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Masonic Chit Chat.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex visited Raby Castle ; Lord Brougham and the Earl of Scarborough , Mr . Hope Vere , and several other persons of distinction were also present , enjoying the hospitality of the Duke of Cleveland , at his fine baronial residence . H . It . H . next visited his friend Colonel Wildman at Newstead Abbey . II . R . H . has since been on a visit to his venerable friend the Earl of Leicester , at . Holkham . From thence he intended to have visited Lord Lichfield , but that nobleman being severely attacked by gout , H . R . H . proceeded on to Kinmel Park , St . Asaph , the seat of Lord Dinorben .
ROYAL SOCIETY , NOV . 30 . —The Marquis of Northampton was elected , unanimously , President , in the room of His Royal Hig hness the Duke of Sussex , resigned . The noble Marquis expressed his determination to follow the example of his illustrious predecessor . THE MARQUIS OF SALISBURY . —The noble and generous conduct of this nobleman was the means , on the 3 d of November , of preserving the life of a poor fellow of the name of Turner . By his personal exertions ,
he stimulated the labourers to persevere in their work , and the preservation of a life was his reward . An act like this , however , though it be but the work of a man , is a most noble example . DR . CHALMERS . —It may not be generally known , that this celebrated divine is a Member of the Ancient Craft of Freemasons . He was admitted into the St . Vigean ' s Lodge of Arbroath , in the year 1798 , at which time he was tutor to a private family in Arbroath . At that
period , Masonry was highly popular in this quarter , and the Reverend Doctor was a punctual attendant at meetings of the Lodges , during the short time he remained in Arbroath after his admission . —Arbroath Herald .
NORWICH . —The Committee of the New Choral Society gave a dinner to Sir George Smart , at the Norfolk Hotel , as a mark of respect for the handsome manner in which he had acceded to their request to conduct the last concert . Mr . Harper was also invited . The evening was most agreeably passed . Several members of the Cathedral Choir greatly added to the pleasure by their excellent performance of glees , & c . STRONG MAN LODGE , Nov . 1 . —Brother Flaxman has presented the
Lodge with two gavels and a maul , which have been manufactured from an elm pile , taken from the foundation of the late St . Dunstan ' s Church in the West , and which pile has been underground upwards of six centuries I The earth being of a very moist nature , prevented the wood from rotting ; it was , however , very soft . It was carefully preserved , and became dry and hard ; and has been made useful as working implements , from materials of great antiquity .
AVIS-AUX * * " - ' . —The inventors of the ballot-box should read with care a trial which has just taken place before the Assize Court of the department of the Lower Rhine . The accused was M . Spehner , mayor of Lipsheim , in that department . M . Spehner invented and made a ballot-box , with a double bottom , in which he was in the habit of putting fictitious bulletins , leaving the fictitious alone to be examined . Spehner was condemned to the penalty of degradation civique . — Morning Chronicle .
MYSTERIOUS MANUSCRIPTS . —By order of the Senate of the Royal University of Upsal , in Sweden , the two large chests which King Gustavus 111 . presented to the University on the 1 st January , 1789 , sealed
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Masonic Chit Chat.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex visited Raby Castle ; Lord Brougham and the Earl of Scarborough , Mr . Hope Vere , and several other persons of distinction were also present , enjoying the hospitality of the Duke of Cleveland , at his fine baronial residence . H . It . H . next visited his friend Colonel Wildman at Newstead Abbey . II . R . H . has since been on a visit to his venerable friend the Earl of Leicester , at . Holkham . From thence he intended to have visited Lord Lichfield , but that nobleman being severely attacked by gout , H . R . H . proceeded on to Kinmel Park , St . Asaph , the seat of Lord Dinorben .
ROYAL SOCIETY , NOV . 30 . —The Marquis of Northampton was elected , unanimously , President , in the room of His Royal Hig hness the Duke of Sussex , resigned . The noble Marquis expressed his determination to follow the example of his illustrious predecessor . THE MARQUIS OF SALISBURY . —The noble and generous conduct of this nobleman was the means , on the 3 d of November , of preserving the life of a poor fellow of the name of Turner . By his personal exertions ,
he stimulated the labourers to persevere in their work , and the preservation of a life was his reward . An act like this , however , though it be but the work of a man , is a most noble example . DR . CHALMERS . —It may not be generally known , that this celebrated divine is a Member of the Ancient Craft of Freemasons . He was admitted into the St . Vigean ' s Lodge of Arbroath , in the year 1798 , at which time he was tutor to a private family in Arbroath . At that
period , Masonry was highly popular in this quarter , and the Reverend Doctor was a punctual attendant at meetings of the Lodges , during the short time he remained in Arbroath after his admission . —Arbroath Herald .
NORWICH . —The Committee of the New Choral Society gave a dinner to Sir George Smart , at the Norfolk Hotel , as a mark of respect for the handsome manner in which he had acceded to their request to conduct the last concert . Mr . Harper was also invited . The evening was most agreeably passed . Several members of the Cathedral Choir greatly added to the pleasure by their excellent performance of glees , & c . STRONG MAN LODGE , Nov . 1 . —Brother Flaxman has presented the
Lodge with two gavels and a maul , which have been manufactured from an elm pile , taken from the foundation of the late St . Dunstan ' s Church in the West , and which pile has been underground upwards of six centuries I The earth being of a very moist nature , prevented the wood from rotting ; it was , however , very soft . It was carefully preserved , and became dry and hard ; and has been made useful as working implements , from materials of great antiquity .
AVIS-AUX * * " - ' . —The inventors of the ballot-box should read with care a trial which has just taken place before the Assize Court of the department of the Lower Rhine . The accused was M . Spehner , mayor of Lipsheim , in that department . M . Spehner invented and made a ballot-box , with a double bottom , in which he was in the habit of putting fictitious bulletins , leaving the fictitious alone to be examined . Spehner was condemned to the penalty of degradation civique . — Morning Chronicle .
MYSTERIOUS MANUSCRIPTS . —By order of the Senate of the Royal University of Upsal , in Sweden , the two large chests which King Gustavus 111 . presented to the University on the 1 st January , 1789 , sealed