Victoria (Australia) To England.

Weighing , before you seek the strife , The value and the ' risk of life , Bid all unworthy fear good-bye ; Hoping to live , shrink not to die . If thy own thou defend ,. Thy freedom maintain ,, Or help others who bend .

Under tyranny's chain ,. Unflinching tread the held And bloody weapons ivielcV , With sword and shot , Cold and red hot , Solid and hollow-,. The battle follow . foes

Meet your - And oppose , Till victory or death the conflict close-And if a trying hour should rise , When thou shalt need , command our aid ; We'll one and all "' ~"~ ¦ "" "' Obey the call , And to the foeman's maddened eyes

, Each fighting till he wins or dies , Show of what stuff we have been made . Victoria ! shall our watchword be > A trinity in unity ; Our Queen , our Country , Victory , One word to designate the three . VICTOBIA I

The Dying Heroes.

THE DYING HEROES .

TEAK-SLATED I-EOIT THE GEBITAS OP VKhASD . The narrative of this Ballad illustrates the essential belief of the Norsemen , that Odin ( the chief God in their Mythology ) demanded Valour as the first virtue in those who Avould merit his favour , and that he would admit none but brave men to the Feast of Heroes . For , as Carlyle finely expresses it , the "Norse religion ivas a rude

but earnest , sternly impressive Consecration of Valour . " 'Fore Danish swords the hosts of SiA-eden flee To the wild sea ; War chariots clatter ; polished armour gleams In moonshine's beams ; And dying on the field of death there lay The fair youth Sven , and Ulf the hero gray .

SA ' EK - . " 0 Father ! woe's me that in youth I fall , At Noma's * call : Again my mother ' s tender hand shall ne'er Caress my hair : In vain my songstress , from her turret high , Shall gaze afar for me ivith eager eye . "

Uw ? . " Sadly she ' 11 moan , in dreams at dead of night , To see our plight ; But comfort thee : soon grief for thy dear sake Her heart will break .-Then she , the golden-haired , with merry laugh , At Odin ' s Feast will giA-e thee Avine to quaff . " SA - .

"I harl begun , and set to music gay , A festal lay Of ancient Heroes , and old Kings of mi ght , In love and fight , Forsaken hangs my harp , audits sail tone Is wakened by the passing breeze alone . " UHP .

"Gleaming on high , Odin ' s proud hall is seen In sunbeams sheen ; Beneath it roll the stars ; athwart the sky Wild tempests fly . There , with our fathers , shall we feast to-day ; ¦ Raise then aloft thy song , and end thy lay . "

The Dying Heroes.

SVEX . " 0 father ! woe's me that in youth I fall At Noma's call ! No deeds of daring valour in the field Shine on my shield . The Twelve dread Judges AVIIO sifc throned on high , The Feast of Heroes will to me deny . "

ULI . " One deed outweighs all others upon earth ; They prize its worth : For Fatherland a hero ' s death to die—For Liberty ! But lo ! the foeman flee ! lift up thine eyes , Heaven gleams above ; thither our path now lies . " CATEII .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

[ THE EDITOE does not hold himself responsible for any opinion entertained hy Correspondents !] FREEMASONRY IN INDIA . TO THE EDITOR 01 ? THE ET . EEitASONS MAGAZINE A 2 vD 3 S 1 S 0 XIC KIBH 0 E , DEAR SIB AND BROTHER ,- —After such a long silence , I

can . hardly expect the name of "A Correspondent ; " "but , as the old maxim says , "Better late than never . " Since writing myfast—in which I gave yon a slig ht account of the Bombay lodges—I have left the army , and am now in the Oivif Sen-ice , hut as great rambler as ever . The following observations , made by me while travelling , will give you an idea of the ruin of several of our fine lodges , most

of AA'hich AA'ere in a flourishing condition previous to the mutiny : now the blackened walls only remain to mark thespot where our good brethren assembled to work , the most of Avhom are now cold beneath the turf , or—God only knows Avhere 1 Well , I pnrteA mth tkc kind brethren of Bombay last Marchproceeded by railway to Shapoor—about seventy

, miles—thence by " mail" cart , tearing along , at about ten miles an hour , OA'er ghauts , through jungle , and shallow rivers ( bridges being a rare sight in Bombay Presidency ) , passing on through Maligaum , Dholid , and Hhow . _ The latter place bears striking evidence of the mutiny with its blackened and broken Avails , & c . The lodge , the number of

AA'hich I forget , raised after the mutiny is working pretty ¦ well . The brethren are numerous , chiefly military . Passing through Incore—the wife and family of Bro . Beaurius were murdered here—Ave observed the houses are as the mutineers left them—in ruins . We Avill pass by the towns of Goonah , Sceprce , GAvatior , and take a peep at Agra . This has been a splendid station , but has suffered much , as the

numerous blackened ruins testify here . "While our countrymen Avere shut up in tho fort , the mutineers did their utmost in destroying property , & c . Previous to the outbreak , Ave had three lodges here , A'iz ; ., Freedom and Fraternity ( No . 647 ); Faith , Hope , and Charity ( No . 737 ); Star of Hope ( No . 761 ) . The only one now AA'orking is the Star of Hope , the members of AA'hich . arc increasing , and will soon , I trust , be in as

prosperous a condition as ever . I was not a little surprised on my visiting the famous " Targe" and the Tomb of Ackbar , to find the numerous Avell-knoAi'n marks of tho M . M . Mason on the Avails , floor , & o . Passing on through Allygkui , AVC arrive at Deihi , are shown the Palace , the Juma Musjicl , Cashmere Gate , & c , of AA'hich I AA'ill not UOAV be describing : suffice to say , I soon found a true Mason—Brn . Marshal—bv whom I was

informed that the Lodge of Delhi , the number of AA'hich I forget , had shared the fate of the others . But though , as he said , he lost much of his OAVU , yet he managed to save the property of the lodge , Avhich , I believe , ivill soon be reopened , as Bro . Marshal , AA'ith other brethren , have appiied for a new charter . May they prosper . Passing by KurnaulAve stop to inquire for Lodge Charity

, at Uinballa , but regret haA'ing found it closed . Passing on by Loodiana , Ave arrive at Ferozepore , make thc usual inquiries about Masons' lodges , & c , but find Lodge Light of the North in darkness . The property , & c , has been all saved , and will , I trust , be in use again soon .