Royal Arch.

OXFORDSHIRE . AT . FRF . D CHAPTER , OXFORD ( No . 425 ) . —There was a very large convocation of the Companions on Monday , May 8 , when the Chapter having been opened and a number of brethren duly examined , they were exalted into the Royal Arch with all becoming solemnity . The business having been brought to a close , the Comps . separated , the majority of them afterwards attending the soiree of Comp . Spiers to meet the new P . G . M ., whose installation , as we have elsewhere recorded , took place on the following day .

Knight Templars.

KNIGHT TEMPLARS .

GRAND ENCAMPMENT . The Annual Meeting of the Granel Encampment , took place on Friday , May llth , at 4 o ' clock , the most eminent anel supreme G . M . Col . Tynti presiding . The business was only of a routine kind , concerning the furniture of the Granel Encampment ; the nomination of Grand Officers for the year ensuing , and the election of the Committee of Management . The Banquet was of the most recherche' description , the

nobis haunches of venison ( the kind and thoughtful gifts of M . E . G . M . ) , were duly honored by the Sir Knights esurient , and the whole entertainment appeared to give unlimited satisfaction . The health of the Grand Master ; success to the Army and Navy combined , with our gallant Allies ( responded to by Lieut . Col . Simon and Capt . Malier ) , and of Sir Knights Emly and Law , were received with the utmost enthusiasm . Some excellent singing , and a most felicitous recitation by an Irish Sir Knight ( whose name has escaped us ) , caused the evening to pass most agreeably to all present .

OXFORDSHIRE . The Knights of the Cceur de Lion Encampment assembled together at the Masonic Halt on Tuesday , the Sth of May , and several candidates were admitted into the Order iu due form . At the conclusion of the business , about forty Sir Kuts . dined together and enjoyed a very pleasant evening . NORTHUMBERLAND .

ROYAL KENT ENCAMPMENT , NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE ( NO . 44 ) . —On Good Friday the Companions of the Encampment held their anniversary at their field of encampment , Fiecmasons * Hall , Newgate Street , Newcastle-on-Tyne . The following Comps . were installed Officers for the ensuing year : —Fra . E . 1 ) . Davis , E . G . ; Fra . John Barker , 1 st Capt . ; Fra . II . Bell , 2 nd Capt . ; Fra . Thos . Patlinson , Registrar ; Fra . AV . Punshon , Prior ; Fra . A . C . V . Suttees , Almoner ; Fra , Jas . Donald , Herald ; Fra . AA m . DalzielSub-Prior and ExpertFra . F . P . JounCapt . of Lines ; Fra .

, ; , Thos . Hornsby , Equerry . The E . Commander , Fra . E . D . Davis , presented tho conclave with a richly ornamented altar . After tho conclusion of the ceremonies , the Knts . Comps . sat down to a sumptuous repast at the Queen ' s Head Hotel , Grey Street , the evening being spent iu kivo and harmony .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

' SPURIOUS MARK MASONRYSUPREME GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OF SCOTLAND . To the Editor of the Masonic Mirror . 3 , Ditncan-slreet , Edinlncrgli , lOili May , 1855 . SIR . —I use tho freedom of subjoining copy correspondence wliich has passed

between the Editor of the "Freemasons' Monthly Magazine" and me , on a subject which I am informed you are already acquainted with , and which arose from my having observed on the cover of their magazine an advertisement in the terms I refer