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Monthly Chronicle.

justice also begins to shew herself . Four days were lately occupied in the trial of a public functionary . Not one of the charges brought against him was sup * ported by proof to the satisfaction of the jury . He was acquitted , and his false accusers ordered to be prosecuted . , We are informed by an American gentleman lately returned from France , tha , t Roberspierre was executed by a guillotine of a new construction , the aperture of whicli is breast-high , like a pillory , and only requires the object to incline his head . Belbre this invention they were tied to a board , and laid

prostrate . Like every other victim of that destructive instrument , this famousdemagogue was hailed with execration and insult as he passed along . When arrived at the place of execution , like the Duke of Orleans , he betrayed mucli impatience , and ran hastily up to the guillotine , as if dubious how long his fortitude would last . His face was much disfigured from the attempt that he made to destroy himself . ; Paine is still confined ; and in such pecuniary distress , that he lately sent to the American Coffee-house to solicit relief . Thirtyguineas were in

conse-, quence subscribed , and given to him . \ Brigadier Bowles , who visited England some time since wilh the . Cherokee chiefs , and who was condemned about two years ago to the mines of Peru by an order from the Spanish court , has lately been liberated . Medals have been struck in Paris , and forwarded to the French General of the Northern army , and that of the Moselle , who have circulated them in the

countries they are invading , representing the Genius of the French Republic leaning ' on an urn through which the Rhine is made to pass . On the top of the medals is inscribed , " The Rhine and peace . " At the bottom are engraved these words , Ne plus ultra ( these are our boundaries ) . The object of this medal is to announce , that the French mean to push their conquests as far as the Rhine ; and make this river serve as a boundary to their vast empire , in all its windings from Huningen to the sea . Ehrenstrohmthe Swedish iratorwas conducted on the 8 th ult . in a

, consp , carriage , under a strong military escort , accompanied by two clergymen , to the place of execution , on the market-place of Stockholm . He was quite prepared to die , and the executioner had already aimed the sword at his head , when a letter of pardon arrived from the Duke Regent , remitting his capital punishment , on condition of being imprisoned in the fortress of Carlstein for life .

The yellow fever has again broke out in a very alarming manner at Philadelphia . The Duke of Brunswick has declined accepting the command of the army for tlie defence of Holland . DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE .

Oct . 22 . After the levee was over at St . James ' s ' Palace an extraordinary council was held , at which the Corsican commissioners attended , introduced by the Duke of Portland , Secretary of Slate for the Home Department , and presented the instrument of the sovereignty of the island , now annexed to the British dominions . 24 . Mary Brown was tried for keeping a disorderly house in King ' s Place , St . James ' s . The jury brought her in guiltyand the court sentenced her to be

, imprisoned two years , and to stand on the pillory twice during that time . 2 < S . An experiment was tried in Hyde Park with an improved piece of ord ^ nance , and a chemical composition , which with one loading expels several balls in succession to a great distance .

