Our Weekly Budget.

few people if the next intelligence that reached us was tc the effect that the Turks were well on their road to dictate peace at Belgrade . On Monday , the long looked for discussion of the Eastern question will come off , and then perhaps , we may obtain some insight into the future course which ministers propose to adopt .

The following list , which has been sent us for publication , needs no analysis . Yet a few remarks will not be ou ! of place . It is , in the first instance , very gratifying to an •educational staff when those or sundry of those placed under its charge earn one or more public distinctions .

¦ Several of " Our Boys" have passed honourably in J the Science and Art Examination held in the month of May last . This is very creditable to Dr . Morris and his 'coadjutors . Brethren who are instrumental in carrying the election of a boy or girl candidate are naturally anxious

for the future scholastic success of their protege or protegee . In the case of orphan children all who recommend and work for the election of such constitute themselves , in a certain sense , their guardians . Being thus , as it were , in loco parentum , they of course experience a lively sense of

pleasure when their young charges win for themselves some distinction . In the case of successful pupils who may have one or both parents still living , the pleasure the latter must feel mnder . such circumstances may be imagined but

not described . Theso are reasons for publishing such a list , and for congratulating thus publicly the staff of the school , the guardians or parents of the boys , and the boys themselves .

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . SCIENCE AND ART EXAMINATIONS . —MAY 1876 . I . —THEORETICAL MECHANICS . Bryant R 2 nd class

ShawH . G . 2 nd clas 3 II . —INORGANIC CHEMISTRY . Bryant R 1 st class Shaw G 2 nd class III . —MATHEMATICS .

Bryant E , Passed 4 th stago Bryant R ... 1 st class , 2 nd stage Beanmont W . 1 st class , 1 st stage Shaw G 1 st class , 1 st stago Green C . D . ... 1 st class , 1 st stago Parker W . E . ... ... 2 nd class , 1 st stage "YValkington A . J ... 2 nd class , 1 st stago Packwood W . II 2 nd class , 1 st stage

Ladd F . E .... 2 nd class , 1 st stago Loud F 2 nd class , 1 st stage Lane C ,,. ... Passed 1 st stage Sparkes W . Passed 1 st stage Oates E . E . Passed 1 st stago

IV .-PHYSICAL GEOGitAriir . Parker W . R ... Passed Advanced stage Shaw H . G . 1 st class , 1 st stage Beanmont W . ... 2 nd class , 1 st stago White W . H 2 ud class , 1 st stago Godsmark H . 2 nd class , 1 st stago Green C . D . 2 nd class , 1 st stage Croydon G . E ... 2 nd class , 1 st stage Sparkes W . ... 2 nd class , 1 st stage Loud F . ... 2 nd class , 1 st stage

Lane C . ... Passed 1 st stago Harding E . F Passed 1 st stage Walkington A , J Passed 1 st stage Pawley E Passed 1 st stago Haskius W . A Passed 1 st stage Packwood W . H Passed 1 st stage 1 Oates E . E . Passed 1 st stage LaddF . E Passed 1 st stago

We have received a report of the Special Communication - of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Devon , held at the New London Inn , Exeter , on Thursday . The object of the meeting was to hear the decision of the Provincial Grand Master re the irregular initiation of a person into

Freemasonry m one of the Lodges in his Province . The offence was admitted . Deep regret was expressed at its occurrence , : iind previous services to the Craft having been pleaded in mitigation of punishment , those inculpated were sentenced

-to different terms of suspension , varying in length according to the greater or less gravity of their several cases . We repress all names and details , which , in a matter of 'this kind , should not , in our opinion , be made public , unless the publicit y is first sanctioned by the Provincial Grand plaster ,

The Brethren will be pleased to hear that Bro . Robert Wentworth Little , the respected Secretary of the Royal Masonic School for Girls , at Battersea Rise , has so far recovered from his severe illness that he was enabled

to be present , and render assistance to the Audit Committee , on the 25 th November . All present congratulated him , and hoped , in future , to see him with renewed health and vigour among them .

The United Strength Lodge of Instruction , No . 228 , meets every Wednesday , at 8 , at Bro . Green ' s , the Grafton Arms , Prince of Wales Road . Bro . J . N . Frost , P . M . 228 , 704 , 835 , P . Z . 753 , is the Preceptor , under whose able tuition the brethren in the north of London can receive the benefit of Masonic Instruction .

