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Archeology.

the country round Cardigan . The papers read at the evening meetings were numerous and of considerable interest , touching upon many topics connected with local antiquities and Cambrian arclneology in general . The bishop presided with great ability , taking a very energetic part , in the discussions and delivering several speeches ( especially the opening address ) of unusual learning and spirit . A temporary museum wasas usualformed for

, , the occasion . It contained large collections of coins , seals , rubbings , pedigrees , early printed books , and many important MSS ., including the most important records of the Barony of Kemaes , from the muniment room of its possessor , Mr . T . ' D . Lloyd , of Bromvydd . The week ' s proceedings terminated with a ball , and the next annual meefin" - in 1 . 8 G 0 ivas fixed to be held at Bangor .

THE ROMAN VILLA AT CARISBROOKE . Tire Hants Adcertiser supplies us with a report of the adjourned meeting held at the Guildhall , Newport . Isle of Wight , for the purpose of receiving an answer from the Vicar of Carisbrooke to the resolution passed at the last meeting , A letter from the Rev . E . dames , M . A ., Vicar of Carisbrooke , was accordingly read , in which that gentleman declined to grant a lease to those gentlemen

who proposed to erect a suitable building over the villa , so as to render it accessible fo the public at all times ; at the same time , the vicar expressed his intention of covering in the figured pavements at the bath and leaving the tesselated pavement alone open on terms of subsequent consideration . The chairman remarked . that , in relation to the Roman villa , there appeared to be but one general wish , and that was that the whole of it should be

uncovered . They had only begun a work , and did not know where it would end , or what it would lead to . The extent of the villawas not as yet known ; tlmy did not know what other beauties would be exposed to vieiv ; they did not know what treasure might remain hidden by the ancient Roman who formerly inhabited the villa , or what jiots of coins mi ght be concealed . Pots of coins had been found in other places : one containing six hundred

was found at Shanklin . Roman coins and other treasure had sometimes been discovered of great value . Until the whole of the villa ivas exposed it would not satisfy any one who had an antiquarian mind . It ivas the feeling of the committee that the whole should be uncovered . He did not think that the vicar knew of the strong feeling which existed relative to the ruins , a feeling extending throughout- the whole countryfrom the peasant

, to the crown . He thought that the committee should wait upon the vicar , and then perhaps he would relent , and uncover the whole of the villa . As much as twelve pounds in a day had been alread y taken to view it in its present condition , and ' what an extra source of attraction it would be if the whole were

exposed to view . It would be a vast ornament to the locality , and also it great inducement to visitors , and hence a source of general benefit . He trusted that in the end the vicar would consent to expose the whole to public view . Dr . 'Wilkins stated the result of communications , to a degree of a private nature , he had received , and also particulars of an interview he had had with Col . the Hon . Sir Charles Phipps , and ivhich were of a hi ghly

interesting and gratifying nature , and from which , as the chairman expressed it , the same sentiments with regard to the villa were entertained , alike from the peasant to the crown . Eventually , all persons present agreeing upon the desirability of having all the ruins uncovered ( at the same time recognizing the difficulties of the position in ivhich the vicar ivas placed ) , resolutions ivere passed to the effect that nothing less than the complete

excavation ofthe villa in its entirety would be satisfactory to the public ; and that it is desirable that the villa should be constantly accessible to visitors under certain regulations of pa } -ment . Finall y it was agreed that a deputation should ivait upon the vicar to put him in possession of the important communication from an influential quarter referred , to by Dr . Wilkins ; which deputation has since waited upon the Rev . E . -James , but with what result is not yet known .

MIDLAND COUNTIES ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY . Tins association has lately made an excursion from Birmingham to the site of the old Roman city , ( Jncmiiuni . After inspecting the place and the progress of the excavation , the excursionists assembled beneath the Old AVall , to hear an account of the progress made from Mr . AVri ght ; after ivhich they visited AVroxetcr ami its ancient church , and then returned to Shrewsbury . This society wc are given to understand is rapidly rising in importance , ancl that ere long it will be in a position to rival any similar association throughout the kingdom .

Literature.

Literature .

