The Sun.
London, England, 1823-08-01 00:00:00

FOR- THE SUN.

Mo. Eorrtin,-.L.i visited Bramdt.an, about ten
miles from Winchester, one: day last week, to-view the remains
of a Roman habitation found on the farm of Woodcot, the
propertY of Mr. 611 M}: N'Xiodia. ' The rooms at present disco-
:vered run neatly-east and west, the principal room being si-
tuated at the south-west. angle; it is not large, but the Moiktiie
floor is in good preservation, 'iis 'it must have existed nearly
NOD ySarit, if' not more. 'The floor is composed of what may
be termed is centre piece. its eompartments, and a border; the
centre,_ ericonipmsed in an octagon, is the story of Hercules
and Antteus, but the Earth is; represented by a female figure,
who is supposed to he :holding, out her linger to re-animate
Antraos, who iii..lield -Up . by Hercules, as told in the fable.
There are also four warlike heads, all exactly alike. There
are many lines running in various directions, but all forming
octagons of different aims • the whole is surrounded by a bor-
der composed of' small bricks,i about an inch square. This
room appears to have been aired by a fire-place underneath
the floor; having eight flties, to keep up a continual beat. It
would seem that the tire was made about three feet under the
thaw, as an arch is still quite perfect, shewing where it was
made. The second good sitting room is to the north east of the
former, but it would appear only to be a secondary room, as the
Mosaic is not so neatly executed, but still sufficiently well to
• *hew its contents; the centre piece is a Medusa's head, and round
it are eight compartments, only five of which are perfect, via.;
the heads of Diana, Minerva, Mercury, Neptune and Apollo,
such as we would call busts only ; the whole surrounded, as in
the principal room, with a border similar to that, and to the ge-
neral floor of three other (apparently) servant's rooms, paved
with small red pieces of brick, placed in mortar, made so well
that we should call it cement. In a south westerly direction,
in the same field, (but apparently running forwards,) are the
remains of many other apartments, but as they run into other
fields, over which wheat is now growing, Mr. lireenwoocl
has given orders not to dig further till after the harvest ;
in the mean time, he is building walls round the present Anti-
quities, over which he means to put a roof, so that they be not
destroyed by frosts, which is most praise-worthy,
I stn, your's, &e.

A NTIQUITAS.

THE NAPOLEON Alsmotits.—We are requested
to state, that the Second Livraison of this important publica-
tion is now published. It contains among many other sub-
jects of great interest, the account Of the Expedition to Egypt,
and the policy of the French with respect to that country:—
The Battle of the Nile—Napoleon's Remarks on Maritime
War, and on the Navies of }ranee and England—Narrative
of the March of the French army on Cairo—the Battle of the
Pyramids—the taking of Cairo—the expedition of the French
into Syria—the sieges of Jaffa and St. Jean D'Acre—the
feat of Mustapha Paella, at Aboukir, &c. interspersed with a
variety of curious observations on ie Iteligmn, Laws, and
Manners of the Arabs, Egyptians, Turks, Syrians, &c. The
miscellaneous part comprises, Remarks. on the Campaigns of
Alexander, Hannibal, Cirsur, Gustavus Adolphus, Charles
XII. and Napoleon ; with a comparison between the passage of
the Alps by the latter, in 1809, and that of Hannibal : par.
oculars of the Wars of Spain and Riissia. The history and
examination of the maritime claims of England, and the oppo-
sition made to them at different periods by France, the United
Stites, the Northern Powers the armed neutrality of the
Northern States—the Battle of,Copenhagen —the Assassination
of the Emperor Paul of Russia, &c. Forty-four Notes on the
Work, entitled Manuscript from St. Helena, and that of M.
Fleury, de Chaboulon, &c. &c.

