate of Nakhitehevan. " 2. That the Russian part of Wyche, which had been occupied by the Persians, 'should be restoted to us immediately after the conclusion of the peace. " That a pecuniary indemnity should be paid to us for the expenses of the war, and the injury done by the invasion of the enemy. " 4. That a part of this indemnity should be paid , immediately on the signature of the peace, and the re mainder its short intervals. " 5. That, till the whole is paid, our troops should occupy, by way of security, the wh..le of the -province of Adaerbidjan. " The plenipotentiaries having la the same time fixed the term of six days, dating from the sth of Novembzr, to wait for the categorical• assent et Abbas Mhla to these preliminaries, liesseralTaskewitsch received - from him, on the 9th of Illireesiibei; an answer, by which he declares, that he entirely assents to them. In cnnse quence, the interview .was to take place, on the 16th of Novanber, atThkhargane, a village between Tauris and &Lasagna, so that we have every reason to beli:ve that peace is now actually signed." (Tut Gazelle has no news whatevar from the East besides that already published from the A/gem:eine • Zeitiols) PRIVATE LETTER. *0 to of oor political writers, M, Conchois le Make. has thought proper to write and publish a letter to the Duke of °leans. This pamphlet, where the author tries to imitate the style of Paul Courier, !rad for its object to etcite the Prince to play a political part.— This singular step is one of the most inconvenient and distressing things which could occur st the present moment. it tends to diVide men who ought now' to march in a common inlet est and towards a common ,thject. It awakens unjust suspicions, and appears to revive the chimera of a party whom diseased imagina tions and malignant feelings wish to find every where. The King. it is ta;cl, read this letter, and spoke of it to the . Duke of (Means, saying, I. My cousin, they wish to divide Os; they shAll not succeed." Reasonable people are affi cted at this piece of folly. When will men learn that audacity is not always courage, and that seal firmness and efficient power exist only in mo deration ? CONS FANTINOPLE. Letters from Constantinoplb of the 29th ult. state. that on the 28th, the Reis Efkmdi culled on the &she , ~wrbassador (a most unpsual circumstance), and in substance mentioned, that . if the Greek que.tion was the only subject of negocicion, the Porte would be glad to get rid of Greece (a most unprofitable posses. sion certamlv), if any means could be adopted by which the feelings of the Sultan should not be hurt. 0 r the 28th the English Minister transmitted to the Consul ao official Note, slating he was about laving Constanti nople; that the . Consul and all the English residents who might Oink fit to depurt with him, must be ready forthwith, and th4t all the official papers belonging to the Embassy and Consulate most be put on board the Comet merchant ship ; he also added (in case any Eng lishman might think proper to remain), the departure of the Ambassadors could not hi taken as a certain cri terion that a war was inevitable ; hostilities would only ,commence through some act of the Porte. The Consol summoned the merchants to his house, and laid before 'them the official communication of Mr. Canning. The reply of the Porte to the application for passports was not receivel at the date of these letters ; a general opi pion was entertained that no passports would be grant• ed, but that the answer would be, it You came wtthout passports, and you may go without them : let the act of departure be your own. MEXICO. Capt. Lyon, gives the following description of his lodgings: Hogarth's . ° Enraged Musician' never suffered more than I have done, in consequence of the utter imposti- I batty of enjoying one quiet hour to attend to me busi ness. I may be pardoned for giving some description of my trouble, in order to shew that, with every dis position to accommodate myself to circumstances, it was quite impossible to sit easy under such a constant din. The back door of my room, which supplied the . place M a window, opened into a yard in which 18 hens and numerous ch;ckens were wont to ramble.— A horse tied to a tree neighed at intervals to its two responsive fellow servants in a small open stable.— Four dogs, of various voices and most provoking tempers, growled and barked constantly at each other, or at five starveling cats and their kittens, from day light until sun-set, and from dark again until morning. The pro jecting eaves of the house formed a kind of covered way, to protect Dona Francisca from the sun—sheltering also one of my greatest torments. On a pole, suspended by a rope at each end, swung a parrot, which talked inces santly, and very much in the same key as its mistress.