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which were present the Duke of Richmond and Gordon , President , the Dnke of Northumberland , the Marquis of Hertford , and the Earl of Derby . The Dnke of Devonshire and the Lord Advocate were introduced and sworn in members of the Council . Mr . Charles Lennox Peel , Clerk
of the Council , was in attendance . The Duke of Richmond and Gordon and the Lord Chamberlain had audiences of Her Majesty . General Camargo , the Columbian Minister , was introduced by tho Earl of Derby , and presented his credentials .
On Monday , the Prince and Princess of Wales paid a visit to the Empress Eugenie and the Prince Imperial , at Camden House , Chislehurst . In the afternoon the Prince left London on a visit to Mr . and Lady Florence Chaplin , at Blankney Hall , Sleaford . His Royal Highness was
present on Wednesday at the Lincoln meeting , and saw the race for the Lincoln Handicap , won by Kaleidoscope , with Rosy Cross and Cradle second and third respectively
The Duchess of Edinburgh , after visiting Palermo on board H . M . ' s ironclad Minotaur , has returned to Malta , whore she has been joined by His Rojal Highness the Duke .
On Sunday , a most terrible disaster occurred to our navy . H . M . S . Eurydice , returning home from a cruise to the West Indies , was overtaken by a fearful squall , and in five minutes sunk with all on board . Out of a crew , numbering all told , over three hundred officers and men , only
two have been saved—an able seaman , named Cuddiford , and a first class boy , of the name of Fletcher . These , with First Lieutenant Tabor , Captain Ferrier , R . E ., who was a passenger , and one other , were picked up by the coal brig Emma , but the last three were so exhausted that it
was found impossible to restore them to animation . The inquest has been held , and the jury have returned a verdict of accidental death , at the same time absolving all the officers and men on board from any blame in respect of the catastrophe . Nothing so calamitous has happened since
the loss of the Captain in the summer of 1870 , in the Bay of Biscay , when only between forty and fifty were saved out of a crew of five hundred . Indeed , the circumstances under which the Eurydice was lost , are , if possible , more lamentable . The vessel was returning home , after a
successful voyage , and in another half hour would have been brought safely to anchor . We may imagine the joy that was present in the breast of every one at the idea of returning home again to their families . But a mighty wind laid the ill-fated ship on her beam ends , and in five minutes all but
two of three hundred souls had gone to their last rest . It is needless to say the occurrence has caused the most profound grief throughout the country , and the first to express her sympathy with the parents and relatives of the lost seamen is Her Majesty the Queen , a message
from whom was at once despatched to the Admiral Superintendent at Portsmouth , and was subsequently read in the House of Commons by Mr . Smith , at Her Majesty ' s
special request . It should be added that the majority of the crew were young lads , who had been placed on board and sent to the West Indies , in order that they might acquire a practical knowledge of seamanship .
The Walking Match terminated at an earlier hour than was expected on Saturday . The prize of £ 500 and the Champion Belt fell to O'Leary , of Chicago , who covered 520 } miles in the six days , Vaughan , of Chester , who did exactly 500 miles being second , and Brown , with over 477
miles , third . Vaughan accordingly received the second prize of £ 100 , and Brown the third , value £ 50 . Only one other of the competitors succeeded in walking over 400 miles in the appointed time . It is said that Weston has challenged O'Leary to walk for £ 500 aside .
The Cambridge Crew have already arrived at Putney for the inter-University race , and have been practising under the careful supervision of their experienced coach , Mr . Close . The weather , however , has been anything but favourable . The Oxford Crew may be expected to take up their quarters
at Putney early next week , and the race will be rowed this day fortnight . According to the Standard , this country has at the present moment , ready or almost ready for immediate commission , no less than eighteen armour-clad vessels , having
an aggrega ' e tonnngo of 135 , 800 tons ' , m-un . mg 229 guns , and carrying 8 , 000 officers and men , and twelve iinavmouivd vessels , with a gross tonnage of 30 , 000 tons , carrying 128 guns , and manned by 3 , 200 officers and men ; or , in other words , a fleet of thirt y vessels , of 105 , 800 gross tonnage , and carrying 357 guns and nearly 12 , 000 men . Among
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these are the Inflexible , with its four eighty-one ton guns , which on an emergency might be commissioned in the summer , the Dreadnought , tho Thunderer , the Invincible , the Monarch , the Neptuno ( lately the Indepeudencia ) , the
Belleisle , the Superb , the Nelson , the Northampton , and the Hercules . Iu addition , there are available for home defence seven heavily armed turret ships , and thirty-two gun-boats .
