Freemasons' Hall In Ireland.

Irish Freemasonry ; tlie Irish brethren have long been distinguished as mindful of the duties of charity , although more exposed to persecution than reAvardcd with honour . True it is , that in 1728 the Order assisted Lord Carteret , the Lord Lieutenant , in laying the foundation stone of the Parliament House , noAv the Bank of Ireland ; but the Roman Catholic priesthood haA'e aiAvays been A'irulent enemies of

Masonry , and OAving to their influence its ranks haA'e been recruited only from a . small portion of the population , though a select class . In 1738 , Viscount Mountjoy being Grand Master , the committee of charity AA'as established by the Grand Lodge of Ireland . In 1795 , the Irish Masonic Female Orphan School A \ 'as instituted in Dublin , Lord Donoughmore being Grand Master . In 1852 , after rather more than

half a centuiy , the school Avas remoA'ed to a better building in Burlington-place , Upper Bagot-street . We regret to add that the building is on leased land , though held at a nominal rent , from the Eight Hon . Sidney Herbert . The house Avas begun in February and opened in September , under the Grand Mastership of tho Duke of Leinster . In 1852 further funds for the building Avere provided by a grand Masonic ball , held at the Rotunda rooms , when the Lord Lieutenant and the

Countess of Eglintoun attended in state , assisted by many of the nobility and gentry . The countess expressed great interest in the institution , and on the 9 th of October iu that year she paid a visit to the school , AA'here she Avas pleased with the appearance of the children and Avish the management . } To this school the Grand Lodge gives au annuity of at least . £ 100

yearly , a collection at each meeting of Grand Lodge , and the fees payable by the Grand Officers and representatives of foreign Grand Lodges . The governorshi p is obtained by paying ten pounds iu one sum , or by three successive annual payments of four pounds : a Lodge has one subscription for each ten pounds contributed . The annual subscription for a Lodge or individual brother is one pound .

There is besides , a committee of charity , founded as Ave have stated in 173 S , by Avhich the Grand Lodge funds are applied to the relief of poor brethren , to their AvidoAvs , or the daughters of deceased brethren , hut the committee cannot grant more than five pounds to any individual at any one time . The funds are provided by a subscription of £ 2 10 s . 6 d . halfycarly from each Dublin Lodge . Besides , the Grand Lodge , the Grand Royal Arch Chapter , the Grand Conclave of Tenrphu-s , the Rose Croix Chapter , and the Council of 33 ° , have distinct funds .

CUIDANCJJ WITHOUT DICTATIOX . —It h inconceivable how much a man of true culture can accomplish for himself and others , if , without attempting to rule , ho cau he the guardian over many—it' he can induce thorn to do that in reason wliich thoy are at any rate disposed enough to do ; cau guide them to their objects , which , in general , they sec with due distinctness , though they miss the road to thein

. Let us make a league iu this . It is no enthusiasm , but an idea which may bo fully executed—Avhich , indeed , is often executed , only with imperfect consciousness , hy people of benevolence and merit .