Star.
London, England, 1802-02-04 00:00:00

LIFB-BOATS.

The great utility of Life-I3cats is row fo gene-
rally underftood, that we hope foen to have it in
our power to announce that they have been pro-
vided on every part of our coafts where Mariners
are expofed to the chance of being Thipwrecked.
Every thing that can tend to further fo ufeful an
ellablithment deferves particular attention and
conntenance from every friend so humanity ; and
we are happy in taking dui fl'aiint opportunity of
announcing that Mr. FITNIIY GREATHFAD, who
fo much improved and firft brought them into
praaice, has been hononrea with the attention of
the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Mann-
fatiures, and Commerce, Adelphi, who have
voted him their gold medal and a purfe of fifty
guineas, as a teflimony of the lento they entertain
Gf the benefits which have Tel-tilted to the country
from his indefatigable exertions.
We cannot here forbear quoting the Epilogue
to the fecond part of King Henry IV. aaed at
Reading School laft Otlnher, for the benefit of the
Humane Society. The Epilogue is from the pen
of WILLIAM BOLLAND, Ell. and the following
elegant and expreffive Lines are particularly ap-
plicable to the prefent lubjed.
When therms &rife, and thunders (hake the pole,
When high in sir the circhng billows roll,
Alone, yet feariefs of the tenipeit's roar,
Meek PITY ftrays along the fea-beat More:
She !tops, with liit'ning car, latent to mark
The diftant fignal of the found'fing bark.
Sodden the ihrieks !--a prompt and hardy train
Launch the ftrong Life-boat on the angry main,
Stretch to each finking wretch a guardian hand,
And bear the flaipwreek'd wanderers fafc to land.

Three thmifand guineas for a Service of Plate
have been voted in the handfomeff manner, by the
Houfe of Affembly of Jamaica, to his Royal High-
nefs the Duke of CLARENCE, in teftimony of the
gratitude of the Affembly for hit exertions in Par-
liament in favour of their inrerefts.
His Grace the Duke of Nola° z, though he has
for many years feceded from the political vortex,
has, in the midi! of the evils of war, patronized,
in the molt diflinguifited manner, the nobler arts
of peace, by undertaking, in conjunction with Mr.
THOMAS Tastox, the celebrated Platonic Philo-
fopher, a fplendid edition, entirely at his own ex•
pence, of the Works of PLATO, in five vols. 4to.
The period allowed by Government for the re-
demption of the Land Tax will expire in a few

days.
Three candidates have already (farted for the
county of Dumbarton at the next general eleilion,
viz. Major Coutyttouu the prefent Member ;
Lord Joull CAMPBELL, Member for the county of
Argyll ; and HIINLY ULASSFORD, of Dugaldfton,
Eft].

The Vice-Chancellor Of CAMIVIDOI has award-
ed the two Annual Prizes of 251. each (left by the
late Dr. Roster SMITH, F. R. S. to the two Ba-
chelors of Arts, who than appear, on examina-
tion, to be the beft proficients in Mathematics and
Natural Philofophy,") to Mr. T. P. WHITE, of
Q2een's College, and Mr. GRISDALR, of Chrifk
The following are the Gentlemen to whom the
credit belongs of having prepared the Petition to
Parliament refpeding the Duty on Paper :
OTILIDOI and Sow, Strand ; PARRY, BLACK, and
Co. Leadenhall.tlreet ; STEELE and Co. Tower-
hill; VERNON. and HOOD, Poultry; LANs and
NEWMAN, Leadellhall-RTECL; STOCKDALR and SOK,

Piccadilly; OJAI and SON, Portugal-Rreet ; and
their Secretary, WILLIAM WOODTALL.
On Monday laR, the Hon. THOMAS Lord Fo-
cus appeared at the Bar of the Court of Common
Pleas, and fuffered recoveries of elates of cone.
derable magnitude in point of value.
A recent determination of the Court of Ex-
chequer, has made a conSderable alteration with
regard to the Law of Tythes—it has been adjudg-
ed upon folemn argument in the Court of Ex-
chequer, that Tythes are not payable for the forced
productions of nature in Hot.houfes. The recog-
nition of a contrary law has ever been confidered a
moll unjull oppreffion. The Judges, with the ez•
ception of Mr. Baron GRAHAM, were unanimous
in abrogating the law as it has hitherto exilled.
The population ofCadi z which formerly amount-
ed to So,ooo fouls, is reduced, by the late Epidemic
Difeafe, to 45,000.

As a great proof of the increakel population of
tl'e town and Dock of Plymouth, and the influx
of (hangers, during the late war, the tolls of the
bridge at StonehOute, between that town and Dock,
the property of Earl Moutur EDGCU lit BE and Sir
J. Sr. Aosta, which, at the building of the bridge,
in the year :772, let for cool. per annum, let laft
week at the rate of asool. per annum.
A Correfpondent in one of the Papers, fpeaking
of the Portfmonth Theatre, rays, " if the ma-
nager does not rani or otter.lmttom his gallery, my
friends and I, when we "At the front boxes, wiU
be obliged to get our tervants to hold tarpaulins
over us during the performance !"
The feizure of a trawl.boat, with 200 ankers
of (piths in Catwater, Plymouth, was occafioned
by a laughable difpute about a gull thot by the
excite boat's people, which the men of the trawl-
boat picked up, and refuted to deliver, on which
the excite-boat run alongfide, boarded, and, to
their agreeable furprite, found an excellent feizure
of (pints. The excite officer ficerirgly asked the
wafter of the trawl, Inv floe the gull P
The woodmen of Boxley-hill, on Satureay laft
turned out, at the Upper Blue Bell, a marten cat,
which had t 5 minutes grace before it was purfued
by three couple and a half of beagles. After af-
fording an excellent run of two hours and a half,
it was taken in a tree, with great difficulty.
Ber.—A gentleman lately betted, that within
one hour he would lift too ftones, placed in a
ftraight line, at one yard diftance each, and de
pofit them in a circle round the firft. He won the
bet by two minutes and a half. The diftance is
51 miles. The loth, both, 88th, and tooth, are
the fourths of the diftance, and nearly correfponded
to the cleaners of the time, on which account a
great many bets were taken.