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expense , the Royal Union Chapter ( No . 536 ) has again commenced a career which bids fair to rival in success the rapid progress of the lodge to which it is attached . The chapter , whicli is held at the Chequers Hotel , was opened in ancient and solemn form by Comps . P . Z . AVatson , 25 ; P . Z . Newton , 25 ; ancl P . Z . aud Treas . Eden , 536 ,-and they proceeded to install into the chair of the First Principal Comp . Henry Norman , H ., of No . 49 , and Comp . of No . 11 . After the installation the companions had been admittedand the following

, Comps . were appointed to office ancl invested : Matthew Cooke , Scribe E . 211 , Scribe E . ; AV . Smith , C . E ., 25 , Scribe N . ; J . B . Newall , 211 , P . Soj ., who appointed Comps . Dickie and C'laisen as his assistants . Comp . Piatt and others were received as joining members , and the visitors were Comp . Newton and AA . F . Blackburn , J . elect of No . 4 D . Comp . Daly was elected Janitor . There were several propositions to join , and some exaltations for

the next meeting in May . The formal business being ended , the chapter was closed in ancient form , and the Comps . adjourned to the banquet , after which the peculiar toasts of the degree were given . —The M . E . Z . then gave the toast of " The Earl of Zetland , the Grand Z . ofthe Order , " a nobleman ever attentive to his duties , and deserving of the respect of the Craft . He next proceeded to give "The Grand H . ancl J . and the rest of the Grand Officers "

, , , remarking that they were no doubt very efficient in their respective places . The M . E . Z . need not tell them that their visitors were not numerous , but they were well-known to them all . Comp . Newton he had known since he was first initiated , and lie was well appreciated by a large class of Masons , who knew how indefatigable he was in the Robert Burns . Comp . Blackburn was more like his own brotherfor he had known him many years before either of them were

, Masons . He then proposed the health of the visiting companions . —Comp . NEWTON was very much pleased to find Chapter 536 once more at work , aud he was sure that from those who had already joined it would shortly become one of the best out-of-town chapters . He thanked them for proposing his health . —Comp . W . F . BLACICBUIIN said it was to him an event of much gratification to see his old friend ancl companion , Norman , installed as Z . of that chapter .

He need not say he hoped to visit them again as often as he could , and tendered his thanks for tbeir kind reception of himself ancl his health in the last toast . —Comp . E DEN , P . Z . and Treas ., said it was a very welcome sight to him to have seen Comp . Norman installed that day as their M . E . Z ., and he was sure he would do credit to the office . He proposed the health of their new M . E . Z ., and might he long continue with them . —The M . E . Z . had to thank them and their worthy P . Z . Edenfor the very kind manner his health had

, , been proposed and responded to . He was very grateful to them for placing him in that position , and would endeavour to discharge his duties ; and though they might find fault with his shortcomings , yet he wished to find the chapter prosper . He had that day received its highest honours , and would do his duty to them for the trust reposed in him . He was greatly obliged to Bro . AV . AA ' atson for suggesting his name , and also to them for so unanimously electing

him . —The M . E . Z . said it was with a large amount of pleasure that he rose to propose the health of P . Z . Eden , their Treasurer , who , he ¦ considered , was entitled to their best thanks for taking such cure of the fittings and books of the chapter ( hear , hear ) , and he hoped he ivould always meet with that kindness and respect to which he was so justly entitled . ( Hear , hear . )—P . Z . EDEN ivas much obliged both for the matter and manner of their M . E . Z . ' s proposition , and he was also gratified by the response of the companions . It had been to him a source of considerable annoyance

to attend , and—to use an Irishism—ancl see no one ( laughter ) , but he had endeavoured to keep the chapter going in some way , for he had issued summonses , attended the meetings , and dined by himself with great regularity . ( Hear , hear . ) He was glad to see every companion there , and thought there could be no doubt of the safe recovery ofthe chapter ; and if they accepted his services in the same spirit in which he tendered them , they were rendered most cordially and willingly . ( Hearhear . )—The M . E . Z . next proposed

, the health of the ofllcers , without whose aid nothing could go on well . He believed they would all do their duty , and conduce to the general prosperity of 536 . Their P . Soj ., Comp . Newall , was widely known for his energy , and was sure to discharge his duty with zeal and ability . Their Scribe E ., Comp . Cooke , was used to that sort of thing , so he would do his duty well . Their Scribe N ., Comp . A \ . Smith , C . TE ., was new to his

work , but he never ttinched from it , ancl , therefore , they had no need to be apprehensive in his case . The rest of the officers would second the efforts of those he had mentioned , and he was sure Chapter 536 ivas on the high road to success . —Comp . NEWALL , in reply , assured the M . E . Z . and Comps . that , with regard to the welfare of Chapter 536 , he yielded to none . He felt that it was due to himself that it owed its resuscitation , for the success which had attended his efforts in the lodge had induced him . to apply himself to revive the chapter . The fact of actually keeping

