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ship ' s unavoidable absence another worthy brother had consented to take his jilace . ( Applause . ) BRO . FRANCIS L . DAMES , Q . C , said that unaffectedly and from his inmost heart he felt it to be a very high honour to have had confided to him the proposing of the first resolution , which was to be submitted to that large and influential assembly . It was as follows : " That the report now read be circulated , and that the thanks of this meeting

are due to thc members of the several Committees of the Institution , and also to the medical officers of the School , for the zealous and efficient manner in which they have discharged the duties devolving upon them , and for the lively interest they manifest in everything conducive to the prosperity antl progress of the pupils of thc ATasomc Female Orphan School . " It was a high honour which had been conferred upon him in assisting in thc noble work which

their presence that evening consecrated . Thc most exalted member of the Order might feel himself honoured . ( Hear , hear . ) When he saw such a brilliant assemblage as that before him , and presided over by the Grand Alaster of their Order in Ireland , who , at personal inconvenience , had come among them to assist by his presence , ancl . cheer by his countenance , the labours of the workers of the Craft , he felt that it augured well for the future of that Institution , which was to have a fresh start when on the morrow his

Grace laid the foundation stone of the new Alasonic Female Orphan School . ( Hear . ) It betokened a future more bright and fraught with usefulness than had ever been the jiast . ( Applause ) . Hc addressed a mixed and thronged audience , composed largely , he was happy to say , of the fairer jiortion of the citizens—he addressed many men of many minds—and it might be asked what brought so vast a concourse of persons together as though they were one man ? He answered , in the words of the poet , that though

" In faith and hope thc ' world may disagree , Alankind ' s concern is charity . " ( Apjilause . ) The report which had been read contained matters of varied interest . Thc resolution whicii he had the honour to propose was of a formal character * , but the matters of substance whicii lay behind the resolution should not lie lost sight of . They were asked , in the first instance , to say that the report should be printed and circulated .

What they wanted in connection with the Alasonic Order , so far as the objects immediately at hand that evening were concerned , was publicity—that their affairs should be open to the world , and that every man and woman in the community should know what they were doing for the education of the children of their deceased brethren . ( Hear , hear . ) In spite of the calumnies of their enemies and of everything that was said against them by those who were hostile , all

who would read the proceedings of that night and see what was clone in their Alasonic Schools must say that against them no one could set down aught in malice or point against them the finger of scorn . ( Hear , hear , and apjilause . ) They wished to publish the report of Ihe past year's work , not only among the brethren in Dublin but also in the provinces . They acknowledged with thankfulness the liberalit y of the brethren in Dublin , in Belfast , and

in different provincial districts , but he might be allowed to say that . the larger amount of their subscriptions were derived from the members of the Dublin Lodges , while the greater proportion of the orphans in the Schools were from the provinces . ( Hear . ) He , therefore , trusted that the circulation of the report would have a good

effect in stimulating brethren throughout the country . These annual reunions were , no doubt , commendable and very jdeasing , but then there were those behind the scenes to whom they owed much , and to whom were largely due the results which had followed in the great work of charity . He , therefore , asked them to return thanks to the several Committees of the Institution . There was no one

who did not think that the Education Committee deserved their most heartfelt thanks . They had heard the rejiort reatl that in the searching examinations open to nearly every school in the kingdom , the Alasonic School , notwithstanding the epidemic whicii visited it , had been eminently successful . There was yet another Committee to whom they owed thanks . It was generally acknowledged that without the sinews of war nothing coultl be carried on , anil , therefore ,

the Finance Committee were nn important body . They deserved thanks fur their admirable economic , and , above all , their effectual management of the affairs of the Institution . There was also the Ajijircntice Committee , and they had heard how that Committee watched over the jiupils after they hatl comi'leted their education in the Institution , and were sent forward into life . They had often heard that wilh ( he excejiliun of one nM lady who got into a clock ' , no

lady had ever been allowed to become a I'reomason , but although they did not allow ladies to become Freemasons , Ihey welcomed them in the work * of charity antl thc labour of love in whicii they were engaged , and accordingly , ( here was included on the list a Lady's Committee , and many as were the slanders antl insinuations thrown out against Alasons , perhaps by ladies who thought they spent too much time in going tn Alasonic entertainments , he ventured lo

say the ladies who composed the Committee of the School would bear testimony to this , that the Institution was a good , solid working institution , having a basis of real charity , real benevolence , and that it had attained good results . ( Apj ) lause . ) He looked upon the reference to the medical officers as a cardinal part of the resolution . 'The interest of the medical officers iu the welfare of the jiupils had been undiminished , and their success in treating every

disease which had visited the Institution admitted of no controversy . Their labours were given ungrudgingly , constantly , nnd gratuitously . Over and above all human agencies , they owed their gratitude , reverence , and thanks to the Great Architect of the Universe , from whom all their mercies flowed so richly and so undeservedly . ( Applause . ) R . W . Bro . ROIJERT WARREN , D . L ., seconded thc motion , which was adopted .

