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The Threatened Secession From The Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter Of Scotland.—No. V .
of any chapter in their district , and suspending for refusal to giA-e them up ; Avhether the books may be sent for afc any time and examined at the usual place of meetinn-of the Provincial Grand Chapter , in virtue of cap . x ., secfcion 9 ; or Avhether section 4 prohibits said examination , unless while visiting the chapter , and hoiv the exof such prolonged visitation shall be defrayed
pense . " 4 . To determine if a petition and complaint can be presented or sustained against an inferior judge or judicatory , so long as' there has been no infringement of an express law , or undue partiality exhibited , both offences involving suspension . " 5 . To consider a ' minute , ' of date 21 sfc April 1862 , sio-ned bCompsDavid Murray L and George Good
y . yon , of Chapter So . 80 , and whether these companions ought not to be deprived of Eoyal Arch privileges . " I am , & c , , " G . A . WALKER AUNOTT , " Grand Scribe E ., Edinburgh . "
" At this meeting the decision of the Committee ivas affirmed , and Dr . Walker Arnott ' s appeal dismissed , and at the same time the impropriety of his procedure , subsequent to lodging the appeal , in Aviiting the letter to Lord James Murray , and in calling a meeting of the Supreme
Chapter , while the First Grand Principal was in Scotland , was made the subject of comment . " These are the facts of the case , and the committee Avould noAv shortly notice the document entitled " Report of the Committee appointed by the Royal Arch Masons of the West of Scotland , at a meeting" held in the Crow Hotel , George Square , Glasgow , on Tuesday evening , Sth July , 1862 . "
"Theso-called reportcommenceswith a reference to a matter in no AA ay connected Avith the present case , viz .: —A petition and complaint Avhich Avas presented in the year 1860 , by some members of the Ayr Chapter No . 18 , against its then First Principal . This petition was remitted to Dr . Walker
Arnott , as then Provincial Grand Superintendent of the Western District , with full poAvers to deal in the matter as he saAv fit . Dr . Walker Arnott , in that case , Avent to Ayr himself , took possession of the books of the Chapter No . 18 , and received the thanks of the Supreme Chapter for his conduct ;
aad upon this statement of facts the reporters found an argument to the effect that the Supreme Chapter has acted inconsistently in their present decisions .
" But the cases are as dissimilar as could Avellbe . In the case of No . 18 a petition and complaint AA-as presented by the Office-bearers . In the present case of No . 80 there was no complaint of any kind , either against the Chapter or any one else . In the case of No . 18 it Avas a Chapter matter . In the
case of No . 80 it Avas not . In the case of No . 18 Dr . Walker Arnott applied for , and obtained from the Supreme Committee special powers to seize the books , clearly proving that at that time , at least , he supposed he required such powers to be granted . In the case of No . 80 he applied for no
powers at . In the case of No . 18 he went himself to Ayr , and his proceedings Avere strictly in accordance with cap . x ., sec . 12 . In . the case of
No . 80 he sent another , Avhich is not in accordance with any law whatever ; and lastly , in the case of No , 18 the petition AA-as remitted to Dr . Arnott , and special powers granted him ( see No . 1 Annual Reporterpp . 1415 ) inter aliato seize the books
, , , , of Chapter No . 18 . In the present case to remit the him ( sic . ) was to report whetherAyrshire should be erected into a province , and no one asked him to interfere Avith the Chapter No . 80 , which had nothing- Ayhatever to do Avith the matter .
" The report then goes on to say that the Supreme Committee reported in favour of the petition for the disjuncture of Ayrshire , Avithout either infonning * the ProAdncial Grand Chapter of its presentation or consulting it . This is untrue , every step taken with , reference to this matter was didy
communicated to Dr . Walker Arnott , and on the 25 th February a copy of the petition itself was sent him . Dr . Walker Arnott at the time Avas a member of the Supreme Committee , and he might , had he thought proper , have appeared in his place and objected . But the report goes on to say that
the Provincial Grand Chapter applied to the Grand Scribe E for a copy of the petition , and that he declined giving it Avithout permission of the Committee . This is also untrue . What was asked AA as the petition itself , and the folloAving is the reply sent : —
•'Hdinlurcjh , March 20 th , 1862 , " Dear Sir and Companions , —I am favoured with yours of yesterday ' s date , relative to the petition from Ayrshire . Tou must have been misinformed as to what took place in reference to this matter . Immediately upon the petition being received here , a copy Avas sent to Dr . AValker Arnott , Provincial Grand Superintendent
of the AVestern Districts . This was , so far as I recollect , a week before the Committee meeting , and ten days before that of the Chapter . The Supreme Chapter remitted the matter to Dr . Walker Arnott to report , and so soon as I get the bustle attending the annual election over , I Avill send him extract , minute , & c . The Supreme Chapter having laid doivn the course of proceeding to l
be adopted , I am not at liberty to compy Avith your request—at all events , Avithout consulting tho committee ; but I presume what is appointed to be done is just AA hat you wish , except that the papers will be sent to Dr . Arnott direct . —I am , & c , " ( Signed ) L . MACJCEESY , G . S . E . " Mr . E . Wallace , " 38 , South Cumberland Street , Glasgoiv .
