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Ireland.
IRELAND .
DUBLIN . THE MASONIC FEIIAI "* OarnA-r Scnooi .. The annual meeting of the friends ancl supporters of the Masonic Female Orphan School was held on Tuesday , the 25 th ult ., in the Round Room of the Rotundo , and the distribution of prizes amongst the pupils successful at the recent examinations took place before as crowded and fashionable an audience of ladies
and gentlemen as ever assembled within its precincts . The room was brilliantly lighted by a circle of gas jets , which were placed around the walls near the ceiling . Festoons of evergreens and flowers wore hung around the galleries , and the platform was handsomely decorated with ferns , evergreens , and flowers , tastefully wrought by some of the pupils of the institution . A profusion of flags and banners , chiefly belonging to the various Masonic lodges in the city , and bearing the emblems of the
mystic Order , were suspended around the walls ; and when the visitors had assembled , and the officers of the Masonic body had taken their seats on the platform , the room wore a gay and animated appearance . The brethren wore the insignia of the Order . No greater proof could be afforded of the practical good effected by this estimable society than the array of wellattired intelligent girls belonging to the Masonic Female Orphan School , who were ranged along the platform , and in whose
behalf tho large meeting was assembled . They were a credit not only to the respectable body who thus showed their care for the children of their deceased brethren , but to the institution in which tbey were being trained , to enable them by honest industry to maintain themselves in independence . The doors were opened at seven o'clock , and from that time until the proceedings commenced the excellent band of the S 4 th Regimentunder the direction of Herr Brosangplayed a choice
, , selection of music . At a quarter to eight o ' clock the grand officers , the representatives of foreign and provincial lodges , the Masters , AVardens , and Secretaries , and the brethren to occupy places on the platform , assembled in the Pillar Room , and , having formed in a procession , moved towards the platform , along a raised way covered , -with red cloth , -which had been
erected for the occasion . Amongst those present were : —The Earl of Charlemont and Lady Charlemont , Mrs . S . Tracey , Rev . H . H . Westby and Mrs . Westby , W . F . Gumbleton , Rev . William C . Plunket and Mrs . Plunket , Colonel and Mrs . Lightfoot , H . O'Reilly , Captain Frederick S . Lindesay , H . C . Hoyte , J . F . Elrington , Signer A . C . Marani , J . C . Boileau , L . H . Deering , J . AVliittington , John CoitleG . T . WhitestoneJolm Ringland and Mrs . Riiigland ,
, , John Goddard , G . J . Eisher , Captain Gibton , H . Haffield , Geo . C . Armstrong , John Slater , J . A . Hogan , Robert H . Moore and Mrs . Moore , Captain Robinson , E . G . Barlon , Gerald G . Aylmer , M . Keatinge , J . H . Jessop , Thos . Fry , Charles Tarrant , John Rigby , Rev . W . G . and Mrs . Boyce , J . Tuffnell , AVm . Henny , P . C . Smyly , M . H . Colles , John A . Baker , Captain Bailey , T . A . Jones and Mrs . Jones , H . E . Chatterton and Mrs . Chatterton ,
Capt . Davoren , II . G . Croly , G . H . Kidd ancl Mrs . Kidd , W . D . LaTouche , C . P . Croker , Henry Green , Capt . Pirn , AV . Acheson , P . R . Patman , ( P . M . Lodge 153 ) , Edward Pardon , G . AA ' . Maunsell , Rev . Mr . Abeltshauser , Rev . II . R . Poole , Dr . Tyner , Wade Eoott , Dr . Healy , Dr . Owens , Echlin Molyneaux , Jas . J . Godkin , J . AV . Casson , AV . J . Sidney , AV . O'Sullivan , R . J . Marshall , John Norwood , Charles II . Foot , Dr . Foot , E . Grogan ,
Lieutenant Townsend , R . M'CIure , John Thwaites , J . Wilson , "D . Plunket ., Wm . Jameson , Dr . M'Clintock , W . II . Robinson , John Hamilton , Alexander Dudgeon , William Dobbin , Revds . James Rice , T . M . Wood , AVilliam Hopper , Thos . G . Mosse , M . G . Boyce , C . F . Hunt , C . II . AVoodrofle , William Telford , James Mitchell , B . Hannan , and AVilliam Acheson . On taking his place the Grand Master was saluted in the usual mannerand the pupils of the schoolnumbering fort
, , y , then entered the room , attended by Mrs . Noble , their matron , and the other officers of the institution , and were seated iu front of the platform . A portion of tho Hundredth Psalm was then sung , and the Rev . S . G . Morrison ,. Senior Grand Chaplain , having offered up prayer , Bro . La Touche , Hon . Secretary , read the annual report , as follows : —
"The Governors of the Mesonic Female School desire to record their gratitude to the Father of the fatherless for the protection and prosperity which that institution has experienced during the past year . They fraternally congratulate their
