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Chit Chat .
dinner at tho Freemasons' Tavern , which was numerousl y attended by the master-builders * of the metropolis ; Lord Robert Grosvenor , M . P ., in the chair . The object of the association is to provide relief for builders , of sixty years of age and upwards , in reduced circumstances , as well as to maintain an asylum for decayed master-builders , their wives and widows . For this purpose a fund has been raised since the preliminary meeting , held exactly a year since ; and the amount was greatly
augmented by a long list of subscriptions after the dinner . The noble Chairman ably advocated the claims of the institution to public support ; and after the customary loyal toasts had been drunk , prosperity to the institution was drunk with great enthusiasm . Lord Robert Grosvenor having vacated the cbair , it was taken by Mr . W . Biers , the President of the Society ; and , after a pleasant evening , the party broke up .
FAIRISH , AND NOT UNMASONIC . — -Tom presented his bill to his neighhour Joe for service rendered . The latter looked it over , and expressed much surprise at the amount . " Why , Tom , it strikes me that you have made out a pretty round bill here , eh ? " " I am sensible it is a pretty round one , " quoth Tom , " and I am come for the purpose of getting it squared . "
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC PENSIONS . —The following pensions on the civil list have been granted out of the fund set apart for the reward of literary and scientific eminence : —To Bro . James Sheridan Knowles , the eminent dramatic author , 200 / . per annum ; W . Carleton , Esq ., the eminent dramatic author of " Irish Tales , " & c , 200 / . per annum .
DRESDEN , July 4 . —ELIGIBILITY OF JEWS AS MEMBERS OP PARLIAMENT . —In yesterday ' s sitting of our second chamber , the deliberation on the laws of election was resumed , and the question that Jews as well as Christians are eligible as members of the constituent Assembly was carried , there being onl y two opponents . —Ally . Zeit . d . Jud .
A QUICK REPLY . —Rabbi Baruch one day entered by accident a room , where a number of impious men were conversing scurrilously on the scripture passages alluding to the angels of the Lord , who are recorded to have performed miracles on earth . When the Rabbi perceived these men , he was going to leave the room immediately ; but one of the company called out to him— " Stay , man of God , you are one of the messengers of the Lord , tell us what miracle you have performed on earth . " " I , " replied the Rabbi , " I have opened the mouth of the ass . "
THE BISHOP AND THE JEW . —Once , for a while , the proceedings in the House of Lords have set tongues and pens in almost universal motion . Their Lordships have thrown out the Jewish Disabilities Bill , by a majority of 35 , the votes in favour of the second reading being 128 , and against it 163 . And so the Tories exultingly cry , " Thank God we have a House of Lords ! " To which the people do not respond . Nor will they , we opine , before travellers thank God for turnpike-gates , honest traders for the obstructions of the excise , consumers for high duties , or the lovers of reli gious liberty for the restoration of creed persecutions , ecclesiastical felonry , and the faggot . Here let us record the very remarkable fact , that whilst the Bishop of Oxford was preaching religious
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Chit Chat .
dinner at tho Freemasons' Tavern , which was numerousl y attended by the master-builders * of the metropolis ; Lord Robert Grosvenor , M . P ., in the chair . The object of the association is to provide relief for builders , of sixty years of age and upwards , in reduced circumstances , as well as to maintain an asylum for decayed master-builders , their wives and widows . For this purpose a fund has been raised since the preliminary meeting , held exactly a year since ; and the amount was greatly
augmented by a long list of subscriptions after the dinner . The noble Chairman ably advocated the claims of the institution to public support ; and after the customary loyal toasts had been drunk , prosperity to the institution was drunk with great enthusiasm . Lord Robert Grosvenor having vacated the cbair , it was taken by Mr . W . Biers , the President of the Society ; and , after a pleasant evening , the party broke up .
FAIRISH , AND NOT UNMASONIC . — -Tom presented his bill to his neighhour Joe for service rendered . The latter looked it over , and expressed much surprise at the amount . " Why , Tom , it strikes me that you have made out a pretty round bill here , eh ? " " I am sensible it is a pretty round one , " quoth Tom , " and I am come for the purpose of getting it squared . "
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC PENSIONS . —The following pensions on the civil list have been granted out of the fund set apart for the reward of literary and scientific eminence : —To Bro . James Sheridan Knowles , the eminent dramatic author , 200 / . per annum ; W . Carleton , Esq ., the eminent dramatic author of " Irish Tales , " & c , 200 / . per annum .
DRESDEN , July 4 . —ELIGIBILITY OF JEWS AS MEMBERS OP PARLIAMENT . —In yesterday ' s sitting of our second chamber , the deliberation on the laws of election was resumed , and the question that Jews as well as Christians are eligible as members of the constituent Assembly was carried , there being onl y two opponents . —Ally . Zeit . d . Jud .
A QUICK REPLY . —Rabbi Baruch one day entered by accident a room , where a number of impious men were conversing scurrilously on the scripture passages alluding to the angels of the Lord , who are recorded to have performed miracles on earth . When the Rabbi perceived these men , he was going to leave the room immediately ; but one of the company called out to him— " Stay , man of God , you are one of the messengers of the Lord , tell us what miracle you have performed on earth . " " I , " replied the Rabbi , " I have opened the mouth of the ass . "
THE BISHOP AND THE JEW . —Once , for a while , the proceedings in the House of Lords have set tongues and pens in almost universal motion . Their Lordships have thrown out the Jewish Disabilities Bill , by a majority of 35 , the votes in favour of the second reading being 128 , and against it 163 . And so the Tories exultingly cry , " Thank God we have a House of Lords ! " To which the people do not respond . Nor will they , we opine , before travellers thank God for turnpike-gates , honest traders for the obstructions of the excise , consumers for high duties , or the lovers of reli gious liberty for the restoration of creed persecutions , ecclesiastical felonry , and the faggot . Here let us record the very remarkable fact , that whilst the Bishop of Oxford was preaching religious