" The Committee only notice these matters as sheAAang the animus Avith which the report has been prepared , and the manifest intention of the framers of that document to mislead those Avho are not conversant Avith the facts of the case . " The report next goes on to speak of the seizure
of the books of No . 80 Chapter , but before noticing that matter , there is one thing to which the Committee Avould advert . The extract minute , containing Dr . Walker Arnott ' s authority to report upon the petition for the disjunction and erection of Ayrshire , was sent him upon the 2 d
April , 1862 . The books of the Chapter No . SO were seized upon the 29 th of March , or five days j before he received the authority to report . It is
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The Threatened Secession From The Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter Of Scotland.—No. V .
of any chapter in their district , and suspending for refusal to giA-e them up ; Avhether the books may be sent for afc any time and examined at the usual place of meetinn-of the Provincial Grand Chapter , in virtue of cap . x ., secfcion 9 ; or Avhether section 4 prohibits said examination , unless while visiting the chapter , and hoiv the exof such prolonged visitation shall be defrayed
pense . " 4 . To determine if a petition and complaint can be presented or sustained against an inferior judge or judicatory , so long as' there has been no infringement of an express law , or undue partiality exhibited , both offences involving suspension . " 5 . To consider a ' minute , ' of date 21 sfc April 1862 , sio-ned bCompsDavid Murray L and George Good
y . yon , of Chapter So . 80 , and whether these companions ought not to be deprived of Eoyal Arch privileges . " I am , & c , , " G . A . WALKER AUNOTT , " Grand Scribe E ., Edinburgh . "
" At this meeting the decision of the Committee ivas affirmed , and Dr . Walker Arnott ' s appeal dismissed , and at the same time the impropriety of his procedure , subsequent to lodging the appeal , in Aviiting the letter to Lord James Murray , and in calling a meeting of the Supreme
Chapter , while the First Grand Principal was in Scotland , was made the subject of comment . " These are the facts of the case , and the committee Avould noAv shortly notice the document entitled " Report of the Committee appointed by the Royal Arch Masons of the West of Scotland , at a meeting" held in the Crow Hotel , George Square , Glasgow , on Tuesday evening , Sth July , 1862 . "
"Theso-called reportcommenceswith a reference to a matter in no AA ay connected Avith the present case , viz .: —A petition and complaint Avhich Avas presented in the year 1860 , by some members of the Ayr Chapter No . 18 , against its then First Principal . This petition was remitted to Dr . Walker
Arnott , as then Provincial Grand Superintendent of the Western District , with full poAvers to deal in the matter as he saAv fit . Dr . Walker Arnott , in that case , Avent to Ayr himself , took possession of the books of the Chapter No . 18 , and received the thanks of the Supreme Chapter for his conduct ;
aad upon this statement of facts the reporters found an argument to the effect that the Supreme Chapter has acted inconsistently in their present decisions .
" But the cases are as dissimilar as could Avellbe . In the case of No . 18 a petition and complaint AA-as presented by the Office-bearers . In the present case of No . 80 there was no complaint of any kind , either against the Chapter or any one else . In the case of No . 18 it Avas a Chapter matter . In the
case of No . 80 it Avas not . In the case of No . 18 Dr . Walker Arnott applied for , and obtained from the Supreme Committee special powers to seize the books , clearly proving that at that time , at least , he supposed he required such powers to be granted . In the case of No . 80 he applied for no
powers at . In the case of No . 18 he went himself to Ayr , and his proceedings Avere strictly in accordance with cap . x ., sec . 12 . In . the case of
No . 80 he sent another , Avhich is not in accordance with any law whatever ; and lastly , in the case of No , 18 the petition AA-as remitted to Dr . Arnott , and special powers granted him ( see No . 1 Annual Reporterpp . 1415 ) inter aliato seize the books
, , , , of Chapter No . 18 . In the present case to remit the him ( sic . ) was to report whetherAyrshire should be erected into a province , and no one asked him to interfere Avith the Chapter No . 80 , which had nothing- Ayhatever to do Avith the matter .
" The report then goes on to say that the Supreme Committee reported in favour of the petition for the disjuncture of Ayrshire , Avithout either infonning * the ProAdncial Grand Chapter of its presentation or consulting it . This is untrue , every step taken with , reference to this matter was didy
communicated to Dr . Walker Arnott , and on the 25 th February a copy of the petition itself was sent him . Dr . Walker Arnott at the time Avas a member of the Supreme Committee , and he might , had he thought proper , have appeared in his place and objected . But the report goes on to say that
the Provincial Grand Chapter applied to the Grand Scribe E for a copy of the petition , and that he declined giving it Avithout permission of the Committee . This is also untrue . What was asked AA as the petition itself , and the folloAving is the reply sent : —
•'Hdinlurcjh , March 20 th , 1862 , " Dear Sir and Companions , —I am favoured with yours of yesterday ' s date , relative to the petition from Ayrshire . Tou must have been misinformed as to what took place in reference to this matter . Immediately upon the petition being received here , a copy Avas sent to Dr . AValker Arnott , Provincial Grand Superintendent
of the AVestern Districts . This was , so far as I recollect , a week before the Committee meeting , and ten days before that of the Chapter . The Supreme Chapter remitted the matter to Dr . Walker Arnott to report , and so soon as I get the bustle attending the annual election over , I Avill send him extract , minute , & c . The Supreme Chapter having laid doivn the course of proceeding to l
be adopted , I am not at liberty to compy Avith your request—at all events , Avithout consulting tho committee ; but I presume what is appointed to be done is just AA hat you wish , except that the papers will be sent to Dr . Arnott direct . —I am , & c , " ( Signed ) L . MACJCEESY , G . S . E . " Mr . E . Wallace , " 38 , South Cumberland Street , Glasgoiv .
" The Committee only notice these matters as sheAAang the animus Avith which the report has been prepared , and the manifest intention of the framers of that document to mislead those Avho are not conversant Avith the facts of the case . " The report next goes on to speak of the seizure
of the books of No . 80 Chapter , but before noticing that matter , there is one thing to which the Committee Avould advert . The extract minute , containing Dr . Walker Arnott ' s authority to report upon the petition for the disjunction and erection of Ayrshire , was sent him upon the 2 d
April , 1862 . The books of the Chapter No . SO were seized upon the 29 th of March , or five days j before he received the authority to report . It is