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Masonic Chit-Chat.
which he had now also detected in Canterbury Cathedral . The subject is one of considerable interest as connected with the origin of Freemasonry ; and similar marks are met with in the edifices of antiquity in the East , in still greater numbers and possessing greater peculiarities . ' ' Ainsworth ' s Magasine , Oct . 1844 .
JEAN PIERRE BOYER . —The late President of Hayti is a Mason , and is described in the Tableaux des Grand Dignitaires clel'Order in Hayti , as Ch . T . K . et 33 =. —Freemasons' Magazine , U . S . MASONRY—A lecture on Masonry , the arts and sciences , and navigation , was delivered by Bro . Charles Mackie , at the Southwark Literary Institution , on the 4 th instant , but the Grand Lodge being held on that evening , our reporter could not attend . We hear that the lecturer
gave great satisfaction to a numerous audience . Among the subjects were : —The first pillars before the flood . The Hebrews taught Masonry during their bondage , ancl prior to their taking possession of the promised land . Philosophical conjectures as to the form of the first human habitation . Antiquity of Freemasonry , its vast importance as a science . The tower of Babel . Pyramids of Egypt . Hierogliphics , and antiquities . Roman Masonry . Modern Masonry . Ancient fraternity of Freemasons . Poetical definition of a Freemason .
JUDGES RECOMMENDING CRIMINALS NOT TO PLEAD GUILTY . —Where it happens to a prisoner to answer in the affirmative—in appropriate language , to plead guilty—if he insists on it , the general understanding seems to be that he has a right to have such his plea ordered ; in which case there is a necessary end of trial , and the verdict follows of course . In practice , it is grown into a sort of fashion , when the prisoner has returned this answer , for the judge to endeavour to persuade him to withdraw itand substitute the opposite pleathe plea of not guiltyin
, , , its place . The wicked man , repenting of his wickedness , offers what atonement is in his power ; the judge , the chosen minister of righteousness , bids him repent of his repentance , and in place of the truth , substitute a barefaced lie . Such is the morality , such the holiness , of an English judge . —Benthamiana . ROMAN ANTIQUITIES . — " Great pains are taken at Rome to preserve from further decay the architectural relics of the ages anterior to
Christianity . The tottering portion of the Colosseum has been propped up , and the Temple of Nerva is about to be repaired . The public roads are likewise undergoing great improvements . The heretofore incommodious road on the Monte Cavo ( Mons latialis ) has been levelled , and they are building a viaduct at Genzano . The great road across the Pontine Marshes will be improved , the gloomy desert which formerly surrounded the traveller has been planted with rows of elm trees , whilst on either side the eye is gratified by the pleasing aspect of corn fields and pasture lands . The malaria of that district , nevertheless , continues to exercise a baneful influence on health . "
SINGULAR DISCOVERY OF ANCIENT COINS . —Lately , as some men were employed digging near the railway at Cheltenham , they discovered , at about forty feet below the surface of the earth , a small earthen urn of remarkable texture , upon which was carved some beautiful specimens of ancient Roman architecture , and upon being opened it was found to contain a number of ancient gold and silver , coins ; amongst them were a few of silver of the reign of Tiberius Caesar , in a high state of pre-
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Masonic Chit-Chat.
which he had now also detected in Canterbury Cathedral . The subject is one of considerable interest as connected with the origin of Freemasonry ; and similar marks are met with in the edifices of antiquity in the East , in still greater numbers and possessing greater peculiarities . ' ' Ainsworth ' s Magasine , Oct . 1844 .
JEAN PIERRE BOYER . —The late President of Hayti is a Mason , and is described in the Tableaux des Grand Dignitaires clel'Order in Hayti , as Ch . T . K . et 33 =. —Freemasons' Magazine , U . S . MASONRY—A lecture on Masonry , the arts and sciences , and navigation , was delivered by Bro . Charles Mackie , at the Southwark Literary Institution , on the 4 th instant , but the Grand Lodge being held on that evening , our reporter could not attend . We hear that the lecturer
gave great satisfaction to a numerous audience . Among the subjects were : —The first pillars before the flood . The Hebrews taught Masonry during their bondage , ancl prior to their taking possession of the promised land . Philosophical conjectures as to the form of the first human habitation . Antiquity of Freemasonry , its vast importance as a science . The tower of Babel . Pyramids of Egypt . Hierogliphics , and antiquities . Roman Masonry . Modern Masonry . Ancient fraternity of Freemasons . Poetical definition of a Freemason .
JUDGES RECOMMENDING CRIMINALS NOT TO PLEAD GUILTY . —Where it happens to a prisoner to answer in the affirmative—in appropriate language , to plead guilty—if he insists on it , the general understanding seems to be that he has a right to have such his plea ordered ; in which case there is a necessary end of trial , and the verdict follows of course . In practice , it is grown into a sort of fashion , when the prisoner has returned this answer , for the judge to endeavour to persuade him to withdraw itand substitute the opposite pleathe plea of not guiltyin
, , , its place . The wicked man , repenting of his wickedness , offers what atonement is in his power ; the judge , the chosen minister of righteousness , bids him repent of his repentance , and in place of the truth , substitute a barefaced lie . Such is the morality , such the holiness , of an English judge . —Benthamiana . ROMAN ANTIQUITIES . — " Great pains are taken at Rome to preserve from further decay the architectural relics of the ages anterior to
Christianity . The tottering portion of the Colosseum has been propped up , and the Temple of Nerva is about to be repaired . The public roads are likewise undergoing great improvements . The heretofore incommodious road on the Monte Cavo ( Mons latialis ) has been levelled , and they are building a viaduct at Genzano . The great road across the Pontine Marshes will be improved , the gloomy desert which formerly surrounded the traveller has been planted with rows of elm trees , whilst on either side the eye is gratified by the pleasing aspect of corn fields and pasture lands . The malaria of that district , nevertheless , continues to exercise a baneful influence on health . "
SINGULAR DISCOVERY OF ANCIENT COINS . —Lately , as some men were employed digging near the railway at Cheltenham , they discovered , at about forty feet below the surface of the earth , a small earthen urn of remarkable texture , upon which was carved some beautiful specimens of ancient Roman architecture , and upon being opened it was found to contain a number of ancient gold and silver , coins ; amongst them were a few of silver of the reign of Tiberius Caesar , in a high state of pre-