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mankind , soon became the cloak for assemblies of a more dangerous kind . . * There was at that period a Lodge called the United Friends , which was particularly charged with the foreign correspondence ; the famous revolutionist , Lavalette de Lange , was one of its leading members .
He held the appointment of treasurer to the kin g . 'For the purpose of blinding the authorities , he introduced into this Lodge the luxury and amusement of the court : concerts and balls induced men of high rank to flock there in great numbers . They came in * brilliant equipages , accompanied by the females of their families—soldiers lined the avenues to preserve order , and a stranger would have supposed it
to have been a royal festival . The fittings up of the Lodge were resplendent , the wealthy members having subscribed to defray the expenses of the orchestra and refreshments . But while this gay scene was enacting below , a secret committee held its meetings overhead ,, and in the dark recesses of a gloomy garret were employed in
preparing the means for diffusing equality and liberty over all ranks and conditions , from the palace to the cottage . During the time of the festivity ,, two men with drawn swords stood one at the bottom and the other at the top of the narrow staircase , which led to the scene of their deliberations . The correspondence was transacted in cipher .
In conjunction with this secret society there was one called the Ni ' ne Sisters , to which the Duke of Eochefoucault belonged : this , though ostensibly a Masonic Lodge , was a revolutionary conspiracy . Soon after the great Revolution commenced , and in the latter part of the centnry there was hardly a person of rank who was not a Mason . Considering these Lodges in the most advantageous light , we believe their object to have been , to bring persons together that
they might be better known to each other—to succour the unfortunate , and , by mutually correcting the faults incident to humanity , to benefit mankind , and throw light on truth . But it is ~ certain that these ancient Lodges were too fond of titles and luxurious decorations , and that some of their practices were puerile . However , on the whole , they appear to have had in view the good of mankind , and for this they are entitled to our gratitude .
Notes On Antiquarian Research.
. NOTES ON ANTIQUARIAN BESEAECH .
( Continued from page 606 . ) CHAPTER IX . IiOKnON COFlTEE-IlOTTSES .
It has been remarked that the history of London is a history of our literature ; and is it not a happy and sorrowful history of noble aspirants oppressed by poverty , of geniuses born in garrets in dirty streets , which one would not exchange now for the most beautiful
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mankind , soon became the cloak for assemblies of a more dangerous kind . . * There was at that period a Lodge called the United Friends , which was particularly charged with the foreign correspondence ; the famous revolutionist , Lavalette de Lange , was one of its leading members .
He held the appointment of treasurer to the kin g . 'For the purpose of blinding the authorities , he introduced into this Lodge the luxury and amusement of the court : concerts and balls induced men of high rank to flock there in great numbers . They came in * brilliant equipages , accompanied by the females of their families—soldiers lined the avenues to preserve order , and a stranger would have supposed it
to have been a royal festival . The fittings up of the Lodge were resplendent , the wealthy members having subscribed to defray the expenses of the orchestra and refreshments . But while this gay scene was enacting below , a secret committee held its meetings overhead ,, and in the dark recesses of a gloomy garret were employed in
preparing the means for diffusing equality and liberty over all ranks and conditions , from the palace to the cottage . During the time of the festivity ,, two men with drawn swords stood one at the bottom and the other at the top of the narrow staircase , which led to the scene of their deliberations . The correspondence was transacted in cipher .
In conjunction with this secret society there was one called the Ni ' ne Sisters , to which the Duke of Eochefoucault belonged : this , though ostensibly a Masonic Lodge , was a revolutionary conspiracy . Soon after the great Revolution commenced , and in the latter part of the centnry there was hardly a person of rank who was not a Mason . Considering these Lodges in the most advantageous light , we believe their object to have been , to bring persons together that
they might be better known to each other—to succour the unfortunate , and , by mutually correcting the faults incident to humanity , to benefit mankind , and throw light on truth . But it is ~ certain that these ancient Lodges were too fond of titles and luxurious decorations , and that some of their practices were puerile . However , on the whole , they appear to have had in view the good of mankind , and for this they are entitled to our gratitude .
Notes On Antiquarian Research.
. NOTES ON ANTIQUARIAN BESEAECH .
( Continued from page 606 . ) CHAPTER IX . IiOKnON COFlTEE-IlOTTSES .
It has been remarked that the history of London is a history of our literature ; and is it not a happy and sorrowful history of noble aspirants oppressed by poverty , of geniuses born in garrets in dirty streets , which one would not exchange now for the most beautiful