The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-21 00:00:00

ROMAN RELICS,

An interesting discovery was made at Norton, in
the East Riding, early in this week. A labourer
digging for sand in a field cast of the town belong-
ing to Mr. W. Crawford, found a flag about a yard
below the surface. Upon excavating round and re-
moving the flagstone (which was of limestone shale)
several other stones (sandstones) were found, all
bearing evidence of ha
somevingben
These had evidently
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remote
period o no
formedside.
at
the walls of a vault or cyst, which had fallen in.
On removal a considerable quantity of decayed
wood and several human bones, of which a por-
tion of the skull was most distinct, were found
below, from which Were taken two implements of
iron, deeply corroded, resembling very rudely formed
'singes, originally somewhat massive. From among
the sand thrown out the bottom of a lachrymatory
of the ordinary sun-baked Roman pottery and vari-
ous fragments of the same, together with the lid of
a different utensil of the beautiful red pottery
known as Samian ware, were gathered. There
did not seem to have been any cinerary urn—.
indeed, from the condition of the bones,
cremation had evidently been absent. The field
in which the burial has been found has yielded a
very large number of small copper coins of the Em-
peror Constantine. Mr. G. Pycock, the antiquarian,
has examined the place and the relics, and is of
opinion that the burial, though Roman, was not
originally made in the position found, but that the
remains have at some period been found and rein-
terred, with the pottery, in th© box (of which the
decayed wood and hinges gave evidence), and that
the stones of the original cyst had been carelessly
piled around the second interment, the box having
been first placed upon a sort of pavement, about
five feet below the surface.

Mr. Howitt, a bon ay W itliam and Mary Howitt,
and a brother of the celebrated Australian explorer of the
same name, has, with three others, been drowned, owing to
the upsetting of a canoe on Lake Brunner, in the western
district of Canterbury, New Zealand.

PETROLEUM ACCIDENT AND Loss OF THREE
LIVES.—An explosion of American oil, attended by
loss of life, took place at the village of Oxenhope, in York .
shire, on Wednesday night. Mr. John Parker, a steall
shopkeeper there, a short time since purchased a barrel of
petroleum, which wo are informed was sold as Young's
patent paraffin oil. Requiring to use a portion of it, he was
in the act of raising the cask to a convenient place upon the
counter, where a candle was burning. When about half a
yard away from the light a leakage was observed, and in an
instant a loud explosion occurred, blowing Mr. Parker com-
pletely through the doorway. The whole house was quickly
enveloped in flames, and the inmates of the shop Mrs. Parker
and two sons, were thrown down with great violence. The
mother had a most miraculous escape. On recovering her
feet she rushed to the cradle, snatched her infant to her
arms, and passing through the fire, gained the road with
but little injury. The sons—John William, aged 17, and
Olin, 11—made for the stairs, and succeeded in reaching
a side bedroom on the first floor. The eldest jumped out of
the window, and was picked up in an apparently lifeless
state. He has since returned to consciousness, but lies in a
hands, and side. The youngest son was less fortunate
very dangezons condition, being dreadfully burnt above the
He was overpowered in the attempt to follow his brother,
and sank upon the room floor dead. Two daughters Ann
and Florence, aged respectively four and six
years, were
asleep in bed at the time in a room immediately over the
shop. They were found dead, and, from the appearance of
the bodies, they must have died instantly from the effects
of the gas given off after explosion, Mr. Parker is badly
burnt, but is likely to recover.
also is the whole of the interior
e house
spectacle. The windows are forced
which remainsg .is cHhaardreitd,nasetpresents a sad
ifnthe neighbours the out, and the furniture
been for the timely and hearty
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tional Lifeboat lustitur LIFEBOAT.--
York Lord Mayor of
York (Mr. R. W. ROI
Io) has presented to lifeboatto be stationed at Filet',
the old lifeboat 'which
ion; the cost (250) of a new
on the Yorkshire coast, in lieu o
days since, free of charge,
Eastern Railway Companies. is there at present. The boat and her
transporting carriage
eight wide,were conveyed to their station a few
pgane,ibeys.theTGherebaotaNteisrt3h3erfeneant
loduNgoarntah
built by androws 12 oars, double banked, and possesses
the usual
the Messrs.. Forrest, of Limehouse.
qualities of the boats of the institution. She was.
A public trial
of the lifeboat
will take place at Filey on Thursday nest,
the 26th inst.

THE BANK OF ENGLAND covers a whole parish,
£7OO a
and the minister of that parish getsed to their
year, a berth that many would find
capacity and comfort. The congregation
.ated
the
consist of a dozen. Those who have visited
grass plot and
no doubt noticed in the central area a small There
That was once the churchyard.
t the church
one or two trees.
held to rePresen
is a room in the Bank which is
livingand its emoluments.
just
twsould sometimes
Bank have
for the sake of keeping up the
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scene in Java—a ravine an rivulet fringed with banana-
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trees.
it is, that at least 5,000 c. pies can be taken before the plate
Fir:toga Talbot, c erta I
is s chemicals.—The
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deteriorates. Mr. Fosa result, after so many years of labour,
must le for Talbot a genuine triumph.
SCHOOL FOR COOKERY,_,.. The art of cookery,
which, as a rule, should, form a department of female
education, especially among the middle classes of society,
is unfortunately greatly neglected in this country,
and the
consequences are often glaringly apparent. An ill-cooked,
and as a matter of course indigestible, dinner is in many
families a misery of almost daily occurrence. Every effort
to counteract this serious evil is therefore deserving of
encouragement, and we are glad to observe that a step has
been taken in the right direction by the establishment of a
school for culinary instruction. This institution is now in
practical operation at No. 111, Great Portland-street, under
the able management of Mrs. Mitchell, who,we hea
hope, will meet with success in her very useful and mtirhy:
needed undertaking.
A NEW PIGMENT has lately been discovered in
California, yielding 74 different tints, from vermillion to
dove-colour.
AND MR. JOHN
much"
M
R. AND MRS. GERMAN REED
PaltitY will shortly appear in a new entertainment,
written
by Mr, Shirley Brooks.