There is little to be said as to the Eastern Question . Tho terms of tho Treaty of Poaco between Russia and Turkey are now known , and the more we read them , tho less do we and the other powers appear to like them . The prospect of a Congress being held appears to be further removed than
ever , m fact , Russia has categorically refned to meet the demands of our Government , and the project may be regarded as having fallen through . Consequently , we say this , tho outlook is far from encouraging .
Plowever , there is this satisfaction , that all Continental political organs of repute most vigorously approve the policy which our Government is pursuing , and if there aro further difficulties and clangers , the blame will rest with Russia and not with Enerland .
The Annual General Meeting of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was held , on Tuesday , 19 th inst ., at Willis ' s Rooms , St . James ' s . In the unavoidable absence of the Duke of Northumberland , President of the Institution , the chair was taken by Mr . Thomas Chapman , who
was supported by Admirals Sir E . Phillimore , Sir W . Tarleton , Ryder , Sir R . Collinson , Capt . Hozier , Col . Fitzroy Clayton , Major Iredell , Col . Sir C . Rowley , and many other gentlemen . After a short address from the chair , the Secretary read the Report , from which it appeared
thero were 2 ( 38 lifeboats under the Society ' s management . During the year 1877 these boats had saved the lives of 841 persons , and had helped to rescue 35 vessels from destruction . For these services , and for saving 200 lives , by fishing boats and other means , ten silver medals ,
seventeen votes of thanks on . vellum , and £ 4 , 069 in money had been granted . The amount received in the way of subscriptions , donations , & c , during this period amounted to £ 42 , 442 , of which £ 10 , 295 was in tho form of special
gifts to defray the cost of thirteen lifeboats . The expenditure , including liabilities , had been £ 47 , 309 . The Report was adopted unanimously . Other resolutions were agreed to , and the proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the Chairman .
According to the latest statement in the Masonic Record of Western India , the subscription for the widows and orphans of the late Bro . Bease , editor of that journal at the time of his death , has reached the sum of 2 , 615 rupees 14 annas .
We learn from the same contemporary that a meeting of the General Committee of Management of tho Greenlaw Masonic Orphan Fund , Burmah , had been held at the Masonic Temple , Rangoon , on the 5 th December . The Treasurer ' s statement of accounts showed receipts ,
including a balance brought forward from previous meeting of over 1 , 246 rupees , amounting to over 3 , 816 rupees . The disbursements , including over 1 , 007 rupees , amounted to over 2 , 314 rupees , so there remained a balance in hand of over 1 , 501 rupees . Tho capital account shows 15 , 091
rupees invested in Government paper . Three children of a late brother of the Star of Burmah Lodge , No . 614 , were admitted to the benefits of the Fund , and it was recommended they should receive 20 rupees per month from the 1 st January 1878 . One application from
Moulmein was not entertained , on the ground that tho orphan in question had no claims on the fund . A proposal to invest the funds in other than Government Securities was negatived , and a new bye law on the subject was
formulated , recommending that moneys be invested in the names of the Trustees in Government Securities . This and other alterations in the bye laws were to be submitted at the next meeting of the Committee , for confirmation .
Tho Voice of Masonry for the current month contains fin interesting article by the veteran Bro . Cornelius Moore , iMitit . Icd "Freemasonry Should and Will Live . " The
article is worth reading , as is an historical paper by . l > ro . W . J . Hugban on " Grand Lodges in England and Bro . Hyneman , " in which that learned brother refutes a number of errors into which Bro . Hyneman has fallen in regard to Freemasonry in this country .
