Reviews Of Uew Books.

REVIEWS OF UEW BOOKS .

[ Publishers are requested to send works for review not later than the 20 th of the month , addressed to the Editor of the "Freemasons' Monthly Magazine , " 74-5 , Great Queen-street , Lincorn ' s-Inn Fields . ] " What Popery is , when armed with Power ; and what Tractarianism leads to : " by E . Yates , B . A . London : Boone . This is a powerful and just stricture upon the dulness of those who suppose that Popery has changed its spirit , or has less persecution rife in it than of yore . The author analyses the history of the

Inquisition , and exposes the cruelty , ignorance , and sensuality of the judges in that modern hell with severe integrity . "Such , " he exclaims u are the monsters , which await the sons and daughters of heretical Protestant countries , beneath the flowery wreaths , lighted candles , and silly mummeries of Puseyism , no less than beneath the splendid music , sweet incense , and gold and crimson raiment of blood-stained Rome . " He draws attention to the fact that all the

great and powerful minds who have received the religion of Christ at the hands of Popery have been infidels—Voltaire , Lagrange , Laplace , D'Alembert , Frederick the Great , Poisson , Pontecoulin ; whereas Protestantism may claim her Newton and Paeon as believers and adorers of Christianity . There is nothing astonishing in this , since one system is the parent of ignorance and absurdity , the other the generator of truth and intelligence . The following account of the demolition of the Palace of the Inquisition at Madrid , by Colonel Lemanoir , of the 9 th Polish Lancers , in 1809 , will be found interesting : " Ordered by Marshal Soult , the

Governor of Madrid , to destroy the buildings of the Inquisition , conformably to the decree of the Emperor , I observed to him that the 9 th Lancers were insufficient for that service ; the Marshal then added two regiments of infantry , one of which regiments , the 117 th , was under the orders of Colonel Delille . With these troops I marched to the Inquisition , the buildings of which were surrounded with strong walls , and guarded with 400 soldiers . On my arrival I summoned the fathers to open the gates . A sentinel , who was on one of the bastions , appeared

to converse for an instant with some one in the interior , after which he fired upon us , and killed one of my men . This was the signal for the attack , and I ordered my troops to fire upon all who appeared upon the walls . It became soon evident that the combat was unequal , and I changed the mode of attack . Some trees were cut down and made into battering-rams , and two of these machines being well directed , under a shower of balls a breach was made , and the Imperial troops rushed into the Inquisition . Here we had a sample of what Jesuitical effrontery can do . The Inquisitor-General and the Father Confessors solemnly issued forth

from their retreats , clothed in their sacerdotal robes , and with their arms crossed upon their breasts—as if , knowing nothing , they came to learn what was the matter . They rebuked their soldiers , saying , ' Why do you fight with our friends , the French ? ' They appeared to wish to make us believe that they had not ordered the defence , and they hoped , no doubt , to be able to make their escape during the confusion occasioned by the pillage . They were deceived . I gave strict orders that they should be kept in view , and all their soldiers were made

prisoners . We then began our examination of this prison of hell . We saw chamber after chamber , altars , crucifixes , wax tapers in abundance ; riches and splendour were to be seen everywhere . The floors and walls were highly polished , and the marble mosaic inlaid with exquisite taste . Put where were the instruments of torture of which we were told , and where were the dungeons in which it was said that human beings were entombed alive \ We sought for them in vain ; the holy fathers assured us that they were calumniated , and that we had seen everything . I was about to abandon my researches , persuaded that these