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The Boys' School Inquiry.
THE BOYS' SCHOOL INQUIRY .
THE Committee of Inquiry appointed to investigate the affairs of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys presented their Report upwards of a week ago ,
with all the absurd display of secrecy which has characterised their labours throughout , and up to the time of writing it is not possible for the Subscribers to the Institution to obtain a copy of the Report , or
satisfy themselves on the momentous questions that have arisen in connection with the inquiry . What is the reason for this delay ? Is it accidental , or is it
a part ot a pre-arranged programme v is tne report of such a nature that the Committee are afraid or ashamed to publish it , or is it being kept back in the
hope of creating further excitement ? If this latter is the object , we believe it will nullify itself . Indeed , the Committee have created an unfavourable opinion , by the delay in the publication of their Report , which
no action on their part will now remove , and they have robbed their verdict of any weight which might have attached to it , by disregarding the wishes of Subscribers for an early and exhaustive account of their
deliberations . They have not allowed Subscribers of the Institution access to the meetings which have been held , and therefore it is impossible for the Craft to know
on what lines the inquiry has been conducted , but we are in a position to judge of the amount of ability and business tact that has been shown in arranging for
the publication of the Report , and if we judge the unknown acts of the Committee by their public action on this one point , it is safe to sav their views
are nearly , if not wholly , valueless . They must have very antiquated ideas of the capabilities of the printing trade to allow a week to elapse without supplving
the copies of the Report ordered at the Quarterly Court held on Friday of last week , and the opinion they publicly expressed that it was necessary to have
the Report printed in the country— " in order that the contents might remain entirely unknown until the Court was possessed of the Report "—is so gross a
libel on the printing trade of the Metropolis , and shows such a lack of knowledge of business , as to stamp the whole affair as little more than a farce , unworthy the serious consideration of those
interested . "What does the Report contain that it could not be put in the hands of a London printer ? Are the contents of such importance to the world at large that the ordinary routine of offices which are in the habit
of printing magazines , novels , books of travel , trade lists , & c , & c . —many of which would realise hundreds of pounds if made known a few hours before the appointed time—could not keep its contents from premature publication ? The idea is absurd ! What
would the printers of the Grand Lodge Agenda Papers , for instance , say—if they cared to notice the slur which has been cast upon them , in common with other members of the trade in the me-
The Boys' School Inquiry.
tropolis ? Could not they be trusted , or indeed is there any one of the thousand printers within a mile _ p -m » TT _ I * I TL _ IJ J . __ J ? . * I __ i r „ ui 1 1 reeiintsuus uuuiu iioii
nuu wuu suieiy nave UBBU employed to prepare the proofs of this precious document ? Had such an arrangement been carried out
it would have been possible to have forwarded the order given at the Quarterly Court within a few minutes of its being agreed to , when the printer
could have delivered a sufficient number of copies the same afternoon to distribute among the subscribers present at the election , while the
whole four or five thousand could easily have been posted to the subscribers the next day . We know our subscribers and the Craft generally
are anxiously looking lor comments on this tieport , and while we recognise it as something in the form of a private document , we imagine it will be possible to discuss its pros and cons in public . We are
anxious that the matters referred to in it should be made known to the world as early as possible , as we know the uncertainty that now exists on the various subjects has done , and is doing , great harm to the
Institution . It is on these grounds we have thus strongly put our views before our readers , and in conclusion we once more remind them that it is
only possible to judge of the unknown deliberations of the Committee by taking into consideration such of their actions as have been made public . On this
basis the delay which has taken place in issuing their Report is about the only piece of evidence we have by which to iudge of their abilitv to discharge the duties
with which they were entrusted . Does it present any features to recommend their verdict to the Subscribers of the Institution ?
From Llorente's History Of The Spanish Inquisition.
FROM LLORENTE'S HISTORY OF THE SPANISH INQUISITION .
BY BRO . JACOB NORTON .
AS the following narrative from the above work seems to have escaped the notice of Masonic writers , I therefore without comment copy it for the information of the readers of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . Briefly Llorente says : —
"M . Tonrnon , a Frenchman , had been invited iuto Spain and pensioned by the government , in order lo establish a manufactory of brass or copper buckles , and to instruct Spanish workmeu . On the 30 fch April 1757 , he was denounced to the holy office as suspected of heresy by one of his pupils , who acted in obedience to the oommand of his confessor .
"The charges were : 1 st , that M . Tonrnon had asked his pupils to become FreemasonB , promising that the Grand Orient of Paris would send a commission to receive them into the Order if they should submit to the trials he should propose to ascertain their courage and firmness , and that their titles of reception should be expedited from
Paris . 2 nd , that some of the young workmen appeared inclined to comply if M . Tournon would inform them of the object of the Institution . That in order to satisfy them he told them several extraordinary thinge , and showed them a sort of picture , on which were figured instruments of architecture and astronomy . They thought these representations related to sorcery , and they were con-
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The Boys' School Inquiry.