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Our Weekly Budget.
which were present the Duke of Richmond and Gordon , President , the Dnke of Northumberland , the Marquis of Hertford , and the Earl of Derby . The Dnke of Devonshire and the Lord Advocate were introduced and sworn in members of the Council . Mr . Charles Lennox Peel , Clerk
of the Council , was in attendance . The Duke of Richmond and Gordon and the Lord Chamberlain had audiences of Her Majesty . General Camargo , the Columbian Minister , was introduced by tho Earl of Derby , and presented his credentials .
On Monday , the Prince and Princess of Wales paid a visit to the Empress Eugenie and the Prince Imperial , at Camden House , Chislehurst . In the afternoon the Prince left London on a visit to Mr . and Lady Florence Chaplin , at Blankney Hall , Sleaford . His Royal Highness was
present on Wednesday at the Lincoln meeting , and saw the race for the Lincoln Handicap , won by Kaleidoscope , with Rosy Cross and Cradle second and third respectively
The Duchess of Edinburgh , after visiting Palermo on board H . M . ' s ironclad Minotaur , has returned to Malta , whore she has been joined by His Rojal Highness the Duke .
On Sunday , a most terrible disaster occurred to our navy . H . M . S . Eurydice , returning home from a cruise to the West Indies , was overtaken by a fearful squall , and in five minutes sunk with all on board . Out of a crew , numbering all told , over three hundred officers and men , only
two have been saved—an able seaman , named Cuddiford , and a first class boy , of the name of Fletcher . These , with First Lieutenant Tabor , Captain Ferrier , R . E ., who was a passenger , and one other , were picked up by the coal brig Emma , but the last three were so exhausted that it
was found impossible to restore them to animation . The inquest has been held , and the jury have returned a verdict of accidental death , at the same time absolving all the officers and men on board from any blame in respect of the catastrophe . Nothing so calamitous has happened since
the loss of the Captain in the summer of 1870 , in the Bay of Biscay , when only between forty and fifty were saved out of a crew of five hundred . Indeed , the circumstances under which the Eurydice was lost , are , if possible , more lamentable . The vessel was returning home , after a
successful voyage , and in another half hour would have been brought safely to anchor . We may imagine the joy that was present in the breast of every one at the idea of returning home again to their families . But a mighty wind laid the ill-fated ship on her beam ends , and in five minutes all but
two of three hundred souls had gone to their last rest . It is needless to say the occurrence has caused the most profound grief throughout the country , and the first to express her sympathy with the parents and relatives of the lost seamen is Her Majesty the Queen , a message
from whom was at once despatched to the Admiral Superintendent at Portsmouth , and was subsequently read in the House of Commons by Mr . Smith , at Her Majesty ' s
special request . It should be added that the majority of the crew were young lads , who had been placed on board and sent to the West Indies , in order that they might acquire a practical knowledge of seamanship .
The Walking Match terminated at an earlier hour than was expected on Saturday . The prize of £ 500 and the Champion Belt fell to O'Leary , of Chicago , who covered 520 } miles in the six days , Vaughan , of Chester , who did exactly 500 miles being second , and Brown , with over 477
miles , third . Vaughan accordingly received the second prize of £ 100 , and Brown the third , value £ 50 . Only one other of the competitors succeeded in walking over 400 miles in the appointed time . It is said that Weston has challenged O'Leary to walk for £ 500 aside .
The Cambridge Crew have already arrived at Putney for the inter-University race , and have been practising under the careful supervision of their experienced coach , Mr . Close . The weather , however , has been anything but favourable . The Oxford Crew may be expected to take up their quarters
at Putney early next week , and the race will be rowed this day fortnight . According to the Standard , this country has at the present moment , ready or almost ready for immediate commission , no less than eighteen armour-clad vessels , having
an aggrega ' e tonnngo of 135 , 800 tons ' , m-un . mg 229 guns , and carrying 8 , 000 officers and men , and twelve iinavmouivd vessels , with a gross tonnage of 30 , 000 tons , carrying 128 guns , and manned by 3 , 200 officers and men ; or , in other words , a fleet of thirt y vessels , of 105 , 800 gross tonnage , and carrying 357 guns and nearly 12 , 000 men . Among
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these are the Inflexible , with its four eighty-one ton guns , which on an emergency might be commissioned in the summer , the Dreadnought , tho Thunderer , the Invincible , the Monarch , the Neptuno ( lately the Indepeudencia ) , the
Belleisle , the Superb , the Nelson , the Northampton , and the Hercules . Iu addition , there are available for home defence seven heavily armed turret ships , and thirty-two gun-boats .
