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not pay for tho provisions , & c , & c , she ordered of the Austrian contractors , but the want of money ia no obstacle to her desire for more bloodshed . Being unable to meet her financial liabilities honourably , she is madly going to seek , on the battlefield , for that honour she lost against

Turkey in the summer and autumn of 1876 . Greece , also , ia said to be assuming a still more warlike attitude . As to the Russian army on the Danube , we hear little of its movements . It is more than a week since the Czar arrived , but nothing has been

done as yet , and all we are enabled to do is to conjecture what will happen . From Asia there is apparently a dearth of news . That the Russians are far superior in numbers is manifest , but the Turks are fighting manfully . No impression has been made on Kars , though all kinds of rumours

are flying about as to its fall sooner or later . Wo are told that the Turks have retaken Olti , which the Russians shortly before had forced them to evacuate . Batoum is still safe , and the insurrection in the Caucasus is reported to be spreading . Troops also are being sent to Asia to reinforce

the Turkish armies , and the Egyptian contingent is on its way to Constantinople , a squadron of Turkish ironclads having arrived for the purpose of convoying it . This will be a great help to the Sultan , as the contingent is

reported to be composed of very serviceable troops . There are fears of disturbances in Crete , and Russia is about to raise a fresh loan of fifteen millions sterling . This , as far as we are able to state at present , is the sum and substance of the news from Asia and Eastern Europe .

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BRO . CONSTABLE'S DRAWING

ALBEIT the enterprise in which Bro . Constable so boldly embarked in the autumn of last year has not realised the full amount which we were sanguine enough to hope for , we must not allow the present occasion to pass without offering him our very warmest congratulations on the

measure of success he has achieved . Bro . Constable issued , in round numbers , 12 , 000 shilling tickets , the purchaser of each of which was entitled to participate in the ballot for Life Governorships . The number actually purchased was between two and three hundred short of 10 , 000 , so that our

worthy Brother disposed of close ou five out of every six he distributed . The result to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys is the receipt of £ 488 5 s , or about £ 120 more than double what he accomplished in 1875 for the Girls' School . This only shows , as we said some time since , that " where

there ' s a will , there s a way . " But Bro . Constable committed himself to a subscription list of four figures , and a bird has whispered to us that the project will be realized . It remains for us to congratulate him on the success which has attended his efforts . How hardly he has worked , only

those who have been m frequent contact with him during the last six months can know . Never a day has passed during the whole of that period but he has striven to the uttermost to raise the amount he proposed ; and all his labour has been bestowed with no further hope than that

the undertaking he was engaged in might be of service to the Boys' School . It is not every one who merits the appellation of " the Man of Energy . " This undoubtedly , belongs to Bro . Constable , who , if he had never done

anything previously , has done in this instance what will entitle him to the regard of all Craftsmen . May he be as successful in all his enterprises as he has been on this occasion !

The regular meeting of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution was held on Wednesday last , at Freemasons ' Hall , Great Queen-street , Bro . Colonel Creaton in the chair . Bro . James Terry , tho Secretary , read the minutes of the 9 th of May . The deaths of a male and female annuitant

were announced . In accordance with the notice of motion of Bro . Griffiths Smith , respecting want of accommodation at the Secretary ' s Office , ifc was agreed that it be referred to the Board of General Purposes . The names of the

brethren appointed by the M . W . G . M . were read : Bros . E . J . Barrou , S . Rawson , R . H . Givaud , Jabez Hogg , Capt . N . G . Philqjs , W . F . Nettlcship , J . Nunn , P . de Lande Long , and J . Smith . Elected by Grand Lodge—Bros . J . Brett , C . A . Cottebrune , T . Cubitt , J . A . Farnfield , H . G .

