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LEYTON COLLEGE , ESSEX . BOARDING ESTABLISHMENT FOR YOUNG GENTLEMEN , GEORGE J . WESTFIELD . L . C . P .. F . S . A ., PRINCIPAL . THFi object of this Establishment is to ensure a comprehensive libcrol education , commensurate with the present improved state of society . PltEPAKATIOX FOR THE UlVH , SBKVICK , C . VMli KIDfiK MlDULB CUSS , CoLiEGE Of PRECEPTORS . SOCIETV Of ARTS , THK SCIENCE AND AliT KXAJIIXATIOXS , & C . Special attention to backward and timid pupils . Diet the best , and unlimited . References to the lending banking and commercial firms in London and tho Provinces , ami to numerous brethren whoso sons aro now , or havo been , educated at the Collego . Prospectus forwarded on application to tho Principal . The duties of tho next Term will commence on Monday , 22 ud January .

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LONDONMASONICCLUB, 101 QUEEN VICTORIA STREET , E . C . ON and after the 1 st February 1877 , an Entrances Fee of 5 guineas will ho imposed ou New Members , the Annual Subscription remaining as heretofore , 5 guineas Town Members , 3 guineas Country Members . Lodges requiring accommodation should mako immediate application to the Secretary . For all particulars and forms of application , apply to the Secretary , at the Offices , 37 QUEEN VICTORIA STREET , LONDON , E . C .

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS , St . John ' s Hill , Battersea Rise , S . W . OFFICE : 5 Freemasons' Hall , Great Qucon-street , W . C . PATRONS : H . ll . H . T HE P RLVCE OF W ALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M ., President . HER KOTATI HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALKS . A QUARTERLY General Court of tho Governors find Subscribers of this Institution will ho held at Freemasons' Hall , Great Qnecn-strcot , Lincoln's-inn-fields , Loudon , on Saturday , the 13 th day of January 1 S 77 , at Twelve o ' clock precisely , on tho general business of tho Institution , to place candidates mi the list for election in April next , and to declare tho number of girls then to be elected . Also to consider the following notice of motion : — By Colonel Crouton , J . P ., Vice-Patron and Trustee : " That the sum of JC 300 additional bo granted to complete tho amount required , agreeably to tender for the Now Laundry . " I ! . WENTWORTH LITTLE , P . P . S . G . 1 V ., and P . G . Sec . Middx ., Secret urn . Tho Eighty-Ninth Anniversary Festival will tako place at the Frecmasnng ' Tavern , ou nth May 1 S 77 , ou which occasion tho Right Hon . the Lord SumoUl , K . C . B ., R . W . Provincial Grand Master for Norfolk , will preside . Names of Stewards will bo thankfully received by the Secretary , and as the School is nowbeing enlarged to accommodate GO additional girls , tho Craft are earnestly urged to support this Institution .

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ROYAL MASONIO BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION I'OR AGED FREEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS . THE ANNIVEKSAltY FESTIVAL OF THIS INSTITUTION will take place on Monday , the 12 th February 1877 , at Freemasons ' Tavern , Groat Queen-street , London , upon which occasion H . R . H . Prince Leopold , E . G ., & c , & e . B / VV . Prov . G . M . for Oxfordshire , has graciously signified his intention of presiding . . Brethren desirous of accepting tfio ofliee of Steward upon this auspicious occasion will greatly oblige by forwarding their names , as soon as convenient , to the Secretary , who will gladly give every information required . JAMES TERRY , p v . G . D . C . Herts , Sccrelari / . *»* H . R . H . Prince Leopold has been pleased to alter the day of tho Festival from Wednesday tho Mth February ( being Ash Wednesday ) to Monday the 12 th . 4 Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C .

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EASTERN STAR 102 CE Q ? INSTRUCTION . A SPECIAL MEETING of the Members of this Lodge of Instruction will be held at the Royal Hotel , Burdett Road , Mile End Road , on the evening of Monday , loth January 1 S 77 , at 7 . 30 precisely . OBJECT : "TO DETERMINE UPON THE FUTURE OF THE LODGE . " THOS . J . BAENES , Treasurer .

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Our Weekly Budget

OUR WEEKLY BUDGET

THE event of the -week is , undoubtedly , the solemn proclamation of Her Majesty , at Delhi and the chief cities in our Indian Empire , Empress of India . Delhi , it will be remembered , -was the capital of the old Mogul Empire , of which most of the other princes of India were vassals , and from which we first obtained permission to

erect factories for the purpose of trade , in the early part of the 17 th century . It was , therefore , the fitting place for the most important of the ceremonials to take place , namely , that in which the Viceroy himself took a leading part . " The event passed off most auspiciously . There was

ft grand gathering from all parts , of the principal vassals of India . The diplomatic and consular bodies were strongly represented . The splendid display made by the chiefs was in keeping with the occasion , and thero was a fine body of troops , numbering somo 15 , 000 men , of all arms of the

service , present as an illustration of our Imperial Power . The Viceroy played his part vice-regally , and the usual salutes announced the event to the population of the Imperial city of the old Moguls . A new Order of Knighthood has been instituted in commemoration of the event ,

while numerous appointments and promotions in connection with the Order of the Star in India have further signalised it . We note , for the benefit of those who have objected to the assumption by her Majesty of the Imperial title , on the ground that the more ancient and honourable title of

Queen would be lost sight of , that the National Anthem of " God save tho Queen " was played , at the fitting moment , by the military bands . So long as our National Anthem is what it is , thero need not , we imagine , be any fear of tho

Queenly title yielding precedence to the Imperial . The same formal proclamation of her Majesty ' s assumption of her Indian title was made simultanously in Calcutta , Bombav , Madras , and other cities .

Wednesday was an important day in the history of our Craft . A special meeting of Grand Lodge was convened on that day , for the purpose of receiving the report of the Special Committee appointed to consider the fittest means

of commemorating the Grand Mister ' s visit to India . A full report of the proceedings will be found in another part of our columns , and also our remarks on the nature of the proposition , so that no further comment here is

necessary . The almost daily record of storms and inundations ia very terrible to read . There has been nothing of what is known as genial Christmas weather , but a warm spring temperature and a succession of tremendous gales and

storms of rain almost unprecedented , even in our fickle climate . Hardly , indeed , has any part of the country escaped without sustaining damage more or less considerable . Turn we in which direction wo may , we hear of rivers rising and flooding the country for miles and miles on either side of the banks . The towns alongr our southern

coast havo suffered severely . The pier at Eastbourne has been washed away , and tho officials had a narrow escape of being washed away with it . Seaford , a few miles from Newhaven , has been inundated . The piers at Brighton and Hastings experienced some rude shocks , and indeed

all the favourite sea-sido resorts of our London population have latterly had a hard time of it . In Scotland , the storm has been terrific . In the valley of the Thames , the country for miles around is under water , and so , too , has it been the case in the valleys in the Midlands and to the

West and East of England . In London the Thames rose , in the early part of this week , and caused immense loss of property in the low lying districts , especially along the southern shore . But , fortunately , the inhabitants had

received warning of the threatened rise of the river , and had made preparations accordingly . At sea , ships have been driven out of their course , and many have perished . There has , too , been serious loss of life as well as of property , In fine , we have latterly had a continuance of