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London, England, 1825-12-29 00:00:00

REMAINS OF ROMAN LONDON.

;excavations lately made in different parts of Lon-
ices' mancrials of ancient days have been found.
days ago, as some workmen in the employ of
lick, the architect, were digging I war the foun-
the new Trinity Church, they discovered a
,e se of very peculiar form. Shortly after the
struck against a vase of considerable dimen-
'bleb could not be accurately ascertained, as it was
idy broken to pieces, and the fragmenss were
shoveled away ; but from an examination of
deli were picked up, it was judged that the vase
t four feet high. Many fragments of Roman pot-
klv of a light sort of stone-ware, have been dug up
It is supposed that this spot is contiguous to that
Rigford mentions in his letter to Hearne, as the
chich a number of Roman remains had been found.

iwiek added the first specimen to the collection of
It, the architect and antiquary. The latter
has formed a small museum of the various
4tiquities which have lately been discovered in the
of Southwark, by the labourers who are employed
- the sewers near his own house in Union-street.

a remains were found, and amongst them was
• a singular shape, bearing some resemblance to a
stone bottle. The aperture is perforated with small
• is evidently adapted as a sort of watering-pot,
the principle of the common implement used in
,ilea of liquor from casks, in which the fluid is
as long as the orifice at the top is kept c'osed by
hut from which it flows as soon as the finger is
It is conjectured from the workmanship that
the Roman Situlus. A Samian cup and several
Samian ware, were found near the same spot.
fragments resembled those dug up in Lour-
near Birchin-lane, in 1786.
workmen were digging for the erection of 'a
engine at Messrs. Barclay ami Perkins's brewery,
fogad a human skeleton, between the legs of which
•!iscovercd a vessel containing several Roman coins,
of the Lower Empire.
the dissenters' burying-ground was found, a short
, a Roman bypocaust or flue. In the whale line
•street and Blackman-street various remains have

On the south aide of St. Saviour's church a
tesselated pavement was dug up by some of Mr.
workmen, but he was only enabled to remove a few
A number of Roman coins were also found in
place. A copper coin of Antoninus I'iva, with a
on the reverse, was found M St. Saviour's church-
.e head is in excellent preservation, and the axe-
perhaps not excelled by any modern coin—
not by any of our own. In the course of the ex-
for the new London-bridge a quantity of Roman
was found, which it was conjectured had belonged
Roman embankment, which had fallen into the
Ihe same time. From the remains found in various

. the neighbourhood, it is supposed, indeed, u
seems to exit, although the circumstance is not

in our histories, that Southwark was once a
flourishing Roman station. Amongst the works
• in the course of the restoration of St. Saviour's
the progress in which such absurd impediments
I presence' by a party of the learned parish
j, a quantity of Roman bricks were dug up, near
ttnal Court, and were ascertained to have been

, with the hint in the walls. The greater part of
tuities have been collected and preserved by Mr.
Indeed his success as a collector has raised up
wale, who narrowly watch the works carried on at
at.wers, drains, or excavations, in the hope of
with something curious. The foremost of those
Gaitakell, the magistrate ; but Mr. Gwilt has
succeeded, and driven away all chance from his
'tors by the art of liberal rewards to the workmen.
terstani he has obtained one funereal urn, with an

which is likely to pose the Antiquarian Society.
atiquary who has yet been allowed to see it has
. different construction of, and built a different hypo-
upon it. It is probable that in carrying on the works
-ew streets, and in digging to form the improvements
tropolis, discoveries may be made, which, if they
itbin the knowledge of the learned, will serve to eluci-
- rite of the Roman London, or Augusta, now
of lo Itch wide and wild conjecture. 111 form-

Ate new buildings at the India House a con-
client of ground was elated, and whartits ca-
lm Roman road was discovered. Mr. Fisher, of
'avian Society, who gave an account of the su-
tosaic pavement discovered in Leatlenhall-street
, examined the spot very accurately, and will,
ene, give to the Society a paper on the subject,
scriptive of his discoveries. There can be little
many antiquities have been destroyed or dis-
account of ignorance of their value, and that
interesting remains, which mi'ht, have furnished
,cful perhaps to the historian, have recently been
without having for a moment excited the least
curiosity. Behind Coldbath-fields prison were
lately nsany piles and some stone-work, which
to be the vestige of a bridge of great antiquity.
lids near Old Pancras Church, which were con-
ty Stukely to be the remains of a Romin
I which it is highly probable, notwithstanding the
of his other conjectures respecting it, were se-
.hat he described them to be, have been all ob-

,y the band of modern improvement. The Spi-
lathematical Societ learning that the Roman
the fields behind White Conduit-house would
obliterated by the brickmakers' have had a draw-
Iken. We were yesterday led to examine a tomb
eery ancient church of St. Katherine, which
are now employed in pulling to pieces, for
'pose of forming the new St. Katherine's Dock.
le tomb of John Duke of Exeter, who was, we
Inch: to Henry V., and was with him at the
Agincourt. The skull is now in possession of Mr.
the surveyor. The cranium is small and retir-
those who profess to be learned in such matters
knee of royalty and legitimacy, as well as of
The teeth are remarkably perfect. It would ap-
his tomb had once before been opened and plun-
In his will he bequeathed to the high altar
torch " a cuppe of byrol, girwished with gold,
Ind precious stones, to be put in the Sacrament,"
amber of other memorials of the Duke are to be
tgat the town records.

