Dublin Masonic Female Orphan School.

the members of the Glee and Madrigal Union , assisted by Miss Mayne Moore , a former pupil of the school . His Grace the Duke of Leinster , Grand Master , then distributed the prizes , which consisted of handsome writing-desks , workboxes , and books , to the several pupils to whom they had been awarded at the recent examinations .

Masonic Lifeboat Fund.

MASONIC LIFEBOAT FUND .

Further contributions received ( per Bro . Jesse Banning , J . W . 343 , 17 , Newstead-road , Toxteth-park , Liverpool ) : — Concord , 343 , £ 1 Is . ; Unanimity , 113 , £ 1 Is . ; Sefton , 680 , £ 1 Is . ; Prince of Wales , 1035 , £ 1 Is . ; Everton , 823 , £ 1 Is ., Bro . J . R . Swinburn , 962 . 2 s . 6 d- ; Bro . Thomas E . Hinks ; 1073 , 2 s . 6 d . ; Bro . Butterworth , 249 , 2 S . 6 d . ; M . M ., 1051 , 2 s . 6 d . —Total , £ 5 15 s . Per Bro . Tuohy , Portsmouth , ( second collection ) , £ 1 Is .

Meetings Of The Learned Societies.

MEETINGS OF THE LEARNED SOCIETIES .

MONDAY , 3 rd Alay . —Royal United Service Institution , at 8 . 30 . TUESDAY , 4 th Slay . —Institution of Civil Engineers , at 8 . AA ' EDNESDAY , 5 th Alay . —Society of Arts , at 8 . FRIDAY , 7 th Alay . —Royal United Service Institution , at 3 .

List Of Lodge, &C., Meetings For Week Ending 8th May, 1869.

LIST OF LODGE , & c ., MEETINGS FOR WEEK ENDING 8 TH MAY , 1869 .

( Abbreviations . —F . AI . II ., Freemasons' Hall ; AI . H ., Masonic Hall ; Tav ., Tavern ; Ho ., Hotel ; It ., Rooms ; L ., Lodge ; St ., Street ; Sq ., Square . ) METROPOLITAN . Sunday , May 2 nd . LODGE OP INSTRUCTION . — JoppaRose aud CrownFort-st

, , ., Union-st ., Bishopsgate . Monday , May 3 rd . LODGES . —Royal Alpha , St . James's Ho ., Piccadilly ; Robert Bums , F . AI . II . ; Royal Jubilee , Andertons' Ho ., Fleet-st . ; St . John ' s , Radley ' s Ho ., Bridge-st ., Blackfriars ; Amity , Albion Tav . Bishopsgate-st . JoppaAlbion TavAldersgatesfc

, ; , ., -. ; Union , F . M . H . —LODGES OB INSTRUCTION . —Union AVaterloo for AI . AI . ) , King's Arms , Woolwich ; Prosperity , AVhitolIart , Bishopsgate-st ; Temple , Old George , St . Alary Axe ; Justice , Royal Albert , New Cross-road , Deptford ; Old Concord , Turk ' sHead , Alotcombe-st ., Bclgrave-sq . ; Sincerity , Cheshire Cheese , Crutched Friars ; St . James ' s Union , Swan

Tav ., Alount-st ., Grosvenor-sq . ; Industry , Dick ' s Coffee House , Fleet-st . ; Salisbury , 71 , Dean-st ., Soho ; Camden , Adelaide Tav ., Haverstock Hill ; Westbourne , Running Horse , Dukest , Grosvenor-sq . ; Crystal Palace , City Arms Tav ., AVest-sq ., Southwark ; High Cross , AVhite Hart Ho ., Tottenham ; Tower Hamlet Engineers , Duke of Clarence , Commercialroad , East . AIAHK AIASTERS . —St . Mark ' s , George Ho ., Aldermanbury . —Lodge of Instruction , Kent , Lyceum Tav ., Strand . > J

Tuesday , May 4 th . Colonial Board . LODGES . —Albion , F . AI . II . ; Old Dundee , London Tav ., Bishopsgate-st . ; St . John's , Holly Bush-Tav ., Hampstead . LODGES OP INSTRUCTION . — Strong Alan , AVhite Horse , Little Britain ; Pythagorean , Prince of Orange , Greenwich ; Faith , Fisher ' s Restaurant , Metropolitan District Railway , Victoria Station ; DomaticPalmerston Arms

, , Grosvenor-park , CamberweU ; Jordan , Alwyno Castle , Canonbury ; Euphrates , AVhite Hart Tav ., Bishopsgate-st . ; Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney ; British Oak , Silver Lion Tav ., Pennyfield , Poplar ; Dalhousie , Royal Edward , Triangle ; Hackney ; Royal Albert , White Hart Tav ., Abchurch-lane , New AVandsworth , F . AI . Ho ., New AVandsworth ; Royal Union , Hotel de Cologne , Haymarket . CHAPTERS . —Teni-