There is little to be said as to the Eastern Question . Tho terms of tho Treaty of Poaco between Russia and Turkey are now known , and the more we read them , tho less do we and the other powers appear to like them . The prospect of a Congress being held appears to be further removed than
ever , m fact , Russia has categorically refned to meet the demands of our Government , and the project may be regarded as having fallen through . Consequently , we say this , tho outlook is far from encouraging .
Plowever , there is this satisfaction , that all Continental political organs of repute most vigorously approve the policy which our Government is pursuing , and if there aro further difficulties and clangers , the blame will rest with Russia and not with Enerland .
The Annual General Meeting of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was held , on Tuesday , 19 th inst ., at Willis ' s Rooms , St . James ' s . In the unavoidable absence of the Duke of Northumberland , President of the Institution , the chair was taken by Mr . Thomas Chapman , who
was supported by Admirals Sir E . Phillimore , Sir W . Tarleton , Ryder , Sir R . Collinson , Capt . Hozier , Col . Fitzroy Clayton , Major Iredell , Col . Sir C . Rowley , and many other gentlemen . After a short address from the chair , the Secretary read the Report , from which it appeared
thero were 2 ( 38 lifeboats under the Society ' s management . During the year 1877 these boats had saved the lives of 841 persons , and had helped to rescue 35 vessels from destruction . For these services , and for saving 200 lives , by fishing boats and other means , ten silver medals ,
seventeen votes of thanks on . vellum , and £ 4 , 069 in money had been granted . The amount received in the way of subscriptions , donations , & c , during this period amounted to £ 42 , 442 , of which £ 10 , 295 was in tho form of special
gifts to defray the cost of thirteen lifeboats . The expenditure , including liabilities , had been £ 47 , 309 . The Report was adopted unanimously . Other resolutions were agreed to , and the proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the Chairman .
According to the latest statement in the Masonic Record of Western India , the subscription for the widows and orphans of the late Bro . Bease , editor of that journal at the time of his death , has reached the sum of 2 , 615 rupees 14 annas .
We learn from the same contemporary that a meeting of the General Committee of Management of tho Greenlaw Masonic Orphan Fund , Burmah , had been held at the Masonic Temple , Rangoon , on the 5 th December . The Treasurer ' s statement of accounts showed receipts ,
including a balance brought forward from previous meeting of over 1 , 246 rupees , amounting to over 3 , 816 rupees . The disbursements , including over 1 , 007 rupees , amounted to over 2 , 314 rupees , so there remained a balance in hand of over 1 , 501 rupees . Tho capital account shows 15 , 091
rupees invested in Government paper . Three children of a late brother of the Star of Burmah Lodge , No . 614 , were admitted to the benefits of the Fund , and it was recommended they should receive 20 rupees per month from the 1 st January 1878 . One application from
Moulmein was not entertained , on the ground that tho orphan in question had no claims on the fund . A proposal to invest the funds in other than Government Securities was negatived , and a new bye law on the subject was
formulated , recommending that moneys be invested in the names of the Trustees in Government Securities . This and other alterations in the bye laws were to be submitted at the next meeting of the Committee , for confirmation .
Tho Voice of Masonry for the current month contains fin interesting article by the veteran Bro . Cornelius Moore , iMitit . Icd "Freemasonry Should and Will Live . " The
article is worth reading , as is an historical paper by . l > ro . W . J . Hugban on " Grand Lodges in England and Bro . Hyneman , " in which that learned brother refutes a number of errors into which Bro . Hyneman has fallen in regard to Freemasonry in this country .