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Masonic Chit Chat.
FREEMASONRY IN THE CLOUDS . —THE GREAT BALLOON . NOV . 7 th . — Mr . Green , accompanied by Mr . Monck Mason and Mr . Hollond , ascended from Vauxhall with a view of crossing the Channel . They left Vauxhall Gardens at half-past one ; at four they were over Canterbury ; and at five , the balloon passed over Dover , and began to move out to sea . A letter from Mr . Mason was received in London , stating that the at
balloon descended safely near Coblentz , on Tuesday morning , seven o ' clock , having travelled near 600 miles in seventeen hours , crossing the English Channel in an hour—being at the rate of thirty-four miles an hour . Extracts from Mr . Hollond s letter . Weilburg , in Nassau , not many miles from Frankfort , Wisbaden , and Coblentz .
Extract from my JErial Log Book . Ascended at half-past one . Crossed the Medway , seven miles south of Rochester , twelve minutes to three . Two miles south of Canterbury at four . - Saw the sea quarter after four . Left England one mile east of Dover Castle , twelve minutes before
five- „ . Over France ten minutes to six , one mile west of Calais . HALF-PAST SIX , DRUNK THE HEALTH OF THE MASONIC B RETHREN ASSEMBLED AT ST . JOHN ' LODGE * . Half-past eleven , over the district of Naumur . Midnight , by London time , extremely dark . Five ' clocksymptoms of daybreak
o , . Ten minutes past five , greater altitude , barometer at twenty inches . Descended at half-past seven , at Weilburg , above mentioned . The above are extracts from a letter from Mr . Hollond to his friend Mr . Prideaux , which was sent off immediately on the descent of the balloon . _ ,
This letter bears the post-mark of Coblentz , rVovemoer S , tne ciay after the ascent in London , and appears to have come through France . Mr . Green , Mr . Monck Mason , and Mr . Hollond , have since arrived at Paris , from Germany , with the huge balloon . On Monday , the 12 th of December , Mr . Mason , Mr . Green , Lord Yarmouth , M . Gay Lussac , a lady named Roscoe , Mr . Hughes , and M . Pitte , ascended m the balloon from Paris , and descended in safety a mile beyond Vitry . The Parisian public were much delig hted with the novel sight .
AFFAIR OF HONOUR !—( A little of the Black mixed with it . )—It appears that an affair of honour was likely to come off here between a musical man of note and a young limb of the law ; cards were exchanged , seconds and ground were appointed , and the deadly weapons prepared , the ground distanced , and all ready for action , when Mr . John Ihomas , constable , with assistants , appeared , and put a stop to the proceedings , which , it appears , was a happy sig ht on the part of Mr . Lawyer , he only having intended to play off a trick with the Doctor . It is somewhat remarkable that the doctor and his second were both Freemasons , and
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Masonic Chit Chat.
FREEMASONRY IN THE CLOUDS . —THE GREAT BALLOON . NOV . 7 th . — Mr . Green , accompanied by Mr . Monck Mason and Mr . Hollond , ascended from Vauxhall with a view of crossing the Channel . They left Vauxhall Gardens at half-past one ; at four they were over Canterbury ; and at five , the balloon passed over Dover , and began to move out to sea . A letter from Mr . Mason was received in London , stating that the at
balloon descended safely near Coblentz , on Tuesday morning , seven o ' clock , having travelled near 600 miles in seventeen hours , crossing the English Channel in an hour—being at the rate of thirty-four miles an hour . Extracts from Mr . Hollond s letter . Weilburg , in Nassau , not many miles from Frankfort , Wisbaden , and Coblentz .
Extract from my JErial Log Book . Ascended at half-past one . Crossed the Medway , seven miles south of Rochester , twelve minutes to three . Two miles south of Canterbury at four . - Saw the sea quarter after four . Left England one mile east of Dover Castle , twelve minutes before
five- „ . Over France ten minutes to six , one mile west of Calais . HALF-PAST SIX , DRUNK THE HEALTH OF THE MASONIC B RETHREN ASSEMBLED AT ST . JOHN ' LODGE * . Half-past eleven , over the district of Naumur . Midnight , by London time , extremely dark . Five ' clocksymptoms of daybreak
o , . Ten minutes past five , greater altitude , barometer at twenty inches . Descended at half-past seven , at Weilburg , above mentioned . The above are extracts from a letter from Mr . Hollond to his friend Mr . Prideaux , which was sent off immediately on the descent of the balloon . _ ,
This letter bears the post-mark of Coblentz , rVovemoer S , tne ciay after the ascent in London , and appears to have come through France . Mr . Green , Mr . Monck Mason , and Mr . Hollond , have since arrived at Paris , from Germany , with the huge balloon . On Monday , the 12 th of December , Mr . Mason , Mr . Green , Lord Yarmouth , M . Gay Lussac , a lady named Roscoe , Mr . Hughes , and M . Pitte , ascended m the balloon from Paris , and descended in safety a mile beyond Vitry . The Parisian public were much delig hted with the novel sight .
AFFAIR OF HONOUR !—( A little of the Black mixed with it . )—It appears that an affair of honour was likely to come off here between a musical man of note and a young limb of the law ; cards were exchanged , seconds and ground were appointed , and the deadly weapons prepared , the ground distanced , and all ready for action , when Mr . John Ihomas , constable , with assistants , appeared , and put a stop to the proceedings , which , it appears , was a happy sig ht on the part of Mr . Lawyer , he only having intended to play off a trick with the Doctor . It is somewhat remarkable that the doctor and his second were both Freemasons , and