List Of Lodge, &C., Meetings For Week Ending 8th May, 1869.

perancc , AVhite Swan Tav ., Deptford ; United Pilgrims , Horns Tav ., Kennington . CHAPTERS OF INSTBUCTKW . —Robert Burns , Sussex Stores , Upper St . Martin ' s-lane ; Metropolitan , George Ho ., Aldermanbury . Wednesday , May 5 th . LODGES . —AVestminster and Keystone , F . AI . H . ; StabilityGeorge

, Ho ., Aldermanbury ; New AVandsworth , F . 1 I . Ho ., New AVandsworth ; Macbonald , Hd . Qrs . 1 st Surrey Volntr . Corps , Brunswick-rd ., CamberweU . LODGES OP INSTRUCTION . — Eastern Star , Royal Ho ., Burdett-st , Alile-end-rd . ; Confidence , Sugar Loaf , Great St . Helens ; Alerchant Navy , Silver Tav ., Burdett-road , Limehouse ; United Strength , Bull and Gate , Kentish Town ; Prince Frederick William , Knights of St .

John ' s Tav ., St . John ' s Wood ; New Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton ; St . Mark ' s , Alawhy Arms , Mawby-st ., S . Lambeth ; Peckham , Edinhoro' Castle Tav ., Peckham Rye . Temperance in the East , George the Fourth , Catherine-sfc . Poplar . CHAPTER OP INSTRUCTION ' . —St . James's Union , Swan Tavern , Alount-st ., Grosvenor-sq .

Thursday , May 6 th . LODGES . —Egyptian , Andertou ' s Ho ., Fleet-st . ; Strong Alan , F . M . H . ; Ionic , Ship and Turtle , Loadenhall-st . ; St . Andrew's , F . AI . II . ; Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney ; Alctoria Rifles , F . AI . II . ; Excelsior , Sydney Anns , Lewisham-rd . ; Perfect Ashlar , Gregorian Arms , Bormondsey-rd . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . —Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq . ;

Kent , Duke of Y ork , Borough-rd „ Southwaik ; Globe , No . 10 , Old Bond-st . ; United Mariners , Three Cranes , Alile-end-rd . ; Vitruvian , White Hart , College-st ., Lambeth ; St . George ' s ( for AI . AI . ) , Globe Tav ., Royal-hill , Greenwich ; St . John's , Hollybush Tav ., Hampstead ; Manchester , Berkeley Arms , Johnst ., Berkeley-sq . ; Tranquillity , Sugar Loaf Tav ., Gt , St . Helen'sSt . Alary Axe ; Whittington , Crown Ho ., 4-1

, , Hoiborn ; Royal Oak , Royal Oak Tav ., Deptford ; City of London , Shepherd and Flock Tav ., Bell-alley , Aloorgate-st . CHAPTER . —St . James ' s , F . AI . H . ; Sincerity , Cheshire Cheese Tav ., Crutched Friars ; Westbourne , New Inn , Edgeware-rd . ; Crystal Palace , Sy denham . CHAPTER OF INSTRUCTION . —Joppa , Prospect of AVhitby Tav ., 57 , Wappingwall .

Friday , May 7 th . LODGES OP INSTRUCTION . —Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . ; St . Luke's , Pier Ho ., Chelsea ; Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-rd ,, Deptford ; Stability , Guildhall Tav ., 33 , Gresham-st . ; Union ' s ( Emulation Lo . of Improvement for AI . AI . ) , F . AI . H . ; United Pilgrims , Horn's Tav . Kennington ; AVellingtonLord Duncan Tav . Broadway ,

, , , Deptford ; Belgrave , Hand and Racquet , AYhitcomb-st ., Leicester-sip ; St . James ' s , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-row , Bermondsey ; Lily , Greyhound Ho ., Richmond ; Ranelagh , AVindsor Castle , King-st ., Hammersmith : Doric , Three Cranes , Aiile End-rd . ; Rose of Denmark , White Hart , Barnes , Surrey ; Metropolitan Lo . of Instruction , George Ho ., Aldermanbury . CHAPTER . —Fidelity , London Tavern , Bishopsgate-st . ;

British , F . AI . H . ; High Cross , White Hart Ho ., Tottenham . Saturday , May 8 th . LODGES . —London , F . AI . II . ; Phcenix , P . AI . H . ; Caveac , Radley ' s Ho ., Bridge-st ., Blackfriars . CHAPTER OF INSTRUCTION . Alount Sinai , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regeut-st . [ This information is extracted from the " Universal Masonic Calendar , " and brethren who may detect any inaccuracies are respectfully requested to communicate the same to the EditorJ

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

* V * All Communications to bo addressed to 19 , Salisburystreet , Strand , AV . C AV . F . ( Adelaide , South Australia ) . —Copy received . AVill you send us reports of any lodges you may attend , for insertion . LODGE or ECONOMY ( No . 70 ) . —Report received . AVill be inserted in our next .