Royal Arch.

ROYAL ARCH .

GROVE CHAPTER , No . 410 . first meeting for the present season ( > f this old and trishing Chapter was held on Saturday , lsn November , at the > tol , Leurherhead , under t ho presidency of the M . E . Z ., Comp . iter . Comps . Charlton was elected as M . K . Z ., Charles ad jnn . as H ., and T . Dyer as J ., for the ensuing year . Comp . Greenwood Past Grand Director of Ceremonies and Prn < r . the Province of Surrey being re-elected Treasurer . Tho

furniture , specially prepared last year by Comp . Caney , i admired . P . Z . joivels were presented to Comps . Litchfield . Haydon , in grateful recognition of their services in the ing their respective years of office . Comp . ft . B . Foster P . Z . and the M . E . Z . seconded , Bro . Henry Ha-ris , of fche United lodge , No . 1361 , as a candidate for exaltation . All business led , the Companions adjonrned to an excollent * banqnet .

OLISH NATIONAL CHAPTER , No . 534 . sfc convocation for tho present session was held at tho Froeons' Tavern , Gre-ifc Qneen-sfcrc .-et , on Thnr-sd-iy 23 rd October , Imer Z ., Nowakowski IV , Dr . Covvie Jncksmt J ., and Dr . 3 . N . As there was no candidate the business was of a formal , and the Chapter was closed abou' 7 p . m . when the Comps . r refreshment . After tho nsrinl loyal and Royal Arch

been given , the M . E Z ., in proposing the health of tho P . Z ., ecial allusion to Comp . Hyde Clarke , whom he had never own to bo absent from the working of the Chapter . FJe ed to Comp . Warner , to whom they wished nil happiness on ig into the bonds of matrimony . This Companion , in reply , peaker had imparted something of a private character into

if the P . Z . s by alluding to his marriage ; ho thanked tho Comr their very kind expressions , and assured them ho hoped to pay as much attention to Masonry as hitherto . The ; he Visitor , Comp Berry , was then proposed by the M . E . Z ., ly Comp . Berry snid ifc had given him much pleasure to be

1 a Chapter that held so high a character as that of the ¦ ional . He had had pleasure in hearing tho working of the ional Lodge spoken of in the highest terms on tho occasion ig a visitor to a Lodge at Stockton . Th' ? toasfc of the rhich included Comps . Paas S . E ., and Stan Nowakowski brought a very pleasant evening to a close .

politan Chapter of Improvement . —Since the ra his Chapter of Improvement to its now quarters iu Cannonsuccess has been assured , for nearly every night of its » w members are added to those already ar . fcaohed to it , and the warmest desire to assist in promoting its prosperity , lal meeting , on Tuesday night last , upwards of twenty ,

e advantages of this distinguished Chapter , wore present , were efficiently filled , and under the able Preceptorsh'p of iivn nothing was left to be desired . Comp . Turner Z . of m'a Chapter was Z ., Child H . of Vane Chapter H ., Perrin ; Kent Chapter J ., Wells S . N . of Rose of Denmark N ., er H . of the Stanmore Chapter P . S . Comp . M'Millan

ndidate . Tho ceremony of exaltation was most admirabl y and gave unqualified satisfaction . Tho following new were elected : —Comps . M'Millan Clapton Chapter , Gray iter , Phillips Joppa Chapter , and Langton St . Asaph The Chapter was then closed , and the convocation was until Tuesday evening , the llth inst ., at half-past six

vil Service Candidate has just completed the first is existence , and cloth-bound copies of Volume I . be obtained of the publisher , Bro . W . W . Morgan , i Works , Hermes Hill , Pentonville , N ., at the T modest price of 5 s 6 d . This invaluable

pnblicamed weekly by the Civil Service Staff of King ' s London , Mr . W . Braginton being the Dean of the ? nt . It has been admirably conducted from the > ains having been spared by the editor in order to complete and serviceable guide to intending

canbr admission into the different branches of the vice . Mr . Braginton and his condjutors are among successful of Civil Service Coaches , and this fact a guarantee that the Civil Service Candidate will equirements of that numerous section of the

pubhose particular benefit ifc is published , while the on it contains is as authoritative as anything can is nofc issued officially . We would also point , he volume will be found extremely usefnl by the rar educational establishments , and will materiall y ;

m in training any of theirpupil . ; who may wish , ! ucled , to enter the Civil Service . As evidence of ; is of the periodical , we may sfcat- thafc tl ) eve is a . ichmond already iu the field , et ger to secure to

are of the public patronage , but this , as we have i , is one of tho inevitable result of success and I g thens the claim of the Civil £ zrvice Candidate encouragement and support . ! \

Old Warrants(A).

Old Warrants ( A ) .