— Patches of Spanish songs,terms of in ult and opprolrium, expressions of endearment, curses and orisons to the Virgin, succeeded each other in a rapidity of utterance altogether peculiar to the mistress and the bird. It was alsa ray fate to hear two young Indian women and a little talkative girl grind maize, slap tortillas, sing, gossip, and laugh abundantly, within two yards of my door; and at meal times, the smell and sound of fish and other viands frying in oil was added to the har mony. Francisca, of whose tones words can give no adequate idea, had adopted a sickly, yellow, and fretful little child, ai h a perpetual scream, and con stant restlesso&s. The gvallings cf this poor infant, which were faithfully i riitated by the parrot, eli cited alternately co:zings, scoldings, and whippings from its madrina; and the general result was, that the! wretched baby, on being turned a; a punishment into ' the yard, would creep in and sob in one corner of my little r rom. I say nothing of the pigs and a kid or two (which, unhappily for me, had excellent lungs), or of n Antonio's consant squabbles abort politics with a sickly fellow lodger of min.., Alio when not otherwise ! occupied, dropped in to tell nee of all his ailments. But when 1 aid to this list of miseries, the insufferably pow erful fangs of the fl:as, bugs, mosquitos, sandflies, and, garrapatos, which feasted upon me in those moments ! when I most required rest, my situation may be easily imagined." ENCROACHMENTS OF THE SEA. FROM TIIE LIVEKPJOL COURIER. That changes of a very extraordinary nature isas4 taken place, in the lapse of time, on the neighbouring casts of Cheshire, as wellas upon our own chore, to the northward of this town, is very evident to any one who has observed the relics of what has formerly existed. We would state, by way of illustrating this proposition, one simple tact—that trunks and roots of trees are to be found un ier the sand below high water marls, bear ing evident plods, from their amazing size and ex tended ramifications, of their having had a living exis tence at one time on the spot where the routs are now seen, (however remote, it is not our present business to inquire,) exhibiting the presence of forests of no incon siderable magnitude. These remains are found upon I the sea shore in the neighbourhood of Crosby, and ex ' tended along the sea-board as far as the Dee, in Che shire. Thii is a subject of curious speculation. which has not unficcinently engaged our attention. To those who It eve had any experience in the cultivation of trees on the bleak and stetil vicinity at the entrance of the Mersey, it will appear a puzzliug question to solve, how forests could ever have existed where now there is a difficulty in rearing even a nursery ? To that ques tion we have never yet obtained a satisfactory solu tion, nor had the least light thrown upon a circum stauct at present almost altogether Mt sight of, but which is, in reference to •Ose future, of no inconsi erairle importanCe. There is no way of accounting' for this singular change which the revolution of ages! must have wrought on the present Margin of the sea, but by supposing the absence of the water in long •• gone. by times,' and this itself will not help us out of the difa ficulti, except by supposing that the I:snood:tries of the deep were very distant, probably milels.froas the highest point to which it now flows: this we infer from the M.' ficuity of rearing trees of a moderate size at a distance' of a cower or half a mile from the borders of the sea, in this neighbourhood. We are well aware that the ob servations which We have made will not apply to many pasts of the sea coast of this kingdoth, and we make them exclusivelrin reference to our own vicinity, lying as it does so much exposed to the N.W. gales, which predominate throughout the year. If, then, we have,. in any degree, e s t a bli s h e d the 'fact, that very important , changes have taken place on the sea shore, at the eu-. trance of the Mersey, simply from observations, without calling in the aid of tradition, which would favour the supposition that formerly the shores of Lancashire and Cheshire were united where now the spa rolls its cur rent nsagpificently round the rock point, or that they were diai 'ed by a very narrow stream. Giving to tra ditions no more valve than they now otitled to, we have the living testimony of nu sib mir of indivi•. duals to prove the rapid advance o f t h e sea on the entire line of coast from Leasowe-cattle to the mouth of the Dee. Large tracts of grazing land on the mar gin of the sea have, by ins. 