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Memoirs Of The Freemasons At Naples.

the exclusion of Pallante from the office of fiscal , that court found them just and lawful : in consequence Pallante was discharged . This gentleman was the Marquis D'Avena , counsellor to Ihe tribunal of Sancta Clara , member of the royal court of justice , and solicitor for the poor . By virtue of his office it was his duty to defend the cause of the accused ; butas he had till then entertained a very indifferent

, opinion of Freemasons in general , his prejudice engaged him to petition the king to be dispensed from an employment soj-directly opposite to the movements of his conscience . This was the very thing that engaged the Marquis Tanucci , by his influence with his majesty , to refuse his request . Avena found himself then obliged to take a more exact knowledge of the nature and regulations of the Society , and

soon found , to his very great satisfaction , that-he had taken in hand an excellent cause , and from that moment shewed so much zeal in defence of the Society , that the minister was desirous of removinghim from his employment should he persist in their defence in the manner he had begun . D'Avena was deaf to all remonstrances , and implicitly followed the dictates of his conscience and strict justice .

Tanucci menaced him with the loss of all his employments ; but theking , in order to convince him that he did not at all times suffer himself to be governed by his minister , so far from depriving him of any part of his employments , appointed him counsellor to the royal chamber of justice , and Capo di Ruota , or one of the chiefs of the tribunal of that name ; he accompanied this favour with such expressions of kindness as are equally honourable to the master and the subject .

The place of Fiscal was given to Don Cesare Ruggiero , who undertook with great zeal , and in a public manner , to defend the person of his predecessor . As he was bilious by nature , and had very little knowledge of the laws , his choler got the better of his reason , and which he sufficiently shewed by the imprudent speech he made against the Marquis D'Avena , and the Freemasons in general . Government expecting sound reason instead of abusehis speech ( which

, lie had got to be printed ) was publicly condemned as an absurd libel , and accordingly suppressed . Ruggiero , who thought he had produced a masterpiece of its kind , survived the fatal catastrophe but a very short time . Much about the same period the Marquis Tanucci lost his employment ; some people imagined at first that the prosecution of the

Freemasons was the cause . Whatever was the reason , it is certain that from that moment the attacks against the Society became much less violent . Tile same reason ' s which had deprived Pallante of . his office , engaged the council of state to resume the proceedings , and order a fresh hearing of the cause ; at the same time liberty was granted to the

prisoners to retire to their several homes , on condition that they should be ready to appear on the first order from the court . The king approved the decree of the tribunal ; Tanucci said that the accused must g ive bail , They found this stipulation dishonourable ;

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THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. FOR NOVEMBER 1794. Article 1
1st EPISTLE OF ST. PETER, 17th VERSE. Article 3
MASONIC PRECEPTS: Article 6
MEMOIRS OF THE FREEMASONS AT NAPLES. Article 11
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS AND MILITARY ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM. Article 15
MR. TASKER'S LETTERS Article 21
Untitled Article 23
TIPPING BROWN, M. D. Article 24
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 26
EXAMPLES OF THE VIOLENCE WITH WHICH THE LEARNED HAVE CONTENDED ABOUT TRIFLES. FROM D'lSRAELI'S "CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE." VOL. II. Article 28
EARLY THEATRICAL MYSTERIES. Article 30
MAGICAL SUPERSTITION. Article 31
DETACHED THOUGHTS, Article 32
ON DESPAIR. Article 33
ON MILITARY DISCIPLINE. Article 34
ON WISDOM. Article 35
A CURE FOR THE BITE OF A VIPER. Article 35
ON THE COMPARATIVE MORALITY OF THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS. Article 36
ON THE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS. Article 39
ON THE VARIETY OF CONJECTURES CONCERNING THE APPEARANCE AND DEPARTURE OF SWALLOWS. Article 42
AUTHENTIC AND INTERESTING NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF THE MUTINEERS Article 44
ANECDOTES OF CHAPELAIN, A GREAT MISER. Article 51
POETRY. Article 52
WHISKY: AN IRISH BACCHANALIAN SONG. Article 53
CONTEMPLATING THE PERIOD OF ALL HUMAN GLORY, AMONG THE TOMBS IN WESTMINSTER-ABBEY. Article 55
ODE TO FEMALE FRIENDSHIP. Article 56
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 57
PROLOGUE TO EMILIA GALOTTI. Article 59
EPILOGUE. Article 59
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 62
LIST OF GENTLEMEN NOMINATED AS SHERIFFS FOR 1795. Article 67
COUNTRY NEWS. Article 68
PROMOTIONS. Article 70
Untitled Article 70
Untitled Article 70
BANKRUPTS. Article 71
Untitled Article 72
LONDON : Article 72
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 73
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Memoirs Of The Freemasons At Naples.

the exclusion of Pallante from the office of fiscal , that court found them just and lawful : in consequence Pallante was discharged . This gentleman was the Marquis D'Avena , counsellor to Ihe tribunal of Sancta Clara , member of the royal court of justice , and solicitor for the poor . By virtue of his office it was his duty to defend the cause of the accused ; butas he had till then entertained a very indifferent

, opinion of Freemasons in general , his prejudice engaged him to petition the king to be dispensed from an employment soj-directly opposite to the movements of his conscience . This was the very thing that engaged the Marquis Tanucci , by his influence with his majesty , to refuse his request . Avena found himself then obliged to take a more exact knowledge of the nature and regulations of the Society , and

soon found , to his very great satisfaction , that-he had taken in hand an excellent cause , and from that moment shewed so much zeal in defence of the Society , that the minister was desirous of removinghim from his employment should he persist in their defence in the manner he had begun . D'Avena was deaf to all remonstrances , and implicitly followed the dictates of his conscience and strict justice .

Tanucci menaced him with the loss of all his employments ; but theking , in order to convince him that he did not at all times suffer himself to be governed by his minister , so far from depriving him of any part of his employments , appointed him counsellor to the royal chamber of justice , and Capo di Ruota , or one of the chiefs of the tribunal of that name ; he accompanied this favour with such expressions of kindness as are equally honourable to the master and the subject .

The place of Fiscal was given to Don Cesare Ruggiero , who undertook with great zeal , and in a public manner , to defend the person of his predecessor . As he was bilious by nature , and had very little knowledge of the laws , his choler got the better of his reason , and which he sufficiently shewed by the imprudent speech he made against the Marquis D'Avena , and the Freemasons in general . Government expecting sound reason instead of abusehis speech ( which

, lie had got to be printed ) was publicly condemned as an absurd libel , and accordingly suppressed . Ruggiero , who thought he had produced a masterpiece of its kind , survived the fatal catastrophe but a very short time . Much about the same period the Marquis Tanucci lost his employment ; some people imagined at first that the prosecution of the

Freemasons was the cause . Whatever was the reason , it is certain that from that moment the attacks against the Society became much less violent . Tile same reason ' s which had deprived Pallante of . his office , engaged the council of state to resume the proceedings , and order a fresh hearing of the cause ; at the same time liberty was granted to the

prisoners to retire to their several homes , on condition that they should be ready to appear on the first order from the court . The king approved the decree of the tribunal ; Tanucci said that the accused must g ive bail , They found this stipulation dishonourable ;

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