Archæology. Roman Remains.

description of military life is from a manuscript of the nineteenth dynasty of the Egyptians : 1 . Tlic Grammatc Aureueniap says to the Grammatc Penbasa : 2 . AVhen you receive tins writing of cadeneed prose , oh ! may you find the work of the author agreeable . 3 . I wish to portray to you tho numerous tribulations of an infantry officer . fAVhile still a manhe is shut in his barrack

. young , up . 5 . Armour encompasses aud j > rosses his body ; a defensive piece descends over his eyes . 0 ' . The vizor is upon his eyebrows ; his head is protected against wounds . 7 . He finds himself squeezed up like a roll of papyrus ; his motions are impeded in battle . S . Shall I tall you of his expeditions in Syria , of his marches in distant ions ?

reg 9 . He must carry water upon his shoulder , like an ass . 10 . His back is chafed , like that of a beast of burden , and his spine is bent . 11 . AVhen ha has quenched his thirst with corrupted water , he must return to the nightwatch . 12 . If he reaches the enemy , he is like a goose taken in a net , aud his members have vi

no gour . 13 . AVhen he returns towards Egypt he is like wood gnawed by worms . 14 . If sickness happens aud obliges him to lie down , they tie him on an ass . 15 . His effects are plundered by thieves and his servant abandons him . M . Rouge added that a similar strophe depicts the troubles of a cavalry officer , and thus we find in this familiar literature of the time of Moses a new view of—and probably the true opinion ofthe people tired out with the long aud bloody wars of llameses II .

DISCOVERY OF RELICS . Excavations are now taking place at the City of London Gas AA orks , AAfiitefriars , for the purpose of erecting a new gasometer , and ' the workmen have these last few days discovered , at a depth from fourteen to sixteen feet , some very interesting relics of the 13 th , 14 th , 15 th , and ICth centuries , consisting of spurs , with ornamental rowels , and ancient keys , knives and spoons , scissors ,

a crucifix of the 14 th century , as worn on the dress by monks of that period , curious pointed shoes of the reigns of Edward the Third and Richard the Third , together with some saddle trappings , all in an excellent state of preservation ; a lady ' s gold finger ring , set with a small ruby ; silver coins of Richard the Third ; a sixpence of Elizabeth ; some Nuremberg or Jetton tokens ; a few fragments of ancient potteryone piece of Romanbearing initials

, , at the bottom of N . A . M . I . L ., C . R ., also some brass pins , and needles , and wire . These remains have been dug up considerably below the foundations of old walls come iu contact with by the workmen ; and upon a close examination of the earth and locality , the probability is that at some distant period the spot was washed over by the Thames .

Masonic Friendship.

MASONIC FRIENDSHIP .

FRIENDSHIP is one of the greatest blessings which the benevolent Author of our nature has conferred on our fallen and imperfect state ; and its sincerity is tested and its blessings are peculiarly appreciated in seasons of calamity . The Scriptures speak of a "Friend who is born for adversity , " but O , few have such friendships in this selfish world . How few are there who will rally around us the closer when the storms of adversity assail us ;

who will open their purses to relieve us in our embarrassments ; and who will whisper a kind word of encouragement , when the blasting scowl of the world is directed towards us . Yet such are the reverses and sudden vicissitudes of life that every one should calculate on the occurrence of such calamities and make provision for them . I see the ocean covered with foam—the wind is raging with the fury of a hurricane , and nothing save dismantled vessels

or the wreck of those that perished meets the eye . But beyond , in the far distance , I see a sunny , sheltered bay , where the vessels can careen in safety , uninjured by the storms that are raging without . Such a haven does Masonry open amid the calamities of life ; she assures every brother of the Order that if age should steal on himwithout having made provision against its infirmitiesor the

, , reverses of fortune should plunge him into poverty , —she assures him , I say , that ruthless want shall never enter his dwelling ; that his little ones shall not cry in vain for food ; that his circumstances in life shall be relieved ; and if he has attained to old age , that while there is a shilling in our treasury , or a spark of bene-

Masonic Friendship.

