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Masonic Intelligence.
The Lodge being closed , Earl Pomfret took the chair , and many of the Brethren prolonged the pleasures of the evening by several excellent songs and constitutional toasts . The King and Constitution , with the utmost enthusiasm , three times three . The dinner consisted of a profusion of every delicacy that could be procured ; the desert was of the most elegant kind , cherries , strawberries , & c , —Ices and confectionaiy in an abundant variety . It is to be observedhoweverthat although the liberality of the stewards demands
, , this justice for their elegant entertainment , we are decidedly of opinion , that if the usual price of the tickets ( ios . 6 d . ) had been continued , there would have been a much more numerous company - , and the majority of the Brethren would certainly have been well satisfied with an entertainment proportioned to such a charge . . The Annual Provincial Grand Meeting of the Free and Accepted Masons of Kent , was held at the White Bear in West Mailing , on the 19 th of May , where a brilliant and numerous party of the Fraternity * attended . On report being made by Brother ,
Mathews , S . P . G . W . of the indisposition of Brother Sawbridge , P . G . M .. Dr . William Perfect was invested fro tempore with that office ; and the election of a P . G . M . for the county for the ensuing year , was deferred . till the second week in July . Between eleven and twelve the Brethren proceeded in due order to church , where they heard a most excellent sermon on the occasion , preachedby the . Rev . J ETHRO INWOOD , RECTOR of DEPTFORD in that county , on the following words , part of the 17 th verse of the ad chapter of the first epistle of St . Peter . — " Love the Brotherhood , fear God , honour the King . " [ This sermonat the very pressing request of the Brethren present
, , we understand , Mr . Inwood has consented to print . ] The company then repaired to the Assembly Rooms , where an elegant dinner was provided , - and the afternoon was spent with the utmost conviviality and harmony , and in the genuine style of brotherly . Jove so honourably distinguishing the fraternity . The next Provincial Grand Meeting for the county will be held at Feversham on the third Monday in May 1795 . . ¦ ' ¦
Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE .
ON the 7 U 1 of March a complete revolution took place at Warsaw , when the Poles drove General Inglestrcin , the Russian Ambassador , and all the military o [ his country out of that city . Inglestrom had required nothing less than that the arsenal of Warsaw should be delivered up to him , and all the Polish military disarmed . This produced the revolution . Sweden and Denmark have entered into a treaty to maintain a perfect neutrality with respect to the belligerent powers , each having agreed to fit out a fleet of eight ships of the linewith frigates & c . in order to give effect to their .
, , purpose A conspiracy has been discovered at Naples , the purpose of which was nothing short of the destruction of the whole royal family of Sicily , who were to be blown up in their palace by gunpowder . . The Emperor went to Brussels on the 21 st of April , and the inauguration of his Imperial Majesty took place on the 23 d , when his Majesty in person took the oaths as Duke of Brabant .
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE .
April 28 . A loan for two millions and a half sterling was negociated in the city for the Emperor , at about seven and a half per cent interest . Hi ' s Majesty has granted a pension ' of 300 I . to Mr . Cowper , author of The Task , & c . . A Gazette Extraordinary announced the capture of the French frigates La Pomone , La Babet , and L'Engageante , with a very , slight loss on the part of the English ships who took them , viz . the Flora , Arethtisa , Mclampus , and Concorde . * We arc assured that 300 were present .
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Masonic Intelligence.
The Lodge being closed , Earl Pomfret took the chair , and many of the Brethren prolonged the pleasures of the evening by several excellent songs and constitutional toasts . The King and Constitution , with the utmost enthusiasm , three times three . The dinner consisted of a profusion of every delicacy that could be procured ; the desert was of the most elegant kind , cherries , strawberries , & c , —Ices and confectionaiy in an abundant variety . It is to be observedhoweverthat although the liberality of the stewards demands
, , this justice for their elegant entertainment , we are decidedly of opinion , that if the usual price of the tickets ( ios . 6 d . ) had been continued , there would have been a much more numerous company - , and the majority of the Brethren would certainly have been well satisfied with an entertainment proportioned to such a charge . . The Annual Provincial Grand Meeting of the Free and Accepted Masons of Kent , was held at the White Bear in West Mailing , on the 19 th of May , where a brilliant and numerous party of the Fraternity * attended . On report being made by Brother ,
Mathews , S . P . G . W . of the indisposition of Brother Sawbridge , P . G . M .. Dr . William Perfect was invested fro tempore with that office ; and the election of a P . G . M . for the county for the ensuing year , was deferred . till the second week in July . Between eleven and twelve the Brethren proceeded in due order to church , where they heard a most excellent sermon on the occasion , preachedby the . Rev . J ETHRO INWOOD , RECTOR of DEPTFORD in that county , on the following words , part of the 17 th verse of the ad chapter of the first epistle of St . Peter . — " Love the Brotherhood , fear God , honour the King . " [ This sermonat the very pressing request of the Brethren present
, , we understand , Mr . Inwood has consented to print . ] The company then repaired to the Assembly Rooms , where an elegant dinner was provided , - and the afternoon was spent with the utmost conviviality and harmony , and in the genuine style of brotherly . Jove so honourably distinguishing the fraternity . The next Provincial Grand Meeting for the county will be held at Feversham on the third Monday in May 1795 . . ¦ ' ¦
Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE .
ON the 7 U 1 of March a complete revolution took place at Warsaw , when the Poles drove General Inglestrcin , the Russian Ambassador , and all the military o [ his country out of that city . Inglestrom had required nothing less than that the arsenal of Warsaw should be delivered up to him , and all the Polish military disarmed . This produced the revolution . Sweden and Denmark have entered into a treaty to maintain a perfect neutrality with respect to the belligerent powers , each having agreed to fit out a fleet of eight ships of the linewith frigates & c . in order to give effect to their .
, , purpose A conspiracy has been discovered at Naples , the purpose of which was nothing short of the destruction of the whole royal family of Sicily , who were to be blown up in their palace by gunpowder . . The Emperor went to Brussels on the 21 st of April , and the inauguration of his Imperial Majesty took place on the 23 d , when his Majesty in person took the oaths as Duke of Brabant .
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE .
April 28 . A loan for two millions and a half sterling was negociated in the city for the Emperor , at about seven and a half per cent interest . Hi ' s Majesty has granted a pension ' of 300 I . to Mr . Cowper , author of The Task , & c . . A Gazette Extraordinary announced the capture of the French frigates La Pomone , La Babet , and L'Engageante , with a very , slight loss on the part of the English ships who took them , viz . the Flora , Arethtisa , Mclampus , and Concorde . * We arc assured that 300 were present .