Bro . STEPHEN AIOORK , D . L ., P . G . AI . S . E . Counties , proposed the next resolution as follows : "That whilst ackn owletlging with gratitude the liberal sti ]) pi > rt and assistance with which the Institution has hitherto been favoured , the Governors would earnestly invite the cooperation of the brethren , in order still further to extend its

usefulness . " I li- said that large meeting and the state of the children' * spoke in favour nf the resolution more eloquently anil earnestly ( hail any words of his . 'These children—the orphans of brethren who , alas , were no more —looked to this School for their support , their guidance , he might say their existence . The Governors of the School stood in the relation of guardians to the children , and to these git ardianr , they looked for their support . It should be

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thc pride of every Alason in Ireland to have his name on the list of Governors of these Schools . If they wanted encouragement and gratitude , or even some return for these gifts , had they not got it in these young , earnest , intelligent children ? ( Applause . ) Rev . Canon R . VV . MURRAY , LL . D ., P . G . Chaplain of Antrim , seconded the motion . He said he might , perhaps , be allowed to assume the privilege of one who was in the

habit of preaching sermons , and jdivide the resolution into two parts . ( Laughter . ) It spoke of a fact whicii was existing , and it also told them something which , as Alasons , they ought to do . 'The fact which was spoken of as existing was one which was patent to all—they only had to look about them to see evidence of it—in the splendour of the assembly , in the happy faces and neatness and order ancl proficiency which the pupils of the School had exhibited that

evening , ln any organisation , whether connected with thc Alasonic Order or otherwise , there was always room for improvement and earnest efforts . If it were not so he believed institutions would lag and die . In mortal things , when jicrfection was nearly reached , deterioration began , but he believed there should be no deterioration or decay in an institution connected with the ancient Alasonic Society . ( Applause . ) This Society was one selected from all classes

and orders in the community , and it comprised a vast amount of influence and power . It was a Societv which in the sister country was presided over by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales —( applause)—and in this country presided over by His Grace the Duke of Abercorn . ( Cheers . ) He was no / t going to betray any of the secrets of the Order . ( Laughter . ) Jit vvas very well known , ancl ought to be very well known , that the grace of charity was highly valued . by

the Alasonic Brotherhood—in fact , th ey had placed it , so to speak , on the topmost rung of thc ladder . Therefore , when they spoke of the Society as possessing so much influence , wealth , and charity , the second part of the resolution , which spoke of thc extension and improvement of the Alasonic School , ought to weigh with every brother . He believed Alasonry was doing most important work at the present time in our age ; when Atheism was showing a bold and

unblushing front , the system of Alasonry was standing side by side with religion and testifying to a great first cause and a Great Architect of the Universe . ( Aj ) plause . ) It stood on the side of Christianity , for it exalted that system of charity which the Great AIaster had placetl as the foundation of all religion , and which a great apostle has glorified as the highest and best grace of the Christian religion . The resolution told them they ought to increase ancl add

strength to that testimony , and , therefore , he had great pleasure in seconding it . ( Applause . ) The resolution was adopted . R . W . Bro . SHACKLETON , Q . C , D . G . AI ., wished to address a few words to the laches present . They had all heard that they proposed to-morrow to lay the foundation stone of a new school . There were many of the members of the Order who could recollect when the Female Alasonic

School was first started a good many years ago in a very small house near Portobello . With difficulty it was maintained , but in process of time they moved from that to their present place , and the numbers had so increased , and the calls on their charity had become so enlarged , that they considered it necessary to still further enlarge their Institution . In these days of sanitary reform and corporation abuses ( if they might say so ) they had decided to remove

outside Dublin in order that they might build an Institution which they considered vyould be befitting the Order , and they had resolved to raise a special building fund . They hael a certain sum , hc was happy to say , invested in good security , which they did not propose to interfere with in the slightest degree . Many brethren at first thought that they should do so , but others of them who hael had the conduct of these Schools for years were opposed to that . He himself , as Chairman of thc Committee , and Deputy

