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Masonic Intelligence.
tnpheel to their nature , were less able to provide for themselves in the day of trouble . His lordship also took occasion lo remark on the grea | Jndustry ofthe little innocents , the labour of whose hands had produced ' to the funds of the charity which supported them the sum of 15 SI . during the last year ; and in a happy strain of pathetic eloquence , in a speech of near half an " hour , that did " honour to his feelings as a man and a Mason , warmly recommended it to the protection of the public . Though no general collection was suffered to be made , yet , in order tp gratify the wishes of many present , the Secretary was permitted
to receive voluntary contributions , which amounted , with the produce of a sermon at St . Clement ' s on the' preceding day , to 114 I . exclusive of a donation by the SHAKESPEARE LODGE of 20 iron bedsteads , and of 60 blankets by the-LoDGE OF RURAL FRIENDSHIP , towards furnishing the new School House , now nearly complete . In the list pf contributors , to the honour of the sex , were found the ; names of many ladies . In the intervals the company were entertained with some excellent songs by Messrs . Incledon , Dignum , Page , Caulfield , Addington , & c . About nine o ' clockafter a day spent with the utmost harmony and conviviality
, , Lord Moira quitted the chair , amidst the reiterated applauses of the whole company for his very polite conduct and active zeal on behalf of the charity . The rude and unwarrantable behaviour of one of the Stewards toward the PROPRIETOR OF THIS MAGAZINE a short time before the tables were covered , would ! justify a . severe reprimand ; feeling , however , the advantage this medium would give us over the person alluded to , we disdain to use it in any more particular manner , as we trust he has felt by this time the impropriety of his conduct .
Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . PARIS , MARCH 17 . THE Convention received the news that the Grand Duke of Tuscany ha 3 . ratified the treaty signed in his name by M . de Carlctti , and that he had continued the powers of that minister . The Convention recognised M . de Carletti in quality of Minister Plenipotentiary of Tuscany at the French Republic .
Barrere , Collot d'Herbois , Vadier , and Biilaud de Varennes , have been each convicted , and sentenced to banishment from the territories of the Republic . ' . v TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN FRANCE AND PRUSSIA . , On the 5 th of April the ratification . of a treaty of peace between the King of Prussia and the French Republic was formally announced to the Convention .. The treaty is signed by the King of Prussia as Elector of Brandenburgh .
HOME NEWS . Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in Halifax , Nova Scotia , to his Friend in London . " Having read in one of the London papers the account of Citizen Castis ' s wonderful bomb-shell , which he presented to the National Convention the 28 th pf August last , I beg leave to inform you , that Mr . AMU FIFE , of the ordnance department herea skilful and experienced artilleristwas appointed in the
, , summer of 1793 by the General to the command of a battery , when we were threatened with an attack from the enemy . He- formed a composition with which he filled a number of shells , to be thrown by cannon instead of mortars , in such a manner that the shell should lodge in the sides of the ships in order to set them on fire . His Royal Highness Prince Edward , on purpose to ascertain ihe real effect of this invention , had a butt made of ship-timber above three feet
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Masonic Intelligence.
tnpheel to their nature , were less able to provide for themselves in the day of trouble . His lordship also took occasion lo remark on the grea | Jndustry ofthe little innocents , the labour of whose hands had produced ' to the funds of the charity which supported them the sum of 15 SI . during the last year ; and in a happy strain of pathetic eloquence , in a speech of near half an " hour , that did " honour to his feelings as a man and a Mason , warmly recommended it to the protection of the public . Though no general collection was suffered to be made , yet , in order tp gratify the wishes of many present , the Secretary was permitted
to receive voluntary contributions , which amounted , with the produce of a sermon at St . Clement ' s on the' preceding day , to 114 I . exclusive of a donation by the SHAKESPEARE LODGE of 20 iron bedsteads , and of 60 blankets by the-LoDGE OF RURAL FRIENDSHIP , towards furnishing the new School House , now nearly complete . In the list pf contributors , to the honour of the sex , were found the ; names of many ladies . In the intervals the company were entertained with some excellent songs by Messrs . Incledon , Dignum , Page , Caulfield , Addington , & c . About nine o ' clockafter a day spent with the utmost harmony and conviviality
, , Lord Moira quitted the chair , amidst the reiterated applauses of the whole company for his very polite conduct and active zeal on behalf of the charity . The rude and unwarrantable behaviour of one of the Stewards toward the PROPRIETOR OF THIS MAGAZINE a short time before the tables were covered , would ! justify a . severe reprimand ; feeling , however , the advantage this medium would give us over the person alluded to , we disdain to use it in any more particular manner , as we trust he has felt by this time the impropriety of his conduct .
Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . PARIS , MARCH 17 . THE Convention received the news that the Grand Duke of Tuscany ha 3 . ratified the treaty signed in his name by M . de Carlctti , and that he had continued the powers of that minister . The Convention recognised M . de Carletti in quality of Minister Plenipotentiary of Tuscany at the French Republic .
Barrere , Collot d'Herbois , Vadier , and Biilaud de Varennes , have been each convicted , and sentenced to banishment from the territories of the Republic . ' . v TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN FRANCE AND PRUSSIA . , On the 5 th of April the ratification . of a treaty of peace between the King of Prussia and the French Republic was formally announced to the Convention .. The treaty is signed by the King of Prussia as Elector of Brandenburgh .
HOME NEWS . Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in Halifax , Nova Scotia , to his Friend in London . " Having read in one of the London papers the account of Citizen Castis ' s wonderful bomb-shell , which he presented to the National Convention the 28 th pf August last , I beg leave to inform you , that Mr . AMU FIFE , of the ordnance department herea skilful and experienced artilleristwas appointed in the
, , summer of 1793 by the General to the command of a battery , when we were threatened with an attack from the enemy . He- formed a composition with which he filled a number of shells , to be thrown by cannon instead of mortars , in such a manner that the shell should lodge in the sides of the ships in order to set them on fire . His Royal Highness Prince Edward , on purpose to ascertain ihe real effect of this invention , had a butt made of ship-timber above three feet