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7 . The Lodge Venoviana ; Giuseppe Circalese , Master . 8 . The Lodge Partenopei-Risorti ; Saverio Ragusa , Master . 9 . The Lod ge Speranza nell' Emancipazione

Universale ( Hope in Universal Emancipation ); Father Gabriele da Viareggio , formerly a monk , Master .

10 . The Lodge Fi g ii di Garibaldi ; Gaetane Valerieni , Master . 11 . The Lodge Luce d'Italia ; Francesco Saverio Falletti , Master . 12 . The Lodge Luce e Progresso ; Carlo

Aldieri , Master . The whole of these twelve Masonic corporations held their meetings in Naples , Strada Monte di Dio , No . 9 , on the third floor . The temple is very elegantl y decorated in the E gyptian st yle . On the

wall at the back of the Master ' s seat is suspended , in a golden frame , a small piece of the drawers worn b y Garibaldi on the Day of Aspromonte . ( "Risum teneatis amici , " adds the correspondent of the Frevmaurer Zeitung . )

The following ei g ht provincial lodges belong to the same federation : — 13 . In Salerno , the Lodge Giovanni da Procida ; Frederico la Monaca , Master . 14 . In Torrento , the Lodge Fi g li della Fede

Italica ; Gennaro Maria Pisano , Master . 15 . At Accadia , the Lodge Appuli Irpini ; Rocco BarbalatOj Master .

16 . At Senise , Lodge Garibaldopoli Lucano-Ionica ; Alfonso Tramontane , Master . 17 . The operations of the Serrao Lucano Lodge , of Chiaramonte Basilicata , are conducted by Alfonso Michele Tramontano , Master .

18 . At Foggia , the Lodge Dauni costanti nel dovere ; Pietro de Plato , Master . 19 . At Barletta-j the Lodge Progresso Filautropica ; Ignazio delli Santi , Master . 20 . At Giojosa , a small town of Calabria Ultra ,

there is the Lodge Figli di Selenco ; Lui gi Amadurij Master . It appears that most of these lodges exist onl y on the paper in their Masonic capacity—that in reality they are nothing but disguised committees

of the Provvedimento ( republican clubs ) . The most respectable of these lodges are those working in Naples , especiall y the Figli dell' Etna Lodge . At one of the last meetings of the Naples Libbia d ' oro Lodge , a motion was made by the Master , Bro . Settembrini , to prohibit duels amongst bre-

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thren . This motion was strongl y impugned b several speakers , and one of them referred to Cicero ' s Oratio pro domo sua , to oppose the proposition . A committee , consisting of members of the Lodges Fi gli dell' Etna , Fede Italica , and Libbia d'oro , has been appointed to examine and report upon the motion .

Anti-Masonry.

ANTI-MASONRY .

The following virulent letter was published in the Gentleman ' s Magazine for April , 1737 . It is frequentl y referred to b y Masonic writers ; and now that the true spirit of the Order is more widel y understood , it may be interesting to the

brethren to g lance at an attack which was designed for the purpose of blackening the Craft in the eyes of the public , and which assuredly exercised no small influence over the minds of the uninitiated at that time : —

"FREEMASONS , A DANGEROUS SOCIETY . " Amongst all the various instances of our advantage over other nations in point of liberty , there is one so very remarkable , that it deserves your most serious consideration . I mean the toleration of . that mysterious society called Ereemasons , who have been lately suppressed—not only in -France , but in Holland—as a

dangerous race of men ; whereas here they are permitted to hold their private meetings in every part of the town , and oven to . appear in publiok procession with the ensigns of their Order . " Indeed , I have often wondered that they have not been laid under some restraints , even in England ; for though our present most excellent Ministers have always

preserved a sacred regard to liberty , I think no Government ought to suffer such clandestine assemblies , where plots against the State may be carried on , under the pretence of brotherly love and good fellowship . " The Act of Toleration does not allow of private conventicles , even in cases of conscience ; but injoins that all laces of Divine worshishall benot onllicensed

p p , y , but publick . Shall more indulgence be granted Co this incomprehensible fraternity , who do not pretend , so far as I ever heard , to plead conscience or auy j'ubhak emolument in their behalf ?

" They derive their original , as I am imformed , from the building of Babel , which everybody knows was an audacious attempt against Heaven ; insomuch , that God himself thought fit to defeat their design , by the confusion of tongues , that such impious offenders might not understand one another . Bub , on the contrary , our modern Masons pretend to an universal dumb language , which

by people of all nations upon the face of the earth , who are initiated into their mysteries , can easily converse together by the help of certain signs , known only to themselves . "It is likewise said that , hy the same signs , they can oblige any of their brethren to leave off work , and follow them wherever they please—a power which may be ,

some time or other , turned to a very ill use . " The concord and unanimity which reigns so remarkably amongst them is very surprising ; for , though they are composed of all nations , parties , and religions , we are told that there hath not happened the least quarrel or disturbance in any of their assemblies . " That impenetrable secrecy , for which they are so famous , is likewise matter of just suspicion , and seems