No . 36 . No . 33 " Ancients ; " No . 50 from 1814 to 1832 , when it became 43 , and so continued until 1803 , when it was altered to No . 36 . ( Hnghan's " Masonic Register , " p 72 . )

ATHOLL , GRAND MASTER . LAU . DERMOTT , D . G . M . Tnos . CARTER , S . G . W . R . DAVY , J . G . W . S ' o all inborn it man concern . WE , the GRAND LODGE of the Most Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of FIT " and Accepted Masons ( actorbinq to tbe alb

Constitutions grniiteir bij itjis jSonal Sjinbiuss tUince EDWIN , at JJork , Anno Domini $ ine ISlnnattb anb Stoentn Siv , anb in tbe jiTtat of DJaaontij - £ onr tbonsanb | ltiie htinbrcb artb ffotntii Sir ) , in ample form assembled , viz ., The Rrht . Wership f ' nl and Most Noble Prince John the Fourth Duke , Man , lis and Earl of Atholl , Marquis and Earl of

Tnllibardine , Earl of Strathsay and Strathardle , Viscount of Balliquider , Glenalmond and Glenlyon , Lord Murray Belveny and Gask , Heritable Captain and Constable of the Castle and Constabulary of Kinolaven , Hereditary Keeper of tho Palace of Falkland , and * * GRAND MASTER OF MASONS , tho Right Worshipfnl Laurence Dermott ,

Esq -, Deputy Grand Master , the Right Worshipfnl Thomas Carter , Esq '" -, Senior Grand Warden , and the Right Worshipful Robert Davy , Esq ™ -, Junior Grand Warden ( with tho approbation and consent of the Warranted Lodges held within the Cities nnd Suburbs of London and Westminster ) , do hereby authorise and empower onr

Trusty and Well-beloved Brethren , viz ., the Worshipfnl Richard Price one of our Master Masons , the Worshipful David Jones his Senior Warden , and tho Worshipfnl Jenkin Williams his Junior Warden , to form and hold a Lodge of Free aud Accepted Masons aforesaid , at the sign of the Boar ( or any other convenient place ) in fche Town of

Bridgend , in the Connty of Glamorgan , upon the first Monday of every Kalettdar Mouth , and on all seasonable times and lawful occasions : and in the said Lodge ( when duly congregated ) to admit and make Freemasons according to the Most Ancieufc and Honourable Custom of tho Royal Craft in all Ages and Nations throughout the known

world . And we do hereby further authorise and empower onr said Trusty and Well-beloved Brethren , Richard Price , David Jones and Jenkin Williams ( with fche consent of the Members of their Lodge ) , to nominate , chuse , and instal ! their Successors , to . whom they shall deliver this Warrant and invest them with their powers and dignities ,

as Freemasons , & o . And such Successors shall , in like manner nominate , chuse , aud install their Successors , & o ., & o ., & c . Such installations to bn upon ( or near ) every ST . JOHN ' DAY , dnring the continnance of the Lodge , for ever . Providing the above named Brethren and their Successors always pay due respect to this Right Worshipful Grand Lodge , otherwise this Warrant to be of no Force or Virtue .

Given nnder our Hands and the Seal of the Grand Lodgo in London , this twenty-fifth day of October , in the year of Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Seventy-seven , and in the Tear of Masonry Five thousand Seven hundred Seventy and Seven .

JAS . JONES , Grand Secretary . | Seal . ) \ J

NOTE . —This Warrant is registered " \ in the Grand Lodge , Vol . I ., ( „ ¦ , „« ,, n . , -, „> , ? , Letter A , and bears date h Kenewed 25 th October 1777 . March 15 tb , 1753 . ) The present title , No ., & c , are , The Glamorgan Lodge , No . 36 , Cardiff .

THE WARRANT IS ENDORSED . Let the within Lodge and Warrant , No . 33 , all and every the Members whereof duly registered pursuant to the statute in that caso made and provided , be transferred to John Wood , Esq * -, the elder , one of onr Masker Masons , John Wood , Esq -, the younger ,

bis Senior Warden , and John Tkmckwell his Junior Warden , to be held by them and their Successors at Cardiff or elsewhere , in the County of Glamorgan , all and every of them at all times paying due respect and conforming [ here is a word illegible ] to the rules and regulations of this Right Worshipfnl Grand Lodge , by whom the within Warrant and theso Presents are granted .

THOS . HARPER , D . G . M . B . PLUJDIER , P . S . G . W . Entered Vol . 7 , Letter G , Fol . 5 . EOBT . LKSLIE , G . S . 20 August 1808 .

NOTE . —Brother Gould gives the first date as 6 t , h March 1754 , in b >' s "Atholl Lodges , " arid in fcho opinion ot Brother Hughan thafc s tha correct one , for if originally issued on 15 th March 1753 , the mniber would have been 16 or 17 , not 33 . The error was evidently nacle by Bro . Jones , G . Sec , on issuing the revised Warrant in 1777 . If Bro . Hughan has any copies of Warrants nofc printed in the brmcr series , wo shall be glad to have them . —[ ED . F . C . ]