The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-26 00:00:00

WASTE OF SEA-COASTS.

THE REGISTRATION FOR NOR

LANCASHIRE.
(From the Manchester Guardian.)
The following circular shows the alarm which Prelnsioisf
in the monopolist camp respecting the representation
the northern division of this county whenever an el_n
may occur: 11,
Dear Sir,—At a meeting, Blackburn,this day, opf several igBeu--tj,e:e
mer favourabk to the maintenance of the Conservati
. seri
interest in the northern division of this county,
ously menaced by the active exertions of the Anti-00.orf°
d
law League, a scheme was submitted for improvit!!,tah"at
rendering more efficient the registration of vot 'll
interest, throughout the division ; which "fess expense
received, but cannot be carried out at a
than from 1,5001. to 2,000 L annually'.
It was the unanimous opinion of
the meeting that it
h
would not be right to allallowthe Afew-e-rs for the
but division
to bear the whole of so' serious an outlay ; for the purpose
that
subscription ought to be entered into,
of raising a fund from which the expenses may
be d°-
frayed.
I am, therefore, requested to draw your attention
ntc3)
the matter, and to solicit your assistance ; for which I u„
convinced no argument is requisite, because of the °by'
ous necessity of a strenuous effort being now made, 111;
less the supporters of a Conservative line of policit-,
prepared, at the next election, to surrender their lei:
mate influence at the will of an unconstitutional or'
dation.

The subscriptions are requested for two years 01/2
by way of experiment • and the maximum IS lieniteti
'
to 10/, in order to afford scope for a general manifesta-
tion of support. I shall feel obliged by your forwarding
any sum you may think proper to contribute, at your
earliest convenience, to Mr. Backhouse,• solicitor, the•
secretary for this district.
I am, dear Sir, yours. faithfully,
WILLIAM FEILDEN, Chairman.

BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY.—The Premier has
ra
just arrived here by the train from London, on his wadDrayton Manor, to spend Christmas with his family. 1,?2,6
the Right Hon. Baronet being recognised in his carriage j4_116,0t
number of gentlemen who were assembled cheered him
Might
enthusiastically,and continued their applause until the log"
obert
Hon.
looked
well,ro eat
ngdo t
appearedintolii his carriage
much
pleasedand drove oa
tv et ohfce
eSirar hearty
come he received.
GLASGOW PIG IRON TRADE, DEC. 23.
said to have improved these two days past. Founders sift:
plying their immediate wants have had to pay 755,,:„1]eat
Several sales were made at 775. 6d. and 80s. credit; while,
the same time, we believe, several thousand tons could
been procured at 725. 6d. cash. The appearance of imPr°,l',.o
ment is caused by our present political position
r
pausing until something definite takes place. This Page
has, for some time past, been endeavouring to impress on it
trade the propriety of an extension of malleable works one
means of consumpt for pig iron. We have just learned t
—prices are
an extensive firm, engaged solely in the manufacture of Pcig
iron, have surveyed ground near Coatbridge, and on will__
they are to erect a malleable work on an extensive scale.
The National.
; n'd
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—The Atrapilatory, or
Hair Dye, the only dye that really answers for all colours, an
does not require re-doing, but as the hair gr
commonows, as it never
fades or acquires that unnatural red or purple tint common
all other dies. Ross and Sons can, with the greatest coufidese*
recommend the above dye as infallible, if done at their eAr
blishment ; and ladies and gentlemen requiring it are
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quested to bring a friend or servant with them to see heir
used, which will enable them to alo it afterwards without tb•
chance of failure. Several private apartments devoted el:
tirely to the above purpose, and some of their establishutep"
having used it, she effect produced can be at once seen. Tile/
think it necessary to add, that by attending strictly to the In-
structions given with each bottle of dye, numerous perseeshave
succeeded equally well without coming to them. Atturei
;i
Ross and Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, the celebrat
Perruquiers, Perfumers, Hair-cutters, and Hair dyers.
Parties attended at their own residences, whatever 1.131
distance.

[ADVERTISEMENT.I—The fame of 110110 WRY, , Pills,
in the cure of headaches, dimness of sight, deranged stozallot
and disordered livers, as likewise in restoring strength and
vigour in cases of debilitated constitutions, is so great, that
even in the East Indies the different castes and natives are
taking but little other medicine than these famous Pills. 4/1
native agent in the Presidency of Bombay sold lately, retail,
fifty-three dozen boxes in fifteen days. The extraordino9
cures performed by these Pills, when all other means fad, is
truly wonderful. Females will find this a most admirable
medicine.—S:l by all druggists, and at Professor Hollosvafs
establishment, 244, Strand, London.
DESTRTJCTIVE FIRE. —LIVER POOL, WEDNESDAT.-°:
A dreadful fire broke out at an early hour this morning a'
the extensive iron foundry of Messrs. Smith and Willey, 'll
Smithdown-lane, called the Edgehill and Windsor Foundry The alarm was first given about three o'clock, and when the
engines arrived the whole building was in a blaze, and we re-
gret to say there was a very great deficiency of water in the
first instance. The consequence was, the flames spread ra"
pidly, and all efforts to arrest their progress were abortive,
until the roof had fallen in and the first floor burned through.
The building is completely gutted, and at present only at a
front outer walls are standing. About 300 workmen are
thrown out of employment by this catastrophe; The damage
is estimated at nearly 20,0001. Many valuable patterns were
destroyed, and all the machinery. The insurance is said to
amount to only 8,000/. in the West Of England office. About
4,0001. of the stock of machinery now destroyed had only been
lodged in the building a few weeks ago. Nothing is known
at present of the origin of the fire.
ELECTION MOVEMENTS IN NORWICH.--A requisi-
tion is in course of signature in this city to Sir William
Foster, Bart„ and S. M Peto, Esq., the railway contractor,
to allow themselves to be put in nomination at the next elec-
tion.— Cantbridge Advertiser.

