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Memoirs Of The Freemasons Of Naples.

quently on his lips , and he was more than usually gracious towards the Muratists . Officers and privates appeared equally satisfied , and hypocrisy ancl want of sincerity prevailed on either side . Judging from these external appearances , the Government believed the army faithful , and on the 1 st of July 1820 the camp was raisedand the

regi-, , , ments returned to their former quarters . No sooner hacl they clone so thana generalinsurrectiontookplacethroughout the country . Many ofthe soldiers and almost all the local militias joined them ; and in one great body they marched on toivards the capital . They reached Naples on Sunday , the 9 th of Julyabout mid-day ,

andpro-, , ceeding by Strada Toledo , defiled before the Duke of Calabria , who stood at the window of the Eoyal Palace , and admitted their leader to the honour of an audience ; after which he was granted the favour of kissing the King ' s hand .

The regular troops , headed by General Napolitano , opened the march , and were followed by the mass of provincial militia , walking rapidly without any order , conducted by General G . Pepe ancl a priest of the name of Menichini . This extraordinary man was looked upon with more curiosity than his companion , inasmuch as he had been the principal mover of all the secret springs

which had set tbe revolution in motion , and had thereby brought the anger of the Pope upon himself . The constitution itself , in a palpable shape , made its appearance in the procession , conveyed in a common hackney one-horse chair , called a curriculo . The spectacle displayed by the "bands of provincial militia was

singular in the extreme ; as , though they were all most formidably armed , their weapons varied as much as their accoutrements . A very small proportion of them were clad in military uniform , the majority being habited according to the different costumes of their respective districts , which , at the same time , bore a very warlike aspect ; the cartridge belt , the sandalled legs , the broad stiletto , short musket , and grey peaked bats , so

peculiarly adopted by painters for the representation of banditti , seemed here to realise all the ideas which the inhabitants of the North had formed of such beings ; and the sunburnt complexions and dark bushy hair and whiskers of the wearers greatly contributed to render the resemblance more striking . A strange contrast was exhibited by the more opulent classes of these legions

, who , _ though equally well provided with arms of all descriptions , marched among the ranks of their picturesque companions attired in the full extreme of modern French and English fashions . All bore the Carbonari colours at their breast ; while scarfs of the same , or different medals or emblems , * tied to their

waistcoat , denoted the rank they severally held in the society . Banners with inscriptions in honour of this association were also carried by them . Nearl y the whole of these individuals had been absent from their 3 ion . es nine days , during which they had never slept in a bed , eleven under a roof ; but they all seemed in perfect good

humour and spirits , and appeared amply repaid for all their hardships by the success which had followed them . ( To he continued . )

Ar00302

The Eev . William Sewell , D . D ., has in the press a work entitled The Christian Vestiges of Creation . The hook may he a " -ood one , hut the title is a hase plagiarism from that of the well-known anonymous work .

Laswarrie.

LASWARRIE .

As IXTTDETT F 0 UX \ D " E 11 OK" FACT . ET A PEOV . G . C . It is not often now-a-days that we hear of Laswarrie ; very few of the jn-esent generation know that there is such a place upon the face of the map ; very many of the

past generation have entirely forgotten its whereabouts ; and yet before its little nullah was once fought one of those hard-won , bloody fights , which have rendered the British name so terrible in the Hindu ' s ears , ancl gained the British soldier his most befitting character for a resolution amounting to bulldog pertinacity . Laswarrie was like Plassy , or ThermopyL-c , to go back to olden times , a spot where pluck vanquished force , and heroes discomfited a host .

, Men ' s minds are now filled with reminiscences of the Crimean struggle ; they tell us , when they talk of war , of how the hordes of Euss fell on the few hundreds of the Eoyal Duke ' s Division , and they relate anecdote after anecdote to prove how gallantl y his warriors met and repelled the onslaught , just as if such deeds as that dark

morning saw hacl hacl no parallel in the days of old , and had found no impress in the pages of preceding history . Men talk now of Louis Napoleon ' s rapid marches , and his vigorous ancl energetic movements ; ancl they worry themselves because the Gallic Emperor , having shown such singularly warlike capacity upon the soil of

