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Masonic Chit Chat.
inscribed Clovatias , Decemvir ancl Tribune of Pompeii . This is a family name hitherto unknown . Near it is a monument of fine Grecian marble , richly sculptured . The ground where these discoveries have been made is the property of Signor Varlucci , who pays so little regard to antiquities , that as soon as he hears of a grave being explored he orders it to be filled up with earth or rubbish .
DISCOVERY OF ANCIENT COINS . —Lately a very singular discovery was made by some men employed in excavating for the purpose of forming a foundation for houses intended to be erected in Maiden-lane , Battlebridge . It appears that one of the men having found a few coins which he conceived to be mere brass , carelessly mentioned it to a fellow workman , who , upon looking at them , declared his opinion to be that they were formed of metal more valuable than brass , and acquainted the
surveyor of the fact , who immediately instituted a further search , and was at length rewarded by finding , at a depth of between ten and twelve feet , a small iron vessel shaped somewhat like an urn , ivhich , npon being forced open , was found to contain a large quantity of gold ancl silver coins of the reign of Constantine in the year 300 , and several others bearing a date 53 . These were , however , so much defaced , that no other inscription coulcl be traced ; besides which was found , some four or five feet deeper , large quantities of Roman tile , many parts of which were in a remarkable state of preservation .
FATE OF A KING . —Monsieur Thierry , who attempted to establish himself as an independent sovereign in New Zealand , having disappointed or given umbrage to his barbarous subjects , was recently killed , cooked , and eaten by them at a solemn public banquet . COMEDY IN THE CLOUDS . —The great Nassau balloon ascended recently from Cremorne House , Chelsea . Mr . Green was commander ; and twelve persons accompanied him in his voyageincluding two
, ladies . One passenger was Mr . T . Matthews , the clown , who wore his theatrical costume , and sang a song iu the car before the balloon started . The balloon passed over London very slowly , and at a moderate altitude ; and , in spite of the cloudy weather , it remained long in sight . It descended at Edmonton . Mr . Matthews sang a new comic song when elevated 3000 feet from the earth .
BIRTHS . —July 12 . —The wife of Bro . T . Fryer , Fmsbury Pavement , of a daughter . MARRIED . —July 10 . —At Lynn , Bro . James Smith , widower , late lessee and manager of-the Norwich theatrical circuit , to Mrs . Eliza Betts , widow of the late Captain John Betts .
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Masonic Chit Chat.
inscribed Clovatias , Decemvir ancl Tribune of Pompeii . This is a family name hitherto unknown . Near it is a monument of fine Grecian marble , richly sculptured . The ground where these discoveries have been made is the property of Signor Varlucci , who pays so little regard to antiquities , that as soon as he hears of a grave being explored he orders it to be filled up with earth or rubbish .
DISCOVERY OF ANCIENT COINS . —Lately a very singular discovery was made by some men employed in excavating for the purpose of forming a foundation for houses intended to be erected in Maiden-lane , Battlebridge . It appears that one of the men having found a few coins which he conceived to be mere brass , carelessly mentioned it to a fellow workman , who , upon looking at them , declared his opinion to be that they were formed of metal more valuable than brass , and acquainted the
surveyor of the fact , who immediately instituted a further search , and was at length rewarded by finding , at a depth of between ten and twelve feet , a small iron vessel shaped somewhat like an urn , ivhich , npon being forced open , was found to contain a large quantity of gold ancl silver coins of the reign of Constantine in the year 300 , and several others bearing a date 53 . These were , however , so much defaced , that no other inscription coulcl be traced ; besides which was found , some four or five feet deeper , large quantities of Roman tile , many parts of which were in a remarkable state of preservation .
FATE OF A KING . —Monsieur Thierry , who attempted to establish himself as an independent sovereign in New Zealand , having disappointed or given umbrage to his barbarous subjects , was recently killed , cooked , and eaten by them at a solemn public banquet . COMEDY IN THE CLOUDS . —The great Nassau balloon ascended recently from Cremorne House , Chelsea . Mr . Green was commander ; and twelve persons accompanied him in his voyageincluding two
, ladies . One passenger was Mr . T . Matthews , the clown , who wore his theatrical costume , and sang a song iu the car before the balloon started . The balloon passed over London very slowly , and at a moderate altitude ; and , in spite of the cloudy weather , it remained long in sight . It descended at Edmonton . Mr . Matthews sang a new comic song when elevated 3000 feet from the earth .
BIRTHS . —July 12 . —The wife of Bro . T . Fryer , Fmsbury Pavement , of a daughter . MARRIED . —July 10 . —At Lynn , Bro . James Smith , widower , late lessee and manager of-the Norwich theatrical circuit , to Mrs . Eliza Betts , widow of the late Captain John Betts .