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The arrangements were altogether highljTsatisfactory ; and the Worshipful M . of the Old Globe Lodge and his Committee cannot but be gratified at the admirable result which attended their arduous exertions .

ROYAL ARCH . Caemabthek . —The Merlin Chapter ( No . 699 ) . —This Chapter has been recently opened ; its meetings are held at the Albion Hotel , in Carmarthen . The Principals are Comps . Ribbans , Z . ; Tardrew , H . ; and W . R . Davies , J . Under such indefatigable Masons it promises to uvork well .

Nobthumberland . —Provincial Grand Lodge . —The 5 th of September will be remembered for many years to come in Royal Arch Masonry , as being the revival , or rather the resumption , of the Prov . Grand Chapter of Northumberland and Berwick-upon-Tweed , which had remained dormantsince 1837 ; when the last Grand Chapter was held by the late Lord Durham , then Grand Superintendent of this Province .

The present Grand Superintendent of the Province , the Rev . Edward Chaloner Ogle , of Kirkley Hall , with that desire he always manifests in the promotion of Freemasonry in all its branches , no sooner received his patent as Grand Superintendent— -which only reached him in August last , —than he signified to the Principals elect of Chapter de Swinburne his desire of being present at their Installation , and likewise that he would hold his first Grand Chapter in their hall , after the proceedings of the Installation were terminated . Accordingly , the above day was appointed for both these meetings , which took place as follows :-

—The Chapter de Swinburne was opened at two o ' clock . Present—Most Excel , the Grand Superintendent the Rev . E . 0 . Ogle ; Excel . Comp . E . D . Davis , Z . No . 614 , as Z . ; Most Excel . Richard Medcalf , P . Z ., No . 586 , and Dep . Grand Master , as H . ; Excel . Comp . John Barker , as J . Besides the following —P . Z . R . B . Ridley , No . 586 ; W . Punshear , No . 586 ; J . J . Challoner , H ., No . 586 ; B . J . Thompson , P . J ., No . 614 , as P . Soj ., and other Companions of the neighbouring Chapters .

After the usual routine business , and balloting for two Brothers for exaltation , Comp . Thos . Pattinson , E ., read a petition , that was agreed upon at the previous Chapter , to the Grand Superintendent , for dispensation to instal Excel . Comp . John Barker , elected as Z . who had not served as H . ; and Excel . Comp . B . J . Thompson , elected as H ., but who had not completed a twelvemonth in that

office . The Dispensation , granting the prayer of the petition , haying also been read , the Excel . Z . in the chair , E . D . Davis proceeded to exalt Brother the Rev . C . Moody , vicar of Newcastle , to this Sublime Degree , which was done in such an impressive manner by the eloquent Companion , that , at its termination , all who were present , and the newly-exalted Companion , expressed their thanks for the admirable manner in which the ceremony had been conducted .

After the Exaltation , the Installation was proceeded with , when Excel . Comp . John Barker was installed as Z . ; Excel . Comp . B . J . Thompson , as H . ; Excel . Comp . Thos . Pattinson , as J . ; the ceremony in each installation being performed by Excel . Comp . E . D . Davis , in his usual effective manner . On the Comps . being admitted , Excel . Comp . John Barker , Z . installed the following officers for the ensuing year : —Comps . John Hopper , as E . ; J . B . Hodge , N . ; John L . Donald , P . Soj . ; Fredk . Wilford , 1 st As .-Soj . ; Fredk . Myers , 2 nd As .-Soj . ; B . J . Thompson , Treas . ; Alex . Dixon , Jan .

This ceremony being over , the Excel . Comp . Z . announced that the Grand Superintendent of the Province would proceed to hold his first Grand Chapter . The Prov . Grand Superintendent having been announced , was received by the Chapter with usual honours , and on his taking his seat on the Throne , declared the Chapter open as a Grand Chapter .

After having stated that he took the first opportunity of calling the Grand Chapter together after receipt of his Patent , regretting that since 1837 no meeting had taken place ; and after some fraternal remarks , the Grand Superintendent appointed and installed the following Excel . Comps . as his officers for the ensuing year : — -Richard Medcalf , G . H . ; Edward D . Davis , G . J .: Mark L . Jobling , G . E . ; VOL . I . 4 P