ignor de Begnis was going in a coach to his friend
on Monday afternoon, the horses ran away in the
id, and clashed into a narrow passage a little beyond
Marylebone church, where they injured the body
Igs of the carriage against a post. On bein; backed
resumed their course, galloping wildly down the
the carriage all on one side. Signor de Begnis
red :o escape through the door, but in the attempt
am and forehead considerably. The horses were
topped by the people, and the eminent vocalist
;cued from his perilous situation without further

xtablc farmer, named Parker, who resided at
1, near Lanchester, in the county of Durham,
by his own bull, on Friday morning last, in the
.h.

ionday night, the litdi instant, about eleven or twelve
Mr. W. B. Gill, jun, of Wood Norton, a member
oulsham Association, was suddenly alarmed by the
his yard dog, and immediately suspecting that
yves were upon his premises, went out with his
tking his double barrelled gun. On coming near
louse, he observed a man to issue thence, and im-
. discharged both barrels at him. The thief then
add murder him, and aimed so violent a blow at
that it broke the barrels of the gun, and injured
land. On Mr. Gill calling for another gun, the
Imediately decamped, leaving a hat and five
I one sack, and duce empty ones. Mr. Gill then
friend's at Little Fransham, from whence be ex-
thieves came. Some men saw two persons shortly
I come to a house in a cart, change horses, and
tly afterwards start ; one of them was without a
men were followed and ultimately secured—one
rransham and the other at Atticburgh ; a third
after wards said to have been severely wounded,
time these two men escaped from Mr. Gill's, was
barn near. The two men were fully committed
'Y the Rev. D. Hoste.—Buey Gazelle.

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now „ire of the n
vase of
has ;;Ir.lll
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toll
II of ao, which Co
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vet, ; „tasty shove
laid Mat *Nell set
shoot four I
is is chief/ a a
ides „:Ir. It is Gni
Sing tic"! Distort'
its ; • in which a
died Chadwick a
I in k. Gwilt, the
-ntlonsn has
here ' ;An. In antiquitii
dia., ,ugh of Sout)
own ass:gins the
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testi of a situ
, kin stone bott
rt, and is evi
re. •:; upon the
trees
'in g samples
per- •
31'It'd as long
f.:: -er , but
for
joreil..,„"nt is
rof ,s utensil is the
cimens g flat
ring
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are -greet, TIC3I
can While tame w
1. gam engine al
:6, dry found aht
Per- •
lee discovered
lie ly of the 14
Sell the dins
e4glTe. lye ago, a Ron
IV. d Co:on-street
teed ern discovered.
Roman tesselatc
arr. J. 4
workmei
the hvocnts. A T
femme place.
!tree ifimania on the
hen
pod. The her
dust-
• •
utiol is perhai
tbe iguirsly not by
'the ovations for th
oortar was rout
aln_
ityie some Roman
rirr at the same
Ilea
LICIT ?kecs in the n
t ter, touts seems to
e
acne:toed in m
and Ilvy flourishing
riled in th•
aim
Church, tono the p
vas.
fan-ice been pres
este ligoitaries, aqu
o e he Spiritual Cc
roue worked in with •
the, • :he snetquities
1: eh Mat. Indeed
illy, any rivals, wh
o be LI new sewers
ir ofacting with so
.s Mr. Gaitske
eery
!.itherto succeed
•
impetors b t
rely ' Ire owtilentiny I
eco-
nos inscription whit
tiles Every antiquan
✓et.. pre a different
• tile thesis upon it.
ig d the new street
Aide i the metrepoli‘
ices mac within the
ec,e slre the site of
Be a matter of 511
don leg the late nee
Mastic esitent
, &red
the Ron
Len the Antiquarian
pith Prb Mosaic p
a 1903, exam]
we presume, tie
fully descriptiv
doubt that man]
ram' on accout
zumerous inters
'nl nutter useful p
• becken up with(
degree of curia
dug up lately
Nay appeared to be t
be' I be mounds ne
sidtred by Doe
lamp, and which
wildness of his
, wally what he
i lit rated by the
• • -Mather
nunp in the fi
on soon be obliten
og of it taken.
01 is the very a
bo workmen are
the purpose of
It was the tomb
▪ believe, uncle I
battle of Asitico
t Compton, the in
tit ing, which those
1 a sal is evidence •
g I valour. The to
Ire pear that Isis ton
n tiered. In lii
• of the church
p rtes, and prec
a number
sun amongst tb
As Signor de
• rtauti, on AIOT
d N.w-rostl, and t
the new idaryle
and springs of tl
'at they resume
road null the cs
• eusleavoused to •
brnlda arm ant
a! last stopped
sits rescued frc
I injury.
.1 respectable
• (rook-hall, net
• vas killed by hi
cask garth.
On Monday ni
o'clock, Mr. W,
of the Fouhham
Larking of bill
sane thieves at
"enant, taking I
• t'te fowlbouse,
• mediatcly
sad he would in
1 Air• Gill, that it
y Nir. Ws hand.
'nioun immetlia
1 turk• ys in one a
rill to a friend'
I" mtl the thievt
..fttrwanls corns
,n,niediately efts
hat. The men
:It Great Fransb
man was afters+
aid at the time •
Ling in a barn
.atrial by the I