the pages of this volume bear ample testimony. He who pa tronizes them must be the patron of fools, and the more grand the more ridiculous. Let us suppose the Masonic association public; let us suppose a free admission to the public to witness all the ceremonies: would they be borne with? Could such an institution maintain itself in the face of day? No. Then why should it be kept up in secret, and why should it have the patronage of you, the Chief Magistrate ? It is known, even among Masons, that what is called the charitable part of Masonry is an addition, which the scrutinizing eye of the public rendered necessary, in the early part of the last century, as a cloak for the mysterious, the nonsensical parts. Without the pretence to charity and brotherhood, Masonry could not have survived the last century. This, therefore, is no reason why it should be nów continued, as, whatever is good, may be preserved or transferred, and whatever is foolish and frivolous abolished. There is evidence of progressing shame among the Masons, ir the circumstance of the United Grand Lodge having abrogated the host of degrees above or beyond the Royal Arch. That was a curtailing of the nonsense, and we may hope that the shame will grow toward its immediate extinction, or that it be legislatively dealt with as all other secret associations have been dealt with I pride myself upon the exposure, and from good information learn, that I have shamed hundreds of Masons from the associa tion, and even some of those who have not left it have expressed their shame, and pronounced it all trick and nonsense. Som person, professing to be a Secretary to a London Lodge, came to our shop in Fleet-street, and said, that new words, grips, and signs had been rendered imperative, and were about to be adopted; h also observed, that the Grand Lodge had better have paid m fines than have witnessed such an exposure. Other exposures have been made, during the last half year: that of the Od Fellows is complete and we are deficient in exposing none of the secret associ tions, but that called the "Orange," of which your brother of York is the secr Grand Patron. TH The exposure of the Idol of the Jews and Christians, of which I sent your M jesty a copy, has also made, and is still making, a great noise. The Vice Socie threatens a prosecution, and we wait for them, not in tears, but in smiles. morning an elderly and respectable looking gentleman entered the shop and insist that the painted God was not the idol of the Jews and Christians: "it is Carlil God which you sell for a shilling :" and vain was the answer, that Carlile kept God, that he had "no idol but your Majesty. I crave your Majesty's patronage for the present volume of "The Republica and I pledge myself to your Majesty, in return, to go onward in making all necessary and useful exposures of the abuses which exist among,or are imposed up mankind. And in case the Vice Society prosecute, and a jury be found to perj themselves by finding law offended where no law exists-that your Majesty order your Attorney-General to enter a check to further proceedings-to furt imprisonment, for an exposure of an abuse of this kind. Respectfully, RICHARD CARLILE Fleet-street, Dec. 28, 1825. CONTENTS. VOLUME XII. No. 1.-An exposure of Freemasonry! Letter 1, to William Williams, Esq., M. P. Provincial Grand Master of the society of Free Masons for the county of Dorset, exposing the degree of No. 2.-Letter 2, to William Williams, &c. on the degree of the Entered Apprentice.-Report of the presentation of a second peti- tion to the House of Commons for R. Carlile, by Mr. Brougham. Letter from Candid with a note in answer on Fatalism. Letter from Ephraim Smooth. Letter to the King. No. 3.-Letter 3, to William Williams, &c. in exposure of the second degree in Masonry. Letter to the King. No. 4.-Conclusion of Letter 3 to William Williams, &c. and Letter 4 on the third degree in Masonry. Letter to the King. Notice of " John Bull's" notice of the print of the Jewish and No. 5.