Warren , C . F . Hogard , A . M . Tattershall , H . M . Levy , J

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G . Stevens , and W . White . Elected by the subscribers—F . Adlard , J . Bellerby , W . Hale , J . Newton , Griffiths Smith , W . Stephens , R . W . Stewart , L . Stean , W . Hilton , and R . W . Little . £ 350 was voted for repairs at the Asylum . The Warden ' s Report was read , certifying the

work was well done , and the House Committee reported that all the annuitants now had their own apartments , and everything was satisfactory ; The Finance Committee were re-elected . There being a vacancy for a member of the House Committee , Bro . H . M . Levy proposed that Bro . S .

Rawson be elected . This was carried unanimously . A letter from Bro . Curteis , regarding the votes , was read . It referred to Rule 19 , page 9 . It was proposed that a letter be sent to Bro . Curteis , who is on the Committee of Management , asking him to give notice of motion to alter

that law . A letter was read respecting the case of Mrs . Stansfield , whose name was withdrawn at the last election . Bro . S . Rawson proposed that the name be replaced on the list of candidates at the next election , and that her case be recommended to the Grand Lodge of Benevolence . Bro .

Col . Creaton proposed that in consequence of there being a mistake in the result at the last election , with regard to Bro . J . T . Allen , and there now being a vacancy in the Institution , that he be placed on the Annuity Fund . This was carried unanimously . It was also carried unanimously

that the use of the Hall be granted for the Annual Summer Entertainment to the inmates , and that the charges be paid from the funds of the Institution . It was announced that during the past year the sum of £ 11 , 997 lis 6 d had been paid into the Institution . A cordial vote of thanks was

given to Bro . Col . Creaton for his services as President , and the meeting was adjourned . There were present Bros . S . Rawson , Capt . Philips , H . Browse , Jabez Hogg , Hyde

Pullen , R . W . Stewart , James Stevens , J . Newton , J . Bellerby , W . Hale , G . Bolton , R . W . Little , H . Massey , L . Stean , H . M . Levy , J . Massa , J . Hilton , C . F . Hogard , T . Cubitt , B . Head , C . E . Lacey .

A good permanent Building Society , established on sound principles , well supported , and economically conducted , is of immense benefit to the public , or to that section of the public for whose special behoof it is established . We aeknowlege , with thanks , the receipt of a copy of the

prospectus of "The Masonic and General Permanent Society , " recently incorporated pursuant to Act of Parliament . On glancing over the names of the Directors and others associated officially with the enterprise , we see every reason to anticipate that it will be well and economically

managed ; and if the Craft , in particular , and the public give it that measure of support which it deserves , we doubt not that in a short time it will attain a high degree of prosperity . The Directorate includes Bros . Bingemann ,

Bradley , Davies , Richard C . P . Gethin , Horncastle , Jardine , and Richardson . Bro . JE . J . Mclntyre , Q . C , is standing counsel , Bro . Rooke solicitor , Bros . H . A . Dubois and James Waddell auditors , and Bro . James H . Ginder

Secretary . It is hardly necessary to say that the object of the Society is to provide facilities , in the first place , for the acquisition of property without premium , and , in tho next , for the sound and profitable investment of savings free from all personal liability . There are , as is usual in these

cases , two departments—the Investing and the Borrowing . In the former , interest at 5 per cent , is added annually to subscribing shares ; in the latter , the terms offered are liberal . There is , in addition , a Deposit and Savings' Bank Department , which need not be described . It is sufficient

to state that sums of £ 1 and upwards aro received on deposit , the interest paid being at the rate of £ 4- or £ 5 cent . Shares are £ 25 each , payable either by monthly subscriptions of five shillings per share , or in one sum . Entrance fee , one shilling per share . Subscription

meetings will be held the first Tuesday evening in each month , at the Gresham-buildings , Basingball-street , E . G ., from 6 to 7 . 30 p . m ., the first being fixed for Tuesday , the 3 rd proximo . The Directors have our hearty good wishes for the success of their venture .

On the 5 th inst ., the members of the Old Scholars ' Reunion of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , dined together at the Holborn Restaurant . The Rev . Dr . Morris , Head Master of the Institution , and President of the Reunion , was unable to attend , and the chair was taken by Mr . A , W . Button , who was one of the first boys in the