The Royal Albert Orphan Asylum For Thoroughly Destitute Children.

" The children are elected by the subscribers . About two weeks before each election a list of candidates , with a short narrative of each case , is forwarded to the subscribers for them to select the children to be admitted , and thus the most necessitous and deserving objects are certain of securing the benefits of the Asylum .

"To ensure this a new and important element is introduced into the constitution of this Institution , viz , no canvassing for votes is allowed ; it being apparent that the destitute have neither friends to devote the time nor the money to spend , which the canvassing system necessitates , aud , to prevent the possibility of canvassing , the reports are published without the addresses of the subscribers . " The elections take place half-yearly , in May and November .

" Children are taKen from all parts of tho Kingdom , and are admitted between the age of 6 " ancl 12 , the boys remaining until 14 ancl the girls until 15 . " Subscriptions for the maintenance of the orphans are earnestly solicited , and will be thankfully received by the Secretary , at the office , OS , Cheapside , London , E . O . "Life Presentation . —A donation of £ 250 iu one sum ,

or subscribed in various sums during a period not exceeding three years , entitles the donor to have one child always in the Asylum , provided , of course , the case falls within the prescribed conditions . " Admission by Purchase . —When the child is six and ¦ under nine years of age 125 guineas ; and where the child is nine and under twelve years of age 100 guineas .

• "' " Life Subscriptions . —One vote at each election , £ 5 5 s . ; two votes , £ 10 10 s . ( The votes increasing proportionately to the subscription . ) "Annual Subscription . —One vote at each election , 20 s . 6 d . ; two votes , £ 1 Is . "Two hundred and forty children have already been elected into the Asylum . "The first hundred were received ou the 29 fch December , 1861 . "

Freemasonry Among The Mormons.

FREEMASONRY AMONG THE MORMONS .

We extract the following from the Craftsman : — " To the Editor of the Craftsman . " Salt Lake City , Utah Territory , June 30 th , 1869 . " Dear Sir and Bro , —To-day I leave this beautiful city to return to Canada , but before doing so , must give you a brief sketch of Freemasonry among the Mormons , and I assure it is a delicate and intricate subject to

you handle—Here are a body of people living in direct violation of the laws of tbe United States , yet as far as the casual observer can see , they are happy , industrious and ( according to their creed ) moral ; they have transformed a desert into a series of gardens ; they have erected a city that for elegance and symmetry is equalled by few in the world , yet they are openly violating the laws of their Yicbor

country— Hugo , however , says in that charming work of his "Les Miserables , " "I obey the edicts of my God before I bow down to the laws of my country , " and perchance ho is right , if so the Mormons in following that light which is given to them from above , are only pursuing the proper course ; this however has been so often discussed , that I shall not attempt to explain itbut at

, once plunge " in medias res "—so far at least as Freemasonry is concerned . "I arrived here the day before yesterday with my inend , Bro . L . AV . Kimball of California , and in the evening visited Mount Moriah Lodge No . 70 . I cannot say much regarding the reception given to visiting brethren tner-e , though 1 must admit that after we were once introduced to the AV . M ., Bro . Jos . P . Nounnan , he took a good cleal of trouble to explain to us the difficulties and drawbacks under which this lodge has for years laboured

Freemasonry Among The Mormons.

•—It appears that in 1865 several Masons in this place conceived the idea of organising a lodge , and accordingly put a notice to that effect in the papers ; on the day appointed several attended , and amongst those , some Mormons—here the first difficulty commenced , the Gentile Masons refused , for reasons which I will subsequently give , to recognise their Mormon , brethren , and

proceeded to organise without them ; a petition praying for a dispensation was forwarded to the Grand Lodge of Nevada , which body that year granted the same , prohibiting however by special edict all Masonic intercourse with members of the Mormon Church . J . M . Ellis was the first AV . M . of a Masonic lodge in Utah Territory , W . G . Higley first S . AV , and W . L . ' flasley first J . W .

"The following year ( 1866 ) , Mount Moriah Lodge , U . D , sent to the G . L . of Neveda a full statement of the work , together with books , papers , vouchers , and at the same time asking for a Charter . That Grand Body , however , declined to grant a Charter , though they returned the Dispensation , congratulating them at the same time upon their work , ancl the edict regarding Mormons also remained in full force .

"The brethren , however , appear to have been sanguine , and under the able management of W . Bro . Ellis , who continued to be Master , tbe lodge prospered , and at the end of the second year of probation ( 1867 ) , again applied to the G . L . of Neveda for a Charter . The Grand Lodge a second time refused to grant it . This time the brethren of Mount Moriah Lodge surrendered their

Dispensation , and at once applied to the Grand Lodge of Montana for a Charter ; that Grand Body , after a careful consideration of the subject , declined to grant the same , fearing that it might be construed as a slight towards their Sister Grand Lodge of Neveda . "This organization ( the first Masonic society in Utah Territory ) then dissolved . Shorllafterwardsthe

y , brothers again met , and petitioned the G . L . of Kansas for a Dispensation , which was immediately granted -, and on the 27 th of November , 1868 , they obtained a Charter from that Grand Lodge , under the name and number of Mount Moriah Lodge , No . 70 . Prom that time to the present this lodge has made creditable advancement , and now numbers between 30 and 40 membersa large

num-, of whom belong to the Hebrew belief . " The above is an accurate account of the difficulties under which our brethren of Utah organised ; but during their trials some other Gentile members of the fraternity met and petitioned the Grand Lod ge of Montana for a dispensation , which was granted ( 18661 : and on the

following year they obtained a charter , Oct . 7 th , 1867 , under the name and cognomen of Wahsatch Lodge , No . 8 , called after that beautiful range of mountains , whose snow-clad peaks can be seen every day of the year from the windows of their lodge-room . Bro . R . H . Robertson is the first and only W . M . of this thriving lodge , which numbers now some fifty members .

" I would here remark that the day after I attended Mount Moriah Lodge ( yesterday ) , 1 met Bro . Robertson , to whom I was introduced by Bro . Nounnan . He at once proposed to call a special meeting for that evening , so that I might see the work of 3 Io ' ntaua . I thanked him kindly , aud last night visited his lodge . The ritual was exceedingly beautiful , and in many particulars I

prefez-red it to any American work I had ever seen . Before closing , the W . M . kindly alluded to the many courtesies he had received , in the shape of reports of Grand Lodge proceedings , & c , from the genial Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Canada , ll . W . Bro . T . B . Harris , to which I simply responded by assuring them that wo in Canada wished God-speed to the cause

of Masonry throughout the world . Bro . H . B . Peine , P . M ., from . Illinois , also expressed the pleasure he felt in meeting his brothers of Salt Lake . The lodge was then closed . " After the lodge adjourned , the S . AV ., Bro . O . P . Strickland , invited myself and several of the officers to