-Letter to the Editor by Mr. Heinekin of Bradford. Letter to Mr. Peel, with a professed refutation of the Age of Rea- son. Letter to Charlton Byam Wollaston, Esq. Visiting Magis- trate for Dorchester Gaol, on the conduct of the Gaoler. Letter from William Jones of Hull on the death of William Stephens. Letter from James Lowe. Letter to Dr. Adam Clarke and other Methodist preachers by Mr. William Milburn of Stockton. Ghosts considered by Allen Davenport. Notices of the Devil, Report of Progress, Newgate Magazine, Clarke's Letters, Haley, No. 6.-Letter 5, to William Williams, Esq. with a copy of and comment on an ancient Masonic document. Letters to the No. 7.-Letter 5, to William Williams, Esq. concluded. Letter 6 to ditto describing the Masonic degrees of Mark Man, Mark Master and Architect. Consideration of Ghosts by Allen Daven- port concluded. Letter from Amicus on the wild man found in the Mountains of Hartzwald. Letter to the King. Note on the word Abraxes. New Ravings. Notice of the Palladium News- No. 8.-Letter 6, to William Williams, Esq. continued, describ- ing the Masonic degrees of Grand Architect; Scotch Master; Hammersmith on the death of William White. Letter from No. 9.-Letter 6, to William Williams, Esq. continued, containing the Masonic degrees of Intimate Secretary; Intendant of fhe Build- ings or Master in Israel; Past Master, Excellent Mason; Super- excellent Mason: Nine elected Knights. Letter from J. Jack- son of Hull. Letter from Hiram the Second with a poetical squib. Dr. Stoddart, a blasphemer of the Christian Religion and of the Gods of the Christicoles. The God for a shilling. Letter from No. 10.-Letter 6, to William Williams Esq. concluded, des- cribing the masonic degrees of the Elect of Nine, Second Elect of Nine, Third Elect of Fifteen. Priestly order of Israel; Irish Master; Noahites or Prussian Knights, Red Cross Sword of Ba- bylon and Knights of the Sword of the East. Letter to the No. 11.-The reply of Leucippus to Mr. Heinekin of Bradford. Notice of a magisterial affair between Beauchamp and Heath of Enfield. Letter from Ephraim Smooth with a note by R. Carlile. No. 12.-Letter to the Duke of York on the Royal Arch De- gree of Masonry. Justice versus Religion, a dialogue. Letter No. 13.-Letter 2, to the Duke of York on the Royal Arch No. 14.-Letter 1 to the Duke of Sussex on the Knight Tem- No. 15.-Letter 2 to the Duke of Sussex on the Rosicrucian Degrees of Masonry. Letter from a Well Wisher on the system of Paper Money. Letter from Leucippus. Ditto from John Smithson. Ditto to the King. Ditto from Yarmouth with a No. 16.-A charge to the whole fraternity of Free Masons. Correspondence between Dr. Cooper of Columbia College, South No. 17.-An Oration delivered at Concord. April 19, 1825, No. 18.-Letter 1 to John S. Harford, a member of the Vice No. 19.-Letter 2 to John S. Harford. A review of two works No. 20.-An oration delivered on Monday the fourth of July, No. 21.-Liberation! An Address to the Republicans of the No. 22.-Joint Stock Book Company. Address to the Re- Letter No. 23.-An Address delivered at the laying of the corner No. 24. An address to the Albionites, with a notice of John tianity. Notice of Paine's Birth Day. Of London. Of the Money Market, Banking System, Stocks, Public Credit, &c. Letter from Thomas Hood. No. 25. Banks, Paper Money, Stocks, Funding System, Finance, being a review of Mr. Paine's Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance. Dialogue between the Greek Philosopher Epictetus and his Son. Religious State of the United States of North America, Letter from John Cameron. Missionaries, a paper, by Shebago. Letter from George Weir. Notice for the regulation of prices. No. 26.-A letter from Mr. Thomas Beard of Manchester in defence of the historical evidences of Christianity. James Hall not Cobbet. Letter from an Inquirer with a note in answer. Irving and the Doctors, a letter from Mr. R. T. Webb, Letter from a lover of distinctions as to a national name. Ditto from a Past Grand Odd Fellow. Ditto from Thomas Turton, on the doctrine of Necessity. |