brethren and the benefactors of the school upon its financial and social position and progress , ancl feel that its merits and -wants have only to he stated ancl made known to be appreciated and supplied . The total revenue for the year 1864 amounted ( o £ 1 , 392 8 s . 3 d ., and exceeded the expenditure by the sum-cf £ 188 Os . Sd . Ot that sum £ 8 Os . Sd . remains to the credit cf the institution , and the residue , £ 180 , has been invested in the
purchase of Government Stock . The amount of stock in Government and other securities to the credit of the school is now ^ £ 2 , 395 3 s . Sd . The Governors confidently refer to the statement of accounts appended to the report , to show that the funds have been expended with the utmost economy , under the admirable management of their excellent matron , Mrs . Noble , and the efficient supervision of the Finance Committee . During the past year five girls have left the
school . Of these , two have returned to their friend ? , who wore able and willing to support them ; and the remaining three were provided with situations suitable to their capabilities in places of business , with eligible and respectable employers . Tbe expense of providing outfits and apprentice fees for these five girls amounted to £ 108 11 * . 3 d . During the same period seven girls have been admitted to the school ; and at the last half-yearly election there were ten eligible candidates
, and but four vacancies . There are are now forty girls in the school , which is the largest number it is at present capable of accommodating . The progress of the pupils iu education has been satisfactory and encouraging , and is best attested hy the extracts from the reports of the distinguished gentlemen who examined them upon that occasion . These extracts evince not only how faithfully and conscientiously the teachers of the
school discharge their onerous duties , but how earnestly tbe pupils endeavour to profit by the instruction they receive . The girls are educated in the great truths of religion , and in the several branches of learning which will profit them in their various walks of life , and are trained in habits of subordination , docility , cleanliness , and regularity . They are taught that they must earn their own livelihood with honest , persevering , and self-denying industry and integrity ; ancl that they must be gentle , patient , ancl humble-minded . The trustees of the school have , through the "blessing of Providence , enjoyed excellen
health ; ancl the governors , whilst alluding to this subject , cannot abstain from adverting to the loss which the institution has sustained by the removal from amongst them of their excellent brother , Dr . Robert D . Speedy , the kind and skilful medical attendant of the school . During the fifteen years he filled that office no death occurred , and the estimation in which he was held by his brethren has been shown by the following resolutions , unanimously agreed to at the
December meeting of the Board of Governors : — - " That the Governors of the Masonic Female Orphan School , feeling that hy the death of Brother Dr . Robert Speedy this institution has been deprived of one of its oldest and most zealous supporters , desire to record their cordial approbation of the valuable professional services which he rendered gratuitously to the school for the last fifteen years . They further beg to express their heartfelt regret at his removal from
the sphere of his usefulness , and to convey to his bereaved family the sentiments of their fraternal and most sincere sympathy in tho loss they have sustained . That iu order to erect a suitable memorial to the late Dr . Speedy , a subscription be entered into by the brethren of the Masonic Order ( not exceeding 5 s . from each subscriber ) , and that a committee be formed to carry out that object , with power to add to their
number . " In pursuance of the foregoing resolutions a considerable sum has been collected ; and it has been resolved to apply the proceeds in erecting near the present school-house an infirmary , as the most appropriate tribute to his memory . The governors fraternally invite the co-operation of the brethren to carry out so desirable a project . The governors have received most satisfactory accounts of the good conduct and integrity of
the former inmates of the school , both at home ancl abroad . Without a single exception those young girls have , by thensteadiness and propriety of conduct , shown how deeply engraven upon their minds were the instructions of their youth . Many of them are now wives and mothers ; and whilst their conduct as such is to be highly commended , it is no less gratifying to the governors to perceive with what affectionate solicitude they regard the home of their childhood , and the love they bear to their mother , as they still call Mrs . Noble . Tho governors return their sincere thanks to the friends and benefactors of meritorious and eminently practical institution , and congratu-
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Ireland.
