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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS , ST . JOHN'S HILL , S . W . Ori'iCK : 5 Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen Street , W . C . PATKO . NS : ll . R . U . THE PRINCE or WALKS , K . G ., M . W . G . M ., President . H . R . H . THE PRINCESS or WALES . rN compliance with a requisition delivered to me , and signed by Lieut .-Colonel JOHN CBKATON , J . l \ , Vicc-I'iitron ami Trustee , a Special Ifeueral Court of the Governors ami Subscribers of this Institution will be held at Freemu .-oris' Hall . Great Queen Street , Lincoln's Inn Fields , London , on Thursday , the Oth August 1877 , at i'our o ' clock p . m . precisely , oa tho following business : — Upon the recommendation of the littikling Committee , Colonel Creaton , Chairman , will move , " That the Building Committee be authorised to expend the sum of £ 2 , 500 in tho purchase of a plot of land adjoining the premises of tho Institution at St . John ' s Hill . " It . WL'XTWORTII LITTLE , V . P ., D . P . G . M . Middx ., Secretary . 30 th . July 1877 .

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MASONIC AND GENERAL PERMANENT BUILDING SOCIETY . Incorporated Pursuant to 37 and 3 S Vic , c . 42 . Offices : 1 Gresham Buildings , Basinghall Street , E . C . Shares , £ 25 each . Advances without premium on Free-Monthly Subscription , 5 s per share . l ^> r Copyhold , or Leasehold Pro-Paid up Shares issued . V ° ki \ i and sound Investments . Entrance fee , Is per share . Deposits at ' 1 and 5 per cent . Members of the Craft aro strongly advised to join . Subscription Meetings First Tuesday in each month , from 6 to 7 . 30 o ' clock , at the Offices . Prospectuses and information mag be obtained of J . 11 . GINDEIt , Secretary .

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THE MASONIC QUARTETTE . BROS . BURGESS PERRY , ARTHUR THOMAS , EDWIN MOSS , and ( TROUGH MUSGHAVE undertake the Musical arrangements of the Ceremonies and lianquets . For Terms : —Address , BRO . E . MOSS , 147 Aldersgate-Street , E . C .

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LEYTON COLLEGE , ESSEX . BOARDING ESTABLISHMENT FOR YOUNG GENTLEMEN , GEORGE J . WESTFIELD , L . C . P ., F . S . A ., PRINCIPAL . THE object of this Establishment is to ensure a comprehensive liberal education , commeusuvatc with tho present improved state of society . PitErAiiATio . Y ron THE Civil , SEIIVICR , CumiunGii MIDDLE CLASS , COLLEGE or PKKCEPIOUS , SOCIKTV OI ? ARTS , THE SCIENCE AND Aire EXAMINATIONS , & c . Special attention to backward and timid pupils . Diet tiio best , and unlimited . References to the leading banking and commercial firms in London and tho Provinces , and to numerous brethren whose sons aro now , or havo been , educated at the College . Prospectus forwarded on application to tho Principal .

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Price os Gd , Grown Svo , cloth , gilt . MASONIC PORTRAITS . REF-BINTED rnon "Tin ' . FKEEJIASON ' CHRONICLE . " London : W . W . MORGAN . By Order of all Booksellers , or will bo scut , free by post , direct from tho Office , G 7 Barbican .

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OUR WEEKLY BUDGET .

^ TTITH exception one evening , an Lour lias Y Y sufficed for tlie dispatch of business in tlie House of Lords . There have been discussions on the subject of the Public Worship Regulation Act , the Confessional , and other matters , while on Monday , the Kew Army Warrant

was laid before their Lordships , and several peers , arnon'j-• whom were the Duke of Cambridge and Viscount Card well addressed the House . But if the sittings in the Lords have been comparativel y quiet , those in the Commons have

been inordinatel y protracted ; indeed , one of them will be memorable in our Parliamentary annals , as being the longest which has been known in this country . On Thursday last , in reply to a feeler by the leader of the

Opposition , the Chancellor of the Exchequer gave some indication of the resolutions Le intended to submit to the House the following evening , after which , Mr . I . JJutfc moved the

second reading of his University Education ( Ireland ) Bill , and Mr . D . Plunket , Mr . Lowe , and Sir M . H . Beach were amoi ! - the speakers who took part in the debate , Ou a

