Reprint Of Scarce, Or Curious, Books On Freemasonry. "The Life Of Sethos."

The fortieth day after the queen ' s decease being now come , all was ready for setting forward with the funeral procession , which was to march the forty leagues between Memphis and the labyrinth , in ten days and ten nights , according as the several stages were regulated . The porch of the palace was closed up from all approaches of the sun , and illuminated with lamps . Under it was placed a large chariot with four wheels , all covered over with gold . At the hinder part of the chariot was erected a throne

, with an ascent of three steps , covered with a large crown of gold , richly adorned with precious stones , and supported by a sphynx of the same metal , with large wings displayed , upon the head of which the edge of the crown rested . From the top of the crown fell down , in large folds , between the sphynx ' s wings , a cloth of purple in the form of a pavilion , covered with hierogljrphics richlembossed in goldand representing all the virtues . The

y , two extremities of this pavilion joined and crossed each other at the front of the chariot . This chariot had two poles , and was drawn by sixteen horses , four in front . Their harness was exceedingly magnificent , as on a day of triumph ; but nothing was comparable to the richness and elegance with which the queen was arrayed . She was placed upon the throne in a

sitting posture , and so artfully fastened into it that no jolt , however violent , could g ive her any motion which might make her have the appearance of a corpse . The whole machine was , moreover , in such manner suspended between its shafts that nothing could bring it out of a level . And besides , the roads , which of themselves were very good in Egj r pt , had been levelled for the convenience of this procession . ' In a word , this chariot seems to have served as a model for that in which afterwards the corpse of Alexander

was transported from Babj don to Alexandria * The queen , who had her face and bosom bare , but her eyes closed , seemed to enjoy the sweets of an agreeable slumber amidst the noise of trumpets and kettle drums with which the ah" resounded while the procession was ranged in order . What melancholy reflections were there not renewed in the hearts of those who loved herand had been deprived of her siht since her death or since her

, g sickness ! They saw her—they spoke to her—but she was no more . Those who had been the nearest devoted to her , the better to suppress their affliction , avoided looking on her for a time ; but , overpowered at last by their curiosity and affection , they cast their eyes upon her , and finding yet the same features , and the same graces , they immediately turned them away , and melted into tears .

* Diodor . 1 . 18 . ( To he continued . )

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SL ' EAKIXG WEIX 03 ? OTHERS .- —If the disposition to speak well of others were universally prevalent , the world would become a comparative paradise . The opposite disposition fills every house and neighbourhood with pain and sorrow . How many enmities and heart burnings flow from this source . How much happiness ' is interrupted and destroyed . Envy , jealousy , and the si > ii-ifc of evil , when they find vent by the lips , go forth on their mission to hurt the reputation and peace of others . Every one has his imperfections ; and in the conduct animad

of the best there will be occasional faults which might seem to justify - version . It is a good rule , however , when there is occasion for fault-finding , to do it privately with an erring one . This may prove salutary . It is a proof of interest in the individual , which will generally be taken kindly , if the maimer of doing it is not offensive . The common rule , on the contrary , is to proclaim the failings of others to all but themselves . This is unchristian and shows want of charity .