volence m our hearts , he shall be assisted in weathering the storm of life , and his sun set calm and clear in the west . Bear with me while I suppose another case ; and , brethren of the Order , in the picture I may be sketching the domestic relations of some one present . Here is a widow , and what a volume of sorrow is embraced in that one word . Iler afflictions commenced when tho partner of her affections was taken from her by

a hereditary and incurable disease . She sat by his bed-side , and witnessed the gradual approach of the grim tyrant , and when the period came , so long foreboded , that the hand locked in hers could no longer retain the affectionate grasp , she felt as if all that bound her to existence was irretrievably gone . Meanwhile her child sprung up to divert the sadness of her solitary hours , and to plead her cause in the gate ; but , alas ! the azure of that kindled

full orbed eye , and a burning spot which occasionally upon the cheek , shewed that the beloved child was destined for an early and premature grave . Aud now that lonely widow has witnessed the extinction of all her hopes , and as she now lives husbandless and childless , amid the relics of by-gone days , she cries out iu the bitterness of her sorrow , " Call me not Naomi , call me Marahfor the Lord hath dealt bitterlwith me . " And

, y shall this daughter of sorrow be left to struggle alone with poverty and neglect ? No , he whom she mourns was a brother ; and therefore she shall be watched over—she shall have a home while she lives , and an honoured grave when she dies . Everything that the kindest sympathy and affection will avail , will be done to soothe the sorrows of her heart and rock the cradle of

her declining years . To employ a final illustration , you _ visit foreign lands with the view of witnessing the manners and institutions of other countries . A traveller is subject to many inconveniences and dangers ; he is in a land of strangers and knows very imperfectly the language of those among whom he sojourns ; he is often imposed upon by false pretences ; extravagant sums are demanded for petty services ; his property is liable to be

plundered before his eyes ; or secret means may be employed to waylay and murder him , with a view of obtaining his wealth and effects . More affecting still , disease may lay prostrate the traveller in a strange land ; no kind wife or affectionate sister is near to wipe the damp brow or moisten the parched tongue with the cooling draught ; he is administered to by the cold and mercenary hands of strangersand some government official is stationed in

, his apartment to prevent his effects from being stolen by the harpies around his couch . But suppose he is a Mason , and then see how our institution cares for such ; and Masonry is diffused over the world so extensively , that there is scarcely a spot , however obscure , in any nation or community , but what the brothers may there be found . Let then , our Masonic traveller leave the land of his nativity , and go , I care not where ; let it be amid the lantations of Louisiana the

prairies of Wisconsin , or the p ; or boulevards of Paris , or the Bridge of Sighs at Venice ; amid the streets of London , or on the wharves of San Francisco ; amid the plains of Ilindostan , or the deserts of Siberia—let him be in perplexity , in danger , or sickness , or distress , he has only to employ the means he has been instructed to use , and like a scene of enchantmentall is reversedYesthat " sesame" brings the

, . , open distant near , and make the stranger become familiar ; hearts are unlocked , faces beam on us with interest and affection , the sanctuary of a home is provided for us , and the solitary traveller feels himself among his kindred , and " sits down under his own vine and fig tree , there being none to make him afraid . "—Her . Bro . II . L . Sehoonmuker .

Israelites And Egyptians.

ISRAELITES AND EGYPTIANS .

THE hostility of the Egyptians towards the descendants of Jacob , after the death of Joseph , the rigour with which the Hebrews were treated by the tyrannical government of the Pharaohs , the constant hard work to which they were subjected , had almost extinguished every spark of Masonry amongst the few children of light . The operative Masonry iu which they were so much engaged sapped the vitality of speculative or spiritual The Great Architect of the

Masonry almost to the very core . universe never slumbers nor sleeps , watching over His people . He ordered that one of the oppressed infants should be exposed to the mercy of the waters , in an " ark of bulrushes ; " and then put it into the heart of the king ' s daughter to bring the castaway into the court of the greatest of kings , and the child Moses was thus instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptiansa great

por-, tion of which wisdom the Egyptians had doubtless learned from the ancestors of those tvliom tliey now considered as their slaves . We are not only authorised by Josephus to affirm that the Egyptian sages were enriched in their minds from their intercourse with .