NOTES ON LITERATURE , SCIENCE , AND ART . A Pi- 'TBitsmmc * correspondent of a contemporary , after alluding to various measures of reform which have been adopted , by tbe Russian government , remarks upon the impulse wliieh has been given to journalism by the liberal measures which have beeu adopted since the accession of Alexander II . He says : — " At this moment there are iiftv

or sixty daily , weekly , aucl monthly papers publish eel at St . Petersburg , three-quarters of whieh are written in Russian , ancl by for the greater portion started since the war . The most reliable information and the most free discussion are to be found in ttie ilussian rattier than in th-. . French or German papers . The government seems anxious that the * internal condition of the empire should be fully discussed at , home , without permitting the rest of Europe to take part , in the debate .

Russian local papers are also to be found throughout the entire empire ; indeed , there is hardly a government without one . In the St . Petersburg papers we find pretty fair reports of the proceedings in the English , parliament , translations oi articles from the Times , accounts of the late war in Italy , comments on home ancl foreign affairs , & c . " Mrs . Beeeher Stowe , the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin , " is now iu England , engaged upon her new tale , a portion of which has already

appeared under the title of "The Minister ' s Vfooing . " This title will he retained for the complete work , which may bo expected about- the first of October , ancl the serial publication will be continued as heretofore until completed . / The London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian states that nine thousand copies of the Laureate ' s "Idylls of the King" have been already sold . The same gentleman points to the fact that Mr . Tennyson

received . £ 100 for his poem in the third number of Once , a Week , as an instance of the patronage now lavished upon poetry . Is it not rather a striking proof of the extent to which publishers will go in paying for advertisement ? It was not so much the merit of the poetry that caused the £ 100 to bo paid , as the value of the name for the placard ancl the advertising column . A weekly paper , entitled the Aldershot Military Gazette , is now published at the camp .

Tlie Copyright Library of the United States has undergone a recent and very great improvement . For the last sixty or seventy years theiv has been slowly accumulating , in the north-west corner of the old state department building in Washington , a library of copyrighted books , pamphlets , maps , charts , engravings , ancl music . By the last mail we learn that the entire library , and the records of the copyrights , have been removed to the new department of the interior , and have been

placed by tho secretary under tho charge of the Commissioner of Patents . The library has nofc hitherto been well cared for ; and it is known thai many of the better sort of works are missing , though the certificates of copyrights show that they had been received . The number of volumes transferred is about 17 , 000 , not including about 2 , 000 pamphlets , ancl a large collection of maps , charts , engravings , and music . In the law

establishing the Smithsonian Institution , there was a clause requiring authors or publishers to send three copies of each work to "Washington : one to the State Department , one to the Congress Library , and the third to the Smithsonian Institution . The officials of the last-named two libraries soon became disgusted with the ! : trash" they received , or the work it entailed , and set about getting rid of both . It is now decided by the higher powers that that clause of the Smithsonian law is

not binding , and that copyrights are safe if only oue copy of each work be sent to tho right place , and be properly recorded . Moreover , the trade aucl authors arc notified that they need not pester the officials any morc * in those two other libraries by sending them their productions . Messrs . J . AV . Parker ancl Son have in the press a History of tbe Hungarian WarbOtto Wenkstemwho has had many opportunities

, y , ol : forming a just estimate of the war , aud of the actors in it . Several new books from our leading authors , especially in fiction , are announced in Boston , U . S ., for which wo hear , on reference to the authors , there is no authority , and they hear of the promised books for the first time : but for this we should hail with pleasure the announcement in the papers by this mail of ' a . new novel by Mrs . Gaskell . "

Mr . Thackeray's new monthly is now spoken of as a certainty , to commence with the new year—we believe the engagement provides for a new talc from the editor , and that a very attractive list of contents may be expected , Mr , Hughes , the author of that pleasant book ,

