Contents.

Contents .

PAGE WEBEMASONS' MAGAZINE - . — Freemasons' Hall Dublin 121 Aly Carton 123 Masonic Jottings , No . 81 127

Masonic Notes and Queries 128 Obituary 128 Correspondence 129 Masonic Sayings and Doings Abroad 129 Prince of AVales and the Irish Freemasons 130 MASONIC AIIRROR : — Alasonic Alems 130 CRAIT LODGE MEEXISGS : —

Aletropolitan 132 Provincial _ 133 Scotland 136 "ROYAL ARCH . Aletropolitan 136 Mark Masonry 136 Ancient and Accepted Rites 136 Masonic Festivities 137 The Mark Degree in England 137 Notices to Correspondents J 40

Freemason's Hall, Dublin.

FREEMASON'S HALL , DUBLIN .

ZONDOZT , SATURDAY , AUGUST 12 , 1871 .

The folioAving description of the Masouic Hall , Molesworth Street , Dublin , is given in the " Dublin Morning Mail" of Ang . 5 tb : — The Freemasons Hall , Molesworth Street , is a -structure of recent erection . The foundation-stone

Avas laid some five years ago , and the building was partially finished three years later . The architect is Mr . Holmes , of Birmingham , and the builders are Messrs . Meade and Son , of Brunswick Street . The exterior of the edifice is most unsightly , and gives anything but a favourable indication of what is to be seen Avithin . But we have no time to

enter on a aetail of the defective points that strike the eye . Let us proceed to the Grand Lodge Eoom for Blue Masenry , in which the Installation took place .

It is a noble apartment , somewhat larger than St . Patrick's Hall , Dublin Castle . The various orders of architecture are here personified in lordly pillars duly proportioned . The Grand Master ' s throne stands in the east , and on

the wall behind it is a very fine full-length oil portrait of his Grace the Duke of Leinster , the venerated Grand Master , in his robes . In the south is an oil painting nearly life size , of " John FitzHenry Townsend , LL . D ., Judge of the

High Court of Admiralty , Deputy Grand Master , 1855 to 18 G 8 . " And on the north is displsyed a portrait of the late " Thomas Mostyn , Esq ., Crown

and Treasury Solicitor , Grand Treasurer . 1858 to 1868 . " The grand organ , built by Messrs . Telford , stands in the west . It is a splendid instrument , rich in tone , in an attractive gilt case . Its architecture

partakes largely of the Gothic style . The lodge is lighted by two sunbnrners , each composed of seven stars . On the left ofthe Grand Master stood the Prince of Wales' chair , surmounted by his plume , Avith the

motto , "Ich Dien , " and upholstered in blue satin . The chair was furnished by Mr . Digges , of Lincolnplace . The lodge room , of course , is replete with all other requisites . Acoustically , however , it is sadly defective .

We next proceed to the small lodgeroom , which is a great deal less pretentious . Here Avere assembled a number of , the pupils of the Masonic Female Orphan School , in charge of Miss Wood and Miss Cuthbert , matronandassistant-matronrespectivel y ,

and also pupils from the Boys' School , Avith Mr . Allan . There would have been many more of the children present but that this is vacation time : We may observe , with respect to the Girls School , that it is in a most flourishing condition , and

rapidly increasing in prosperity , mainly OAving to the kindly labours of the most obliging of Secretaries , Mr . Samuel B . Oldham . It is intended to enlarge the girls' school , in order that more pupils can be received . The Boys' School has only been

recently established , and , of course , it is not on nearly so firm a bais . We next turn to the Eoyal Arch Chapter room , which has only within the past few weeks been fitted up under the skilful superintendance of Mr . Duncan Campbell Ferguson , Architect , Harcourt Street .

This room presents all that could be desired iu elegance and beauty , combined with truthfulness and brilliancy of colouring peculiar to the E gyptian style of architecture . This style Avas adopted by the Committee for its great antiquity , and is

supposed to be the nearest style of architecture approaching to the Temple of Solomon . The dimensions of the room are 50 feet long , 18 feet wide , and 15 feet high , divided into five chambers by richly-coloured curtains or vails of

fine cloth . The recesses into which the vails are drawn are formed between the shafts of the Egyptian