A Visit To The Royal Freemasons' School For Female Children.

mas-eve to Twelfth-night , both inclusive , with half-holidays on Wed * nesdays and Saturdays . The before-mentioned days are relaxations from school labour , but the children remain at the school . In order that those who have friends to go to should enjoy a stated holiday , there are three weeks set apart at Midsummer , when the children go friends of children

to their homes or friends , and the parents or can always visit them once a month , on a stated day . Many other details were kindly pointed out to us , such as the interest taken iu the children by several of the neighbouring clergy , who are always welcome visitors—and it is to be wished that those of our brethren in holv orders , who have the leisure and opportunity , would of those

also manifest ahttle more interest in behalf youthful charges committed to our trust . AVe regret to state that , while the great body of the committees are anxiously striving to do their duty in providing food , shelter , raiment , and instruction , there is but one reverend brother ( the Rev . J . E . Cox . ) who visits the school often enough to show that the fraternitthere is a clergyman who looks upon

among y the school as a part of his cure . This is the only objection which our visit revealed to us , and when wc determined on placing the result before the Craft , it was in the hope that some of the numerous clerical brethren resident in the metropolis wonld be awakened to a sense of their duty , and not forget their Divine Master ' s injunction , —

"Feed my lambs . ' Should the present imperfect account of a visit to the Royal Freemason's School for Female Children stimulate those brethren who have not yet made themselves acquainted with the working of this excellent ' institution to go and see for themselves , we are sure of their unqualified roval ^ that theylike ourselveswill not be content by

app , , a single visit , but repeat tho same at every convenient opportunity . Aud should tho present paper awaken any interest in the Craft , and the writer be requested to do so , be will have great pleasure in laying before our readers the experience he gathered on a similar visit to the other two institutions connected with our Order . M . G .

LODCT ! F URNITURE . —AVO hiul the pleasure tho other day of inspecting the very choice ami appropriate furniture , jewels , & c , provided for the Gold Coast Lodge , No . 1075 , by Bro . John Molt Th . e-. wld , the Masouic jeweller , of Fleet-street . The chairs struck us as being singularly appropriate , anil extremely comfortable likewise ; a very great advantage by the way , for ( he majority of Masonic chairs , like chairs of state and thrones , are not always the most-comfortable seats in the world . Heartily wishing our Gold Coast brethren success , we advise all new Lodges requiring furniture , jewels , & c , tu see ( to their appropriateness before giving their orders .