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FALLACIOUS VIEWS OF THE CRAFT. Article 1
VOICES FROM RUINS. Article 3
RANDOM THOUGHTS. Article 5
MASONRY IN FRANCE. Article 6
THE OBJECT OF FREEMASONRY. Article 7
OLD ROCHESTER BRIDGE. Article 7
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 7
Poetry. Article 10
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 10
THE STORY OF CHICHESTER CROSS. Article 12
ARCHEOLOGY. Article 12
Literature. Article 13
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 14
ROYAL ARCH. Article 17
SCOTLAND. Article 17
COLONIAL. Article 17
INDIA. Article 18
AMERICA. Article 18
THE WEEK. Article 19
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 20
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Archeology.

the country round Cardigan . The papers read at the evening meetings were numerous and of considerable interest , touching upon many topics connected with local antiquities and Cambrian arclneology in general . The bishop presided with great ability , taking a very energetic part , in the discussions and delivering several speeches ( especially the opening address ) of unusual learning and spirit . A temporary museum wasas usualformed for

, , the occasion . It contained large collections of coins , seals , rubbings , pedigrees , early printed books , and many important MSS ., including the most important records of the Barony of Kemaes , from the muniment room of its possessor , Mr . T . ' D . Lloyd , of Bromvydd . The week ' s proceedings terminated with a ball , and the next annual meefin" - in 1 . 8 G 0 ivas fixed to be held at Bangor .

THE ROMAN VILLA AT CARISBROOKE . Tire Hants Adcertiser supplies us with a report of the adjourned meeting held at the Guildhall , Newport . Isle of Wight , for the purpose of receiving an answer from the Vicar of Carisbrooke to the resolution passed at the last meeting , A letter from the Rev . E . dames , M . A ., Vicar of Carisbrooke , was accordingly read , in which that gentleman declined to grant a lease to those gentlemen

who proposed to erect a suitable building over the villa , so as to render it accessible fo the public at all times ; at the same time , the vicar expressed his intention of covering in the figured pavements at the bath and leaving the tesselated pavement alone open on terms of subsequent consideration . The chairman remarked . that , in relation to the Roman villa , there appeared to be but one general wish , and that was that the whole of it should be

uncovered . They had only begun a work , and did not know where it would end , or what it would lead to . The extent of the villawas not as yet known ; tlmy did not know what other beauties would be exposed to vieiv ; they did not know what treasure might remain hidden by the ancient Roman who formerly inhabited the villa , or what jiots of coins mi ght be concealed . Pots of coins had been found in other places : one containing six hundred

was found at Shanklin . Roman coins and other treasure had sometimes been discovered of great value . Until the whole of the villa ivas exposed it would not satisfy any one who had an antiquarian mind . It ivas the feeling of the committee that the whole should be uncovered . He did not think that the vicar knew of the strong feeling which existed relative to the ruins , a feeling extending throughout- the whole countryfrom the peasant

, to the crown . He thought that the committee should wait upon the vicar , and then perhaps he would relent , and uncover the whole of the villa . As much as twelve pounds in a day had been alread y taken to view it in its present condition , and ' what an extra source of attraction it would be if the whole were

exposed to view . It would be a vast ornament to the locality , and also it great inducement to visitors , and hence a source of general benefit . He trusted that in the end the vicar would consent to expose the whole to public view . Dr . 'Wilkins stated the result of communications , to a degree of a private nature , he had received , and also particulars of an interview he had had with Col . the Hon . Sir Charles Phipps , and ivhich were of a hi ghly

interesting and gratifying nature , and from which , as the chairman expressed it , the same sentiments with regard to the villa were entertained , alike from the peasant to the crown . Eventually , all persons present agreeing upon the desirability of having all the ruins uncovered ( at the same time recognizing the difficulties of the position in ivhich the vicar ivas placed ) , resolutions ivere passed to the effect that nothing less than the complete

excavation ofthe villa in its entirety would be satisfactory to the public ; and that it is desirable that the villa should be constantly accessible to visitors under certain regulations of pa } -ment . Finall y it was agreed that a deputation should ivait upon the vicar to put him in possession of the important communication from an influential quarter referred , to by Dr . Wilkins ; which deputation has since waited upon the Rev . E . -James , but with what result is not yet known .

