Our Weekly Budget.

There is every reason for rejoicing , when so long and terrible a struggle is at length ended . Spain will , no doubt , devote herself forthwith to the improvement and extension of its vast resources . Let us hope so at least .

Our Royal Brethren.

OUR ROYAL BRETHREN .

February the 23 rd , the day which witnessed the installation of H . R . H . Prince Leopold , as Provincial Grand Master of Oxfordshire , saw his brother the Duke of Connaught admitted to the 18 fch ( Rose Croix ) degree at Gibraltar , in

the Euiopa Chapter . The ceremony was performed by the M . W . S . Captain George L . Gilbard . His Royal Highness afterwards attended a Masonic Ball , in the insignia of the Order .

Manuscript Constitutions.

MANUSCRIPT CONSTITUTIONS .

We beg to ask our respected Bro . W . J . Hughan for a list of the Manuscript Constitutions traced up to this period . We have a copy of Bro . Hughan ' s " Old Charges , " but since its publication other manuscripts have been discovered , and the complete list will be interesting to our readers .

The Inaugural Ball , at the Surrey Masonic Hall , in aid of the funds of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , has been fixed for the 19 th of April . A most influential list of Stewards has already been published , and we wish the promoters every success .

The number of Bank of England notes paid in for tho last seven years is about 94 , 000 , 000 . They fill 18 , 000 boxes , and if * placed side by side would reach three miles . The notes , placed in a pile , would bo eight miles

high , or if joined end to end would form a ribbon 15 , 000 miles long . Their superficial extent is more than that of Hyde Park . Their original value was over £ 3 , 000 , 000 , 000 , and their weight over 112 tons .

At a meeting of the Council of the Geographical Society , in Saville Row , on Monday last , under the presidency of Mayor General Sir H . Rawlinson , His Grace the R . W . the Duke of Manchester , & c . Bro . Israel Abrahams , P . M . 188 , was elected a Fellow of the Society .

On Monday , the 1 st inst ., a very artistic and magnificent testimonial , consisting of three solid silver flower stands , was presented to Bro . C . Best , of tho Horseshoe Hotel , by his numerous friends .

Of the eighteen candidates presented for the Cambridge University Local Examination , December 1875 , from the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , four only failed . Three received 1 st ; class honours , one 2 nd class , one 3 rd class , and nine others satisfied the examiners .

We are pleased to hear that Bro . Sir Michael Costa had so far recovered from his recent severe illness to be able to resume the baton on Friday last afc the rehearsal , by the Sacred Harmonic Society , of " Samson . "

On the occasion of a recent visit to his establishment in Oxford Street , Mr . Holloway , the well known proprietor of " Holloway ' s PiJls and Ointment , " presented to his

employes , in the shape of bonuses , upwards of £ 3 , 000 . Those of the recipients who had been in his employ for twenty-years receiving each £ 20 l ) or its equivalent , together with a congratulatory letter .

I he ceremonies of consecration and installation will be worked by Bro . James Terry P . G . S . B . for Middlesex , in the Burdett Couits Lodge of Instruction—which meets at Approach Tavern , Approach Road , Victoria Park—on Friday evening , 31 st March next , Lodge will ho opened punctually ^ 7 V , m '

Diary For The Week.

DIARY FOR THE WEEK .

We shall be obliged if the Secretaries of the various Lodges throughout the Kingdom will favour us with a list of their Days of Meeting , & c . as we have decided to insert only those that are verified by the Officers of the several Lodges .

SATURDAY , 11 th MARCH . 191—Percy , Jolly Farmers Tavern , Sohthgate-road , N ., at 8 . ( Instruction . ) 1426—Great City , City Terminus Hotel , Cannon-street , E . O . R . A . —Sinai Chapter of Instruction , Union Tavern , Air-street , Regent-strcot , atS .

MONDAY , 13 th MARCH . 45—Strong Man , Old Jerusalem Tavern , St . John's Squaro , Clcrkenwcll , at S . ( Instruction . ) 171—Sincerity , Railway Tavern , London-street , B . C ., at 7 . ( Instruction . ) BS—Royal Clarence , Freemasons' Hall , Bristol . 101—St . John ' s , Ashton House , Greek-street . Stockport . 388—Prudence , Threo Tuns Hotel , Halesworth . 411—Commercial , Flying Horse Hotel , Nottingham . 589—Druids' Love and Liberality , Clinton Anns Hotel , Redruth .

650—Star in the East , Pier Hotel , Harwich . 665—Montague , Royal Lion , Lyme Regis . 1021—Hartuigtou , Masonic Hall , Custom House Buildings , Hindport-road , Burro w-in-Furness . 1069—United Brothers , Castlo Hotel , Southsea . 1073—Greta , Court-buildings , Keswick . 1253—Traveller- , Queen ' s Hotel , Manchester . 1350—Fermor Heskctli , Masonic Temple , Hopa-strcot , Liverpool . 1398—Baldwin , Tho Castle , Dalton-in-Eurness .

TUESDAY , 14 th MABCH . 65—Constitutional , Wheatsheaf Tavern , Hand-court , W . C , at 7 . 0 . ( Instruction . ) 860—Dalhousie , Royal Edward , Triangle , Hackney , at 7 . 30 . ( Instruction . ) Metropolitan Chapter oE Instruction , Jamaica Coffee House , St . Michael'Ballcy , Cornhill , at 6 . 30 . 03—Sociai , Freemasons' Hall , Norwich . 281—Shakespeare , Masonic Rooms , High-street , Warwick . 892—Royal Edward , Royal Oak , Leominster .

