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Masonic Chit-Chat.
cumstances aside , be it known to your son , or to any man else , that if there be any one who bearetb the name of a gentleman , and whose words are of reputation in his county , that doth say , or dare say , that I have done unjustly , spoken an untruth , stained my credit and reputation in the matter , or in any matter else wherein your son is exasperate , I say he lieth in his throat , and my sword shall maintain my word upon him in any place or province wheresoever he dareand I stand not
, sworn to observe the peace . But if there be such as are within my governance , and over whom I have authority , I will , for their reformation , chastise them with justice ; and for their malapert misdemeanor , bind them to their good behaviour . Of this sort I account your son and bis like ; against whom I will shortly issue my warrant , if this my warning doth not reform them ; and so I thought fit to advertise you thereof , and leave you to God . I am & c . WILLIAM HERBERT . "
, A DUELLIST WELL SERVED . — -A duel was lately fought between two German Barons , in Wirtembevg , about five miles from Baden , duelling not being permitted in that State . The arrangement was to fight with swords , and if neither of the combatants were killed , then pistols were to he used . The conflict was severe . The challenger and aggressor had several severe wounds ; at last he had his nose completely cut off . The pistols were not resorted to . Qlf all duellists were served in this
manner , there would soon be an end of duelling . ! DISTINGUISHED DUELLISTS . —Among the duellists of the last fifty years were the Dukes of York , Norfolk , Wellington , and Richmond ; the Marquis of Londonderry ; the Earls of Shelburne , Macartney , Townshend , Exmouth , Talbot , Lauderdale , Lonsdale , and Cardigan ;
the Lords Maiden , Camelford , Paget , Castlereagh , and Belgrave ; Pitt , Fox , Sheridan , Canning , Tierney , Burdett , and O'Connell . THE PRESS IN DENMARK— -TORTURING AN EDITOR . —FRANKFORT , May 9 . —A transaction scarcely credible has lately taken place at Copenhagen . The ancient Danish laws for regulating criminal processes anthorize the judge , when there are strong presumptions against the accused , to inflict different kinds of torture to produce confession . Two
modes of torture are still retained in the laws : —1 . Lashes on the naked back with a scourge having either knots or pieces of lead at its ends . 2 . Solitary imprisonment in a dark dungeon for three days , and bread and water . On every fourth day the accused is placed in a cell into which the light is admitted , and then he receives the food commonl y allowed to prisoners . Hitherto no Danish examining judge had put in practice those laws of constraint against journalists , or for any offences of
the press . This unheard of proceeding has been reserved for the present time . Herr Plansen , editor of the daily paper called Faedrenelander , which is published in Copenhagen , inserted in August last an article on the debt of the country . ' Two censors had allowed this article to pass , and it was quite forgotten by the public . However , at the beginning of last month , the Danish Chancery ordered a prosecution ; Plansen was brought before Judge Gudenrothwdio ordered him to
, explain the meaning of the article . The editor replied that he did not recollect the circumstances which had induced him to write it , nor the ideas which were then passing in his mind . The judge insisted upon explanations , and as he did not obtain them , he ordered the unfortunate journalist to the dungeon and bread and water . After being forty-eight hours in prison , he was attacked by violent cholic and vomiting . He then wrote to the judge that he would give any explanation that might be
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Chit-Chat.
cumstances aside , be it known to your son , or to any man else , that if there be any one who bearetb the name of a gentleman , and whose words are of reputation in his county , that doth say , or dare say , that I have done unjustly , spoken an untruth , stained my credit and reputation in the matter , or in any matter else wherein your son is exasperate , I say he lieth in his throat , and my sword shall maintain my word upon him in any place or province wheresoever he dareand I stand not
, sworn to observe the peace . But if there be such as are within my governance , and over whom I have authority , I will , for their reformation , chastise them with justice ; and for their malapert misdemeanor , bind them to their good behaviour . Of this sort I account your son and bis like ; against whom I will shortly issue my warrant , if this my warning doth not reform them ; and so I thought fit to advertise you thereof , and leave you to God . I am & c . WILLIAM HERBERT . "
, A DUELLIST WELL SERVED . — -A duel was lately fought between two German Barons , in Wirtembevg , about five miles from Baden , duelling not being permitted in that State . The arrangement was to fight with swords , and if neither of the combatants were killed , then pistols were to he used . The conflict was severe . The challenger and aggressor had several severe wounds ; at last he had his nose completely cut off . The pistols were not resorted to . Qlf all duellists were served in this
manner , there would soon be an end of duelling . ! DISTINGUISHED DUELLISTS . —Among the duellists of the last fifty years were the Dukes of York , Norfolk , Wellington , and Richmond ; the Marquis of Londonderry ; the Earls of Shelburne , Macartney , Townshend , Exmouth , Talbot , Lauderdale , Lonsdale , and Cardigan ;
the Lords Maiden , Camelford , Paget , Castlereagh , and Belgrave ; Pitt , Fox , Sheridan , Canning , Tierney , Burdett , and O'Connell . THE PRESS IN DENMARK— -TORTURING AN EDITOR . —FRANKFORT , May 9 . —A transaction scarcely credible has lately taken place at Copenhagen . The ancient Danish laws for regulating criminal processes anthorize the judge , when there are strong presumptions against the accused , to inflict different kinds of torture to produce confession . Two
modes of torture are still retained in the laws : —1 . Lashes on the naked back with a scourge having either knots or pieces of lead at its ends . 2 . Solitary imprisonment in a dark dungeon for three days , and bread and water . On every fourth day the accused is placed in a cell into which the light is admitted , and then he receives the food commonl y allowed to prisoners . Hitherto no Danish examining judge had put in practice those laws of constraint against journalists , or for any offences of
the press . This unheard of proceeding has been reserved for the present time . Herr Plansen , editor of the daily paper called Faedrenelander , which is published in Copenhagen , inserted in August last an article on the debt of the country . ' Two censors had allowed this article to pass , and it was quite forgotten by the public . However , at the beginning of last month , the Danish Chancery ordered a prosecution ; Plansen was brought before Judge Gudenrothwdio ordered him to
, explain the meaning of the article . The editor replied that he did not recollect the circumstances which had induced him to write it , nor the ideas which were then passing in his mind . The judge insisted upon explanations , and as he did not obtain them , he ordered the unfortunate journalist to the dungeon and bread and water . After being forty-eight hours in prison , he was attacked by violent cholic and vomiting . He then wrote to the judge that he would give any explanation that might be