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To Correspondents .

AFRICA . —In a Craft Lodge or Royal Arch Chapter you can only wear jewels appertaining to those Degrees , no others being recognised ( see Constitution , Law 2 S 9 ) , but there is no law in the Constitutions of the Grand Mark Lodge to prevent any Masonic jewel being worn whether belonging to that Degree or not . The following communications were either received too

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SATURDAY , MARCH 17 , 1888 . ¦*

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish in aspirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ] ____ THE MASONIC BOYS' SCHOOL AND THE CASE

OF WILLIAM GIDEON MOTION . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I am not a general reader of the Freemason , but somebody sent me a copy of last week ' s number containing a leading article on this case , and , as one who has taken a small pact in the affair , I feel compelled to make some

remarks upon the opinions expressed in your paper . It is not my intention to go into the details of the case , although in justice the whole matter ought to be before the Masonic public , in order to enable anyone to judge fairly , whether or not the friends of the boy have been well advised in pushing for a further inquiry . 1 may put it briefly , that for certain offences—all but one

being of a trivial character—the boy , through his friends , was informed that he would not be admitted back to the school after the Christmas holidays . ( He had been there six-and-a-half years and his time would expire within a few weeks ) . The main crime , and the one which led to this decision of the House Committee , was that of having left the school

without permission and gone home to his mother . This was brought about by his having been accused of putting a boy ' s box on the fire , but this charge was disproved at the investigation which took place subsequently , and at which I was present .

The lodge to which Motion ' s father belonged , and the mother and brother appealed to the House Committee , but they would not alter their decision , and it was only after there was a strong determination shown to bring about a further investigation , that the Committee . held another . meeting to reconsider the matter .

I ought to remark that by this time the Committee had , in every day parlance " got their backup , " owing to the course pursued by the boy ' s brother when he appeared before them at the time they rejected the appeal of the mother , and others ; this was , perhaps , natural , the Committee being but human . The remark in your article to which I principally raise an objection is this : "Moreover

in this particular case , at the instance of the boy ' s friends , a second inquiry was instituted , and conducted by the House Committee , without the evidence adduced at the first being shaken in any point material or immaterial . " This , I regret to say , is entirely contrary to fact . 1 was present , having been invited to attend , and it was then and there , that the charges of " pouring- cold water down

a little boy's back , " " pulling bricks out of a wall to build a bird trap with , " " swearing , " and " putting a boy ' s box on the fire , " fell to the ground . ( At the General Committee later on , the Chairman and Secretary were directly challenged on these points , and , amidst cries of " Shame , " either would not or could not answer . ) The House Committee , as a way out of the difficulty , then resolved that the boy should be educated " out of the

Establishment" for the rest of his time , but his relations did not think this fair , as the verdict ought to have been " Guilty" or " Not guilty , " especially on the chief offence for which he was practically turned out of the School . 1 do not for one moment suggest that , at the outset , the House Committee intended to do anything but what was just and fair , but having been misled , by those who made the charges , into a mistake , surely they ought at onco honourably to have acknowledged it , and made good their error .

Then the matter was revived before the General Committee on the 3 rd instant , and I am convinced that , had the wise amendment proposed by Bro . Godson , M . P ., for an independent inquiry ( leaving out all words such as " wrong done , " & c ) , been put by the Chairman , as he should have done , it would have been carried almost unanimously .

The proposer of the original resolution which you properly say prejudged the question , and was a vote of Censure on the House Committee , offered to accept the amendment , but the Chairman would not permit it-, - so the motion , as it stood on the paper , was put , and , naturally lost . The meeting was , I very much regretted , a very excitable one , and it was little wonder that the Chairman

got muddled about the resolution ; but I must say that the cabal was in a great measure brought about by several brethren in favour of the House Committee , at the far end of the room , making loud and taunting remarks at those opposite , and thus provoking disturbance . The main question before us is , however , as to whether

redress can be obtained in any case where the House Commute make an error . Is there no tribunal we can appeal to ? I was told in Committee decidedly "No . " "The Minutes and Resolutions of the House Committeare merely reported to the General Committee in accordance with the rules , and no one has the right to challenge them or to move any amendment thereon , "