Our Weekly Budget.

Ameer of Cabul in displaying hostility towards the sole ally of Islam . " The Anti-Socialist Bill has been carried in the German Parliament , generally in the shape agreed npon in the primary committee . General Greig , tho Russian Minister of Finance , has visited Berlin , presumably

with a view to a new loan , and is now in Paris , it is believed , with the same object . The Hungarian Ministry is still in abeyance , but Baron Depretis has been invited by the Emperor to undertake the formation of a Cabinet . M . Gambetta delivered a speech at Grenoble last week ,

in which he urged the selection of Republican Senators as the necessary complement to the national constitutional system . The Bishop of Orleans , Monseignenr Dupanlonp , whose pamphlet against Freemasonry , published in 1875 , attracted so much attention , died suddenly on Friday ,

aged 76 . M . Blignieres has been appointed to the control of the Egyptian railways and ports . The Italian papers express discontent at the assumed exclusion of their Government from influence in Egypt . The yellow fever is still very fatal in the Mississippi towns , but there are hopes that colder weather may stay the epidemic .

A letter we have quoted elsewhere in our columns from the Standard , is worthy of our attention , and the heading given to it by our contemporary— " A Sensible Protest "shows what is its opinion of the writer ' s views . No Englishman would for one moment dream of suggesting

anything which could posssibly stay thefree flow of Charity , and certainly no English Freemason would be guilty of such conduct . When , what is in fact a great national calamity happens , such as the wreck of the Princess Alice , or the Abercarne Explosion , it is just and indeed necessary that

some special appeals have to be made to the public ; but as has been suggested by another correspondent of the same journal , it is most undesirable that the relations of the victims should be pecuniarily better off than they would have been had their relations still lived . The intensity of

their mental suffering is hard to be borne , but that is no reason for overwhelming them with charitable gifts . It is a fact that many poor people who are as sorely stricken as the relatives of those who went down with the Princess Alice receive no help whatever from the public , not because

the public begrudges them the needful help , but because the accidents from which they suffer are not of sufficient magnitude to attract notice . If it were possible to suggest a means by which a general relief fund could be established , it would be better than the present plan of appealing to the

public only when a great catastrophe happens , for then the inequality with which the Charity of the public is distributed would pass away . For this reason also we are content that the motions made at the Quarterly Courts of the Boys' and Girls' Schools respectively , for the admission

without election of a son and daughter of the late Brother Charles Jardine were ruled down . Every Freemason deeply sympathises with Mrs . Jardine and her little ones , so suddenly aud so sadly deprived of their

husband and father , but our sympathy with them would not justify us in being guilty of an injustice to others who have been bereft in like manner , though not under such painful circumstances .

Quarterly Court Of The Girls' School.

QUARTERLY COURT OF THE GIRLS' SCHOOL .

rPHE Quarterl y Court of tho Governors and Subscribers to the J- Royal Masonic Institution for Girls was held last Saturday , at Freemasons' Tavern . Bro . Lient-Colonel Creaton was called to the chair . The Chairman moved , that a sub-committee consisting of five members of the General Committee be appointed to take into consideration the desirability of revising the bye-laws , and report thereon

to the Quarterly Court in January next . Bro . S . Rawson seconded the motion ; bat Bio . Jo .-hua Nunn moved as an amendment , which was secouded by Bro . C . P . Matier , " That the sub . committee tor the revision of tho bye ., aws be i-. oi eased to at leas' nine members j" and this amendment meotiug with the approval of the biethren , Bros .

Mclntyre , Clabon , Nuun . Rm-ktr , Boyd , Griffi hs Smiih , Col . Creaton , Le Ftiuvre aud J . L . lliue won * appointed as the sub-corn in ittee . Tne following motions were also agreed to :- "That four girls be elected at the October Q larterly Court instead of throe , i hereby filling np a vacancy caused by death : " " Thar , the nmount paid as

au honorarium to the chapl ( in be increased from £ 10 to £ 2 o per annum , also , that to the parocbid char ties From £ 5 to £ 10 per annum : aud "That the premiums on the Sec-elan ' s guarantee be paid by the Institution . " Au exct ptiotial case having arisen by the

antimoly death of Bro . Charles Jardine ( a member of the Au < lit 3 oiuuiittee of this Institution ) , through the late fatal collision ou the Thames , whereb y a widow and nine children are left , unprovided for , Bro . Jushua Nunu moved , " That the . laws regulating theii'imission of jaucudatus to this Institution , be aaspeuded , lor tho purpose of ad .

Quarterly Court Of The Girls' School.

mitting Cecily Sara Jardine , aged eight years , one of the said orphans from , that catastrophe , without election . " This resolution , however , was opposed by several brethieo , as not being within the power of tho Court . The chairman having appealed to Bro . Mclutyre , Q . C , for his opinion , Bro . Mclntyre , after reading the law referred to , decided that tho Court had not the power to suspend the laws . Upon the recommendation of the General Committee the Court

granted a gratuity of £ 20 to G . S . Peachy , for attention and assistance , as extra services , during the late Secretary's illness . Bro . II . Hacker ' s motion , " that the name of Edith Brown , No . 21 on the list of candidates for election , bo struck out as ineligible , " was lost , the brethren holding that her father was not in receipt of such pay as would take her out of the rules . The brethren then proceeded to the election of four girls out of an approved list of twenty-nine candidates .

