A Defence Of Archaeology.

recently made by archaeology to the elucidation of the New Testament . The inscrip tions lately discovered at Cyprus have removed objections to the accuracy of St . Luke ' s statement in the Acts of the Apostles on the Proconsulate of Sergius Paulus ; and the inscription lately found at Jerusalem illustrates the assertion in that book that to bring Greeks into the Temple there

was regarded as a heinous crime . We think that by this time all Avho have perused these striking and touching words , marked alike by dignity of thought and eloquence of expression , will be both encouraged and edified by this very seasonable defence—if defence be neededfor a pursuita scienceivhich if worldlingsrailatand ridiculewise

, , , , men " Oi Sophoi , " admire ancl appreciate . Some of the pleasantest moments of our lives have been spent in archaeological studies ancl expeditions ; and still for us , and all thinking minds , the old past is , and ever will be , a great and grave reality to be studied ancl realized in all reverence , sympathy , and affection .

Heraldry.

HERALDRY .

BY BRO . BLAZON . TNTERESTING as is the study of heraldry to the " student of the past , " J- important as it is to him who wishes to master all that antiquity and archaeology can unfold , it has found , as some of us know , many in successive periods who have antagonized its claims and ridiculed its pretensions . But leaving all such objections aud tirades behindlet us go on to-day to consider

, its history and to number up its historians , a stud y not without use and pleasure , let us hope , also to some readers of the Magazine . Heraldry , then , is that science proper which has to do with the work and procedure of " heralds , " and heralds are those who have to decide or ordain what " armorial bearings " a gentleman may claim or maintain ; to decide questions of rank or precedence ; and in former days to be messengers of peace and war ; to go on solemn

embassies , to arrange Court festivities , convey "orders" of knighthood , and invest the new knights ; and even to-day our distinguished Brother , Sir Albert W . Woods , has just gone on a similar mission to Spain . It was the peculiar attribute of the " generosus , " the " gentilhomme " of former days , to have a ri ght to bear a " cote of armes , " which he had either by " lyneage and deseent , as originally granted , or obtained by a fresh grant , or purchased with a manor , aud was entered , alloAved , and upheld by the " College of Arms . " As time ran on and the line of demarcation between various classes became less and less

distinct , and wealth progi * essed , and grants of arms were made to corporations and fraternities , ancl special services obtained special grants , the College of Heralds and the Chapter of Heralds enlarged alike the number of their clients and the " field " of their labours . Some writers make " heraldry " very ancient indeed ; and "heralds" in some form or other are of very early institution , undoubtedly m the history of civilization , in the life of nations , committees , and sodalities .

The Greeks had their " keruges , " or heralds ; the Romans their " f aeciales " ; and there seem to have been analogous officers in eastern nations , and special 'heralds" in the mysteries . Milton talks of the "sceptred heralds" of pre-christian times , which is clearl y an afterthought , for it is equally certain that their full developement dates from the age of Chivalry .

In the Boke of St . Albans , printed 1486 , we find this passage : — "Our large cote armuris were begun afore thyn-carnation of oure Lord Jhesu Christ . Jafet made first Target , and therein he made a Ball in token of all the