Northern Italy , might , perchance , if outward circumstances pressed , or the whim seized him , try similar erratic feats upon the southern shores of England . Ah ! well ! he would require , I take it , some little activity in quantity and quality surpassing what he jiossesses already , to manage any undertaking of that sort to his

own satisfaction . And a pity , surely , is it that , instead of raising all this useless , yet irritating clamour , we will not bide quiet as ive recall to mind that British grenadiers are prompt as he in showing pluck , and that English cavalry are swift as he in marching on to meet an enemy . At leastso was itwhen Lake ' s four

thou-, , sand "handful of heroes" chased through North Deccan the huge flock of " Deccan Invincibles , " and brought them to bay beside the Nullah of Laswarrie . And so will it be again for aye and for ever . Let the screw and the paddle do their work ever so expeditiously , no steam will ever—can ever anticipate the gathering of the

"corps ; " no debarkation could be effected ever so hastily , but that the scarlet and the grey would acknowledge it with a thorough English welcome—ancl a warm one , too !

But enough . On Laswarrie hangs the tale ; and epics and heroics , with all attendant fustian , are as unwelcome noiv ancl here as—as—any friends under certain circumstances from over the water would be any time at Portland or Newhayen .

"Where is Laswarrie ? " brother apprentice , did I hear you say ? When you are perfectly acquainted with the Globe on B ., you will remember it as a little village not far from Delhi or Agra . By-the-bye , whilst on the subject of geography , I heard of a clergyman , the other day , who goes about

preaching for a society who talks of the poor Hottentot on the burning plains of India . Well brother E . A ., Laswarrie is in India ; but not where those poor Hottentots are exactly . There is nothing like saving yourself and yoni- nei ghbours trouble , and taking things in a general sort ; even geography , if it come in the way . But to Laswarrie . Por , brother E . A ., did you ever

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FREEMASONRY IN FRANCE. Article 1
MEMOIRS OF THE FREEMASONS OF NAPLES. Article 2
Untitled Article 3
LASWARRIE. Article 3
SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN AND HIS TIMES. Article 5
GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL INTELLIGENCE. Article 7
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 7
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART. Article 9
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 10
IN MEMORIAM—IN FUTURO. Article 10
MASONIC MEMS. Article 11
SUPREME GRAND LODGE. Article 11
METROPOLITAN. Article 13
PROVINCIAL. Article 15
ROYAL ARCH. Article 18
MARK MASONRY. Article 18
THE WEEK. Article 19
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 20
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Memoirs Of The Freemasons Of Naples.

quently on his lips , and he was more than usually gracious towards the Muratists . Officers and privates appeared equally satisfied , and hypocrisy ancl want of sincerity prevailed on either side . Judging from these external appearances , the Government believed the army faithful , and on the 1 st of July 1820 the camp was raisedand the

regi-, , , ments returned to their former quarters . No sooner hacl they clone so thana generalinsurrectiontookplacethroughout the country . Many ofthe soldiers and almost all the local militias joined them ; and in one great body they marched on toivards the capital . They reached Naples on Sunday , the 9 th of Julyabout mid-day ,

andpro-, , ceeding by Strada Toledo , defiled before the Duke of Calabria , who stood at the window of the Eoyal Palace , and admitted their leader to the honour of an audience ; after which he was granted the favour of kissing the King ' s hand .

The regular troops , headed by General Napolitano , opened the march , and were followed by the mass of provincial militia , walking rapidly without any order , conducted by General G . Pepe ancl a priest of the name of Menichini . This extraordinary man was looked upon with more curiosity than his companion , inasmuch as he had been the principal mover of all the secret springs

which had set tbe revolution in motion , and had thereby brought the anger of the Pope upon himself . The constitution itself , in a palpable shape , made its appearance in the procession , conveyed in a common hackney one-horse chair , called a curriculo . The spectacle displayed by the "bands of provincial militia was

singular in the extreme ; as , though they were all most formidably armed , their weapons varied as much as their accoutrements . A very small proportion of them were clad in military uniform , the majority being habited according to the different costumes of their respective districts , which , at the same time , bore a very warlike aspect ; the cartridge belt , the sandalled legs , the broad stiletto , short musket , and grey peaked bats , so

peculiarly adopted by painters for the representation of banditti , seemed here to realise all the ideas which the inhabitants of the North had formed of such beings ; and the sunburnt complexions and dark bushy hair and whiskers of the wearers greatly contributed to render the resemblance more striking . A strange contrast was exhibited by the more opulent classes of these legions

