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Memoirs Of The Freemasons Of Naples.
trial was set as a finishing stroke to the punishment of two years confinement , death freed the poor old man from further outrage . His companion in misfortune , and his peer in character , was the A * enerable Don SaA erio Barberisi , upwards of seventy years of age . He was early initiated a Mason , for which he
suffered imprisonment upwards of thirty years previous , and on his release determined , with many others , not again to organize themselves until sanctioned by the Government ; it was reserved for him to quaff the cup of bitterness to its dregs . The defence of Barberisi is , in truththe capital fact of his trial ; and they who
, soiled the bench of justice trembled in their seats , as , Avith unflinching sternness , he rent the veil of flimsy speciousness hung around the truth , and bared its hideousness to si ght . Barberisi was a man learned in the laAv , and of such unsullied integrity , that , though he had long forsworn office ancl irritated the ill-Avill of
Government thereby , calumny had never dared to cast a slur upon his character . From 1806 to 1820 , he had filled high offices , and even been gov * ernor of a province ; but as he himself said in his defence , the events subsequent to that year drove him from employment , " along with the best men that ever filled the istracy of
mag Naples . " Having removed to the capital , he practised there as a laAvyer . The constitution Avas hailed by him with delight , and he Avillingly gave the best co-operation of his zeal and experience towards the orderly establishing of the new system , even to the accejitance of the burdensome part of chief magistrate of the city district
of Montecalvario , where he displayed an energy not to be expected from his age . "After , " he said , "His Majesty had promulgated , in the name of the triune God , the constitution of the 10 th of February , I had various occasions to see His Majesty , and to be enabled to make a request for his own interest , and that of the
country . His Majesty knew me from my having many a time presented to him petitions having reference to the affairs of my clients , and he did me the honour to call me his old friend . Moreover , in the presence of many generals and distinguished persons , he insisted that I should frequent the palace , which would be always open
to me ; and never shall I forget his Avords , ' Don Saverio , this house is thine , at all hours open for thee , and it will verily be a displeasure to me if thou dost not come every day . ' In all my conversations with the king , I never spoke of myself and of my position ; my prayers had all reference to the advantage of His Majesty and the country . ' Sire , ' I said on all occasions , ' my faith is in God , in your Majesty , and in the country . ' ' The
king wondered hoAV at my age I could be so active ; and I answered , ' Sire , God is Avith me ; He gives me the strength to support such labour . ' I had promised the king to inform him of everything which could have an interest for constitutional Government , and out of regard to a feeling of dut y , often and often I have told him ,
'Sire , the alarms seen and heard , the demonstrations made Avithout object , are fermented ancl directed by Sicilians , or by agents of the old police , blindly seconded by some ill-advised youths . ' His Majesty agreed to this . The country Avas left to itself , and to the reaction which , daily waxing in strength , was sufficiently active
to spread the perfidious belief that the king Avas behaving with bad faith . These rumours increased , and I felt it a matter of conscience to mention them to the king ; Avherefore , frankly I told him the report Avhich Avas current , and I forgot not to point out the sad results which could arise thence , His Majesty , fall of just anger , raising his hand as high aloft as ' he could , and keeping his eyes moving from heaA * en to me , said , Avith animated speech , ' Don Saverio , the constitution I have sworn to ,
Memoirs Of The Freemasons Of Naples.
and I will Jceep it . If it had not " been my ivish to give it , I would not have given it . ' Every time His Majesty saw me , he spoke of Carlo Poerio , as if the best of the most virtuous , and the most devoted man whom he had among his subjects . Of me likewise he spoke to Poerio with the most flattering praiseand on all occasons His
, Majesty spoke a deal of good both of me and Poerio . Meanwhile , Poerio is noAv in chains , and I am undergoing capital punishment ! How many observations could one make , but evil times and circumstances prevent the fathoming of things which regard us , and all I say is Domine aufer impietatem a vultu regis . " * In these
simple words there lies an eloquence which must pierce every conscience to the quick . The condemnation of Barberisi , after such a defence , was a matter of necessity . It was true he had rendered great services to his country by repressing disturbances in Apulia , through his personal influence , and that he had only returned thence to
Naples three months previous to his incarceration . Tet the audacity of his speech exacted revenge , and accordingl y this man , so illustrious and so venerable , Avas condemned to the ignominious death of a traitor ; f a punishment which Avas commuted into perpetual imprisonment in the Ergastolo , where , after ten days , he died . ( To be continued . )
Architecture And Archaæology.
