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Oh the Ethnology of the Liverpool District, with Notices of the Hoj/laJtc 
Antiquities. By the Rev. Abraham Hume, D.C.L., LL.D., Liverpool. 
I'he author noticed, first, the physical features of the district, remarking that, 
f'im the extent of forest and marshy ground, the proportion actually inhabited was 
tu<a»rsfivejy limited. This was mainly along the sea-coast and river margins, ns 
'■ 1.x* in villages, and along leading lines of road. Great part of the huudred of 
, ’ ra N was uninhabited, and in Lancashire, the low-lying district to the north of 
tnvvn. I n the Roman times, the Brigantines inhabited Lancashire, and the 
' %'navii Cheshire. Afterwards, the Saxons dispossessed both; and in S‘j4 the 
®£' Z(; d Chester, but were expelled by Alfred, and forced to retreat through 
• rth Wales. The names of places arc interesting, as Inch and Llondegan, words 
r J m *j nc > c 'd British, and Mackorlicld in Lancashire. The last word was 
;/ /wily Maeshir, or the Long Field, but the Saxons not understanding it, added 
I, ! p 7 Th e Banish names of places lie along the water-side, as Pensby, 
. j. rankby, Greasby, Kirkby (West), Kirkby in Wallcy (Wallasey), Kirkdalc, 
'•Vr.irK Tne Saxon names are found further inland, ns Bebington, 
l ' urcti,U|iton, Everton, Litherland,Thornton. Mersey.Tranmere.andBoIton- 
r. K.Vr . , a ^ r °- rman ,orm » "'Bile Up-IIrillnnd. Down-Holland, and Pilling. 
t ,., ancicn t condition of the district. The principal illustration, how- 
II, J y|.L e * i es °t population which had [tossed over the district, consisted of the 
•!, v iTiibrn r , {l Bdow high-water mark, near Leasowe Lighthouse. In size 
r <yefrDmrt lloral, y wely object from n needle to an anchor; in antiquity they 
^“'Prchend o m ° St P. r ‘ ro ’ tlve periods to the time of George the Third ; in art, they 
of wwy variety, from the most simple aid for human conveniences, u[t to 
Sion, the ■ l ? tlS u C ’ ntc ' rcst * They illustrate the pro-historic, the Celtic, the 
tirse andbeonl r e Isnrman «n*l mcdiaval periods, but especially the Saxon 
‘Oiportanf rl' 1 Bn happens that Hoy lake was a line of communication, near 
''"»e into sr,,, :Z,° rs am1 when Chester began to decline as a port, it rose for a 
I ^"Vater level „d Ti”**' Nefu 'ly 3000 acres of land in llidstui. Marsh nrr below 
11 *wcnt awn,. , , sea tr ‘ es t0 recover its own again. An entire village has 
l7; L again toian n<t , ® ca 'heach has exhibited various aspects from 1771 to 
II and hnm , . aUtl present time. The objects consisted of celts, objects 
'■ !, 'H needle pn« ' CaiS * ur ant * shafts, pheons, keys, ti&hJiooke, spoons, 
fibula? nlfw 8 lm *rest, crosses, rings in great variety, scissors, buckles, 
a comb’ ” U ct9 J bones > coins whole, halved and quartered, seals, palmers’ 
' J "^eit Collection^ a ax! 10 ! 1 ' 1 ’ &c * Tho wholc of lhem were exhibited with the 
"cction on Wednesday evening, the 27th. 
0/1 lh 1081 Tribe s of Israel. By James K ennedy, LL.D. 
° a tke non ‘Rus8ian Populations of Russia in Europe. 
, r ° the pre8ent 1R - G. Latham, Mb., F.R.S. 
* llere *a arelUSd the nilmh 6 muJe j n f lie Statistical Section is tho comply, 
that i t,lei r names and rln aa d distribution of the tribes under notice, 
\ y r ^"Jpted here. c,aa 3 »ftcation. The general view of their history is all 
{* °? r consideration the recent settlers or colo- 
l, ?l,i, "uriL 0 [ tlle J " ws and (L^! 8 C lfu! l?lnillly , al, ? n * thou 8 h now naturalized, 
r, ‘l that th S kln Sdoma, & c _ iVattnrl 3 populations of the frontiers of the 
1 , SgHte remaining rwm ? !actuttn *> Bulgarians, &c. 1 laving done this we 
<Sz j* u r great ^ 
Tart2t munli ' of ttMMtantinoi L J -' S 7 hosP ,ftn S ua g e akin to the 
tJ-jThc gratia,, • ’ ° ngM “ l graphical area being Inde- 
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