Dublin Girls' Orphan School.

DUBLIN GIRLS' ORPHAN SCHOOL .

rjMIK Centenary Festival and Grand Bazaar of the JL Masouto Order , at Ball's Bridge , held to celebrate tin ! hundredth year of existence of tho Girls' Orphan S ho -I , and to assist its treasury , will open to-day , and the latest expectations of interest aud entertainment have been oxc < u > d by if . in the public mind . Our preliminarv sketches

of the intended curiosities and delights of the iete have giveu but a slight idea of what is in storo for tho visitors when , in a few hours more , the curtain rises on this novel and brilliant spectacle . Last night a vast crowd had some cocception of what has been prepared for their amusement

and instruction . But they were only iu the outer hall of tho great theatre , and saw but a part of the vast stag . ) outspread iu these noble spaces and throughout these groups of convenient edifices . There is no necessity now to say more . Tho Distribution proceedings wero most

picturesque . As a pageant tho performance was rich m colour and gorgeous iu variety . The speeches of the occasion wero morohnppy and suitable than on any former occasion . That of his Grace Lord Plunket , of Lord Wolseley , and the Duke of Abercorn , will be read in our

columns with extreme satisfaction , as exhibiting the puroly charitable design in which all the architecture of sympathy and voluntary effort has rapidly arisen . A thousand willing hands , not of Masons only , but of ladies , whose motive is more conspicuously still purest benevolence , have co-operated

to produce such a museum of refined and pleasing things , and attractive recreation , 'to diversify the labour of inspecting strange aud pretty gifts and wares , as never has before been created thus almost magically in our midst . When the gates are thrown open tho crowds flocking in

will have tho advantage of an ample area . There can be no obstruction to motion except such as the press to see a particular object may for a moment cause , and this will not be uuwelcoined as a proof that the end is being served . The site and its apartments , and

sward and pavilion and galleries , are fitted as no such other place in tho kingdom is for the purpose in view . The ladies aud gentlemen who have worked so hard , and spent so much of thoir mouey in the cause , deserve the

highest praiso and the hearty support of tho . se who can purchase what they exhibit , and so sustain I ho charity . During tho remainder of the week the busy stalls of Old Dublin will have tho romance about them that uoiui can

fail to relish , and the remembrauco , especially of the young , of their visit to these grounds , aud the wonders which awoke their imagination , will bo a precious profit itself for those who will havo the good fortune to enjoy those hours of brightest leisure . Tho result already assured must be such an addition to the resources of tho

bcihool as will for long years to corno provide for an extenfion of its benefits in tho succour and education of orphan Irish children . —Irish Times , Yith Muii 1 HU 2 .

Mark Masonry.

MARK MASONRY .

— . u . —• COUNTY PALATINE LODGE , No . 15 G , ( MANCHESTER ) . A MEETING was hold in the Freemasons' Hall , on Monday , the 9 th instant . Present—Bros . Win . Hardcastle W . M ., W . B .

Akerman S . W ., Carl Gotz J . W ., A . H . Jefferis P . M . Past Grand Deacon , N . A . Earle S . D ., Arthur Middloton P . M . P . G . S . B . Treao ., W . H . Vaughau P . M . Secretary , V . M . VultchofE . Tho Lodge waa opened in dne form , and the minntes of tho previous meeting were read aud confirmed . The ballot was taken for Bros . T . A . Holland ,

of the Architect and Affability Lodges , and S . F . Simons P . M . Concord Lodge , 1513 , and announced favourable . Brother Simon * being in attendance , wa ^ advanced to the degree of Mark Matter . Bro . Liseuden was elected Tyler , aud there being no farther business tbe Lodge was closed .

HOLLOWAY ' S OIXTMKST AND PIU . S . —Diseases ami risiriltic-i i"ciilontal to youth may be safely treated l > y the use of thc-so excellent , Medicaments according to the printed directions folded round each i > ot . and hox . Nor is this Ointment alone applicable 10 external ailments : conjoint . } - with the Pills it exercises the most salutary influence in checking inflammations siliate'l in the

interior of tho bony ; when nibbeilupon the back and chest it gives the most sensible relief in asthu . a , bronchitis , pleurisy , anil threatening consumption . Holloway ' s remedies are especially serviceable in liver and st-inach complaints . For the euro of bad legs , nil sorts ol wounds , sores , and liknu-is .-scrofula rind scorbutic affections , this < hutment juxduccs a eou ' nipj and sjuuti- ' . ng feeling moal acceptable to tho uuJIeror .

Royal Arch.

ROYAL ARCH .

— : o : — PROVINCIAL- GRAND CHAPTER WEST YORKSHIRE .

A T tlic annual Convocation of Grand Chapter , holdcii JC \ - in tho Precmnsons' Hall , Surrey St root , Sheffield , on Wednesday , llth inst ., I > y tho invitation of Chapter Paradise , No . lo'J , there were present : —• Comps . Ensi r Drnry P . P . G . H . acting P . G . Superintendent , J . L , Atherton P . G . U ., Thos . It . Vaux P . G . J ., Henry Jopeph Garnett

P . l ' . G . H ., ( ieniVH Brooke P . P . G . J ., Henry Smith P . G . S . E ., Geo . H . Kiulclifie P . G . S . N ., Heury Oxley P . as Provincial Grand Treasurer , ti-orge Marshal , Thomns Harrison , ; . ntl John t . Wor . iswoith Past Provincial Grauil Treasurers , . John VVoulsworih P . P . G . S . N . as Provincial Grand JJegistrtu' Jtobt-rt , Arnisuu P . l ' . G . H . as J' . G . P .