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I.l.vruistu.-'—Dr. 'WILLA it, of Edinburgh, gives
the following directions for bathing : —Persons of a delicate or
feeble constitution should not bathe curly in the morning. Cold
bathing should never be employed unless the temperature-or.
heat of the body is by exercise, or otherwise, somewhat in. ,
creased, or even when a slight' perspiration has begun...—
When the hotly has been lung exposed to exertion andfatigne,
or after profuse sweating;: when lassitude, debility, and chilli.
tiers prevail, the, tine of -the cold bath should be dreaded and
shunned. When the body is in a proper degree of heat, undresses
quickly as possible, and immerse it in the water ; remain a very
short time in the water; not exceeding a minute or two, tend
during the *hide time keep the body under the surface of
the water, On coining out of the water, quitkly resume the
ordinary dress, and use moderate ex,!rcise to promote the re.
'turn of the heat of the bony ; &Muss be felt, take break.
fiat after bathing in the morning; or, in the forenoon, some
warm soup, Notwithstanding the strong 'prejudice to
the contrary, the practice of immersing or wetting the
head, to 'prevent. as it is said, the blood from being
driven to that quarter, is not only nnnecessary,lnt positively
hurtful, as well as disagreeable. The Doctor invites to wain
parison between the comfort and agreeable feelings, which
the bather will enjoy, by avoiding this violent practice of to al
submersion and the tingling ears, blinded eyes, and IN Mai
suflbeatfon which are occasioned by soddenly plunging the h.ad
tinder water. The method of bathing children in the sea by
throwing them backwards into the water and plunging them
head and CAM under its surface, is also severely reprobated.
A Wcor INDIAN ll TM.% lIT,
in.his View of the Past and Present state of Ja-
•melca, says,—" A hurricane is usually .procetled
by awful anti certain prognostics. An .onusus
calm prevails ; not a breath of wind is felt ;
atmosphere is close and sultry, the clouds wild,
broken, and perpetually and rapidly shifting ;
at length a deep and portentous gloom gra4
dually settles and overspreads the hemisphere ;
the sun, is enveloped in darkness ;• ' a deep,
hollow, and murmuring sound, is indistinctly
heard, like the roaring of a distant cataract,
or the howling of winds through remote woods ;
rapid and transient gusts of wind and rain
speedily succeed ; various birds of passage are
seen hastily driving along the sky, or are thrown
down by the violence of :those gusts ; even the
cattle, grazing in the fields, us if instinctively
aware of the approaching danger, withdraw to
the thickets for shelter. The blasts soon become
more impetuous; at one moment they rage with
inconceivable fury, 'and the ensuing instant seem
as if it were suddenly to expire. In a few hours
the hurricane reaches its acme of violence—when
all the winds of heaven, and from every point of
the compass, winged with destruction, seem let
loose from their caverns. The largest trees are
thrown prostrate, orshattered and stripped of their
foliage; the provision-grounds are laid waste ; the
sugar-canes level Itql,to the earth, and, in the more
exposed situations, torn up by the roots, end waft.
ed about like chaff. Many of the dwellings are
blown down, or unroofed, and their inhabitants
too often either buried it; the ruins, or driven
forth to perish unsheltered.—Nothing can be
more appalling than the wild howling and
threatening violence of a hurricane during the
night, when the vivid and quickly-succeeding
gleams of lightning, darting athwart the heavens,
make 4 darkness visible,' and heighten the horrors
of the scene."

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—On Wednesday night,
about eleven o'clock, the wife of a Mr. WEIGHT.
MAN, a respectable artist residing at 110, Pitch.
field-street, in a fit of temporary derangement,
precipitated herself from her bed-room win.
dow, two storks high, on to the pavement at
the hack of the house. The people of the
house were so horror.strurk at the circuit.).
stance, that had it not been for the presence of
mind and promptitude of a Gentleman who oc-
cupies the lower part of the house, the lanforto.
nate female would perhaps have died before as-
sistance was procured. Mr. Middleton, surgeon,
of Titchfield-street, was called in, who, from
the dreadful state of the poor women, thought it
necessary to send for Mr. Brooks of Marlborough.
street. When the usual painful operation to raise
the flesh from the skull for examination had taken
place, it did not appear that the skull was frac-
tured, but the head was otherwise so much in-
jured, that the unfortunate sufferer is in such a
state as to leave no hope of her recovery.