Grand Alaster for Ireland , vvas strongly opposed to any infringement upon that fund for the purpose of building . 'They hael , therefore , resolved amongst themselves to raise a special building fund wherewith to erect a School , which they would bane ! over to the Order , free of expense , without infringing in anyway on what he and others considered was a source of income for thc future . He was desirous of soliciting the inllucncc of the ladies of the Order to assist

them in carrying out that most laudable object . The Alasons had , hc admitted , very often exceedingly pleasant entertainments , and the only defect these entertainments had—he admitted it frankly—was that the ladies ditl not honour them with their presence . After partaking of the good things of this life at these dinners they were favoured with the most charming melody , and many ancl many a time he had regretted that their banquets were not graced with

the presence of some of thc sisterhood . His own lodge had made an innovation recently by inviting ladies to their dinners , and he would suggest to the ladies present vvho were wives or sisters of Alasons to urge them to do the same , jiromising that if they followed his advice they would afterwards say they had passed many happv evenings among thc Alasons . ( Ajiplause . ) Hc asked thc ladies to

assist him in this good work of charity . They wanted to have no orphans coming before them that they could not admit within their walls . They had numerous apjilications , but , unfortunately , their accommodation was too limited , and they were desirous of removing the reproach—the disgrace—of the Order . ( Hear . ) In doing so they solicited the aid of the ladies , vvho certainly would not be behind hand in the good cause ( Applause . )

On the ist July , Bro . J . D . Allcroft laid the foundation , and Airs . Horace Marshall the memorial stone , of a new church ( St . Paul ' s ) in the course of erection at Fcrndalc-road , Brixton . An elegant silver trowel vvas presented to each of the Alasons , and on Thursday , the 8 th inst ., Airs . Horace Alarshall laid a memorial stone of a new Wcslcyan Chapel at Turnham Green , Hammersmith , making the eighteenth trowel received by Bro . II . B . Marshall's family , in recognition of their Alasonic labours .

IIOM - OWAY ' S I ' II . I . S . —Worthy of especial note . —These pitrifyin- ; Pills excel every other meilicine for retrrulating the digestion , nc ' tin- * healthily on the liver anil bowels , iiivie , or . 'itiiig Ihe nervous svstetn , anil slreni'theni !!' - the body . They cruise neither pain nor other inconvenience . At till s .-. tsons the system is liable to sinlilen checks . In such cases these I'ills restore the balance of thc circulation , anil

ward olf dangerous attacks of iii . irrlnr . -i , dysentery , or cholera . They are the best correctives of the stomach , when disordered by re |> letit > n or by the jiresence of indigestible food . They speedily rectify the flatulent weight and general uneasiness which are experienced in the bowels prior to tbe accession of more serious symptoms , which debilitate , if thev do not endnn-rer . —[ ADVT . J

Literary And Antiquarian Notes.

Literary and Antiquarian Notes .

The electric li g ht has been successfull y applied to the Orient steamship " Chimborazo , " which left Gravesend for Australia last week . The current , generated by a gramme machine , works seven lamps , which can be rendered independent , the light of each being equal to seventy candles . Four of these latnjis are placed in the first-class

saloon , and thc others in the steerage . When loading or discharging cargo in port the current can be connected with a Crompton arc lamp , which is fitted with a reflector , and has an illuminating power of 4000 candles . Hand-painted silk dresses are thc fashion across the Atlantic .

Six hundred and eighty-three thousand persons visited thc Paris Salon this year . SALE ov CHOICE WINES . —The famous cellar of wines formed by the late Air . VV . S . Cartwright , of Newport , Alonmouthshirc , the well-known owner of racehorses , sold by Alessrs . Christie , Alanson , and Woods last week , brought some of the highest prices ever known . Thc good old-fashioned port and sherry , with clarets of all the noted

vintages , and a few lots of Perrier Jottet ' s choicest cuvee , 1 S 70 , with corks cemented , constituted the cellar , which had been for thc last thirty years supplied by Alessrs . John Harvey and Sons , of Bristol . The choicest of the old deep gold sherries , familiarly styled " Bristol milk , " sold at from 110 s . to 120 s . per dozen , some of the "cream " bringing in as much as 270 s . About twenty dozen of old gold sherry , called " George Frederick , " laid down to commemorate the

winning of the Derby by Air . Cartwright ' s horse of that name in 1 S 74 , considered to be the finest Zeres wine that grows , brought from 230 s . to 250 s . a dozen . The Cockburn's port of 1 S 47 brought five guineas a dozen ; ' 54 brought 64 s . ; and Sandeman's of 1 S 51 sold for gSs . Of thc clarets , Leoville Lascazes ' , 1 S 65 , sold for 90 s . The same kind of vintage , 1 S 64 , brought 200 s . ; and Chateau

