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Chit Chat.
CHIT CHAT .
SIR AUGUSTUS D'ESTE has lately erected , in St . Lawrence" Churchyard , Ramsgate , a splendid tomb , to contain the remains of his mother , the late Duchess of Sussex and the Countess of Dunmore , which are to be removed from the church ; and it is also his wish that , at his decease , he should be interred with them .
SIR DAVID POLLOCK , late Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Bombay , who died on the 22 nd of May last , had executed his will in the previous month of March , appointing two of his sons executors . Charles M . J . Pollock , Esq ., solicitor , at Bombay , proved the will in India , and Arthur B . Pollock , Esq ., of the Middle Temple , barrister-at-law , proved the same in London The personality in this country , liable to duty , was valued at 12 , O 0 OZ . His property in India and in England is to be divided into eight equal parts , leaving a share to each of his six sons , one share to his daughter , and the remaining share to the three children of his eldest son , deceased .
THE LATE DENOUNCER OF r REEMASONRY . —The Right Rev . Magr . Caruana , Archbishop of Rhodes , and Bishop of Malta , died on the 17 th of November , at the advanced age of 88 . SPREAD OF CHARTISM . —The French are jealous that they have not a member in their Chamber of Deputies like Bro . Wyld , the mapseller , in the House of Commons , as there might be a chance they say , then , of the " Charte " being made , at last , " line verite !"
FREEMASONRY . —A man must be a poor creature that cannot invent a hoax . For two centuries we have had a first-rate one , and its name is —Freemasonry . Do you know the secret , my reader , or shall I tell you ? Send me a consideration , and I will . But stay , the weather being so fine , and the philosophers , therefore , so good tempered , I'll tell it you for nothing ; whereas , if you become a Mason , you must pay for it . Here is the secret : —When the novice is introduced into the
conclave of the Freemasons , the Grand Master or his Deputy looks very fierce at him , and draws his sword , which makes the novice look very melancholy , as he is not aware of having had time as yet for any profaneness , and fancies therefore that somebody must have been slandering him . Then the Grand Master or his deputy cites him to the bar , saying , "What ' s that you have in your pocket ? " To which the novice replies , " A guinea . " " Anything more ? " " Another guinea . "
"Then , " replies the official person , in a voice of thunder , '' fork out . " Of course , to a man coming sword in hand , few persons refuse to -do that . This forms the first half of the mysteries ; the second half ,, which ishymuch the more interesting , consistsentirely of brandy . —D , e Quincey ANECDOTES OF PIUS IX . —One day , as he was passing privately in one of the distant streets of the Transteverini , a considerable crowd was assembled round an old manstretched upon the groundand beating
, , his head against the pavement in strong convulsions . '' It is a Jew "it is a Jew ! " cried the people ; and , restrained by the accursed name , not one afforded the poor man the least assistance . " It is a mam !" cried the pope , descending from his carriage , and pressing through the crowd ; " it is a suffering creature , who must be succoured ! " and raising the poor Jew in his arms , he placed him in his carriage , and
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Chit Chat.
CHIT CHAT .
SIR AUGUSTUS D'ESTE has lately erected , in St . Lawrence" Churchyard , Ramsgate , a splendid tomb , to contain the remains of his mother , the late Duchess of Sussex and the Countess of Dunmore , which are to be removed from the church ; and it is also his wish that , at his decease , he should be interred with them .
SIR DAVID POLLOCK , late Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Bombay , who died on the 22 nd of May last , had executed his will in the previous month of March , appointing two of his sons executors . Charles M . J . Pollock , Esq ., solicitor , at Bombay , proved the will in India , and Arthur B . Pollock , Esq ., of the Middle Temple , barrister-at-law , proved the same in London The personality in this country , liable to duty , was valued at 12 , O 0 OZ . His property in India and in England is to be divided into eight equal parts , leaving a share to each of his six sons , one share to his daughter , and the remaining share to the three children of his eldest son , deceased .
THE LATE DENOUNCER OF r REEMASONRY . —The Right Rev . Magr . Caruana , Archbishop of Rhodes , and Bishop of Malta , died on the 17 th of November , at the advanced age of 88 . SPREAD OF CHARTISM . —The French are jealous that they have not a member in their Chamber of Deputies like Bro . Wyld , the mapseller , in the House of Commons , as there might be a chance they say , then , of the " Charte " being made , at last , " line verite !"
FREEMASONRY . —A man must be a poor creature that cannot invent a hoax . For two centuries we have had a first-rate one , and its name is —Freemasonry . Do you know the secret , my reader , or shall I tell you ? Send me a consideration , and I will . But stay , the weather being so fine , and the philosophers , therefore , so good tempered , I'll tell it you for nothing ; whereas , if you become a Mason , you must pay for it . Here is the secret : —When the novice is introduced into the
conclave of the Freemasons , the Grand Master or his Deputy looks very fierce at him , and draws his sword , which makes the novice look very melancholy , as he is not aware of having had time as yet for any profaneness , and fancies therefore that somebody must have been slandering him . Then the Grand Master or his deputy cites him to the bar , saying , "What ' s that you have in your pocket ? " To which the novice replies , " A guinea . " " Anything more ? " " Another guinea . "
"Then , " replies the official person , in a voice of thunder , '' fork out . " Of course , to a man coming sword in hand , few persons refuse to -do that . This forms the first half of the mysteries ; the second half ,, which ishymuch the more interesting , consistsentirely of brandy . —D , e Quincey ANECDOTES OF PIUS IX . —One day , as he was passing privately in one of the distant streets of the Transteverini , a considerable crowd was assembled round an old manstretched upon the groundand beating
, , his head against the pavement in strong convulsions . '' It is a Jew "it is a Jew ! " cried the people ; and , restrained by the accursed name , not one afforded the poor man the least assistance . " It is a mam !" cried the pope , descending from his carriage , and pressing through the crowd ; " it is a suffering creature , who must be succoured ! " and raising the poor Jew in his arms , he placed him in his carriage , and