Star.
London, England, 1802-02-23 00:00:00

SAYEN AGES OF ADVEN2VfI.

A Maas?. . . .
—t- All the World's a Lonely...
And Men and Women mere Adventurers t
As pailions rule, do MEortak play thdeparbl
'lhroughont Seven Ages.—Fbfi, the ssitefig irfost:a
Him his fond mother, anxious, at the dawn
Of various life, to found his independence,
Precuts a Chance in Fortune's mazy Wheel,
And marks the flaw with her darling's name.
The School-buy—his Chriftinas box well flared...
His face all ritining with the rays of Hope.—
Creeps in his way to reboot t' a Lottery Pane,
Empties his hoard, and buys a Sixtendh Soars;
Then rum, his fortune by the " Golden Rule."
The Sighing Lover—fond, but pool In pork,
A woeful ballad flags to Beauty's Gedtick
To crown bit purchas'd ammo with plenteous wealth,
More fore that he may gain, in wedded bands,
That greateft prise—.the Mitt:l:fa he adores.
,The daring Soldier now—fnll of ambition
To acquire honor--fame—and high command,.
Woos the blind Codders—faercr of the Bold—
And (wears he'd face the loaded cannon's mouth
T'nbtain aprise of Twe NTT TIM/SAN it Put/ NUS.
The Jußice rumt—all anxious to fupport,
With capons fat, and turtle (caroled high,
His fair row! belly--a Tiald buys, in huge
From weans issjastei, by redden wealth
To gain greater promotion, and Knighthood.
The Sixth Age links, altleary and lank,
Into the pantalooare eager views
With fpwetaeles on note, the luring Tisfeti-••*
A fav'rite number picks, and hopes to pouch
A Prise imntenfe—it rifts to his with—
With trembling Eipe be whittles the Joyfel news.
Itaß Scene of an crown advenerous life,
The in feeond chldhood, he Pair kings to gain
A Prise that cwfort yields, when age becomes
Salta seeth-4al eyes—fans tafte.—fans every thing..
Wand every ifir know sober, with profited bright
Of great (nada, is Fortune's favourite Mee,
Fame fays 'Ss kid by Pore, dbfe to that Bank
Which Fltgland Wafts, in credit and in wealth,
To Rand fapftete throughout the Onivtdi I

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State Lottery Office, No. rd, ,Cornhill.= Mr.
Nicuoi.ra refpeafully acquaints his ?riends and
the Public, that the STATE LOTTERY begins draw-
in on Monday next, the ift of March. The
Tick‘zs, in the greatell variety of Numbers, are
fold and divided into Halves, Qarters, Eighths,
and Sixteenth Shares, which are duly Stampt,
purfnam to Alt of Parliament. Scherlies at large
Gratis, tint Money for the Prizes as loon as
drawn.

It appears to give general fatisfaftion when the
great Pnzerin any Lottery are divided into Shares.
In the tall kith Lottery four Ten Thoufands were
the higheft Prizes, and two of them were (hared at
the Old Office of Swirl. and Co. in the Poultry,
from which fourteen Perfont (Come of them for
Clubs or Societies) derived advantages in various
proportions from a Half to a Sisteentli. Two
other Capital Prizes were fold at the fame Houle
in whole Tickets.

On Monday, the tft of March, the Englifh
State Lottery begins drawing. which abounds in
Capital Prizes, as the Many Lottery Advertife-
ments have fully explained. MAI. J. JOHNSON
and Co. beg leave to inform their numerous
Friends,. and tie Public, that the Tickets, Halves,
(timers, Eighths, and Sixteenths are felling in a
great ♦ariety of Numbers, and at the loweft prices,
at their old Licenfed State Lottery Office, No. 3,
Pope's Head Alley, Cornhill, which has been for
3o years highly di ftinguiffied by felling and (haring
the Capital Prizes. At this Office the Tickets are
carefully regiftered, and the molt Money paid for
Prizes on demand.

Fr& fupplies of that pleafant, fafe and effica-
cious Medicine, SPILSBURY'S ANTISCOR
DROPS, (by the King's Patent) are weekly re-
ceived from the Difpenfary, Soho-fquare, in bottles
of 35. and 11. 25. each, by E. NEWBERT, the cor-
ner of St. Paul's Church-yard, London ; where
may be had, a new edition, being the eighth, of
SPILSBYRY'S much admired Treatife on the Scur-
vy, Gout, Diet, and Remedy, with upwards of
one hundred Cafes ; neatly printed in Bvo. price
3s. 6d.
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On Thurfday laft Stethea Arnrer was convidted
at the Commiillon of Oyer and Terminer for the
City of Dublin, of forging Bank of Ireland notes.
Mary Myatt, a fcrvant at the Polt-Office, at
Trentham, and aged only t 4, has been committed
to Stafford gaol, charged with having opened a
letter, and taken thereout divers notes and bills to
the value of tool. the property of Mr. James Keel.
ing, of Shelton.
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Monday fe'nnight, about feven o'clock, Henry
Beecroft and Luke Morley, committed for felony
to Yarmouth gaol, effected their efcape, by mak-
ing a breach under ground. They Lad previoufly
difengagcd themfelves of their irons.
Thurfday night, about (even o'clock, a gentle-
man and his wife returning from Kinglton in a
port-chaife, were Bopped by a tingle highwayman,
near Batterfea, who demanded the gentleman's
money, at the fame time begged the lady not to be
alarmed, Paying it was neceflity obliged him to
take this prefent defperate method. The gentle-
man gave him notes and card so the amount ofl
about 201. with which he rode off; %tithing them a
good slight. He appeared to be a young man, and
wort a crape over his face, and was well mounted.