BROOMIELAW, WITH THE NEW BRIDGE, GLASGOW. THE SOLWAY, VIEW ACROSS THE FRITH. ALLONBY, WATERING-PLACE, WITH FISHING-BOATS. MARYPORT, TOWN AND HARBOUR, ENGLISH COAST. MARYPORT-PIER, IN A STORM. WORKINGTON, CUMBERLAND. WHITEHAVEN, CUMBERLAND. ----------- THE HARBOUR. ST. BEES' COLLEGE, WITH THE VILLAGE. ST. BEES' HEAD AND LIGHTHOUSE. FLEETWOOD-ON-WYRE. BLACKPOOL, WATERING-PLACE. BLACKPOOL SANDS. LYTHAM, LANCASHIRE. SOUTHPORT SANDS, LANCASHIRE. THE PORTS AND HARBOURS OF GREAT BRITAIN. TYNEMOUTH LIGHTHOUSE AND PRIORY. Our present engraving is a view of Tynemouth Lighthouse and Priory, with the life-boat in the act of saving the crew of a vessel, which has struck upon the rocks at the foot of the cliff on which the lighthouse is built. This incident, so effectively and appropriately introduced by the artist, Balmer, who has frequently witnessed the scene which he has depicted, is peculiarly characteristic of the neighbourhood of Tynemouth; for, in consequence of the danger of the entrance to Shields Harbour in stormy weather, with the wind from the eastward, more vessels are there lost than at the entrance of any other harbour in Great Britain; and in no part of the kingdom has the value of the life-boat been more frequently experienced. The view is taken from the entrance to Shields Harbour, about half a mile to the south-west of the lighthouse, which is seen rising from behind the extremity of the cliff which overlooks the entrance to Prior's Haven. Towards the centre of the land view are the ruins of Tynemouth Priory; while farther to the left, in the same distance, is seen the castle, now modernised and occupied as a garrison. The fore-ground to the left is the bank which forms the south-western boundary of Prior's Haven; and the rocks which are seen at its foot are a portion of the formidable _Black Middens_, which lie on the north side of the entrance to the harbour. The principal feature of the engraving under observation is the view of the life-boat, which is introduced with a thorough knowledge of the subject, and with a feeling and a character of truth which mere imagination can never inspire. The downward plunge of a boat's bows among broken water, while her stern is at the same time elevated by a slanting wave, was never more happily represented. A person who has been at sea, may almost fancy that he hears the resounding dash of the water against the curved bow, and the seething of the angry wave as it rises on each side. The idea of motion is admirably conveyed in the representation of the wave lashing over the floating mast, which is tossed about like a light spar by the violence of the sea; and the continued inward roll of the water, from the side and bow of the boat towards the shore, is no less naturally expressed.