Latour , 1 S 5 S , 240 s . Of the champagne , all of which was Perrier Jouet , that of 1 S 70 , "Carte d'Or , " sold for 240 s . to -1 , 00 s . ; choicest cuvee , 1 SC 5 , brought ,-jGos . Burgundy , Romance Conti , 1 S 5 S , Alaret and Belair , sold for 220 s . ; and Aladeira , choice old Bual , shipped by Leacock , bottled 1 SO 2 , brought 210 s . ; and some lots of pints of the same wine realised as much as 1 fibs , per dozen . The wines all lie in the cellars at Bristol where they werc laid down .

A mania for panoramas is springing up in Paris , where thc wcll-k . iown painter , AL Benjamin Constant , is painting one of these Brobdignagian canvases , representing " Golgotha . " Another painter also is stated to be in treaty with an American Company which offers him £ 12 , 000 to produce a gigantic panorama of the fight between the "Alabama" and the " Kearsage . " R EVERSAL OF P HOTOGRAPHIC I MAGES BY

PROLONGED IOXI ' OSURE . —An interesting phenomenon has been announced by Al . Janssen in a note to the Academic des Sciences . While obtaining solar images at Aleudon hc has observed that when the exposure is prolonged beyond a certain period , in which a good negative image is got , this image loses its distinctness , and thc jilatc passes into a neutral state—i . e ., no appreciable image appears on use of a develojier . But if the exposure be continued still

further the negative image gives jilace to a positive , in which the distribution of light ancl shade is exactly the opposite , and this image , if the luminous action be well regulated , presents all thc details ancl fineness of the one it has supi'lanted . With further exjiosure a second neutral state is reached , opposite to the first , inasmuch as if the latter showed the image uniforml y dark , the former shows it uniformly light . For solar negatives taken at Aleudon

the time of exposure has rarely exceeded i-ioooth of a second , ifthephotosphcric granulations were to be obtained ; and with plates prepareil by the gclatino-bromide process thc time may be reduced to i-2 o , oooth oi a second , or less . Now , if one of these dry plates be exposed half a second , or a second , a distinct positive image is produced , the body of the sun appearing white and the spots black , as they do to the eye . AL Janssen has similarly obtained positive

images of landscapes , appearing transparentl y as thc scene is viewed naturally ; also a view of the park at Aleudon , showing a white solar disc on the dark background of the sky , and counter types , which are of the same sign as tne original type—i . e ., positive if the type be j ) nsitive , and negative if it be negative . In these photographs'it is the same spectral rays that have lirst given thc negative image , and then effected its transformation into a positive .

The eccentric habits of the cuckoo , which have long been a subject of comment among naturalists , have been again brought forward by two correspondents of the Live Stock Journal , one of whom writes , " Last week I shot what 1 thought at the time was a . sparrow-hawk , but ujion examination it proved to be a male cuckoo , and tightly in its claws was a cuckoo ' s egg ; which it retained some time after it was shot . I believe the supposition that

the bird carries its eggs about in that way is a much disjnited point ; but 1 cannot but after this regard it as a jiositive fact . " Thc second correspondent , however , does not hold the same theory , as he states that "no doubt the male cuckoo had been pilfering a small bird ' s nest , which these birds arc very fond of , and by chance came upon a cuckoo ' s

egg deposited therein , and being disturbed it Hew away with the egg in its claws , when it vvas shot , and in the death struggle ( convulsion ) the egg was firmly clenched in its claws . I never knew cuckoos to carry their eggs , but I have watched them pilfering and sucking small birds' eggs many a time , and carrying the shells considerable distances from the nest plundered . "

We understand that Bro . Dr . W . R . Woodman ( P . G . S . B . ) , the Supreme Alagusof the Rosicrncian Society in Anglia , has been appointed the first honorary member of tbe Society in the United States , over which Bro . C 10 . Meyer presides as S . AI . Bro . Alever has also ajijiointcd Bro . 'Thomas Bowman Whytehead ( of York ) , Chief Adept of the " Yorkshire College , " as representative from the

Rosicrncian Society of the United States at the Society in this country . Dr . Woodman has ajiproved of the appointment , and conferred upon Bro . Wh y tehead the distinction of being Honorary IX " . 'The Rosicrncian Society is not Alasonic , and does not pretend to be ; but , as its membership is selected from thai of the Freemasons , its jirogrcss , to say the least , is viewed with pleasure by all interested in occult studies .