MIDLAND COUNTIES ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY . Tins association has lately made an excursion from Birmingham to the site of the old Roman city , ( Jncmiiuni . After inspecting the place and the progress of the excavation , the excursionists assembled beneath the Old AVall , to hear an account of the progress made from Mr . AVri ght ; after ivhich they visited AVroxetcr ami its ancient church , and then returned to Shrewsbury . This society wc are given to understand is rapidly rising in importance , ancl that ere long it will be in a position to rival any similar association throughout the kingdom .

Literature.

Literature .

NOTES ON LITERATURE , SCIENCE , AND ART . A Pi- 'TBitsmmc * correspondent of a contemporary , after alluding to various measures of reform which have been adopted , by tbe Russian government , remarks upon the impulse wliieh has been given to journalism by the liberal measures which have beeu adopted since the accession of Alexander II . He says : — " At this moment there are iiftv

or sixty daily , weekly , aucl monthly papers publish eel at St . Petersburg , three-quarters of whieh are written in Russian , ancl by for the greater portion started since the war . The most reliable information and the most free discussion are to be found in ttie ilussian rattier than in th-. . French or German papers . The government seems anxious that the * internal condition of the empire should be fully discussed at , home , without permitting the rest of Europe to take part , in the debate .

Russian local papers are also to be found throughout the entire empire ; indeed , there is hardly a government without one . In the St . Petersburg papers we find pretty fair reports of the proceedings in the English , parliament , translations oi articles from the Times , accounts of the late war in Italy , comments on home ancl foreign affairs , & c . " Mrs . Beeeher Stowe , the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin , " is now iu England , engaged upon her new tale , a portion of which has already

appeared under the title of "The Minister ' s Vfooing . " This title will he retained for the complete work , which may bo expected about- the first of October , ancl the serial publication will be continued as heretofore until completed . / The London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian states that nine thousand copies of the Laureate ' s "Idylls of the King" have been already sold . The same gentleman points to the fact that Mr . Tennyson

received . £ 100 for his poem in the third number of Once , a Week , as an instance of the patronage now lavished upon poetry . Is it not rather a striking proof of the extent to which publishers will go in paying for advertisement ? It was not so much the merit of the poetry that caused the £ 100 to bo paid , as the value of the name for the placard ancl the advertising column . A weekly paper , entitled the Aldershot Military Gazette , is now published at the camp .

Tlie Copyright Library of the United States has undergone a recent and very great improvement . For the last sixty or seventy years theiv has been slowly accumulating , in the north-west corner of the old state department building in Washington , a library of copyrighted books , pamphlets , maps , charts , engravings , ancl music . By the last mail we learn that the entire library , and the records of the copyrights , have been removed to the new department of the interior , and have been

placed by tho secretary under tho charge of the Commissioner of Patents . The library has nofc hitherto been well cared for ; and it is known thai many of the better sort of works are missing , though the certificates of copyrights show that they had been received . The number of volumes transferred is about 17 , 000 , not including about 2 , 000 pamphlets , ancl a large collection of maps , charts , engravings , and music . In the law

establishing the Smithsonian Institution , there was a clause requiring authors or publishers to send three copies of each work to "Washington : one to the State Department , one to the Congress Library , and the third to the Smithsonian Institution . The officials of the last-named two libraries soon became disgusted with the ! : trash" they received , or the work it entailed , and set about getting rid of both . It is now decided by the higher powers that that clause of the Smithsonian law is

not binding , and that copyrights are safe if only oue copy of each work be sent to tho right place , and be properly recorded . Moreover , the trade aucl authors arc notified that they need not pester the officials any morc * in those two other libraries by sending them their productions . Messrs . J . AV . Parker ancl Son have in the press a History of tbe Hungarian WarbOtto Wenkstemwho has had many opportunities

, y , ol : forming a just estimate of the war , aud of the actors in it . Several new books from our leading authors , especially in fiction , are announced in Boston , U . S ., for which wo hear , on reference to the authors , there is no authority , and they hear of the promised books for the first time : but for this we should hail with pleasure the announcement in the papers by this mail of ' a . new novel by Mrs . Gaskell . "

Mr . Thackeray's new monthly is now spoken of as a certainty , to commence with the new year—we believe the engagement provides for a new talc from the editor , and that a very attractive list of contents may be expected , Mr , Hughes , the author of that pleasant book ,

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