That none but vile fools are deceitful in love.
Derry down, down, hey derry down.
[16] St John’s Lodge, No. 184, Free Masons’ Hall, Low Friar Street, Newcastle, dedicated October 18th, 1777, was some years after disused and converted into the Dispensary.
THE FRENCH INVASION.
Published May 10th, 1794.
Some wags, taking advantage of the alarm of invasion in March, 1794, sent two letters, with the counterfeit signatures of two magistrates in Northumberland, to the Mayor of Newcastle, stating, that a party of French had landed on the coast, near Bambrough; this occasioned some bustle in Newcastle; 270l. reward was afterward offered in vain for the discovery of the writers.
“Now fill a bumper to the brim,
“And drink to Gotham’s mayor;
“And when again he hears such news,