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THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. FOR NOVEMBER 1794. Article 1
1st EPISTLE OF ST. PETER, 17th VERSE. Article 3
MASONIC PRECEPTS: Article 6
MEMOIRS OF THE FREEMASONS AT NAPLES. Article 11
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS AND MILITARY ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM. Article 15
MR. TASKER'S LETTERS Article 21
Untitled Article 23
TIPPING BROWN, M. D. Article 24
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 26
EXAMPLES OF THE VIOLENCE WITH WHICH THE LEARNED HAVE CONTENDED ABOUT TRIFLES. FROM D'lSRAELI'S "CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE." VOL. II. Article 28
EARLY THEATRICAL MYSTERIES. Article 30
MAGICAL SUPERSTITION. Article 31
DETACHED THOUGHTS, Article 32
ON DESPAIR. Article 33
ON MILITARY DISCIPLINE. Article 34
ON WISDOM. Article 35
A CURE FOR THE BITE OF A VIPER. Article 35
ON THE COMPARATIVE MORALITY OF THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS. Article 36
ON THE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS. Article 39
ON THE VARIETY OF CONJECTURES CONCERNING THE APPEARANCE AND DEPARTURE OF SWALLOWS. Article 42
AUTHENTIC AND INTERESTING NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF THE MUTINEERS Article 44
ANECDOTES OF CHAPELAIN, A GREAT MISER. Article 51
POETRY. Article 52
WHISKY: AN IRISH BACCHANALIAN SONG. Article 53
CONTEMPLATING THE PERIOD OF ALL HUMAN GLORY, AMONG THE TOMBS IN WESTMINSTER-ABBEY. Article 55
ODE TO FEMALE FRIENDSHIP. Article 56
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 57
PROLOGUE TO EMILIA GALOTTI. Article 59
EPILOGUE. Article 59
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 62
LIST OF GENTLEMEN NOMINATED AS SHERIFFS FOR 1795. Article 67
COUNTRY NEWS. Article 68
PROMOTIONS. Article 70
Untitled Article 70
Untitled Article 70
BANKRUPTS. Article 71
Untitled Article 72
LONDON : Article 72
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 73
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Monthly Chronicle.

justice also begins to shew herself . Four days were lately occupied in the trial of a public functionary . Not one of the charges brought against him was sup * ported by proof to the satisfaction of the jury . He was acquitted , and his false accusers ordered to be prosecuted . , We are informed by an American gentleman lately returned from France , tha , t Roberspierre was executed by a guillotine of a new construction , the aperture of whicli is breast-high , like a pillory , and only requires the object to incline his head . Belbre this invention they were tied to a board , and laid

prostrate . Like every other victim of that destructive instrument , this famousdemagogue was hailed with execration and insult as he passed along . When arrived at the place of execution , like the Duke of Orleans , he betrayed mucli impatience , and ran hastily up to the guillotine , as if dubious how long his fortitude would last . His face was much disfigured from the attempt that he made to destroy himself . ; Paine is still confined ; and in such pecuniary distress , that he lately sent to the American Coffee-house to solicit relief . Thirtyguineas were in

conse-, quence subscribed , and given to him . \ Brigadier Bowles , who visited England some time since wilh the . Cherokee chiefs , and who was condemned about two years ago to the mines of Peru by an order from the Spanish court , has lately been liberated . Medals have been struck in Paris , and forwarded to the French General of the Northern army , and that of the Moselle , who have circulated them in the

countries they are invading , representing the Genius of the French Republic leaning ' on an urn through which the Rhine is made to pass . On the top of the medals is inscribed , " The Rhine and peace . " At the bottom are engraved these words , Ne plus ultra ( these are our boundaries ) . The object of this medal is to announce , that the French mean to push their conquests as far as the Rhine ; and make this river serve as a boundary to their vast empire , in all its windings from Huningen to the sea . Ehrenstrohmthe Swedish iratorwas conducted on the 8 th ult . in a

, consp , carriage , under a strong military escort , accompanied by two clergymen , to the place of execution , on the market-place of Stockholm . He was quite prepared to die , and the executioner had already aimed the sword at his head , when a letter of pardon arrived from the Duke Regent , remitting his capital punishment , on condition of being imprisoned in the fortress of Carlstein for life .

The yellow fever has again broke out in a very alarming manner at Philadelphia . The Duke of Brunswick has declined accepting the command of the army for tlie defence of Holland . DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE .

Oct . 22 . After the levee was over at St . James ' s ' Palace an extraordinary council was held , at which the Corsican commissioners attended , introduced by the Duke of Portland , Secretary of Slate for the Home Department , and presented the instrument of the sovereignty of the island , now annexed to the British dominions . 24 . Mary Brown was tried for keeping a disorderly house in King ' s Place , St . James ' s . The jury brought her in guiltyand the court sentenced her to be

, imprisoned two years , and to stand on the pillory twice during that time . 2 < S . An experiment was tried in Hyde Park with an improved piece of ord ^ nance , and a chemical composition , which with one loading expels several balls in succession to a great distance .

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