The Sun.
London, England, 1827-12-29 00:00:00

this subject by a friend, 'who stated, that on the
Wednesday before, he understood that the sea
had broken over in this spot, and had done con-
siderable damage to the pasture and other
grounds on that part of the common. With a
view to learn the particulars of the case, we
visited the place on Monday, and with some-
difficulty found our way over the marsh, which
now lies partially covered with salt water, aid.
the following is the result of our inquiry :—On
Wednesday, the 19th, the wind blew from the
south-west, a violent gale, which raised the ticla
from four to five feet above its expected height,
which was rather under 20 feet. The water on

that day broke over the Leasowe with resistless
fury, inundating the common for several hundred
yards inland, and in one part more than half a mile
from its ordinary boundary ; filling the ditchers,
pools, and covering the fields and enclosures of the
poor cottagers, sweeping away many of their
fences, saturating their gardens, pasture, and
tillage land with salt water, thereby rendering thent
comparatively barren for several years to come,
even if they should be preserved free from an-
other similar visitation. The Leasowe Light-
house was encompassed with water, flowing up
to the kitchen steps, and beating the ground with
such violence, as to leave large_ hollows 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 " black braes" (a kit n 1 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
acquainted with. We had the relation from a
venerable and intelligent cottager, whom 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 rendered
the less ' interesting by the presence of . the
" thi cc months" widowed mother, who, with
watery eye, stood pensive in the centre of
her orphan brood, apologising for not having
the apartment in better order. On being
asked what he knew in relation to the
encroachment of the sea, since his early days,
he replied, " These logs (pointing to the floor)
on which my chair stands, were taken from the
bottom of a well which in former 'days supplied
us with water, but it now lies racked up and bu-
ried two or three hundred yards below the reach,
of the tide. " Many a time," said the old vete-
ran, his eyes kindling into increased animation,
" 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 pre-
sent flow of the tide. A light-house," continued
the old man, " then stood far out on the beach,
to the northward of the present one, nearly half
a mile, if not altogether all out. That light-
house was long rendered useless by the encroach-
ment of the water ; it was pulled down, and 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 considerable distance from the
present light-house. The hills and grass are
now all gone, and there is nothing now left to
•,,, stop the water, which is making rapid approaches
inlsnd; and, unless something be done, I know
not what will become of us. Last week we suf-
fered terribly."
To this recital we listened with intense inte-
rest, never having heard of the existence of the
lighthouse to which the old man referred with
such graphic vivacity. Probably perceiving
something sceptical in our language'or manner,
" It is true, you may depend upon it, Sir, I as-
sure you," rejoined the venerable old cottager,
nearly approaching his ninetieth year. Well,
and what is your opinion of the encroachments
which the tide is making on your shore ? " Why,
I think," continued he, " that the day is not
very distant when the water will break over this
Leasowe, and drown all the land, and then make
its way to Liverpool through Wallasey Pchil."
And what then ? " There will not be a suffi-
cient flow of water through the liew channel to
admit ships of large burden ; but the current
will, by this means, be so much altered in the
neck of the Mersey, and will run with so much
ess force, that it will endanger the navigation of
;he river, and ruin Liverpool."

Mr. CRAWFORD, the Governor of Singa-
pore, with his family and suite, have arrived at GOULD'S
Hotel, Jermyn-street.

The remains of Captain BATHURST will be
buried with military honours, at 11 o'clock in the fore-
noon of this day (Thursday), at Stonehouse-chapel. A
procession, composed of the officers and men of the fleet,
the Royal Marines, and all the troops in garrison, will at-
tend the body to its resting place. The procession will be
formed at the Marine Barracks, where alLthe officers will
appear with crape on the arm and sword-knot. The bat-
talion of the Royal Marines will bead the procession. . The
body was landed yesterday at the Admiral's Yard, and con-
veyed privately to Marine Barracks. As an additional
mark of respect to the deceased, the colours at the Citadel,
St Nicholas Island, the Marine Practising Battery, and
Mount Wiss, will be placed half-staff high, from 10 until
12 o'clock.—Plymouth Journal.

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. - The Earl of
Harborough, at Stevens's lintel, from Sussex ; the Mar-
chioness of Cholmondeley, Lady Charlotte Seymour, and
the Marquis of Cholmondeley, yesterday, at.their house in
Piccadilly, from Hastings; the Marquis of Bristol, at his
house in St. James's-square, from his seat in Suffolk ; the
Earl and Countess Cowper, and Lady Emily Cowper, yes-
terday, at Lord Melbourne's, Whitehall, from their seat,
Pansanger, Herts; the Earl of Dartmouth, yesterday, in
Berkeley-square, from his seat, Sandwell, Staffordshire ;
Mr. and Mrs. Selby, in Connaught-place, from Paris;
Colonel and Mrs. Lloyd, in Brook-street, frOm' Lyme
Regis, in Dorsetsbire ; Sir Henry East, Bart. in S'trat-
ford-place ; Mr. and Mrs. Manby,
-Gloucester-place;
Mrs. William Haig and Miss Lees, in Gloucester-place,
from Edinburgh ; William Blathwayt, Esq. and Mrs.
Blathwavt, at Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-
square ; Mrs. and the Misses Salisbury, at ditto, from Sa-
lisbury ; Mrs. Leigh, and William Leigh, Esq. at ditto ;
Charles Brinsley Sheridan, Esq. at ditto; David Ricardo,
Esq. at ditto; J. if orthcote, Esq. M.P. at Fenton's Ho-
tel, St. James's-street, from Exeter; J. Brown, Esq. at
Jordan's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Manchester; Mr.
and Mrs. Duff, at the Brunswick lintel, Jermyn7street,
from the Continent; J. Lockwood, Esq. at the Burling-
ton Hotel, Old Burlington and Cork-streets, from- the
Continent.

•
DEPARTURES.—Dowager Lady Lloyd, for
Bath ; Mr. J. Joddrell, for Tetsworth, in Oxfordshire ;
Mr. Edward Pollexfen Bastard, M.P. for his seat in De-
vonshire ; Mr. Thomas Calverley, for Epsom ; Colonel
Gabriel, for Epsom ; Earl Cornwallis, for Linton Rail,
Maidstone ; Captain and Mrs. Swainson, for Peterbo-
rough ; Major and Mrs. Hall, for Bicester, in Oxfordshire ;
Colonel- Pocklington, from Marshal Thompson 's Hotel, for
13righton; Major Drummond, 10th Hussars, from ditto;
Colonel Nelthorp, front ditto ; the Duke of Norfolk, from
his house in St. James's-square, fur his seat, Worksop Ma-
nors, Notts ; the Hon. William Burrell, on a visit to Lord
and Lady Gwydyr, at their house, Bruuswick-place,
Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. Simpson, from Arlington-street,
t'or Bath; George Henrage, EN. from the Burlington
Hotel, for his seat in Lincolnshire; Sir Edward and Lad,"
Nlostyn, from Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, for
Leicester; John Poulett, Esq. from ditto, for the North ;
St. George Caulfield, Esq. from ditto, for Brighton ; R.
Saunders, Esq. from ditto, for Worcester ; Thomas Rau
Esq. from ditto, for Devonshire.