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Memoirs Of The Freemasons At Naples.

" pearance of this man , who is certainly a very material evidence , " We are told of a baptism—we ought at least to know the person " baptised , and the one who performed that ceremony ; but here we " see neither the one nor the other . " Pallante again repeated that he had given an account of the whole transaction to his majesty , " Very well , " replied Crisconio , " in that case the king is sole judge , " we have nothing farther to do in the affair . " He then asked Baffi

, the Greek professor , the name of a Freemason in that language , and was answered , Philanthropist , or a friend of mankind . The unexpected questions of Crisconio had sufficiently alarmed Pallante , who was then , though too late , sensible of the faults he had committed ; in order in some measure to repair them he sent privately to Ponsardthe Frenchman whom he had caused so unjustly to be

, imprisoned , and who had by this time been detained a full month ; he offered to give him proofs of his favour , either by money or interest , on condition of his declaring himself to be the person who was to have been made a Freemason the second cf March . Ponsard rejected these , proposals with horror , and flatly refused to render himself an accomplice in such abominable treachery . Pallante did notdesist

, but made use of flattery , promises , threats , but all in vain ; even torments were made use of : Ponsard having courageously resisted all they could do to him , was at last set at liberty , with strict orders to quit the kingdom immediately . Furious at such unjust treatment he left Naples , but re-entered the city on the opposite side , and

without loss of time went-to the Marquis de Clermont , ambassador from the French court , to whom he made a faithful recital of all that had happened to him . The ambassador immediately ordered his coach , and made his complaints to the king ; and in the sequel supported the cause of Ponsard and the Freemasons in general with so much force , that the society will never forget the obligations they owe him , and will always regard him in the light of one of their best benefactors .

Pallante seeing the bad success of his plot , had the art of engaging the Polander to become a willing prisoner ; he sent his secretary to him with orders to let him want for nothing , and to engage him by the means of good wine , to give a deposition such as he wanted , and wherein he declared , that his intention had been to be received a Freemason ; after whichnotwithstanding the express order of the

, tribunal to the contrary , Pallante set him at liberty , in as arbitrary a manner as he had dispensed him from going to prison the first moment of the trial . The Freemasons , who thought themselves near the moment of their deliverance , found themselves again p lunged into fresh troubles . Pallante , insulting- their misery , made a shew of fulfilling the promise he had made them ; they were accordingly

taken out of that prison in order to be shut up in another . They had the mortification of being deceived , and of having furnished arms against themselves . Berenzer , the Swede , overpowered by sorrow for having imprudently contributed ro his own misery , yielded to his destiny , and died in . prison , certainly not altogether for the expiation of his fault , but

