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Here the Committee would submit that the present system of audit is unsatisfactory , the Finance and Audit Committee having no control over three-fifths of the accounts which are passed by the House Committee . , The Committee in the course of their investigations have observed with regret many petty complaints written in the Visitors' Book tending to bring the Institution into

disrepute ; and ivould suggest to subscribers and other visitors that they should asfiir as possible abstain from such remarks ; and , when there are any complaints to make , forward them direct either to the Houso or General Committee . The Committee regret that though they have twice made appointments to meet Mr . Marshall , the Surveyor , that gentleman has not been ableconsistentlwith his other

, y engagements , to accept them , and give the Committie such explanation as they might have required , with regard to works carried out under his superintendence . In the absence of such explanations , it has been difficult for the Committee to arrive at accurate conclusions with regard to those works , but they cannot refrain from expressing an opinion that as a whole they have been very imperfectly

completed , and that much remains to be done to put the premises in a satisfactory condition ; and they cannot recommend that any further works should be entrusted to the superintendence of Mr . Marshall . The Committee have various minor recommendations to make with regard to the management of the Institution , which they refrain from entering intobelieving that they

, ivill best serve the interests of the School by bringing them before the House Committee . The Committee are not unaware that the carrying out some of the foregoing suggestions may he attended with additional expense , which , however , they look upon as of little moment compared with tho necessity of providing for the utmost efficiency of the establishment and the best

possible education for the boys . The Committee further believe , that with an improved system of education and management , the Institution will present greater claims to that support ivhich the Craft have ever beeu ready to extend to the various charities connected with it . The Committee cannot conclude this report without expressing their deep obligations to Brother Hopivood , the

Chairman of the House and General Committees , for the readiness with ivhich he afforded them explanations upon every subject upon which they felt it their duty to seek information .

Neither ivould they be doing justice to the Rev . Charles Woodward , Head Master , to Mrs . Woodward , Matron , to Bro . Thiselton , the Secretary , or to the Eev . C . J . Dyer , Bro . Udall , Bro . Barrett , and the various other parties , whom , in the discharge of their duties they have had before them , were they not to acknowledge , that on every occasion they have been most frankly met , and that each and all have

appeared actuated by a desire to give the fullest information , and to the utmost promote the best interests of the Institution . JOHN SYMOXDS , Chairman . J . E . SHEEN .

A . H . HEWLETT . H . J . THOMPSON . HENKY G . WAHKEX , Secretary . March 2 , 1861 . At a Meeting of the Special Committee on Saturckry March 2 , 1861 , Bro . John Symonds in the Chair . Present as under : —Bro . John SymondsBroJESheenBroH

, . . . , . . S . Thompson , Bro . A . II . Hewlett , and Bro . II . G . Warren . The Eeport of this Committee having been unanimously agreed to , and the proceedings that day having terminated , Bro . Symonds left the Chair , and Bro . Hewlett was called thereto , when it was proposed by Bro . Sheen , seconded by Bro . Thompson , and carried , that the following resolutions be appended to the report by way of rider : —

llesolvcd , — " That this Committee cannot close its labours without tendering its best thanks to the Chairman , Bro . John Symonds , for the ability , attention , and impartiality he has exercised in the vai-ious matters brought under consideration , and for his kindness and urbanity throughout the course of this prolonged investigation . " Resolved , — " That the thanks of the Committee arc also due to Bro . Henry George Warren for the able , careful , and

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faithful manner in ivhich he has discharged the duties of Honorary Secretary to this Board . " Besolved , — " That thc foregoing Resolutions be entered and recorded on the Minutes . "

Memoirs Of The Freemasons Of Naples.

MEMOIRS OF THE FREEMASONS OF NAPLES .

( Continued from p . 162 . ) 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 that he mi ght want for nothing , and to engage him by the means of good wine to give a deposition such as he desired . This

the secretary accomplished , and the Polander made a declaration that his intention had been to be received a Freemason on that particular day , after which , notwithstanding the express order of the tribunal to the contraiy , Pallante set him at liberty , in as arbitrary a manner as he had dispensed with his going to prison the

first moment of the trial . The Freemasons , who thought themselves near the moment of their deliverance , found they were again plunged into fresh troubles . Pallante , insulting their misery , made a show 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 furnishing arms against themselves . Berenzer , - the Swede , overpowered by sorrow for having imprudently contributed to his own misery , yielded to his destiny , and died in prison ; certainl y not altogether for the expiation of his faultbut from the

, vengeance of heaven on the criminal Pallante , whose torments and remorse were greatly increased hy this fatal death . Berenzer , before he exjiired , received the sacraments of the Church from a conscientious priest ,

who publicly declared that he died like a good Catholic , with much ease and tranquillity . This circumstance , joined to the compassion ivhich the violence exercised against the Freemasons had inspired in the minds of the people , contributed greatly to a more favourable opinion of them ever afterwards . While they were in their second prisonthe feast of St . Januarius was

cele-, brated at Naples , famous for the pretended miracle of the liquefaction of his blood . The miracle , however , was not performed at this time , nor for several previous years , the reason for the suspension we are ignorant of . The old women , who on this occasion are allowed the privilege of ajiproaching the nearest of any to this miraculous

scene , and who boast of being the descendants of tbe Saint ' s nurse , seeing that the miracle did not take effect , enrployed at first good words , then menaces ; at last some among them roared out as loud as they were able that nobody need be surprised that tbe miracle was not accomplished , since Naples was defiled by the infection

of the Freemasons . " Let them be exterminated , " added they , " from the face of the earth ; let them he burnt . " This stroke of bigotry and Catholic zeal , though entirel y conformable to the sentiments of the common people , had not the desired effect , for it was looked upon by some as the consequence of a particular confederacy . There appeared at that time a legal defence o ' f the imprisoned Freemasons published in the daily papers , and ivhich was attributed to an advocate of the name of Felix

Levy , a hreemason . The author of this defence , in his apology for the prisoners , and the society in general , had made use of very warm- —not to say severe—terms against the men in power , and consequently drew upon him the vengeance of Government . The writing was condemned as a scandalous and seditious libel , and ordered to be burnt by the hands of the common hangman , and