Freemasonry And The Pope.

then- children , but they are not driven from the eternal city . But your philosojDhical toleration , which you call , very improperly , liberty of conscience , leads you to treat on the same terms of equality all men , to whatever creed they may

belong . How is it you could not perceive that this toleration clashes with the maxims of the Church , since it was one of the motives for the excommunication inflicted on you in 1788 , as the Holy Father repeats in his last allocution , " What

is the object of this association of men belonging to all religions , and every belief ? " " I will not allude / - the Seminarist would add , " to your joint responsibility , that swells of heresy , and the most mitigated explanation of which

would tend to corroborate your criminal practice , as regards religious toleration . I shall confine myself to quoting from your clause this passage : — "' In the elevated sphere in which it places itself , Preemasonry respects all religious persuasions and political opinions , & c . ' " This is the complement and acme of all your

heresies . You are in a sphere elevated—so elevated that the religious belief of your adepts is beneath you . Do you fancy the Church requires more than this to substantiate the charge of indifferentism , disguised in your first clause under

such pompons titles as—search" after the truth , universal morals , joint responsibility , liberty of conscience , & c . ? You have been , you are , and you will be damned and excommunicated , Messieurs les Francmacons . "

Chandernagore Taken From The French.

CHANDERNAGORE TAKEN FROM THE FRENCH .

Colonel Olive , towards the latter end of February , 1757 , left his camp near Calcutta , and crossed the Ganges , which was equally convenient , to commence hostilities against the French , or to join the Nawab against the Pathan forces ; but

the intention both of the Nawab and the French being very manifest , on the Sth of March he turned his face towards Chandernagore , and on the loth he invested it . On the 14-th the enemy sallied out , in which affair Captain Coote greatly signalised

himself , and soon after made them retreat . On this they quitted their outer works ancl became masters of the town , ancl the batteries in and about it , with very little loss ; aud the enemy , by this means , were shut up within their fort . *

As soon as everything was in readiness on board the fleet , and the ships cleared of their superfluous stores , they moved up the river with the flood tide To the great mortification of the French ( who had flattered themselves that it would be impracticable

for us to bring up our large ships ) on the 18 th the Kent , Tijger , and Salisbury appeared in sight of the fort , and then , turning the point of Chandernagore Eeach , anchored on the 19 th off the Prussian Octagon , from whence we had a full view of the

town and fortifications . As soon as we came to an anchor , the French threw a shell aud fired a shot or two , to try if they could reach our ships , but they fell short . The preparations for the attack of this jjlace

had unavoidably been carried on so openly , that it was impossible they should be kept a secret from the French , who had , therefore , made use

of every possible method to frustrate our design . Just above the Fort of Chandernagore there was a large -bank of sand , which made the passage very narrow . To block up this channel they had sunk three ships , loaded with ballast , the masts

of which , however , appeai-ed above the water . Three other large ships lay at anchor above the fort ; these , it was said , were prepared as fire ships , to be sent down with the tide to burn our squadron in the middle of the night . The

Admiral , therefore , resolved to be beforehand with them , and gave orders that all the boats of the ships should go up , as soon as the night came on , and endeavour to cut their cables . This was accordingly done , and they all drove upon the

sands . It afterwards appeared that the crews belonging to those ships had been taken out to reinforce the garrison .

The attack on the fort would probably have taken place the next morning , had the tides in the river been at all favourable for that purpose ; but , unfortunately for us , they served either too early in the morning or too late in the afternoon . This circumstance obliged the Admiral to postpone