Soj ., Wm . Henry Millies as P . G . 1 st As-dsr . S"j . 'id ^ in Billington as P . G . 2 nd Assist , tioj ., William Skinner P . l ' . G . . Soj .. James Jenkin P . O . S « 'ord llem-pr , James Walniflny , . J . P ., us P . G . titaudard Bearer , 11 . D . Kendall P . P . G . Standard Bearer , Kobert Hy . Armitage P . G . Dir . of Cers ., Alfred Gill P . G . Aioist . Dir . of Cers ., Henry Fountain

ns P . G . Orgunir , Un-bert G . E . Green P . Assist . G . S . E ., Thomas Choster P . G . Janitor ; Cornelius Wheawill , Wm . Henry Jessop , William Biugham , and William Hai ^ h P . G . Stewards ; also Principals , Past First Principals , and Companions of the following Chapter ? , viz .: 61 , 139 , 151 , 208 , 242 , 264 , 275 , 290 , 296 , 302 , 304 ,

3 U ( i , 307 , 387 , 418 , 495 , 521 , ( . 00 , 827 , 904 , 1019 , 1042 , 1283 , 1462 , 1513 . Apologies lor absence were received from the following Provinoial Grand Officers , Comps . Thomas William Tow , J . P ., Grand Superintendent , John Leach Provincial Grand Treasurer , An lay

Maoaulay Provincial Grand ltegistrar , John Thrippleton Provincial Assist . Grand Sojourner , J . L . P . Pugh Provincial Grand Standard Bearer , Alfred Suarth Provincial Grand Organist , and about 145 Companion ? .

Comp . insor Drnry acting Graud Superintendent and Officers entered at 3 " 30 p . m . ' , and Provincial Grand Chapter was opened in duo form . A letter was read from the Grand Superintendent , in

which he expressed his regret that he was nnable to be present . He also alluded to the very satisfactory progress that the Masonic Library was making in books and manuscripts , particularly referring to the Waistrell MS ., from Kcighley , aa one of the most valuable yet acquired .

The acting Provincial Grand Superintendent , and the Prov . G . H . nncl P . G . J , were saluted .

The minutes of the meeting held at Halifax , on Friday , 13 th November 1891 , were presented for confirmation , when it was moved , seconded and resolved , '' That they be taken as read and confirmed . " Tho acting Grand Sujiurintciidcnt t !; cu delivered the followin < r address : —

Companions , —I beg to thank you for tho compliment yon have been jjood enough to pay to tho ollico that I have the honour of tilling on this occasion . I need not assure yon of the very sincero regret I feel nt the enforced absence ol our Graud Superintendent , and of my sympathy

with him iu tho serious illnosa that has for so long made it necessary for him to ih-legiUo to others thosr ) duties whioh he has so zealously mid faithfully discharged , for it . at r > gret aud sympathy are , I am sure , shar-d net only by all present , but by eveiy Mason in the Province of West Yorkshire . Tnac he may soon be amongst us

is the heartfelt wish of all . He has desired mo to express to you how highly Knitilied he is at the promptitude with which the "Thomns William Tew Presentation Fund" 1 ms been computed , which of course renders it unnecessary to bring forward the resolution of which notice was given at the

lust meeting , but , Companions , J am sorry to soy there is on tho other hand a matter which is giving anything but gratification to our Grand Suporint ndetit . In the small West Yorkshire C . iloiidar , you will find one town containing apparently two Chapters , but on looking for tho number of members you Jind simpl y a blank . It

appears that tbo warrant granted for one Chapter was never acted upon , and that the other Chapter ia dormant . Now , Companions , this is a mutter which I am not surprised to fiud is trpubliug our Grand Supeiintsndunt . Ho ilnse Companions who are responsible for this state of things realise that they are preventing , or at all

events hindering , those who may be initiated in their Lodges ( Fori see there are two in the town , one with forty-six and the other with thirty . ( ivo inombers ) from becoming perfect Masons , to which all should aspire . I cannot bettor express my views as to Masons becoming Itoyal Aivh Masons than 0 y quoting from an address I

heard given a good many years ago at Wakefield , by Comp . Kev . W . Lukis . He said , "It is not unusual to hear Masons speak of Craft Masonry aud Iloyal Arch Masonry aa though the latter were a distinct degree , more or less outside the former , which may be entered or not nt every Master Mason ' s pleasure . Hut am I taking a strained

view of the question when I say thai , when the solemn Act of Union , in 1813 , it was declm'od th it' pure mid ancient M ' - \ H > nry eon-listed of thrco degrees , viz . : Kiitnru' 1 Apprentice- , tYllow Craft , and Mister Motion , including tho Supreme Onlor of th HolyRtyl Arch , 'the

very words imply that it is as much tho boumlen duty and privilege of every Master Mason to proceed iu due lime to the Supreme Order , us it is of tho Entered Apprentice and Fellow Craft to gradually peifeet himuelf by tikiug a higher degiee . "