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 having been worked on one side.
These had evidently at some remote period formed
the walls of a vault or cyst, which had fallen in.
On removal a considerable quantity of decayed
woad 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
hinges, originally somewhat massive. From among
the sand thrown out the bottom of a lachryznatory
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originally made in the position found, but that the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 the 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 son ot,..Witilam and Mary Howitt,
and a brother of the celebrated Australian explorer of th©
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 TIMEX
LTVES.—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 small
shopkeeper there, a short time since purchased a barrel of
petroleum, which we 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 come
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 mcst 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
Olbin, 11—made for the stairs, and succeeded in reaching
a side bedroom on the first floor. The eldest jumped out of
the winiow, and was picked up in an apparently lifeless
state. He has since returned to consciousness, but lies in a
very dangerous condition, being dreadfully burnt above the
gelliy.te(r)vs :
rAtn: le
face, hands, and side. The youngest s6n was less fortunate
He was overpowered in the attempt to follow his brotherunate
ehddi xiaaut
and sank upon the room floor dead.
frTiornrawmot
and Florence, aged respectively four and s'
asleep in bed at the time in a
and, from
were
mustfou nhdadveeadd,ied
instantlyi‘ years, were
feroamppethareaneffmecotsf
the shop.
bodies,T h etyh y
of the gas given off after explosion.
burnt, but is likely to recover. The houseir.Parker is badly
spectacle. The windows are forced presents a sad
which remains is charred, as also i out, and the furniture
of the building. Had it not been s the whole of the interior
assistance of the neighbours th n for the timely and hearty
would have been destroyed. e complete block of building
FILEY NEW LIFEEOA
York (Mr. R. W. Hon T.—The Lord Mayor of
tional Lifeboat lustit on) has presented to the Na-
to be stationed at Fileuti on; the cost (£2,50) of a new lifeboat
' on the Yorkshire coast, in lieu o
the old lifeboat 'which Y
transporting is there at present. The boat and hix
carriagewere conveyed to their station a few
days since, free of charge,
by the Great Northern and North
Eastern Railway Companies. The boat is 33 feet long and
eight wide, and
the usual qualities
12 oars, double banked, and possesses
es f the boats of the institution. She was
built by the Messrs. liorrest, of Limehouse. A public trial
of the lifeboat
will take place at Filey on Thursday next,
the 26th inst.

i.„1„, mesh.
THE BANK OF ENGLAND covers a whole
£.7-00 a
and the minister of that parish gets
suited to their
year, a berth that many would find justwsuld sometimes
• 'fed the Bank have
capacity and comfort. The con
vial-- and
consist of a dozen. Those who have
no doubt noticed in the central area asmall
one or two trees. That was once the
is a room in the Bank which is .
for the sake of keeping
ANOTHER MATCH ' held to represent congregation
churchyard. There
esent the church
TS has oeen
4A, THerd Lad" LeonaMr. James
arranged between the
Martin,n. Play ia
nits emoluments.
t.
and the trial
Robert Monday, Jan. 18,
the living
to commence in
,„,, The • match is to be for £lO9
- m •
Wyllie, Leven).
Glasgow and Mq r.uaopn_
of skill is to last for G., s
each game; and the articles set
a-side, and a bet of X 5 on
such conditions of opening the games that the result
forth „ draw," as in the case of the last match
E Ng
RAvING beeol
can scarcely
between these celebrated
SPECIMEN OF PROTOGLYPIIIC
A BEATITIFUsLTEEL
in
play ere.
by the agency of light act-
other words, a photographic
picture on steel--affected .
cals —The specimen, as stated by Mr-
Fos
bffreactteedd
solely
n certain cheat' ,
act-
ing °- c is quite untouched. It represents an exquisite
Fox Talbot,
in Java—aandrivulet f •
ravine ringed with banana-
scene i
trees. Not the least wonderful circumstance connected with
it is, that at least 5,000 c, pies can be taken before the plate
deteriorates. Such a result, after so many years of labour,
must be far Mr. Fos Talbot a genuine triumph.
Ecnoot. 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 tho
consequences are often glaringly apparent. An ill-cooked,
and as a matter of coursa indigestible, dinner is in many
families a misery of almost daily occurrence. Every effort
to comateract this serious evil is thtwetore 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, underthe able management of Mrs. Mitchell, who, we hearetrty
hope, will meet with success in her very useful and mach-
needed undertaking.
in
A NEW PIGMENT has lately been discovered
California, yielding 74 different tints, from vermillion to
dove-colour.
AIR. AND AIRS. GERMAN REE.-•a, AND MR. JOHN
PARRY will shortly appear in a new entertainmc:it, written
by Mr, Shirley Brooks,