BIRTH.•
On the 24th inst., the wife of the Rey. John M Sumner,
Rector of Bluiton, of a son.

MARRIED.
On the 23d ult., at Wattisfield Church, Suffolk, Henri
Ellis, Esq., surgeon, to Elizabeth Freeman, second daughter
of W. A. Freeman.

On the 23d inst., at West Wickham, Kent, James Corry
Sherrard, Esq., to Louisa, eldest daughter of C. H. Hall, EN
of West Wickham.

LIED,

On the 23d inst., at Chatham-place, David Foggo, Esq.
On the 23d inst.,. at Addington-place, Camberwell, Eliza-
beth Ann, wife of Mr. John Hopkinson. •
On the ISth inst., at Hastings, Jacob Phillips, Esq., of the
Inner Temple, barrister-at-law.
On the 22d inst., at Bath, T. E. Blackwell, Esq.
On the 22d inst., William George, the infant son of Mr.
Thomas P•ofrey, solicitor, of Walcot-place, East, Lambeth.
On the 23d inst., at Brighton, Claude, youngest son of W.
Marshall, E: q.,
On the 2-Ith inst., Hannah, the wife of Mr. George Black-
burne, of Mark-lane and Islington.

ondon : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, ef
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112,
Strand, in the Precirutt of the Savoy in the -County of
ithidlesex, Friday, December 26, 1545.

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The abbey of Whitby, at its first erection by Lear
Hilda in 958, is reported to have been a mile from the
. sea; but the distance from the verge of Whitby 0.4
cliff to the nearest part of the abbey, measured in the
line of transept, was found in 1816 to be little more than
200 yards. Along the coast line of Yorkshire, from
Bridinngton Quay to Spurn Point, the shore has no /In'
portant inlet or prejection, and consists of beds of Cl)'a
grave), sand, and chalk rubble; and exposed to a strong
current from the north, as well as, to the uncontrolled
action of the waves, the annual devastation committed
here is very extensive. Of the villages of Auburn,
Hartburn, and Hyde, in the Bay of Bridlington, only
• the remembrance remains. Several places on the sbore,
• preserve, in the termination of their names, a tnemorist
of mores; or freshwater lakes, once having existed in
their neighbourhood—as Skipsea, Kilnsea,.and Withers'
sea, the Scandinavian sic) signifying a lake; but the sea
has broken into these mores, and absorbed them, though
recesses on the shore seem to mark the spots they 01. d:
occupied. The mere at Hornsea still survives; 111;
this place which was once several miles inland'
has been brought within half a mile of the waters
edge, and the hamlet of Hornsea Beck been utterly de-
stroyed. The waste of the coast amounts to about four
yards a year; and farmers may be met with who bare
witnessed the corn- wave where the sea now prevails.
The depredations of the ocean . towards Spurn Point, It.
the entrance of the Humber estuary, hare been still more
considerable;, nor is it unlikely that the Point will ele
long become an island. Ravenspur—with the latter pa"
of which word the name Spurn seems to be connected, an
'important place in this locality—has long since been lost,
with a number of other places in the vicinity, belonging
to Bristol Priory; and the site of the priory itself has
been totally swept away. Pennant remarks—" The site'
and even the very names of several places, once towns°
note peen the Humber, are now only recorded in his,-
tory ; and Ravenspur was at one time a rival to hull'
and a port so very considerable in 1332, that Edward
Baliol and the confederated English barons sailed from
hence to invade Scotland; and Henry IV., in 1399, made
choice of this port to land at, to effect the deposal °
Richard IL ; yet the whole has long since been de-
voured by the merciless ocean ; extensive sands, dry 11,1,'
low water, are to be seen in their stead." Mr. I.Ye"
makes a remarkable statement respecting Sheringbald'
on the coast of Norfolk.—"l ascertained, in 1829, '-'0113:
facts which throw light upon the rate at which the sea
gains on the land. It was computed, when the present
inn was built, in 1805, that it would require seventr
years for the sea to reach the spot, the mean loss oflenc.
being calculated, from previous observations, to be soln„e•
what less than one yard anneally. The distance al.
tween the house and the sea was fiftards ; but so s
lowance was made for the slope of theground being fr°ra
the sea, in consequence of which the waste was nr,
turally accelerated every year, as the cliff grew losve_•
there being at every succeeding period less matter to 70
move when portions of equal area fell down. Betwls
the years 1824 and 1829, no less than seventeen Y3,reft
were swept away, an only a small garden was then th
between the building and the sea. There is now der,
of twenty feet—sufficient to float a frigate—at one P%a
in the harbour of the port, where only forty-eight Ye nrs
ago, there stood a cliff fifty feet high, with houses urge
it. If once in half a century an equal amount debt
were produced at once by the momentary shock (3`..ch
earthquake, history would be filled with records of.:mth,
wonderful revolutions of the earth's surface ; but !'
elo•
conversion of high land into deep sea be gradual,
cites only local attention. The flag•staff of the Free r,
tive Service station, on the south side of this lor„red
has, within the last fifteen years, been thrice re A'.
inland, in consequence of the advance of the se