The Sun.
London, England, 1801-12-16 00:00:00

LIFE. BOAT.

-Scarborough, JW, vcinber 24

THE introduetion of every novel, invention, how..
ever excellent may be the principles of its construc—
tion-, has frequently to combat. with. violent prejtt-
diees, difficult to be conquered. This has, in a
great measure, been. the:case witli the invention Of.
:the Life-boat„ which has by no means been adopted
to the extent which it so justly merits; not With..,
.standing the•.numerous:; indisputable proofs of ,its
,admirable utility in tle preservation of the lives of
ship-wrecked Mariners. It, would be consoling to
Humanity, and highly creditable to the, National'.
:Charader, if, a Life-boat were to be stationed in
every POrt of the Sea,cOast of the United Kingdom,
where it might be-convenient and useful; and if the
following account of the services of the Scarborough
Lifeboat, built from the plan arid directions of
Mr. GREATH E AD, of South Shields, should in any
degree contribute to such a laudable establishment,
ttliese‘COminitnications will not be deemed a vain or
unnecessary -Obtrusicin : .

On Monday the zd inst.,
_we were visited by a
most tremendous storm from the Eastward, accom-
panied with a torrent' of rain.; and I scarcely re-
member baying. seen the sea .so mountainous. In
the midst of the storm, the Aurorq, of Newcastle,
approaching the Harbour, was driven ashore to the
Southward, and being in the most imminent dan-
ger, the. Life-bout was immediately launched to her
assistance. The place where the vessel lay, was
exposed to the. whole force of the waves raging
front. the oven ocean, and she was surrounded with
broken water, :which ;dashed over her decks with
great violenee. On This perilous occasion, the Life_
boat .proCeeded through the 'breach of the foaming
.sea ; and, from her excellent. mounted
on the summit- of the waves, without shipping any
;water, ikcepting a little from the 'dashing spray.
On going to theleeparter of the vessel, the Boat
*;was endangered by the main-boom, which had
broken loose, and was driving about with great
force this circumstance obliged them to go aloirg.
side, where they took out four of the crew-, but the
waves which broke over the decks having nearly
filled the Boat with water, the boatmen were in-
duced to-put off for a moment, when seeing three
boys (the remainder of the crew) clinging to the
trigging, And, in danger of perishing, they instantly
returned' and took them into the Boat, and brought
the whole to the shore in safety. ,By the means of
the Life-boat and- the exertions Of the Boatmen.
Seven men and boyS were thus saved to their friends
and their Country; and preserved from that inevi-
table destruffion which otherwise awaited them.—
It is also worthy of ;attention, that it was the opi-
nion of every person present, of any nautical judg_
ment, that no boat of the common constrtietion
could have possibly perfornied, this 'service; and
our Fishermen, though ,the most adventrous:of men,
declared that they dared not to have-Made the at.-
tempt in their own boats.

Another circumstance of a similar nature hap_
pened.in a gale of wind on the 2rst instant :—A
Sloop attempting to gain the Harbour, Oas pre_
vented by,the witld, and obliged to anchor in the
midst, of a raging sea. On hoisting a signal of dis-
tres, the Life-boat immediately proceeded to her
assistance, and by means of ropes which were car-
ried in the Boat, the Sloop was brought into the
,
Harbour, and the vessel acid crew were thus pre-
served from the most perilous, situation.

HINDERWELL

Loisic .SERVITUDE.---A few days ago,- a person
walking in the grounds belonging to His Grace the
Duke of Northumberland, at Alnwick Castle, ob-
serving three. very aged men at work in one place,
was prompted by curiosity to in-quire how long each
of them had been engaged in that employment ;
when he learnt 'the following no less true than re-
markable statement :

:hrmes Walker .said he had been employed in 'tire
service of the above noble family' for a pericia of
5;x,: -se-ven years !

l'homas Jtay declared, according to the best of
his recolleftion, he had been full 'sixty
.years in the
said employment !

Joseph Frizzle said he had been Pzven'ty-stven
years in the Duke's service. _
It appears, therefore, that the servitride of the
two former mast have commenced at 'this time when
the Percy estates were possessed by the. Duke of
Somerset; father to ihe.late Dutch iss of Northum-
berland. •

The same person was informed, that in his Grace's
grounds three other men were, a)so employed,. \the
periods of whose service are as follow, viz.
Charles Hardy, upwards oeffty-three years !
William Loraine, full thirty -five years !
Matthew Davison, forty y ears, some shortin-
tervats excepted.
During the time the grow ads were laying out for
improvement in kimme.
above-mentioned William. Loraine, who is by pro-
fession. a gardener, stuac, a small twig into the
earth, merely as a mark;, which has since so much
increased in growth; .a s to be not less -remarkable
for the magnitude. of its circumference in- the truok,
than for the extent ,0' f its spreading branches.
Caution to
to Lad:: _es. who have Favourite Dogs,
aWe have
Heir saying, that a most amiab:e
young Lady lately lost her life by an over-affeetion
to an old French Lap Dog he was not only the
companion of her walks,' but of her bed ; extreme .
age having hr ought on mange, offensive breath, and
other diseai es, a putrid diso4ler, was the conse-
que,cce., and, the Lady , fell a vidirn a tenderness
if oestowed upon a worthy Husband, wculd
have dose her honour.

'in she night of Saturday last some thieves broke
11 Ito a furnished house in
.St. James's-place, .which
was left without' any person to take.cafe of it, iud
carried off almost the whole of the furniture.

A few nights ago a corn-dealer of Stevenage,
Herts, was stopped on horseback between Ponder's
End
.and Edmonton, by tw,o highwaymen, with
crape over their faces, who robbed him of 'Bank
Notes to the amount of 6741.