Royal Arch.

ROYAL ARCH .

SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER . THB quarterly convocation of the Supreme Grand Chapter was held iu Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday last , May 4 th . Comps . Hall , G . H ., acting as M . E . Z .: Pattison , H . ; Scott , J . ; Roxburgh , Reg . ; Evans , P . Soj . ; Tonibleson and Smith , Asst . Sojs . ; G . Clarke , E . ; Le Veau , N . There were also present Comps . Havers , BradfordWalmisleyGoleSymondsPotterand about twenty others .

, , , , , The minutes of the last meeting having been read , the officers for the ensuing year were appointed , tho three Principals being the Earl of Zetland , M . E . Z . ; Lord Panmure , II , ; and Comp . Hall , J , The other officers are Comps . Roxburgh , lleg . ; G . Clarke , E . ; LI . Evans , N . ; Potter , P . Soj . ; Sir Thos . Hesketh , Bart ., and the Rev . A . R . 'Ward , Asst . Sojs . ; J . Savage , S . B . ; F . Slight , Stud . B . ; E . G . Pocock , D . C , ancl Payne , Jan . The report of the committee was then read ; it commenced with a statement of the

receipts and expenditure from the 19 th January to the 20 th April .. The balance in hand on the first named date was £ 218 16 s . 6 d . ; there had been since received £ 309 2 a ., making together . £ 527 ISs . Id ,., and there had been expended £ 120 5 s ., leaving a balance of £ 107 ISs . 6 d . in the hands of the bankers , Perceval , Willis , aud Co ., out of which sum the committee had directed the purchase of £ 200 three per cent , consols , making the amount of stock held on account of Grand Chapter

£ 2 , m . The committee had received a . memorial addressed to theSupi-eme Grand Chapter , from Canada , claiming recognition of the Granft Royal Arch Chapter . Petitions hud been received from Companions of the St . Augustine ' s Chapter , No . 706 , Leicester , praying that it might bo attached to the Ferrers and Ivanhoe Lodge , No . 1081 , at Ashby de la Zouch . For a Chapter to be attached to the Inhabitants Lodge , No . 17 S , Gibraltar ; but some of the Companions signing it not beiug registered on the books of tho Grand

Chapter , the committee could not recommend it . From tho Mount Lebanon Chapter , No . 630 , praying that it might be removed from the King ' s Head , Enfield , to the Ship and Turtle , . Leadenhall-street , there being now only one Companion connected with it resident at Enfield . Also from the St . James ' s Union Lodge , No . 211 , praying for a Chapter to be attached to their Lodge to meet at the Freemasons' Tavern , with Comp . J . Gurton as tiie first M . E . Z . ; Comp . Stacey , H . ; and Comp . Woodstock , J . This petition , though properly signed by the committee , in compliance with a regulation not to recommend petitions for additional London Chapters was presented without further

remark . Tho report having been received , Comp . Smith asked whether there were , or likely to be , any demands against the £ 2 , 100 stock possessed by Grand Chapter . Comp . Clarke , G . E ., replied that the receipts more thau covered the expenses . Comp . Smith would give notice that at tho next meeting of the Grand Chapter he would move that £ 1 , 000 be given to the various charities . Comp . Savage would suggest to Comp . Smith that , as the pro ] x > sition was one of some importance , he should give notice for the November instead of the August

meeting , there being generally a very small meeting in August in consequence of the number of Companions out of town . Comp . Smith said that Comp . Savage could raise any objection at the proper time , viz ., when the motion was brought before Grand Chapter . The memorial from Canada was then read . It set forth that great obstacles had hitherto existed to the promulgation of the degree , in consequence of the diversit y of systems under which it was granted ; and that , therefore , it had been determined to unite under one system , by which the brethren would be enabled to take the P . M ., the Mark , the Excellent , Most Excellent , and Royal Arch degrees ; and