IRELAND .
DUBLIN . THE MASONIC FEIIAI "* OarnA-r Scnooi .. The annual meeting of the friends ancl supporters of the Masonic Female Orphan School was held on Tuesday , the 25 th ult ., in the Round Room of the Rotundo , and the distribution of prizes amongst the pupils successful at the recent examinations took place before as crowded and fashionable an audience of ladies
and gentlemen as ever assembled within its precincts . The room was brilliantly lighted by a circle of gas jets , which were placed around the walls near the ceiling . Festoons of evergreens and flowers wore hung around the galleries , and the platform was handsomely decorated with ferns , evergreens , and flowers , tastefully wrought by some of the pupils of the institution . A profusion of flags and banners , chiefly belonging to the various Masonic lodges in the city , and bearing the emblems of the
mystic Order , were suspended around the walls ; and when the visitors had assembled , and the officers of the Masonic body had taken their seats on the platform , the room wore a gay and animated appearance . The brethren wore the insignia of the Order . No greater proof could be afforded of the practical good effected by this estimable society than the array of wellattired intelligent girls belonging to the Masonic Female Orphan School , who were ranged along the platform , and in whose
behalf tho large meeting was assembled . They were a credit not only to the respectable body who thus showed their care for the children of their deceased brethren , but to the institution in which tbey were being trained , to enable them by honest industry to maintain themselves in independence . The doors were opened at seven o'clock , and from that time until the proceedings commenced the excellent band of the S 4 th Regimentunder the direction of Herr Brosangplayed a choice
, , selection of music . At a quarter to eight o ' clock the grand officers , the representatives of foreign and provincial lodges , the Masters , AVardens , and Secretaries , and the brethren to occupy places on the platform , assembled in the Pillar Room , and , having formed in a procession , moved towards the platform , along a raised way covered , -with red cloth , -which had been
erected for the occasion . Amongst those present were : —The Earl of Charlemont and Lady Charlemont , Mrs . S . Tracey , Rev . H . H . Westby and Mrs . Westby , W . F . Gumbleton , Rev . William C . Plunket and Mrs . Plunket , Colonel and Mrs . Lightfoot , H . O'Reilly , Captain Frederick S . Lindesay , H . C . Hoyte , J . F . Elrington , Signer A . C . Marani , J . C . Boileau , L . H . Deering , J . AVliittington , John CoitleG . T . WhitestoneJolm Ringland and Mrs . Riiigland ,
, , John Goddard , G . J . Eisher , Captain Gibton , H . Haffield , Geo . C . Armstrong , John Slater , J . A . Hogan , Robert H . Moore and Mrs . Moore , Captain Robinson , E . G . Barlon , Gerald G . Aylmer , M . Keatinge , J . H . Jessop , Thos . Fry , Charles Tarrant , John Rigby , Rev . W . G . and Mrs . Boyce , J . Tuffnell , AVm . Henny , P . C . Smyly , M . H . Colles , John A . Baker , Captain Bailey , T . A . Jones and Mrs . Jones , H . E . Chatterton and Mrs . Chatterton ,
Capt . Davoren , II . G . Croly , G . H . Kidd ancl Mrs . Kidd , W . D . LaTouche , C . P . Croker , Henry Green , Capt . Pirn , AV . Acheson , P . R . Patman , ( P . M . Lodge 153 ) , Edward Pardon , G . AA ' . Maunsell , Rev . Mr . Abeltshauser , Rev . II . R . Poole , Dr . Tyner , Wade Eoott , Dr . Healy , Dr . Owens , Echlin Molyneaux , Jas . J . Godkin , J . AV . Casson , AV . J . Sidney , AV . O'Sullivan , R . J . Marshall , John Norwood , Charles II . Foot , Dr . Foot , E . Grogan ,
Lieutenant Townsend , R . M'CIure , John Thwaites , J . Wilson , "D . Plunket ., Wm . Jameson , Dr . M'Clintock , W . II . Robinson , John Hamilton , Alexander Dudgeon , William Dobbin , Revds . James Rice , T . M . Wood , AVilliam Hopper , Thos . G . Mosse , M . G . Boyce , C . F . Hunt , C . II . AVoodrofle , William Telford , James Mitchell , B . Hannan , and AVilliam Acheson . On taking his place the Grand Master was saluted in the usual mannerand the pupils of the schoolnumbering fort
, , y , then entered the room , attended by Mrs . Noble , their matron , and the other officers of the institution , and were seated iu front of the platform . A portion of tho Hundredth Psalm was then sung , and the Rev . S . G . Morrison ,. Senior Grand Chaplain , having offered up prayer , Bro . La Touche , Hon . Secretary , read the annual report , as follows : —
"The Governors of the Mesonic Female School desire to record their gratitude to the Father of the fatherless for the protection and prosperity which that institution has experienced during the past year . They fraternally congratulate their