ARCHITECTURE AND ARCHA ? OLOGY .
CONGEESS OF THE AEOE ^ SOLOGIOAL INSTITUTE AT PETEEBOEOTTGH . At tho previous meeting of the Institute , Avhen the letter of Mr . Hopkiiison , of Stamford , was read , suggesting that the next should be held at Peterborough , it was received with , great satisfaction by all those members who for so
many years had enjoyed the pleasure of that kind-hearted old gentleman's society , and who regretted much his absence on the last two or three occasions . To "Peterborough , then , we came . This town is certainly the Malines of England , for every train in the kingdom seems of necessity to be obliged to come here . Those who lay awakefor to sleep was impossible until got
accus-, you tomed to the noise , Avere under the impression that there Avas a congress of all the screams of all the locomotives ; and it appeared as if some of the engines that were for ever getting in each other's way Avere giving , in alt , an imitation of the lively discussion that one occasionally hears in London betAveen a cabman and a waggoner . Some members of different fancy were thinking that all
this noise arose from the large numbers that were coming to attend the Institute . But when the hour for meeting arrived this illusion was soon dispelled by the smallness of the attendance . Even tho president was absent , from some mischance , notwithstanding the numerous rails conveying to this spot . The opening Avas of a very mild character . Tho bishop and dean -vere absent from indisposition , and
tho task of Avelcoming us devolved upon the " Rev . Canon Argles , Avho performed this duty briefly but gracefully . The best thing on this day was a paper read by the Eev . Thomas James , of Thcddingworth , " On the Archaaology of tho county of Northampton . " He playfully stated that he should be guilty of plagiarism , as he intended to borroAV " from an article that had appeared in a popular publication ;
but he had the word of the anonymous author that he would not complain of tho appropriation . This elicited much mirth and applause , as it was generally known to whose pen the Quarterly Avas indebted for its very able exposition of the county ; and therefore , if there was any robbery , Peter and Paul Avere the same person . The paper was an
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Memoirs Of The Freemasons Of Naples.
trial was set as a finishing stroke to the punishment of two years confinement , death freed the poor old man from further outrage . His companion in misfortune , and his peer in character , was the A * enerable Don SaA erio Barberisi , upwards of seventy years of age . He was early initiated a Mason , for which he
suffered imprisonment upwards of thirty years previous , and on his release determined , with many others , not again to organize themselves until sanctioned by the Government ; it was reserved for him to quaff the cup of bitterness to its dregs . The defence of Barberisi is , in truththe capital fact of his trial ; and they who
, soiled the bench of justice trembled in their seats , as , Avith unflinching sternness , he rent the veil of flimsy speciousness hung around the truth , and bared its hideousness to si ght . Barberisi was a man learned in the laAv , and of such unsullied integrity , that , though he had long forsworn office ancl irritated the ill-Avill of
Government thereby , calumny had never dared to cast a slur upon his character . From 1806 to 1820 , he had filled high offices , and even been gov * ernor of a province ; but as he himself said in his defence , the events subsequent to that year drove him from employment , " along with the best men that ever filled the istracy of
mag Naples . " Having removed to the capital , he practised there as a laAvyer . The constitution Avas hailed by him with delight , and he Avillingly gave the best co-operation of his zeal and experience towards the orderly establishing of the new system , even to the accejitance of the burdensome part of chief magistrate of the city district
of Montecalvario , where he displayed an energy not to be expected from his age . "After , " he said , "His Majesty had promulgated , in the name of the triune God , the constitution of the 10 th of February , I had various occasions to see His Majesty , and to be enabled to make a request for his own interest , and that of the
country . His Majesty knew me from my having many a time presented to him petitions having reference to the affairs of my clients , and he did me the honour to call me his old friend . Moreover , in the presence of many generals and distinguished persons , he insisted that I should frequent the palace , which would be always open
to me ; and never shall I forget his Avords , ' Don Saverio , this house is thine , at all hours open for thee , and it will verily be a displeasure to me if thou dost not come every day . ' In all my conversations with the king , I never spoke of myself and of my position ; my prayers had all reference to the advantage of His Majesty and the country . ' Sire , ' I said on all occasions , ' my faith is in God , in your Majesty , and in the country . ' ' The
king wondered hoAV at my age I could be so active ; and I answered , ' Sire , God is Avith me ; He gives me the strength to support such labour . ' I had promised the king to inform him of everything which could have an interest for constitutional Government , and out of regard to a feeling of dut y , often and often I have told him ,
'Sire , the alarms seen and heard , the demonstrations made Avithout object , are fermented ancl directed by Sicilians , or by agents of the old police , blindly seconded by some ill-advised youths . ' His Majesty agreed to this . The country Avas left to itself , and to the reaction which , daily waxing in strength , was sufficiently active
to spread the perfidious belief that the king Avas behaving with bad faith . These rumours increased , and I felt it a matter of conscience to mention them to the king ; Avherefore , frankly I told him the report Avhich Avas current , and I forgot not to point out the sad results which could arise thence , His Majesty , fall of just anger , raising his hand as high aloft as ' he could , and keeping his eyes moving from heaA * en to me , said , Avith animated speech , ' Don Saverio , the constitution I have sworn to ,
Memoirs Of The Freemasons Of Naples.
