Table Of Contents.

TABLE OF CONTENTS .

PAGE REVIEWS 651 M ASONIC FEMALE ORPHAN SCHOOL , DUBLIN ... 651 M ASONIC LIFE-BOATS 651 & 652 O RIGIN OF MASONRY 652 & 653 G RAND LODGE 653 & 654 THE

CRAFTMetropolitan 654 & 655 Provincial ... .. ... ... ... 655 R OYAL ARCHMetropolitan 655 Provincial ... ... ... 655 BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS 656 A NSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 656 THE E ARL OF DALHOUSIE AND THE SCOTTISH

CRAFT 656 MULTUM IN PARVO 657 ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION ... 657 BIOGRAPHY ,. 658 ORIGINAL C ORRESPONDENCE 65 S & 659 CAUTION TO THE CRAFT 639

MASONIC MISCELLANEA 659 MASONIC CURIOSITIES—VII 660 MARK MASONRY ... 660 661 , & 662 SCOTLAND 662 MASONIC MEETINGS FOR NEXT WEEK ... 662 & 663 ADVERTISEMENTS 649 , 650 , 663 , & 664

Reviews.

Reviews .

« Maxwell Dreivitt ; by the author of " George Geith . " F . Enos Arnold , 49 , Essex-street , Strand . This work , although of an obviously

different stamp to that which we last reviewed , " City and Suburb , " is one which fully sustains the author ' s reputation as a skilful delineator of character . The scenes are chiefly laid in Ireland , and many are so

true to nature as to be easily recognisable by those who have studied the . national traits of the Irish people . Maxwell Drewitt is as accomplished a rogue as any of those recorded in the " Newgate Calendar ; " but

unhappily rogues are of no particular nation or clime , nor are the recitals of deeds of wrong and robbery confined to the literature of any particular age . The glimpses of life and manners which we get from a

perusal of this work are , in our opinion , extremely interesting , irrespective of the development of the plot . We may especially refer to pp . 191-2-3-4 as examples ; and albeit we detest Mr . Maxwell Drewitt ' s

general conduct , we are somewhat inclined to agree with some of his conclusions . We have received several other works by the author of " George Geith , " and but for a severe strain upon our time , we should ere

now have reviewed them all . Reserving that pleasure for a future number of THE FREEMASON , we may briefly state here that from a cursory glance at their contents we

believe that all Mrs . Riddell ' s literary productions are of a high order , and will be so acknowledged when much of the ephemeral literature of the day shall have found its way to the cheesemonger ' s counter .

The British Workman . —Christmas No . S . W . Partridge and Co ., 9 , Paternosterrow . We have received this capital number of The British Workman , which contains four

whole-page illustrations—one of which especially , " The Prodigal in the Far Country , " is most creditably executed . Although we are not a water-drinker , believing , aswc do , that nothing can tend more to thc

advancement of a nation than the spread of true temperance principles—only we inculcate moderation , they preach total abstinence—we have long been in sympathy with the main objects advocated bthc

y British Workman . The literary part of the number is highly entertaining and instructive , and wc can fairly recommend many of the lessons it contains to the serious consideration of our readers .

Reviews.

Every one ' s Almanac , 1871 . Partridge and Co ., 9 , Paternoster-row . This is a professedly religious almanactexts for every day in the year being given —and a great deal of useful information fills

each page , the price being only one penny . Everyone ' s Almanac ought to have an enormous circulation , the collection of texts alone being worth ten times the amount to readers of the Scriptures .

New Music.

NEW MUSIC .

The Franco-German War Quadrille ; The Burlington Walls ; The lioyal Balmoral Caledonians . By HENRY PARKER . Published by C . Sheard , "Musical Bouquet " Office , 192 , High'Holborn . '

Three sparkling compositions in dance music , which will enhance the fame of this young but rising composer . In the first various popular airs , such as " I am a Prussian , do you Know my Colours , " "The

Watch on the Rhine , " Mourir pour la Patrie , " and the soul-stirring strains of the "Marseillaise" are introduced . We do not

however , approve of the names of the scenes of French humiliation and defeat being interspersed through the pages of the music . In the " Caledonians " favourite Scottish

airs are wedded to the graceful movements of that most charming figure-dance , which is now not so highly appreciated by the votaries of Terpsichore as it ought to be ,

though possibly Lord Lome ' s marriage with the Queen ' s daughter will reanimate the fading glories of the good old " Caledonians'" merriest and liveliest "sets . " "Thc

Light through the Trees , " a ballad , written by Mrs . Henry Parker , music by Henry Parker . A sweetly-worded and pathetic ballad , set to a simple but effective melody . We fancy that some of our

lady-readersfor we have lady reader be it known to the doubters , and especially the unmarried portion—will find something congenial to their affectionate and sympathetic ideas in the " Old , old Story , " which Mrs . Parker so prettily narrates in verse .