brethren and the benefactors of the school upon its financial and social position and progress , ancl feel that its merits and -wants have only to he stated ancl made known to be appreciated and supplied . The total revenue for the year 1864 amounted ( o £ 1 , 392 8 s . 3 d ., and exceeded the expenditure by the sum-cf £ 188 Os . Sd . Ot that sum £ 8 Os . Sd . remains to the credit cf the institution , and the residue , £ 180 , has been invested in the
purchase of Government Stock . The amount of stock in Government and other securities to the credit of the school is now ^ £ 2 , 395 3 s . Sd . The Governors confidently refer to the statement of accounts appended to the report , to show that the funds have been expended with the utmost economy , under the admirable management of their excellent matron , Mrs . Noble , and the efficient supervision of the Finance Committee . During the past year five girls have left the
school . Of these , two have returned to their friend ? , who wore able and willing to support them ; and the remaining three were provided with situations suitable to their capabilities in places of business , with eligible and respectable employers . Tbe expense of providing outfits and apprentice fees for these five girls amounted to £ 108 11 * . 3 d . During the same period seven girls have been admitted to the school ; and at the last half-yearly election there were ten eligible candidates
, and but four vacancies . There are are now forty girls in the school , which is the largest number it is at present capable of accommodating . The progress of the pupils iu education has been satisfactory and encouraging , and is best attested hy the extracts from the reports of the distinguished gentlemen who examined them upon that occasion . These extracts evince not only how faithfully and conscientiously the teachers of the
school discharge their onerous duties , but how earnestly tbe pupils endeavour to profit by the instruction they receive . The girls are educated in the great truths of religion , and in the several branches of learning which will profit them in their various walks of life , and are trained in habits of subordination , docility , cleanliness , and regularity . They are taught that they must earn their own livelihood with honest , persevering , and self-denying industry and integrity ; ancl that they must be gentle , patient , ancl humble-minded . The trustees of the school have , through the "blessing of Providence , enjoyed excellen
health ; ancl the governors , whilst alluding to this subject , cannot abstain from adverting to the loss which the institution has sustained by the removal from amongst them of their excellent brother , Dr . Robert D . Speedy , the kind and skilful medical attendant of the school . During the fifteen years he filled that office no death occurred , and the estimation in which he was held by his brethren has been shown by the following resolutions , unanimously agreed to at the
December meeting of the Board of Governors : — - " That the Governors of the Masonic Female Orphan School , feeling that hy the death of Brother Dr . Robert Speedy this institution has been deprived of one of its oldest and most zealous supporters , desire to record their cordial approbation of the valuable professional services which he rendered gratuitously to the school for the last fifteen years . They further beg to express their heartfelt regret at his removal from
the sphere of his usefulness , and to convey to his bereaved family the sentiments of their fraternal and most sincere sympathy in tho loss they have sustained . That iu order to erect a suitable memorial to the late Dr . Speedy , a subscription be entered into by the brethren of the Masonic Order ( not exceeding 5 s . from each subscriber ) , and that a committee be formed to carry out that object , with power to add to their
number . " In pursuance of the foregoing resolutions a considerable sum has been collected ; and it has been resolved to apply the proceeds in erecting near the present school-house an infirmary , as the most appropriate tribute to his memory . The governors fraternally invite the co-operation of the brethren to carry out so desirable a project . The governors have received most satisfactory accounts of the good conduct and integrity of
the former inmates of the school , both at home ancl abroad . Without a single exception those young girls have , by thensteadiness and propriety of conduct , shown how deeply engraven upon their minds were the instructions of their youth . Many of them are now wives and mothers ; and whilst their conduct as such is to be highly commended , it is no less gratifying to the governors to perceive with what affectionate solicitude they regard the home of their childhood , and the love they bear to their mother , as they still call Mrs . Noble . Tho governors return their sincere thanks to the friends and benefactors of meritorious and eminently practical institution , and congratu-