... Addison ratired. FreemasoNrY —The annual fgstival of the Ancient Free, and Aoccepted Mazons o‘; the Province of Kent will this year be held at Maidstone. Tre Queex's CoUrr AND Drawing-rooM.—The Queen held a Court and drawing-room at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday ...

... of the abolition of flogging in the service. Horse AND SHEEP STEALING.—Jobhn Harris, 24, labourer, was indicted a$ the East Kent Quarter Sessions last week for stealing a mare, value £47, the property of Thomas Wood, at Ashford, on the 15th July, 1878 ...

... the provision of a st'pend for an assistint garate to serve the proposed new district. MurRDER AT MAIDSTONE.—A terrible murder was committed in Maidstone, at half past nine o’clock on Tuesday night, when s glazier, named Weston, who is a member of the ...