Quarterly Court Of The Boys' School

QUARTERLY COURT OF THE BOYS' SCHOOL

A QUARTERLY General Court of the Governors and Subscribers to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys was held on Monday , at Freemasons' Tavern , Colonel Creaton , Vice Patron and Trustee , in the chair . The brethren passed a resolution to elect thirteen , instead of eleven boys , out of a list of sixty-five approved candidates at this meeting . Bro . R . B . Webster , in consequence of the ruling of Grand

Registrar at the Quarterly Court of the Girls' School , the previous Saturday , withdrew his motion to suspend the laws of tho Institution , and admit Arthur George Jardine into the School without election . Subsequently Brother Binckes informed tho Court that he had received a telegram from the Rev . Dr . Cox , to the effect that tho Committee of the Mansion House Fund had decided to buy this boy into

tho School , and ono of his sisters into the Masonic Girls' School . Col . Creaton ' s motion , " That a sub-Committee of five members of tie General Committee be appointed to take into consideration the advisability of a revision of the laws ; that such Committee be empowered to confer with a similarly appointed Committee of the Royal Masonio Institution for Girls , and to report thereon to the Quarterly Court in January next , " being brought forward . it was suggested that in lieu

of " five , the word " nine" should be substituted , and in the amended form the motion was carried . Colonel Creaton was elected a trustee of the General Fund , in place of Bro . John Symonds , resigned . On the motion of Bro . Raynham Stewart , seconded by Bro . W . Roebuck , a vote of thanks to Bro . John Symonds was afterwards passed , for his efficiency as a trustee , the vote also conveying the expression of a wish that his health would soon be restored . The result of the election of boys will be found elsewhere .

Consecration Of The Royal Hanover Lodge, No. 1777.

CONSECRATION OF THE ROYAL HANOVER LODGE , No . 1777 .

THIS new Lodge , which has been named to perpetuate the memory of the ex-King of Hanover , was consecrated at tho TOWD Hall , Houns ' ow , on Friday , the 11 th inst . The large hall was fitted up for the occasion , and formed a spacious and imposing Lodge-room . The Consecrating Officer was the R . W . Bro . Col . Francis Burdett , Prov . G . M . Middlesex , with Bros . John Boyd P . G . P . as S . W ., Dr . Ramsey Prov . S . G . W . Middlesex as J . W ., Rev . John Conder Chap .

Iain Grand Masters' Lodge , No . 1 as Chaplain , and H . G . Buss as D . C . The Prov . G . M . gave a most excellent address , and impressively performed the ceremony of consecration ; after which Bro . n . Shadwell Clerke S . G . D . assumed the chair , and a Boa ' d of Installed Masters having been formed , Brn . H . A . Dubois P . P . S . G . D . Middlesex was installed in ancient form , and on the return of the brethren duly

saluted . The W . M . then proceeded to invest Bros . Henry Lovegrove as S . W ., Geo . Clark jnn . as J . W ., W . H . Barber Secretary , G . J . Dunkley Organist , and J . Daly Tyler . Bro . W . Ramsey P . M ., who was unavoidably absent , was elected Treasurer . After the trans , action of some formal business , the Lndge was closed in due form . The musical arrangements were under the direction of Bro . G . S .

Graham , assisted by the Quartette Party , Bros . R . Taylor , A . Bannister , W , Cleyg , and W . Hobern , with G . W . Evans as Organist . The following brethren were present , besides those mentioned above : —Bros Sir Charles Bright Dep . Prov . G . M ., G . W . Dixon P . M . 209 P . P . D . C Berks and Bucks , Crawshay P . M . 209 , E . J . Massie 993 , Curtis 145 , C . C . Crtiikshank 1507 , Newby 73 , Abbott P . M . fil 9 , Johnson 8 G 8 ,

J . Blake P . M . 8 P . G . S ., M . Larlham P . M . 1216 , H . Clark 1507 , Greeu P . M . 27 , W . M . Wbitmarsh , M . D ., 145 , Daniel I . P . M . 65 , E . W . Dubois 1216 , Lyon 863 , Sted well P . M . P . P . S . G . D ., Charles B . Payne Grand Tyler , Woodstock Tyler . Previously to the Lodge being closed , the Consecrating Officers , with Bros . Sir Charles Bright and Col . H . Shadwell Clerke , S . G . D ., were elected honorary members of the Lolgo . The brethren we e conveyed to the Grevhonnd , at Richmond , where

an elegant bnnquet had been provided by the proprietor , Bro . Motiflet , to which thirty did justice . The usinil tonsts were pro * posed by Hie . W . M . ; Bros . Sh- > tlwell Clerke and Bnss responding for the Grand Officers . The he > dih of the W . M . was proposed bv Bro . Cel . Burdett , and suitably responded to . Tho ( oasts of the Officers was responded to by Bros . H . Lovesrrovo and G . Chirk jun ., and that of the Visitors by Bros . Dr . Whit marsh and Larlham . The Tyler ' s toast brought the proceedings to a close .

Mark Masonry In South London,

MARK MASONRY IN SOUTH LONDON ,

ACTHOUCH a large number of Lodges and Chapters meet at tbo Snrl ' ey Masonic Hall , there is no Mark LOCIKO nearer than Balhamor London . Bridge , and a Warrant has been issued for tho formation of the Brixton L"dge of Mark Ma-ons , No . 234 , w th Bro . T . Poore P . G . I . G . as VV . M ., Bro . G . -I . MeK . iv as S . W ., and Bro . H . Lovagrove a * J . W , Particulars may be obtained , of Bro , Lovegrove , 20 Bnd . gQ . row , E . C ,