THE BOYS' SCHOOL INQUIRY .
THE Committee of Inquiry appointed to investigate the affairs of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys presented their Report upwards of a week ago ,
with all the absurd display of secrecy which has characterised their labours throughout , and up to the time of writing it is not possible for the Subscribers to the Institution to obtain a copy of the Report , or
satisfy themselves on the momentous questions that have arisen in connection with the inquiry . What is the reason for this delay ? Is it accidental , or is it
a part ot a pre-arranged programme v is tne report of such a nature that the Committee are afraid or ashamed to publish it , or is it being kept back in the
hope of creating further excitement ? If this latter is the object , we believe it will nullify itself . Indeed , the Committee have created an unfavourable opinion , by the delay in the publication of their Report , which
no action on their part will now remove , and they have robbed their verdict of any weight which might have attached to it , by disregarding the wishes of Subscribers for an early and exhaustive account of their
deliberations . They have not allowed Subscribers of the Institution access to the meetings which have been held , and therefore it is impossible for the Craft to know
on what lines the inquiry has been conducted , but we are in a position to judge of the amount of ability and business tact that has been shown in arranging for
the publication of the Report , and if we judge the unknown acts of the Committee by their public action on this one point , it is safe to sav their views
are nearly , if not wholly , valueless . They must have very antiquated ideas of the capabilities of the printing trade to allow a week to elapse without supplving
the copies of the Report ordered at the Quarterly Court held on Friday of last week , and the opinion they publicly expressed that it was necessary to have
the Report printed in the country— " in order that the contents might remain entirely unknown until the Court was possessed of the Report "—is so gross a
libel on the printing trade of the Metropolis , and shows such a lack of knowledge of business , as to stamp the whole affair as little more than a farce , unworthy the serious consideration of those
interested . "What does the Report contain that it could not be put in the hands of a London printer ? Are the contents of such importance to the world at large that the ordinary routine of offices which are in the habit
of printing magazines , novels , books of travel , trade lists , & c , & c . —many of which would realise hundreds of pounds if made known a few hours before the appointed time—could not keep its contents from premature publication ? The idea is absurd ! What
would the printers of the Grand Lodge Agenda Papers , for instance , say—if they cared to notice the slur which has been cast upon them , in common with other members of the trade in the me-
The Boys' School Inquiry.
tropolis ? Could not they be trusted , or indeed is there any one of the thousand printers within a mile _ p -m » TT _ I * I TL _ IJ J . __ J ? . * I __ i r „ ui 1 1 reeiintsuus uuuiu iioii
nuu wuu suieiy nave UBBU employed to prepare the proofs of this precious document ? Had such an arrangement been carried out
it would have been possible to have forwarded the order given at the Quarterly Court within a few minutes of its being agreed to , when the printer
could have delivered a sufficient number of copies the same afternoon to distribute among the subscribers present at the election , while the
whole four or five thousand could easily have been posted to the subscribers the next day . We know our subscribers and the Craft generally
are anxiously looking lor comments on this tieport , and while we recognise it as something in the form of a private document , we imagine it will be possible to discuss its pros and cons in public . We are
anxious that the matters referred to in it should be made known to the world as early as possible , as we know the uncertainty that now exists on the various subjects has done , and is doing , great harm to the
Institution . It is on these grounds we have thus strongly put our views before our readers , and in conclusion we once more remind them that it is
only possible to judge of the unknown deliberations of the Committee by taking into consideration such of their actions as have been made public . On this
basis the delay which has taken place in issuing their Report is about the only piece of evidence we have by which to iudge of their abilitv to discharge the duties
with which they were entrusted . Does it present any features to recommend their verdict to the Subscribers of the Institution ?
From Llorente's History Of The Spanish Inquisition.
FROM LLORENTE'S HISTORY OF THE SPANISH INQUISITION .
BY BRO . JACOB NORTON .
AS the following narrative from the above work seems to have escaped the notice of Masonic writers , I therefore without comment copy it for the information of the readers of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . Briefly Llorente says : —
"M . Tonrnon , a Frenchman , had been invited iuto Spain and pensioned by the government , in order lo establish a manufactory of brass or copper buckles , and to instruct Spanish workmeu . On the 30 fch April 1757 , he was denounced to the holy office as suspected of heresy by one of his pupils , who acted in obedience to the oommand of his confessor .
"The charges were : 1 st , that M . Tonrnon had asked his pupils to become FreemasonB , promising that the Grand Orient of Paris would send a commission to receive them into the Order if they should submit to the trials he should propose to ascertain their courage and firmness , and that their titles of reception should be expedited from
Paris . 2 nd , that some of the young workmen appeared inclined to comply if M . Tournon would inform them of the object of the Institution . That in order to satisfy them he told them several extraordinary thinge , and showed them a sort of picture , on which were figured instruments of architecture and astronomy . They thought these representations related to sorcery , and they were con-