Royal Arch.

The M . E . Z . summoned the first Convocation of the said Chapter for Friday November the 9 th , when the first Principals were duly installed in their respective chairs , after which , with the kind assistance of Comp . Goring , P . Z ., Chapter No . 25 , and other companions of the Salossian Chapter , fourteen duly qualified brethren were exalted to the sublime degree of Royal Arch Masons . Eight other brethren for whom the ballot was unanimous , will be exalted at the next Convocation , the first Monday in January , 1856 . The M . E . Z . then appointed his officers , and invested

them for the ensuing year . The Convocation of the said _ Chapter was postponed in consequence of the unavoidable absence of the Right Worshipful Grand Master . A sumptuous banquet was provided by Br . Purcell ( the squire of Eyton presenting the venison ) . After dinner , ample proof was given of their loyalty to the Queen of England , and her allies . The first Principal then gave the health of the Earl of Zetland , the Grand G . Z . of the Order , and the Deputy Grand Master of England , the Earl of Yarborough , whose zeal in serving the best interest of the Masonic

charities was ably descanted upon in very energetic language , and both toasts were received and given with due honours . The M . E . Z . then proposed the health of the Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master , Sir Watkyn Williams Wynn , Bart ., wishing him a safe return to Winstay , blessed with good health and long life . The toast was chunk with great enthusiasm . Comp . White , the P . G . Treasurer , returned thanks , expressing the delight he experienced , and the great pleasure he felt in having been proposed a joining member ,

and congratulated the Chapter on the prospect of future excellence . Comp . Brightwell , the second Principal , rose , and before introducing the toast which he was called upon to propose , from the position he had the honour of occupying in the Eyton Chapter of St . John ' s , hailed with much satisfaction and pleasure the visible prosperity Masonry had acquired and was acqubing in this province , but more particularly the extraordinary success which had favoured the St . John ' s Lodge , No . 875 , which , comparatively speaking , was a very young one , having been a little more than three years in existence , and in that short period , ( owing to the

indefatigability of its numerous members ) to have a Chapter attached to it , therefore it may justly be said ^ the refulgent star of Freemasonry has shone with full meridian splendour on this Lodge , untarnished and undimiied . In alluding more particularly to the toast which I have the honour to propose , in approaching it , believe me , I feel my utter incapability adequately to do that justice which it so amply merits and deserves , in announcing cur distinguished brother and talented companion Marriott . ( Cheers . ) Companions , those cheers strongly and powerfully ratify the high opinion

I have entertained of him , both as a man and a Mason—in the former , for his uniform uprightness of character and integrity , in thektter for those truly and unsophisticated sentiments of Masonic sympathy which in him appears so peculiarly characteristic . In conclusion , companions , permit me to express my strong feeling of satisfaction in which I myself feel persuaded , and I reel persuaded I have your coincidence in witnessing this day the solemn , impressive , and . imposing manner in which Comp . Marriott performed the ceremonies of exaltation to the fourteen candidates . You

, companions , and I , have great reason to congratulate ourselves in being so very fortunate in having such an excellent companion to preside over us in this our first convocation under the warrant from the Grand Chapter of England ; and may the G . A . O . T . U . long spare him to continue an ornament to the Craft of which he is so distinguished a member , and when it shall please the Almighty to remove ' him from this sublunary and transitory abode , may he be translated to that celestial Lodge above , where peace , order , and harmony reign . The toast having been

Masonically responded to . The M . E . Z . said , Comp . Brightwell , your fulness of heart and great flow of language has placed me in great embarrassment ; and , companions , in acknowledging the kind sentiments of your second Principal , I feel my inadequacy to do justice in language suitable to the high enconiums passed upon me by him ; it is a source of great pleasure I feel to find my services are considered of so much importance to the welfare of Masonry in this Province , and I have great satisfaction also in knowing that the seed I have sown has not fallen on barren ground , and I have equal pleasure