Archæologic Items From Rome.

cotfca drinking vessels of the coarser kind , probably from some popina near Pompey ' s Theatre , and a few busts of not common character , one supposed , from its deathlike aspect , to be a mask taken from the human ori ginal after decease ; another , a female remarkable for the head-dresswith hair

, gathered behind in a net , like some of the Italian fashions still to be seen in rural districts In the excavations in the Palatine the most important of late discoveries among * the buildings of imperial ori gin is a massive substructure , reduced to but a few courses of square-hewn

lithard tufa , isolated b y its elevation on a quadrangular platform , referred b y Signor Eosa to the Temple of Jupiter Propugnator , and to all appearance an edifice of republican antiquity . The last-discovered work of art noticeable for hi g h merit , is a torso of a faun with a

leopardskin thrown over one shoulder , so grandly treated and firml y ' characterised in form as to have suggested the idea that this may be the veritable original by Praxiteles , often copied , ancl reproduced with more or less variation in several

statues classed with the most valuable antiquities of Eome ' s museums . A remnant of the Servian walls in ei ght courses , at different lengths , of square-hewn stone blocks , brought to lig ht in works for levellin g the uneven space before the Quirinal

Palace—this structure belonging to a buttress that supported the slope above—is among late discoveries to notice ; but condemned , we believe , to demolition for improvement of the approach to tlie papal residence . In levelling for a new street to reach the central railway-station , opposite

the Diocletian Thermce , have been opened several chambers in the inferior brickwork of-those ruins , a more conspicuous hemicycle , and a larger hall containing baths , with verde antico pavement ; but these , it appears , must share the fate of many antiques brought to li g ht in the course of works for utilitarian purposes during recent years , by being sooner or later destroyed . —Builder .

History Of A Military Lodge.

HISTORY OF A MILITARY LODGE .

The Provincial Grand Secretary of Bengal has issued a circular letter , making inquiries regarding the warrant and jiroperty of the Minden Lodge ( No . G 3 ) , on the register of the Grand Lodge of Ireland , attached to . U . M . ' s 20 th Regiment . The warrant and property were brought down to Calcutta

by a brother who , shortly after , became insane aud was sent to England . The missing articles were left in Calcutta , but it is not known in whose custody they are . To stimulate the prosecution of the inquiry which has been instituted in Calcutta , ancl also because it is sure to interest our readers in general , we have prepared the following abstract of a history of the

History Of A Military Lodge.

Minclen Loclge , written hy one of its former members : —* The lodge was first organised eleven years prior to the battle of Minclen , the warrant having heen granted to Lord George Sackville ancl others in December , 1748 when the 20 th Regiment was engaged in

sup-, pressing the attempts of the Pretender in Scotland . On the 1 st of August , 1759 , the regiment distinguished itself at the battle of Minden , and the lodge then received the name of the Minclen Lodge . In 1775 , the regiment was sent to Quebec , and surrendered to the Americans . It did not regain its

freedom till 1783 , when it was sent to England . It shortly after embarked for Halifax , and was subsequently employed in quelling the disturbances raised by negroes and brigands in Jamaica . Ia 1796 ife landed at Plymouth , a complete skeleton , mustering only six officers , and seventy non-commissioned

officers , drummers , and privates . It was recruited in England , and divided into two battalions , consisting of more than 2 , 000 men , exclusive of officers . In 1799 it embarked for Holland , where it distinguished itself in several engagements , and was highly praised by Bro . Sir Ealph Abercrouibie . In 1801 it volunteered for Egypt , where it again distinguished itself , and was thanked hy Sir Eyre Coote .

Considering that the regiment had undergone such frequent chauges , had engaged in such bard-fought battles , and had endured a long imprisonment , it is a matter of wonder that the warrant of the lodge , ancl even the remembrance of it , should not have been lost . Some brother , whose name , unfortunately , is not knownpreserved it when almost everything else

, had been sacrificed . On the 29 th of March , 1802 , a meeting of eighteen members took place at Victoriosa , in Malta , when Bro . Charles "Wliitten was installed into the Eastern chair . A year after , the number had increased to forty . The regiment took a part at the battle of

Maida , and was praised for its gallantry by Sir John Stewart . It also took a part in the battle of Vimiera , ancl was in the rear-guard during the retreat to Corunna , where perished that noble Mason , Sir John Moore . In 1812 , owing to the exertions of Bro . John Storey , the lodge resumed its labours . In

1810 an unsuccessful application had been made for a new or duplicate warrant ; hut , in 1812 , a second application received more favourable consideration . The Grand Secretary , Bro . "W . Graham , replied that the warrant would be revived without the payment of the usual fee . In the following yearthe regiment joined in the

, battles of Vittoria , Eoncesvalles , and the Pyrenees , and was praised by Lord Wellington . In 1814 it suffered severely at the battles of Orthes and Toulouse . On the 7 th of July of the same year , it returned to Ireland , and the lodge held regular meetings , receiving an accession of members at almost every meeting . In

1819 the regiment sailed from St . Helena , and took the immediate charge of the duties over Napoleon . The duty being of a severe nature , aud there being no proper building , no lodge meetings were held . In 1821 the regiment embarked for Bombay . A few days after landing at that place , the Senior and Junior Wardens died within a few hours of each other . The