903—Gosport , India Arms Hotel , High-street , Gosport . 1228—Beacontrco , Red Lion , Leytonstone , at , 8 . ( Instruction . ) 1250—Gilbert Greenliall , Masonic Rooms , Sankey-street , Warrington , 1381—Equity , Walker ' s Commercial Hotel , Widnes . 1465—Ockendcn , Talbot Hotel , Cuckfield , Sussex . 1479—Halsey , St . Albans , Herts . ( Instruction . ) 1593—Royal Naval College , Ship Hotel , Groenwich . K . T . 101—Ancient Ebor , York .

WEDNESDAY , 15 th MARCH . 171—Sincerity , Guildhall Tavorn , Grcsham-street . 190—Oak , Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street . 193—Confidence , Masons' Hall , Masons ' -aventic , at 7 . 30 . ( Instruction . ) 1521—Duke of Cormaught , Havelock Tavern , Albion-road , Dalston , at 8 . 0 . ( Instruction . )

121—Mount Sinai , Fublic-buUdiugs , Penzance . 137—Amity , Miisonic Hall , Thames-street , Poolo . 175—Kast . Medina , Masonic Hall , John-street , Ryde , I . W . 199—Peace aud Harmony , Royal Oak Hotel , Dover . ( Instruction . ) 200—Old Globe , Private Rooms , Globe-street , Scarborough . 221—St . John's , Commercial Hotel , Town Hall Square , Boltou . 261—Unanimity and Sincerity , Clarke ' s Hotel , Taunton . 591 -Buckingham , George Hotel , Aylesbury . 592 Ootleswold Head Hotel

— , King ' s , Cirencester . ( W 3—Isca , Freemasons' Hall , Dock-street , Newport , Monmouthshire . S . S 9—Dobie , Grill ' m Hotel , Kingston-on-Thames . 969—Sun aud Sector , Assembly Rooms , Workington . Id 40—Sykes , Masonic Hall , Great Driffield . 1086—Walton , St . Lawrence Boys' School , Kirkdale . 1114—Joppa , Corn Hall , Fakenlmm . 1129—St . Chad ' s , Roebuck Hotel , Rochdale . 1161—Eliot , Private Rooms , St . Germains , Cornwall .

1201!—Caique Ports , l . ell Hotel , Sandwich . 1337—Anchor , Masonic Rooms , Durham House , Northallerton . 1353—Duke of Lancaster , Athemcum , Lancaster . 1443—Salem , Town ( fall , Dawht-h , Devon . R . A . 4<«— Hertford , Town Hall , Hertford . R . A . 591—Buckingham , George Hotel , Aylesbury . R . A . 632— Harmony , Masonic Hall , Trowbridge . R . A . 907—Royal Albert , White Hart Tavern , Abchurch-laue , K . C . R . A . 1015—Stamford , Town Hall , Altrincham , Cheshire .

THURSDAY , 16 th MARCH . 27—Egyptian , Hercules Tavern , Leadenhall-street , E . C . ( Instruction . ) 55—Constitutional , Loudon Tavern , Bishopsgatc-street . 169—Temperance , White Swan , High-street , Uoptford . 181—Universal , Freemasons' Hall , W . C . 435—Salisbury , Union Tavern , Air-street , Regent-streetW . at 8 . ( Instruction . )

, 813—New Concord , Rosemary Branch Tavern , Hoxton . 1139—South Norwood , Public Hall , South Norwood . 1260—Hervoy , 152 Fulham-road , at 8 . ( Instruction . ) 127 .- *—Burdett Coittts , Approach Tavern , Victoria I ' ark , at 8 . 14 *)—Marquess of Ripon , Albion Tavern , Albion-road , Dalstoa . ( Instruction . ) 1507—Metropolitan , 269 Pentonville-road .

56—Howard , High-street , Arundel . 2 S 0—Worcester , liell Hotel , Worcester . 313—Concord , Militia Oiliccrs' Mes . s Rooms , Starkic-strcefc , Preston . 4 s>—Benevolence , Masonic Hall , Bridgeland-strcet , Bideford , Devon . 523—John of Gaunt , Freemasons' Hall , I ( a ! ford-street , Leicester . 663—Wiltshire of Fidelity , Town Hall . Devizes .

1181—Abbey , Masonic Hall , Battle , Sussex . 1332—Unity , Masonic Hall , Crediton , Devon . 1512- Hemming , Red Lion Hotel , Hampton . R . A . 339—Regularity , Crown Hotel , King-street , Penrith . R . A . 602— Marwood , Masonic Hall , Middlesborough .

FRIDAY , 17 th MARCH . 033—Doric , Earl Grey Tavern , Mile End-road , at 8 . ( Instruction . ) 1278—Burdett Coutts , Approach Tavern , Victoria , Park , at 8 . ( Instruction . ) 1365—Clapton , White Hart , Clapton , 7 . 30 . ( Instruction . ) 1507—Metropolitan , 260 I ' entonville-roml . ( Instruction . ) 347—Noah ' s Ark , Wagon and Horses Hotel , Tipton , old '—Phoenix , Fox Hotel , Stowm . irket . R . A . aoli—Elias de Derham , Masonic Hall , Salisbury .

SATURDAY , 18 th MARCH . 193—Percy , Jolly Farmers' Tavern , Soufchgate-road , N ., at 8 . ( Instruction . ) R . A . —Sinai Chapter of Instruction , Union Tavern , Air-street , Regent-atreety atS ,