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Untitled Article 1
Untitled Article 2
LONDON: Article 2
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 3
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 3
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. Article 4
AN ORATION Article 4
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS AND MILITARY ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM. Article 9
EXTRACTS FROM TWO SERMONS, PREACHED BEFORE THE ANCIENT AND HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF FREEMASONS, Article 11
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 17
LETTERS FROM T. DUNCKERLEY, ESQ. Article 18
A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF WEYMOUTH. Article 21
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 22
MR. TASKER'S LETTERS Article 23
MEMOIRS OF THE REV. WILLIAM PETERS, L.L.B. Article 25
POPULATION OF THE GLOBE. Article 29
AUTHENTIC AND INTERESTING NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF THE MUTINEERS Article 30
ANECDOTE. Article 37
MEMOIRS OF THE FREEMASONS AT NAPLES. Article 38
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 42
DETACHED THOUGHTS, ILLUSTRATED BY ANECDOTES ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS. Article 43
ON CONSTANCY. Article 44
ON DILIGENCE Article 45
ON SUSPICION. Article 45
INSTANCES OF UNPARALLELLED PARSIMONY IN THE LATE DANIEL DANCER, ESQ. Article 46
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 48
REMEDY FOR PUTRID FEVERS. Article 48
THE TELEGRAPHE. Article 49
ON THE PROPRIETY OF SPECULATING ON FIRST PRINCIPLES. Article 51
THE POETICAL LANGUAGE OF TRAGEDY NOT BORROWED FROM NATURE. Article 53
POETRY. Article 54
AN ADDRESS WRITTEN BY J. F. S. Article 55
The following is a Translation of the famous Lines composed by DES BARREAUX, so justly celebrated by Mr. BAYLE. Article 56
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, TO A MARRIED LADY* ON HER BIRTH-DAY, Article 57
ELEGY TO THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA. Article 57
EPITAPH ON A CELEBRATED IRISH ACTOR, Article 58
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, LETTER FROM MR. J. TERU TO DOCTOR BIRCH, Dated June 25th, 1728. Article 59
THE FLY, ADDRESSED TO MRS. ******. Article 59
LINES BY MRS. ROBINSON. Article 59
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 60
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 62
AGRICULTURE, &c. METHOD OF MAKING STILTON CHEESE, Article 69
DISEASES OF CORN AND CATTLE, FROM MR. LOWE'S SURVEY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Article 70
CURES FOR VARIOUS DISEASES OF DAIRY CATTLE, FROM MR. WEDGE'S SURVEY OF CHESHIRE. Article 71
PROMOTIONS. Article 72
Untitled Article 72
Untitled Article 73
BANKRUPTS. Article 73
Untitled Article 74
LONDON : Article 74
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 75
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 75
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Memoirs Of The Freemasons At Naples.

" pearance of this man , who is certainly a very material evidence , " We are told of a baptism—we ought at least to know the person " baptised , and the one who performed that ceremony ; but here we " see neither the one nor the other . " Pallante again repeated that he had given an account of the whole transaction to his majesty , " Very well , " replied Crisconio , " in that case the king is sole judge , " we have nothing farther to do in the affair . " He then asked Baffi

, the Greek professor , the name of a Freemason in that language , and was answered , Philanthropist , or a friend of mankind . The unexpected questions of Crisconio had sufficiently alarmed Pallante , who was then , though too late , sensible of the faults he had committed ; in order in some measure to repair them he sent privately to Ponsardthe Frenchman whom he had caused so unjustly to be

, imprisoned , and who had by this time been detained a full month ; he offered to give him proofs of his favour , either by money or interest , on condition of his declaring himself to be the person who was to have been made a Freemason the second cf March . Ponsard rejected these , proposals with horror , and flatly refused to render himself an accomplice in such abominable treachery . Pallante did notdesist

, but made use of flattery , promises , threats , but all in vain ; even torments were made use of : Ponsard having courageously resisted all they could do to him , was at last set at liberty , with strict orders to quit the kingdom immediately . Furious at such unjust treatment he left Naples , but re-entered the city on the opposite side , and

without loss of time went-to the Marquis de Clermont , ambassador from the French court , to whom he made a faithful recital of all that had happened to him . The ambassador immediately ordered his coach , and made his complaints to the king ; and in the sequel supported the cause of Ponsard and the Freemasons in general with so much force , that the society will never forget the obligations they owe him , and will always regard him in the light of one of their best benefactors .

Pallante seeing the bad success of his plot , had the art of engaging the Polander to become a willing prisoner ; he sent his secretary to him with orders to let him want for nothing , and to engage him by the means of good wine , to give a deposition such as he wanted , and wherein he declared , that his intention had been to be received a Freemason ; after whichnotwithstanding the express order of the

, tribunal to the contrary , Pallante set him at liberty , in as arbitrary a manner as he had dispensed him from going to prison the first moment of the trial . The Freemasons , who thought themselves near the moment of their deliverance , found themselves again p lunged into fresh troubles . Pallante , insulting- their misery , made a shew of fulfilling the promise he had made them ; they were accordingly

taken out of that prison in order to be shut up in another . They had the mortification of being deceived , and of having furnished arms against themselves . Berenzer , the Swede , overpowered by sorrow for having imprudently contributed ro his own misery , yielded to his destiny , and died in . prison , certainly not altogether for the expiation of his fault , but

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