The Craft In New Brunswick.

become reading Masons—so will their numbers mercase . It "would be folly on my part to enter into any lengthened discussion on this subject , when reasons , both powerful and cogent , have been freely and frequently given by far more learned and able Masons than , Dear Sir ami Brother , your humble Servant , St . Johi ' .-t , New Brunswick ; AI . VJIA .

September 11 th , 1850 . THE CHARITIES . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZIXE AXD MASONIC MIRROR . SIR AND BROTHER . —In transcribing my letter which you were good enough to insert iu your last number , the following was omitted : —

The province of Sussex sends a candidate for the Boys" School . Tbe circular recommending the case is signed by fourteen brethren of the province of Sussex ancl seven of the province of Hants . All but three are Provincial Grand Officers . Of these twentyone brethren there are onl y two who yet subscribe to the institution . I am , Sir and Brother , vours faithfullv and fraternallv , Oct . fW , 1859 . " " PRATER .

Archæology.

ARCH ? OLOGY .

THE WROXETER EXCAVATIONS . THE Duke of Cleveland has let to the Committee of Excavations four acres of ground at Wroxeter , the two on which the excavations have hitherto been carried on , and two additional acres adjoining , to be kept permanently open to the public , and not to be filled up again . Four acres ofthe buildings of a Roman town iu Britain , ruined in tbe fifth centurywill trulbe an

inte-, y resting monument-, and will be none the less interesting by contrast with the mcdiaival castles and abbeys ivith ivhich the connty abound . All that remains now is to obtain money enough to cany out actively the designs ofthe excavators , and , as the committee has done its best to carrv out whatit had undertaken

as a public duty , it is to be hoped that the public will come forward liberally with subscriptions , and not let them fall short of funds . The recent excavations prove beyond a doubt that the whole mass of the ancient Roman city—that is , the floors and lower parts of the walls—exists underground , and also that a better place could not have been chosen for excavating than that selected by the committee . The southern , and , apparently , the

western limits of the great building containing the hypocausts , aild believed to be aii " establishment of public baths , have been found , and it appears to have formed a very extensive parallelogram . The space between it and tbe ancient street to the west , which occupied the site of the present Watling-strect road . wa < i covered with smaller buildings , including the supposed marketplace or bazaar , which are in great part now excavated . The

southern wall of the great building is found to have bordered on another transverse street , and buildings are found to the south of this street also . The streets of Uriconium , in this part of the town at least , ran at right angles to each other . The more recent excavations have added considerably to the contents of the museum at Shrewsbury . Portions of columns have been found , whichlike all the large hewn stones found herehave the "lewis "

, , hole for lifting them , and some have what appear to be Masons ' marks , which , if they are so , would be a curious discovery . A perfect quern , or hand mill for grinding corn , has also been found , and a considerable number of personal ornaments ( two of silver ) , with abundance of coins . Also fragments of a new description of pottery which lias not been met with before . Among the animals ' hones recently found is a very largo head of an ox with its horns

perfect . The bones of animals found in the excavations , ivhich tire very numerous , and have been all kept together , deserve well to be carefull y examined bv an experienced comparatii'e anatomist .

LONDON AND MIDDLESEX ABOILEOLOGTOAT . SOCIETY . Tin-: general meet ing of this Association took place on Thursday , at Harrow , and we regret that want of space compels us to defer our account of the proceedings . A local committee , consisting of the Rev . J " . W . Cunningham , vicar , Rev . R . I . Knight , Rev . B . H . Drury , Rev . R . Middlemi ' st , Rev . B . F . Westcote , Rev . W . Hine

M . , G . F . Harris , Esq .. 11 ' . Bond , Esq .. E . F . Elliot , Esq ., ( x . G . Scott , Esq .. I ) . Burton , Esq ., E . Richardson . Esq .. H . W . Sass , Esq ., lion . Sec . of the Society , was formed to make the ncccsary arrangement ; .

Poetry.

Poetry .

SELECTIONS FROM POETRY OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY .

A noma . 1 ) 1 ' THOMAS CAREW . ASK tne no more where Jove bestows "When . Tunc is past , the fading rose : For in your beauty's orient deep

These ( lowers , as in their coaches , sleep , ' Ask me no more whither do stray The golden atoms of the clay ; For in pure love heaven did prepare Those powders to enrich your hair . Ask me no more whither doth haste

The nightingale when May is past ; For in your sweet enchanting throat , Sho winters , and keeps warm her note . Ask me no more where those stars light , That downwards fall in dead of night ; For in your eyes thoy sit , and there Fixed become as in their sphere .

Ask me no more if east or west The phcenix builds her spicy nest ; For unto yon nt last she flies , And in vour fragrant bosom dies .

On Virtue.

ON VIRTUE .

BT EVELYN . FA in Virtue , should I follow thee , I should be naked and alone ; For thou art not in company , And scarce art to be found in one , Thy rules are too severe and cold To be embraced by vig ' rous youth ,

And fraud and avarice arm the old Against thy justice and thy truth . He who by light of reason led , Instructs himself in thy rough school , Shall all his lifetime beg his bread , And when he dies be thought a fool . Though in himself he ' s satisfied

, With a calm mind and cheerful heart , The world will call his virtues pride , His holy life—design and art . The reign of vice is absolute , While good men vainly strive , to rise ; They may declaim , they may dispute , Bnt shall continue poor and wise .

Honours and wealth are made by fate To wait on fawning impudence ; To give insipid coxcombs weight , And to supply the want of sense .

Thus mighty Pompay , whoso great soul Designed tho liberty of Home , In vain did Ocesar's arms control , Ancl at Pharsalia was o ' ercome . His virtue constant in distress , In Ptolemy no pity bred , Who , barely guided by success , Secured his peace with his friend's h « ul .

And Brutus , whom the gods ordained To do what Pompey would have done ; The generous notion entertained , And stabbed the tyrant on the throne . This godlike Brutus , whose delight Was virtue , which he had adored , Haunted by spectres overnight ,

Fell the " next day on his own sword . If , when his hope of victory lost , This noble Koman could exclaim , - ' Oh virtue , whom I courted most , I find she ' s but an empty name ;' In a degenerate age like this , We , with more reason , may conclude That fortune will attend on vice , Misery , on those who dare be- goocj .