We are indebted to a friend for the following cuttings from New Zealand Papers : — At a meeting of Master Masons held in Wellington at the Masonic Hall , Bonlcott-street , it was decided that the installation of Sir Donald McLean as District Grand Master of the North Island of New Zealand ( E . C . ) shonld take place on tho 26 th Jnne . Tho District Grand

Masters of Otago , Canterbnry , and Westland are to be invited to attend , as also representatives of the varions Lodges in the district . At the regular monthly meeting of the Lodge Sir Walter Scott , No . 533 , S . C ., held on the 19 th April , Bro . T . L . Murray was duly installed as Secretary for the current year , by tho R . W . M ., Bro . Rev . J . Hill . Tho sixth anniversary of the Thames Lodgo of Light , No . 454 , 1 . C .,

was commemorated on the 3 rd of May , in the Lodge Room , Masonic Hall , Grahamstown , Bro . L . J . Bagnall , W . M . of the Lodge , in the chair , supported by E . W . M . Bro . Rev . J . Hill , and E . W . P . M . Brodic , Lodgo Sir Walter Scott , S . C ., and Past Masters Bros . Power , Wall . nntt , Climo , and Mitchel , of the Lodge of Light . There was a largo attendance of the brethren of the various constitutions at tho Thames ,

and an efficient choir , which rendered some excellent selections of Masonic Music , conducted by P . M . Bro . E . T . Wildman . Bro . Henry Maudesley , ono of tho partners in the celebrated engineering firm of Maudesley and Field , is now making a tour of New Zealand . He attended a meeting of the Pacifio Lodgo of Freemasons in Wellington lately , he being a Past Provincial Grand Master , and a

P . S . G . G . of tho Grand Lodgo of England . He gave some interesting particulars of his travels , mentioning that ho had been lately at Jerusalem , and had attended a Lodge meeting held on Mount Zion He also had been present at a Lodge meeting held among the American Indians . He also remarked that much light had been thrown on Scripture history , and many evidences of its truth discovered by late

explorations in Palestine . He referred to tho natural wonders of New Zealand as grand illustrations of tho Almighty power of the Great Architect of the Universe . The brethreu of the Masonic Order at tho Thames have resolved to send two officers to Wellington to bo present on the occasion of the installation of Sir Donald McLean as District Grand Master of the

English Constitution , which ceremony is to take place on the 24 th of Jnne ( St . Johu ' s Day ) . The Masonic Lodges in Auckland have , wo believe , taken no steps to bo represented . Tho Advertiser ' s correspondent telegraphs from Dunedin that Bro . W . McCullongh ' s resignation of Deputy Provincial Grand Master of the Freemasons has been received and accepted , through differences at tho Thames .

In Memoriam.

In Memoriam .

It is our mournful task to record the death of Bro . Richard Spencer , Past Grand Steward , & c , whose portrait , as the Father of the Lodge , was sketched at page 322 of our last volume . Though somewhat ailing for some months past , he had been generally active and cheerful until

Wednesday , the 19 th inst ., when , after an evening stroll , he sat up rather later than usual , enjoying a game of cribbage , in excellent health and spirits . In the course of the night he was attacked , and died at 1 * 30 a . m . on Friday morning ( 21 st ) , after 20 hours' illness . The interment , which was

attended by his family and Masonic friends of long standing , took place at Nunhcad Cemetery , on Tuesday , the 25 th . Flowers , which he loved during his lifetime , were thrown into the grave . His loss is lamented by very many , as that of a good man and Mason , ever genial and kindly . Many

an orphan has been elected into our schools through his unremitting exertions , and the heart of many a widow and aged brother been soothed by his sympathy and aid . He leaves behind a sorrowing widow and only son . The wellknown " Masonic Depot , " which he founded many years

since , in Great Queen Street , has been for some time conducted by the latter , an esteemed contributor to our pages . Bro . Richard Spencer departed at the ripe age of 76 , having outlived most of his early intimates , now reunited to the companion of their former toils . 41 God Jceep his memory green ! "