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A Masonic Heeo:
chased by violation of their Masonic oath , is a psychological my 6 teiy . We are the first to commeiit upon it ; to otheis we leave the task of its due investigation .
A rampant hatred of Freemasonry seems too long to have influenced the priesthood of every country which bo vvs to the domination of papal rule—though luckily in our own country many enlightened Catb olics a re " m embers of our Order . But the i or miila and sy mb ol s of the Brotherhood are secrets resolutely denied even to the confessional : Mnc illw lachrymal .
Malta very recently exhibited a droll illustration of this trauscendant odium ilieologicwm , A celebrated native quadrille band was hired to attend at a Masonic festival , the character arid objects of which those priest-ridden musicians knew not of Already did they occupy their position in the orchestra of the grand banquet-rponi at Government House . A brilliant assemblage of ladies and gentlemen filled the va ^ t area below . Sudden from without heralded the arrival of the Knights of St . John of
Malta ; and then , dressed in gorgeous uniform , with all the banners and ensigns of their craftj this Christian order of Masonry entered . No sooner , however , had the apron of his excellency the governor flashed upon the e 3 es of the fiddlers than the whole band leaped to their feet , and seizing their instruments—dainty tenor and huge double bass—they rushed into the street . Marvellous was the astonishment at first , and the mirth afterwards , which this untoward
event created . But there was noble military music in the vestibule , and call soon went off merry as a marriage bell , For weeks previous to this occurrence the friars had been denouncing Masonry from the pulpits of cathedral and oratory , hurling threats of excommunication , and other dire pains and penalties , on all such as directly or indirectly abetted its operations . But to our narrative : —
" Being desirous , says Costos , of furnishing' my readers with every possible proof that I actually underwent the tortures narrated in these pages , I submitted the wounds , still visible upon my amis and legs , to the inspection of Dr . Hoadley and to Mr . Hawkins and Mr . Carey , surgeons ; and I feel grateful to those gentlemen for having authorized me to state that they are quite satisfied the marks resulted from great and peculiar violence , and that their position corresponds exactly with the tortures hereinafter described .
"I am a native of Berne , in Switzerland , and a lapidary by profes & ion . In the year 1716 , my father came with his family to London , and easily obtained there letters of naturalization . ' After twepty-two years' residence I went to Paris , and worked for the French king in the galleries of the Louvre . Having thus spent five years , I removed to Lisbon , with the ultimate design of settling in the
Brazils , allured hy the vision of gold and jewels so abundant there , and the certainty of acquiring a fortune . But the king of Portugal , by advice of his council , deemed it impolitic to permit a foreign lapidary to roam through a colony abounding with precious stones , of whose value and extent the government labour to keep even their own subjects in ignorance At Lisbon , therefore , I was content to settle , having lost all hopes of being
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A Masonic Heeo:
chased by violation of their Masonic oath , is a psychological my 6 teiy . We are the first to commeiit upon it ; to otheis we leave the task of its due investigation .
A rampant hatred of Freemasonry seems too long to have influenced the priesthood of every country which bo vvs to the domination of papal rule—though luckily in our own country many enlightened Catb olics a re " m embers of our Order . But the i or miila and sy mb ol s of the Brotherhood are secrets resolutely denied even to the confessional : Mnc illw lachrymal .
Malta very recently exhibited a droll illustration of this trauscendant odium ilieologicwm , A celebrated native quadrille band was hired to attend at a Masonic festival , the character arid objects of which those priest-ridden musicians knew not of Already did they occupy their position in the orchestra of the grand banquet-rponi at Government House . A brilliant assemblage of ladies and gentlemen filled the va ^ t area below . Sudden from without heralded the arrival of the Knights of St . John of
Malta ; and then , dressed in gorgeous uniform , with all the banners and ensigns of their craftj this Christian order of Masonry entered . No sooner , however , had the apron of his excellency the governor flashed upon the e 3 es of the fiddlers than the whole band leaped to their feet , and seizing their instruments—dainty tenor and huge double bass—they rushed into the street . Marvellous was the astonishment at first , and the mirth afterwards , which this untoward
event created . But there was noble military music in the vestibule , and call soon went off merry as a marriage bell , For weeks previous to this occurrence the friars had been denouncing Masonry from the pulpits of cathedral and oratory , hurling threats of excommunication , and other dire pains and penalties , on all such as directly or indirectly abetted its operations . But to our narrative : —
" Being desirous , says Costos , of furnishing' my readers with every possible proof that I actually underwent the tortures narrated in these pages , I submitted the wounds , still visible upon my amis and legs , to the inspection of Dr . Hoadley and to Mr . Hawkins and Mr . Carey , surgeons ; and I feel grateful to those gentlemen for having authorized me to state that they are quite satisfied the marks resulted from great and peculiar violence , and that their position corresponds exactly with the tortures hereinafter described .
"I am a native of Berne , in Switzerland , and a lapidary by profes & ion . In the year 1716 , my father came with his family to London , and easily obtained there letters of naturalization . ' After twepty-two years' residence I went to Paris , and worked for the French king in the galleries of the Louvre . Having thus spent five years , I removed to Lisbon , with the ultimate design of settling in the
Brazils , allured hy the vision of gold and jewels so abundant there , and the certainty of acquiring a fortune . But the king of Portugal , by advice of his council , deemed it impolitic to permit a foreign lapidary to roam through a colony abounding with precious stones , of whose value and extent the government labour to keep even their own subjects in ignorance At Lisbon , therefore , I was content to settle , having lost all hopes of being