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division , Mr . Butt was defeated by 200 to 55 . The House rose shortly before two o ' clock . On Friday , the motion of the Chancellor of tho Exchequer , to tho effect that his Resolutions should take precedence of tho Orders of the day , having been carried by 319 to 40 votes , the

Resolutions , two in number , were submitted and discussed . These occupied the rest of the evening . They wero vehemently opposed by tho Obstructive Irish members , whose conduct has rendered their introduction necessary , but with the exception of these , the whole House supported its leader , and ,

after several amendments had been objected to by overwhelming majorities , the first resolution was earned by 282 to 32 , and the second by 250 to 7 . The House adjourned shortl y before two o ' clock , and met again at noon on Saturday , when it went into Committee on the Sheriff Courts (

Scotland ) Bill . Progress having been reported , the House considered the East India Loan Bill in Committee , and disposed of tho several clauses . The other business having been transacted , an adjournment took place at half-past six o ' clock . On Monday , a scene occurred between

tho O'Donoghue and Mr . Biggar , tho latter having , on Saturday , declared the O'Donoghuo to be unfit to sit on a Parliamentary Committee . He was , therefore , called upon to explain his reasons , which he did veryreluctantlyand most imperfectly , the sympathy of the House , as expressed b y

Sir W . Harcourt and the Chancellor of the Exchequer , being warmly in favour of the gentleman who had been so wantonly attacked . After an expression of sorrow at the untimel y death of Mr . Ward Hunt , to which the leaders of the two sides of the House gave utterance for their respective

parties , tho House went into Committee on the South African Bill , but owing to the obstructive conduct of certain Irish members , only clause Three was agreed to . On Tuesday , the House met at 4 o ' clock , and immediately on going into Committee on the same Bill , the same tactics

were renewed by tho Irish . But the Government had gone down to the House , determined that their measure should emerge from" Committee at no matter what cost of time and trouble . Mr . Biggar , Mr . Parnell , and their five colleagues did all they could to hinder the progress of

the measure , but the Committee supported the Government splendidly . The House sat on all night . No less than four gentlemen presided as Chairmen , one succeeding the other afc intervals , so as to allow of some rest being taken . Relays of members came down at different times , and

though at one time the scene was in the highest degree discreditable to the contemptible minority which was doing its best to stop the Bill , tho fh-mness of the Committee and the Government was triumphant in the end , and after a continuous sitting of nearly twenty-four hours , the Bill

emerged from the Committee . It will probably be necessary for the House to take official notice of this disgraceful conduct of Mr . Biggar and his friends , in which case it will have the sympathy of the entire country . Even the Chancellor of the Exchequer was less strong in his denunciation

of the Obstructives than Sir W . Harcourt and Mr . Eorster , while Mr . Butt , who is the leader of the Home Rule party , was even more forcible still in denouncing them . The sitting was prolonged , for the consideration of the Supreme

Court of Judicature ( Ireland ) Bill , and other measures , till ten minutes past six , when ifc adjourned till Thursday , having sat uninterruptedly for twenty-six hours and ten minutes .

The progress lowards convalescence of Prince Albert Victor of Wales has been satisfactory , and there is little doubt he will speedily he restored to health . On Saturday , after a Cabinet Council had been held in Downingsfcreet , the Earl of Beaconsfield , accompanied by his private

secretary , travelled down b y the Sonfch-Eastern , and crossed to Osborne , when he had an interview with Her Majesty . The noble Earl dined with the Queen , and then returned to town . The same day the Prince and Princess Christian drove to Famingham , in order to be present at the fete of

the Home for Little Boys , and likewise that the Princess might lay the foundation-stone of the new workshops , library , & c , & c . The Royal party were received b y Viscount Sydney , Lord-Lieutenant of Kent , and the officers of the Institution , and the ceremony having been duly

performed , the prizes were distributed to the boys , after which luncheon was served , the chair being occupied by Prince Christian . The subscrip tions amounted to some £ 1 , 500 .

The Princess Lonise and the Marquis of Lome hav-3 crossed to Ostend for a short visit , while the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge have been to tho Duke of Richmond ' s seat in order to be present at Goodwood Races .