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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 .

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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 ,