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CONTENTS . LEADERS— PAGH The Meeting in the Royal Albert Mall ... ... ... ... 3 og The Masonic Orphan Schools , Dublin ... ... ... ... 3 ° 9 The Queen ' s Sixty Years' Reign ... ... ... ... ... 3 ' 0 Consecration of the Ealing Lodge , No . 2 GG 2 ... ... ... 311 Entertainment by the Empire Lodge of Indian and Colonial Rrethren ... 3 ' 2

MASONIC NOTESThe Meeting- in the Royal Albert Hall ... ... ... ... 315 J ubilee Masonic Service at St . Paul ' s Church , Heme Hill ... ... 315 Lodge Quatuor Coronati , No . 2076 ... ... ... ... 315 Visit of Stewards to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution at Croydon 315 Correspondence ... ... ... ... ... ... 316 Diamond Jubilee Commemoration Banquet of Worshipful Masters of London

Lodges ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 317 The Masonic Schools of Ireland ... ... ... ... ... 317 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 319 Complimentary Banquet to Bro . Septimus Croft , I . P . M . 1657 , and Mrs . Croft ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 320 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 320

The Meeting In The Royal Albert Hall.

THE MEETING IN THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL .

The fourth of the great Masonic gatherings which have been held in the Royal Albert Hall , South Kensington , took place on Monday , and proved , like each of its predecessors , a grand success . The arrangements from beginning to end were carried

out in the most orderly fashion , with as much smoothness as though meetings of several thousands of people in a single hall were an everyday experience to those who had been placed in charge of them . The doors were thrown open punctually at the

appointed hour , the brethren , when clothed , entered , and were shown at once to their seats , and as the hall rapidly filled the scene became a splendid one from a spectacular point of view , while the enthusiasm was such as is rarely exhibited in this country .

When the procession , heralded by a fanfare of trumpets , entered and the Prince had taken his scat , the Hall rang again and again with the cheers of the assembled brethren . Then followed the speeches , that of the Prince , in explaining the purpose for which

the meeting had been called , being brief but to the point . The Grand Secretary having read the address , the Duke of CONNAUGHT , Past Grand Master , proposed , and Earl AMHERST , D . G . M ., seconded the motion that it be accepted

and the Grand Master having submitted the same , it was agreed to amid the ; cheers again and again renewed of those present . The whole meeting then joined in the National Anthem , and finally the Prince , having conferred

brevet rank on a number of distinguished brethren , the majority of whom were able to be present , rose , and , attended as cm his entrance , left the Hall amid a storm of cheers such as can he appreciated only by ( hose who had the privilege of being present .

Wc have said that the arrangements were carried out from first to last in the most perfect order . Vor this we are indebted mainly to the experienced care and attention taken by Bro . THOMAS FENN , P . G . W ., who , in the absence of liro . Sir

ALBERT WOODS , had charge of everything and personally looked after everything that had to be done . In this task he was loyally and ably assisted by Bros . ROHERT GRKV , FRANK RICHARDSON , and J . H . MATTHEWS , to whom also , as well as to the Grand

Secretary and his Staff , the Craft is indebted for the manner in which the meeting passed off . These brethren had worked dail y both early and late from the time when the date of ( he

meeting was settled , and we feel sure they must realise that theii hi ghest reward is to be found in the thanks they have ungrud gingly received from his Royal Highness , the M . W . Grand Master , and the whole body of the English Craft ,

The Masonic Orphan Schools, Dublin.

THE MASONIC ORPHAN SCHOOLS , DUBLIN .

We publish elsewhere the very full report , which , to our great regret , we were compelled to hold over from last week , of the visit paid by some 400 brethren and ladies from the Province of Antrim to the Masonic Orphan Schools in Dublin .

Everything , as will be seen , passed off admirably , but the part of the report which will justly attract the largest share of attention is that containing the address delivered b y Bro . Lord Justice FlTZGlliBON as to the manner in which the Schools are

conducted and the very gratifying results which have been obtained in the past and which may in reason be looked for in the future from this establishment . As our readers are probably aware , there are two Masonic Schools in Dublin , one for Girls at

Ballsbridge and the other for Pooys at Clonskeagh . The former , which was founded in 1792 , celebrated its Centenary live years ago , but the Boys' School dates no further back than 1 S 62 . Both , however , have been built up on the same lines , in pretty

much the same fashion , and with a view to fulfilling the same duty towards the children oi deceased brethren . Both , too , bear a very close resemblance in all important respects to our own Scholastic Institutions and equally with them are worthy of

every support which our Irish brethren are able to furnish . The Lord Justice , in his explanatory address , favoured his audience with a considerable amount of detail , pointing out how , in the case of the Girls' School , the site had been

purchased and the buildings—sufficient to accommodate 100 children — had been erected for the sum of £ 24 , 000 ; that the Governing body had a sum of £ 15 , 000 invested , the interest on which , now amounting to £ = ic \ o , was devoted to the

advancement of the Girls . on leaving School , and that the whole cost of maintenance , exclusive of the expenses of management , amounting lo £ , 2 () Ci , was altogether onl y £ 2333 . His lordship also spoke very fully of the training and education they received ,

and what was done to promote their interests , mentioning in particular that five children had been placed in schools on the Continent , so that they might be able to master one or more foreign languages , and utilise the knowledge thus acquired as

governesses . I hree Antrim Girls also were being educated at more advanced schools at home , four had been taught shorthand and typewriting , and were doing exceedingly well , while others were engaged as teachers , and in the Civil Service , one girl in

particular , who is still under 20 years of age , having gained the seventh place in an open competition , for which there were 628 candidates . Then , as regards the School itself , which is a marvel of tidiness and good order , he mentioned that there were

only three servants , a cook , and two housemaids , in the whole establishment , everything else being done by the children , who also kept their clothing in a proper state of repair . As regards the Boys' -School , which , as we have said , was founded in 1862 ,

the capital expenditure up to the present time was £ io , ooo , the number of children provided for being 80 , while the Institution was conducted and supported in ( he same manner . But the point on which his lordship laid the greatest stress was . that these

Orphan Schools were not " Charily Institutions , " nor were the children maintained , clothed , and educated in them " Charity Children . " On the contrary , they were the children " of

men that they had known , and met , and loved , and who had left them their children , not as objects of Charity , but as objects of duty . These children , " he continued , " having no father on earth , have to put their trust in the Great Architect that bound