, who , _ though equally well provided with arms of all descriptions , marched among the ranks of their picturesque companions attired in the full extreme of modern French and English fashions . All bore the Carbonari colours at their breast ; while scarfs of the same , or different medals or emblems , * tied to their

waistcoat , denoted the rank they severally held in the society . Banners with inscriptions in honour of this association were also carried by them . Nearl y the whole of these individuals had been absent from their 3 ion . es nine days , during which they had never slept in a bed , eleven under a roof ; but they all seemed in perfect good

humour and spirits , and appeared amply repaid for all their hardships by the success which had followed them . ( To he continued . )

Ar00302

The Eev . William Sewell , D . D ., has in the press a work entitled The Christian Vestiges of Creation . The hook may he a " -ood one , hut the title is a hase plagiarism from that of the well-known anonymous work .

Laswarrie.

LASWARRIE .

As IXTTDETT F 0 UX \ D " E 11 OK" FACT . ET A PEOV . G . C . It is not often now-a-days that we hear of Laswarrie ; very few of the jn-esent generation know that there is such a place upon the face of the map ; very many of the

past generation have entirely forgotten its whereabouts ; and yet before its little nullah was once fought one of those hard-won , bloody fights , which have rendered the British name so terrible in the Hindu ' s ears , ancl gained the British soldier his most befitting character for a resolution amounting to bulldog pertinacity . Laswarrie was like Plassy , or ThermopyL-c , to go back to olden times , a spot where pluck vanquished force , and heroes discomfited a host .

, Men ' s minds are now filled with reminiscences of the Crimean struggle ; they tell us , when they talk of war , of how the hordes of Euss fell on the few hundreds of the Eoyal Duke ' s Division , and they relate anecdote after anecdote to prove how gallantl y his warriors met and repelled the onslaught , just as if such deeds as that dark

morning saw hacl hacl no parallel in the days of old , and had found no impress in the pages of preceding history . Men talk now of Louis Napoleon ' s rapid marches , and his vigorous ancl energetic movements ; ancl they worry themselves because the Gallic Emperor , having shown such singularly warlike capacity upon the soil of

Northern Italy , might , perchance , if outward circumstances pressed , or the whim seized him , try similar erratic feats upon the southern shores of England . Ah ! well ! he would require , I take it , some little activity in quantity and quality surpassing what he jiossesses already , to manage any undertaking of that sort to his

own satisfaction . And a pity , surely , is it that , instead of raising all this useless , yet irritating clamour , we will not bide quiet as ive recall to mind that British grenadiers are prompt as he in showing pluck , and that English cavalry are swift as he in marching on to meet an enemy . At leastso was itwhen Lake ' s four

thou-, , sand "handful of heroes" chased through North Deccan the huge flock of " Deccan Invincibles , " and brought them to bay beside the Nullah of Laswarrie . And so will it be again for aye and for ever . Let the screw and the paddle do their work ever so expeditiously , no steam will ever—can ever anticipate the gathering of the

"corps ; " no debarkation could be effected ever so hastily , but that the scarlet and the grey would acknowledge it with a thorough English welcome—ancl a warm one , too !

But enough . On Laswarrie hangs the tale ; and epics and heroics , with all attendant fustian , are as unwelcome noiv ancl here as—as—any friends under certain circumstances from over the water would be any time at Portland or Newhayen .

"Where is Laswarrie ? " brother apprentice , did I hear you say ? When you are perfectly acquainted with the Globe on B ., you will remember it as a little village not far from Delhi or Agra . By-the-bye , whilst on the subject of geography , I heard of a clergyman , the other day , who goes about

preaching for a society who talks of the poor Hottentot on the burning plains of India . Well brother E . A ., Laswarrie is in India ; but not where those poor Hottentots are exactly . There is nothing like saving yourself and yoni- nei ghbours trouble , and taking things in a general sort ; even geography , if it come in the way . But to Laswarrie . Por , brother E . A ., did you ever

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