and I will Jceep it . If it had not " been my ivish to give it , I would not have given it . ' Every time His Majesty saw me , he spoke of Carlo Poerio , as if the best of the most virtuous , and the most devoted man whom he had among his subjects . Of me likewise he spoke to Poerio with the most flattering praiseand on all occasons His
, Majesty spoke a deal of good both of me and Poerio . Meanwhile , Poerio is noAv in chains , and I am undergoing capital punishment ! How many observations could one make , but evil times and circumstances prevent the fathoming of things which regard us , and all I say is Domine aufer impietatem a vultu regis . " * In these
simple words there lies an eloquence which must pierce every conscience to the quick . The condemnation of Barberisi , after such a defence , was a matter of necessity . It was true he had rendered great services to his country by repressing disturbances in Apulia , through his personal influence , and that he had only returned thence to
Naples three months previous to his incarceration . Tet the audacity of his speech exacted revenge , and accordingl y this man , so illustrious and so venerable , Avas condemned to the ignominious death of a traitor ; f a punishment which Avas commuted into perpetual imprisonment in the Ergastolo , where , after ten days , he died . ( To be continued . )
Architecture And Archaæology.
ARCHITECTURE AND ARCHA ? OLOGY .
CONGEESS OF THE AEOE ^ SOLOGIOAL INSTITUTE AT PETEEBOEOTTGH . At tho previous meeting of the Institute , Avhen the letter of Mr . Hopkiiison , of Stamford , was read , suggesting that the next should be held at Peterborough , it was received with , great satisfaction by all those members who for so
many years had enjoyed the pleasure of that kind-hearted old gentleman's society , and who regretted much his absence on the last two or three occasions . To "Peterborough , then , we came . This town is certainly the Malines of England , for every train in the kingdom seems of necessity to be obliged to come here . Those who lay awakefor to sleep was impossible until got
accus-, you tomed to the noise , Avere under the impression that there Avas a congress of all the screams of all the locomotives ; and it appeared as if some of the engines that were for ever getting in each other's way Avere giving , in alt , an imitation of the lively discussion that one occasionally hears in London betAveen a cabman and a waggoner . Some members of different fancy were thinking that all
this noise arose from the large numbers that were coming to attend the Institute . But when the hour for meeting arrived this illusion was soon dispelled by the smallness of the attendance . Even tho president was absent , from some mischance , notwithstanding the numerous rails conveying to this spot . The opening Avas of a very mild character . Tho bishop and dean -vere absent from indisposition , and
tho task of Avelcoming us devolved upon the " Rev . Canon Argles , Avho performed this duty briefly but gracefully . The best thing on this day was a paper read by the Eev . Thomas James , of Thcddingworth , " On the Archaaology of tho county of Northampton . " He playfully stated that he should be guilty of plagiarism , as he intended to borroAV " from an article that had appeared in a popular publication ;
but he had the word of the anonymous author that he would not complain of tho appropriation . This elicited much mirth and applause , as it was generally known to whose pen the Quarterly Avas indebted for its very able exposition of the county ; and therefore , if there was any robbery , Peter and Paul Avere the same person . The paper was an