'bible degrees been oc cupied by successive encroachments of , he water, and where once the gaieties of the race and rural limas en livened the greensward, the water now oft tolls in ter rific grandeur, and the lifeless corpse of the mariner, and the slisjointed fragments of his shattered b 4 t k, some times lie scattered on the sandy beach, and present View selves to the eye of the spectator in solemn contrast. There is no fiction in this:-it is the simple langnage of fact. A great prtion of the land which lies betwixt the boundaries we have mentioned is considerably below the level of the tide at high-water, and is °sly preserved, in many places, from the irruption of the ocean by a very insecure boundary of sand, casually thrown up by the operation of the wind and the waves. It would, however, be well if that were the case all along the bleak coast: but how stands the fact? More than a mile of that part of the shore betwixt Leasowe castle. and running westward of Leasowe light-house, this natural or artificial boundary is now entirely de stroyed, and that gap is exposed to the gradual en croachment of the water, without the slightest check to its further advances. Oa Saturday last our attention was drawn to this subject by a friend, who stated, that on till Wednesday before, he understood that the sea had broken over in this spot, and had done considerable damage to the pasture and other grounds on that part of the commas. With a view to learn the particulars of the case, we visited the place on Monday, sod with some difficulty ' found our way over the marsh. which now lies partially covered with salt water, and the fdllowing is the result • of our inquiry :—On Wednesday, the 19th, the wind blew lions the south-west, a violent gale, which raised the tide from four to five feet above its expected height, which was rather under twenty feet. The water on that day broke oyes the Leasowe with resistless fury, inun dating the common for several hundred yards inland, and in one part more than halfamilt from its ordinary boundary; filling the ditches, pools, and covering the fields and enclosures of the poor cottagers, sweeping away many of their fences, saturaif g their gardens, pasture, and tillage land with salt water, thereby ren dering them comparatively barren for years to come, even if they should be preserved free from another similar visitation. The Leasowe lighthouse was encompassed with water, flowing up to the kitchen reps and beating the ground with such violence, as to leave large hol lows within a few yards of the building. Many young men could inform us from their own knowledge, of the advance of the sea for several hundred yards, and described their having frequently seen the roots and trunks of large oaks, more than two hundred yards below the point of high water mark, lying amongst the " black braes" (a kind of peat), There is one fact, however, of such an extraordinary nature, in reference to the advance of the watery deity over the territories of his rival element, that we are persuaded few if any of the inhabitants of the town, now living, are ac quainted with. We htd the relation from a venerable and intelligent cot.aAer, whim we found in a clean but humble cottage on the margin of the marsh, sitting . beside a group of his youthful descendants, a scene not retidered the less interesting by the presence of the " three months" widowed mother, who, with watery eye, stood pensive in the centre of her orphan brood, apologizing kr not having the apartment in better or der. Oi being asked what he knew in relation to the encroachment of the sea, since his early days? he re ined. " These lags (pointing to the fl for) on which my chair stands, were taken from the bottom of a well which in forme days supplied us with water, but it now lies racked up and buried two or three hundred yards below the reach of the tide. " Many a time,"said the old veteran, his eyes kindling . into increased anii :nation, " have I enjoyed the favourite sport of prison bars, when we used to assemble in our youthful days, more than a quarter of a mile from the present flow.of the tide. A lighthouse," continued the old man, " then stood far out on the beach, to the northward of the present one, nearly half a m le, if not altogether all out. That lighthouse was long rendered useless by the , encroachment of the water; it was pulled down, sad the present one was built in the year 1763, and I assisted in building it. At that time there was a high ridge of sand hills and mill grass, to keep off the tide, at a con siderable distance from the present lighthouse. The hills and glass are now all gone, and there is nothing now left to stop the water, which is making rapid ap proaches inland ; and, unless something be clone, I know not what will become of us. Last week we suf fered terribly." To this recital we listened With intense interest, never • having heard of the existence of the lighthouse to which the old man referred with such graphic vivacity. Pro bably perceiving something sceptical in our language or manner, " It's true, you may depend upon it, Sir, 1 assure you," rejoined the venerable old cottager, nearly approaching his ninetieth year. Well, and 'hat is your opinion of the encroachments which the tide is makiag on your shore? " Why, I thick," continued be, " tbilk . the day is not very distant when the water will break over this Leasowe, and drown all the land. - and dm make its way to Liverpool through Wallasey Pool.' i\