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it in existence was due to Comp . Eden , and heartily had he come into the scheme to set it once more in active work . —Comp . AA . SMITH , N ., always was willing to lend his aid whenever and whereever it was required . —Comp . MATTHEW COOKE , E ., would do all he could for the chapter aslong as they did not cross him . He believed the officers , with himself , felt but one way , and they might depend on him , for he took a very great interest both in the chapter and the

lodge . —P . Z . EDEN had permission to propose a toast which could not fail to meet with approval , since it did so everywhere . Comp . AA'atson ' s name was sure to be well received . He ( Comp . Eden ) had met him for several years , ancl he had always evinced the greatest desire to assist Freemasons and Freemasonry . In the words of the song , he was " a jolly good fellow , " and it had given him ( Comp . Eden ) much pleasure to see the perfect manner in whieh Bro .

AA'atson had performed the installation that clay . —Bro . AA' . AA ' A . TSON begged leave to thank them all for the toast ancl their response . He knew of nothing that had given him more sincere delight than that of seeing the Chapter 536 resuscitated . He could look back for many years , and call to remembrance numbers whom he had installed in that chapter , and he hoped he need hardly say how happy he was to be able to render any service he couldwhich were

, always at their command . —The M . E . Z . thought they could with great propriety drink the health of the joining members . He had a good recollection of Comp . Piatt in No . 49 , and although circumstances occurred which prevented his taking the chair of First Principal in that chapter , yet he greeted a companion of 49 with much pleasure , and proposed " The Health of the Joining Membersancl Comp . Piatt . " - —Comp . PLATT was grateful for the

, comi-liment paid to the joining members and himself . For some years he had been associated with their M . E . Z . in No . 49 , and it gave hiin a double pleasure to see Comp . Norman in his present position . He was happy to be one who had joined No . 536 , and hoped to see it a more flourishing chapter than ever . The Janitor's toast then brought the meeting to an end .

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ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE .

AA ' COEWTCH . —Invicta Chapter of S . P . R . >| 4 . —This flourishing chapter met at the Masonic Hall , AA illiam-street , Woolwich , on the 19 th inst . The members present were the Ex . Bros Carter , M . AA . S . ; Col . Clerk , 32 ° ., High Prelate ; Figg , 30 ° , 1 st General ; AV . Smith , CF .., 30 ° , 2 nd General ; Fairlie , 1 S ° , Grand Marshall ; Cockcraft , 18 ° , Raphael ; Schwarzkopf , 18 ° , Capt . of the Guard ; Matthew Cooke , IS , Organist ; Dr . Hinxman , 31 ° , Col . Tulloch ,

30 ° ; Capt . King , 30 ° ; Stuart , 18 ° ; Read , 18 ° ; and G . AV . Taylor , IS ' . —The visitors were the 111 . Bros . Merryweather , 31 ° ; Dr . Jones , 30 ° , ancl How , 30 ° . —Six candidates appeared i ' or installation , viz ., Bros . George Lambert , Dadson , Carey , AA ' ade , Price , and Arbuthnot , who were all received into the beautiful degree of Sovereign Prince Rose Croix . —After tho ceremony was concluded , and the brethren had adjourned to banquet at the Freemasons '

Tavern , AA ' oolwich , the following toasts were given : — "The Queen and the Craft , " "The M . AV . S . of the Order , Dr . Leeson , and the Supreme Council , " both of which were received with the fervour which they always elicit at these meetings . The M . AA ' . S . was very happy to receive visitors at all times , and proposed health ancl success to all other chapters of this degree , coupling the same with the metropolitan chapters of Rose Croix , ancl its Past M . AA . P . S ., the 111 . Bro ., Dr . Jones . —Dr . JONES hoped to be permitted to express

his sincere thanks for their kindness . He had been exceedingly delighted with the work , and thought it beat the Metropolitan Chapter ; but he believed the only strife between them would be for the goal of perfection . This was his second visit there , and it certainly would not be the last . He took that opportunity to propose the health of the M . AA ' . S ., of whom it was not too much to say that he was a most perfect worker ; and if he ( Dr . Jones ) were

to endeavour " to paint the lily " he should not fail more signally than by attempting to tell them what they all knew of the 111 . Bro . Carter ' s excellentworking . —Dr . JONES then proposed "The Health of the M . W . S . "—The 111 . Bro . CAKTEE , M . AV . S ., rose to return thanks for the very handsome manner in which his health had been proposed by the III . Bro . Dr . Jones . He feared his merits were not equal to the eulogy they had met with from the proposer , and

he felt that he liad many shortcomings to deplore ; but when he looked back at the two 111 . brethren that had gone through the chair before him , he saw his failings by contrast ; yet he could do no more than his best , and that it was always his intention to do , and he hoped to be able to perform his duties with some amount of satisfaction to the members . —The M . AV . S . felt quite sure that every member looked upon the 111 . Bro . Col . Clerk as a star of no ' small magnitude in their chapter . The perfect way iu which lie performed