The Boys' School.

THE BOYS' SCHOOL .

LONDON , SATURDAY , MARCH 10 , 1801 .

Tbe . Festival of this Institution has heen held , and £ 1560 heen added to the funds . "We could have wished it had heen more , hut it is most gratifying to find that , notwithstanding the great discouragement which reports as to the management have exercised on the minds of the brethren , for the past few months , that the

prosperity of the Institution as fully interests the Craft as ever , and that the subscriptions of this 3 > -ear are very little , if at all , inferior to those of the last . The Right Hon . the Lord Mayor , Bro . Cubitt , P . G . W ., who , amidst his numerous occupations , we have long missed

from Masonry , made a most graceful re-appearance among the brethren as Chairman of the Festival , and ably discharged the duties he had so kindly undertaken . "We are glad to welcome Bro . Cubitt on again coming amongst the brethren , and trust , as his year of civic dignity is now quickly passing away , we may have

many opportunities of again meeting him in Masonryand none can be more grateful than when endeavouring to promote the interests of our Charitable Institutions . We missed ivith regret one face whieh we have been in the habit- of meeting at these Festivals—that of Bro . Crew , the Secretary of the Girls' School—a regret

which is deeply strengthened , and we are sure will be shared in hy every brother when we add that , in all probability , we shall never again meet him in Preemasonry , his demise being daily , we may say almost hourly , expected . His loss to the Masonic Charities

will be great ; and though his services will not be easily replaced , his friends and brethren will have the consolation of knowing that , should it please the G * . A . 0 . T . IT . to call him to another and a better , no brother will ever leave this world more highly honoured ancl respected .

Memoirs Of The Freemasons Of Naples.

MEMOIRS OF THE FREEMASONS OF NAPLES .

( Continued from p > . 185 . ) Pallante having in the manner already related , lost his labour and his money , quitted Naples , and retired to Vetri , a distance of just thirty miles from the capital . The new process against the Preemasons had scarcely commenced , when Pallante , though so many miles distant , endeavoured to

stop its course by representing to the judges strong exceptions , as he thought , against Crisconio . The Marquis Tenucci , who always supported Pallante , and even directed him in all his motions , endeavoured to obtain permission for them to be read in open court . But Ponsard ' s advocate represented to His

Majesty that there was an established law forbidding the acceptance of any such papers after the information of a process was once begun . The King then gave orders to the tribunal to continue the trial without reading them . The second information was soon finished , and the result was conformable to the facts as related in this history . When it

was complete , Pallante , whose turn it now was to defend himself , received an order , after eighteen months - absence , to repair to Naples . He had his own house as a prison , and a guard set over him . As all his former designs and stratagems had miscarried , he had recourse to the last . Our readers may remember that he had

formerly been accused of preparing the lodge in the manner related ; till then he had constantly denied it ; but seeing what a turn things had taken , he thought pn-oper to make a true confession , and had the confidence to call his infamous proceedings only a pious fraud . According to his opinion , it was a laudable action to impose on the public authorityin the name of two kings ;

, the corruption of witnesses , in order to betray innocent people , he deemed meritorious ; falsehood to his Prince , worthy of praise ; poisoning , a necessary act—in short , all the crimes he had been guilt }* of merited the applause ofthe world .

While he endeavoured to colour over his crimes in this manner , he used every exertion to gain time . He endeavoured to render the judges suspicious to the nation , though they were men of the greatest honour , raised above all servile fear , of perfect integrity ; in short , men who seemed to be inspired with the noble ardour of the ancient Romansand formed to serve as lessons to this

, corrupted age . Among these upright and honourable personages , we may mention the Marquis Cito , Patrizio , the Marquis D'Avena , the Duke de Loretto , Palmiero , Crisconio , the Marquis Granite , & c . Nevertheless there were other judges who , from well known motives , supported Pallante ; and these—added to the indulgence of

the King , and the slowness of proceedings , for which Naples was ever remarkable—enabled Pallante to postpone his trial'for a lengthened period . While this was pending , another persecution was raised against the Preemasons of Aix-la-Chapelle , which deserves to be added to the foxegoing recital .

A Dominican of the name of Louis Griuizman , a native of Mayence , whilst preaching at Aix-la-Chapelle in the time of Lent , on the subject of Christian charity , benevolence , and mildness—having exhausted these topicsthought proper to exercise his ministry by railing against the society of the Preemasons . He painted them in the

blackest colours , and the better to adapt himself to theears of the populace , he loaded them publicly ivith such epithets as villains , cut-throats , sorcerers , & c , to which he added , by way of high compliment , the term of forerunners or harbingers of the anti-Christ , as more likely to strike an impression on the minds of the vul . He

gar assured his auditory , on the word of an honest man , that the heavenly fire , which formerly consumed Sodont and G-omorrah , would not be long before it ivould descend and exterminate those incarnate children of the devil .

The magistrate , considering how dangerous the fury of the monks had often jiroved in the minds of the populace , thought it his duty to appease the zeal of the preacher by an act of authority , in causing to be read the mandamus from the pope , wherein stood confirmed the apostolical excommunication against the Preemasons , and ordaining severe penalties against all those that

should favour or frequent their assemblies . The reverend father , instead of being appeased by this prudent step of the magistrate , renewed his clamours with double force ; supported by public authority , he roared out his invectives with the utmost violence . The populace became raving mad : the priestwith a crucifix in his handconjured

, , them by that holy image , the model of charity and benevolence , to assist them in the extirpation of those devils , the enemies and scourge of Christianity . The monk was joined by a Capuchin friar , of the name of Schufft , who , on his part , exhorted all zealous Catholics to treat the Preemasons as who denied the

pagans , existence of a G-od , and as a people under tiie immediate vengeance of Heaven . He even declared that all tliose who should entertain them , lodge them , or live with them , should be liable to the same punishment . He added , also , that those who should know any of their neighbours