Masonic Female Orphan School, Dublin.

MASONIC FEMALE ORPHAN SCHOOL , DUBLIN .

A general meeting of thc Board of Governors of this institution was held at thc School House on Tuesday , 6 th December , when there was a numerous attendance of those entitled to be present .

The chair was taken by the Deputy Grand Master , as Senior Vice-President . Thc ordinary business having been disposed of , and the reports from thc several committees submitted , the scrutineers of thc ballot for the election

of four pupils presented their report , from which it appeared that of the brethren entitled to vote 151 Life Governors , 635 Annual Governors , and 288 Official Governors had exercised that privilege . The total number of votes recorded was 4 , 826—the number for each candidate being as follows : —

Andrews , Jane S . .. .. .. 142 Bell , Isabella Catherine .. .. 314 Bradshaw , Lilly Rebecca .. .. 565 Copeland , Anna Matilda .. .. 435 Ellis , Louisa .. .. .. .. 41 Francis , Anna St . Georgo .. .. 15

Gill , Louisa .. .. .. .. 316 Little , Henrietta Louisa .. .. 930 Maxwell , Margaret .. .. .. 25 S Perry , Helen Alary 461 Shields , Frances A . M . .. .. 434 Walshc , Emma Louisa .. .. 915

Henrietta Louisa ¦ Little , daughter of the late Lyndon E . S . Little , 31 . D ., of Hollymount , County Mayo ; Emma Louisa Walshc , daughter of the late John Crokcr Walshc , commercial traveller ; Lilly Rebecca Bradshaw , daughter of thc late George Bradshaw , merchant , of Tipperary ; and Helen

Mary Perry , daughter of the late James Perry , wine and corn merchant , of Londonderry ; were then declared duly elected as pupils of the school . Thc several Hon . Officers and Committees of thc School were re-elected for 1 S 71 , and Miss Wood was elected matron in place of Mrs . Noble , who retires after twenty-one years' service .

Masonic Life-Boats.

MASONIC LIFE-BOA TS .

( To thc Editor of The Freemason . ) I read , with much pleasure , as I have no doubt all the other readers of THE FREEMASON did , your excellent and stirring article on " A Masonic Life-Boat , " although

that pleasure was considerably lessened by the information imparted of the inadequate support given to the " National Life-Boat Institution , " and especially by what you

said of the comparatively poor results of the efforts that have been made by some worthy brethren to add " a Masonic Life-Boat " to the fleet of that excellent

Institution . Will you permit me to express a doubt , whether you have hit the real cause of the " beggarly account of empty boxes which the Masonic Life-Boat Committee are fain

to exhibit . " Whatever failure may have attended the former almost individual attempt made to raise a fund for a Masonic Life-Boat , and however unsatisfactory the accounts that have been given of the

appropriation of the money contributed for the object , Uiere surely can be no hesitation in entrusting money to the committee meeting at Bro . Forster ' s , some of the members of which you name . Their

personal chai'acter , not less than their services in Masonry , is a sufficient guarantee of their integrity , and of the fidelity with which they will apply every shilling entrusted to them for the floating of a

Life-Boat in the name of the Craft . I hope "the indefatigable brethren" who constitute that Life-Boat Committee will not take it amiss if I say , I doubt whether there is sufficient energy put forth to " galvanise

the movement into life and vigour . " Masons , as you say , have many calls upon their purse , and , in general , they contribute liberally to the cause of charity ; and when an additional object of charity or

beneficence is introduced , there is necessarily required an extra stimulus to induce them again to open the purse . They will do it , however , if the object be a worthy one , like the floating of a Life-Boat , and it be urged

with an earnestness worthy of the object , and evincing a determination to achieve it . It is not enough for a committee to meet , talk , and advertise their object ; there must be strenuous individual exertion ; individuals

outside thc committee must be interested in the cause ; personal , and pressing representations of the eminent worthiness

of the object must be made , and these stimuli must be sustained and extended wherever an opportunity presents itself , or can be created .

Of the successful results of such a course of proceeding as that I suggest I can speak from personal knowledge . About seven weeks since half a dozen members of " The City of London Masonic Club , " meeting at

the Jamaica Coffee-house , resolved to raise a fund to float a City of London Masonic Life-Boat ; and they resolved , furthermore , to succeed in their object . Bro . Henry Chapman ( 177 ) was chosen Honorary

Secretary , and so energetic has he been in the pursuit of our object—enlisting not only Masons but many who arc not Masons in the work , in both town and country—that we have already nearly , £ 200 in hand , and

arc vigorously pursuing our onward course . Wc have no desire—quite thc contrary—to interfere with the older committee . We hope to stimulate them to more vigorous

action . Theirs is to be "The Masonic Life-Boat ; " ours , " The City of London Masonic Life-Boat . " Wc are , many of us , citizens of London , and we feel it to be a disgrace to the wealthiest city and first seaport of