The Sun.
London, England, 1821-05-19 00:00:00

ANTIQUITII64.

'We gave an aecennt, three weeks ago of the discoyery. of a
Ron San
Cemetery, sonic urns, -and other Roman vefssels, at Lit.;
lington, near Royston, in this county. Some labourers have
since been employed carefully to dig within the eeinetery,.and
have found at least two hundred and fifty human skeletons,
the skeletons of two horses, .8a stirns, all.:.cOntaining human
bones, much- • burnt—between twenty and -thirty 'simpula
twenty paterin. 'of the red samian ware, the same-number of
lachyrymatories; and about 30 Carthenvessells, made use of; it
is supposed, for the purpose of pouring the incense into, and
the libations when the biidies were burnt. Two urns. are of
creen glass, one of a square form, each side measuring eight
inches, the height of it thirteen; the other is nineh smaller.- The
handles of both are massy and beautiful, Very, to those
described in the 10th and 14th vols. of the Arenseolosia,
as dis-
covered at Lincoln and Haverhill.- Two. other glass vessels
have also been fliund; with lung necks and straight handles, the
manufacture of which is excellent; from the deposit they ap.
• pear to have contained some oleagenuos liquid. The patem of
the sarnian ware have, in the centre of the bottom, a word or
more in Roman capital letters—PATEß. —GRACISSA. p_
ELVILIA. ,DIV !CAT VS— &C. ; they vary from 'six to seven
inches in diameter, and some have a leaf on the edge.
which are adifferentoriantifecture, thounh equally been :Elul
these latter. have no Roman letters in the ,centre. Theyfre-
quently served as covers to - the urns, and are- mostly broken
by the pressure of the earth. An urn, a simpulurn, and
a paterse were in general found together ; the former con-
tiguous to the urn, and the latter, if not asn cover to it,
placed perpendicular touching the urn. in 'two or three.
instances, skeletons were found below the .urns, as if buried
previous to the urns being deposited in thee'ground ; but in gO-
neral, wherever there was an urn, there was no skeleton, and
wherever the latter was found, there were only broken pieces of
.the former. Many of these ',sere not more than a Riot beneath
the surface, arid being exposed to the weather; to pressure, and
'perhaps of bess durable materials. than some- others, were in
such a stateof 'decay ns-to be incapable of removal • but there
arc 40, all in a tolerable, some in a Completely; 'perfect state,
varying in for., and dimensions, and meassiting from 43 to 14
inches inaltitude. In sortie cases they were fotind underneath
a tile, placed over them apparently for the purpose of protect-
ing them from in jury ; these tiles are of itabikic;abotit three-
quarters of an inch in thickness, 17 in length, and, 12 in
breadth, somewhat concave, and turned down a t the edges about
an inch. The lachryinatories were often fotind close either to
the head or tip feet' of the skeletons; but some were within,
and, in a few instances, contiguottS to the urns, together with a
simpulum anti a patent they vary in form'and: sine, some Ling
of elegant appearance, though there are few much ornamented..
In the same place six 'more . coins have
.been found, One.
of silver, of Constantine the -Great, 'in high Preservation, bear-
ingon the reverse three stars over a globe placed upon an altar;
with VOTis inscribed thereon, and xx: beneath, surrounded by
the motto Beata TranquillitaS; one of Aiitoninus Pias,.,
Alexander Severus, and of Quintiles. Likewise a Roman
style,, of
.brass,
..and. a number of fabulse of the same metal.
About three years since a-stone coffin, 'containing a human ske-
leton, in a tolerably perfect state, was foimd at the distanee of
twenty yards from the aboVe cemetery towards the. north ; the
place has-been" examined, and the foundation of a building die..
covered, the dimensionS of which - are eight yards in length',
with two. projecting buttresses, and seven yards in width—the
stone' -coffin being taken out torn the centre. Several Saxon
coins have been occasionally foundin (he same
_parish, being
the silver pennies of Burgredi King of Mercia, and of
Ethel-
red the'elder, brother and predecessor of Alfred-4s is remark- -
able that the area contained within the foundatism of the walls
(whose thickness is near three feet). extends into and across the
lands of three different proprietois ; all vestige, therefOre; of the-
Walls must have ceased before the diVision of property previous:
to the Norman Conquest..—(Cambridge Chronicle, May 18:)

.
A CAUT.ION TO. FARMERS, TILAPT.::33IEN-5 &c,==-In conse-
quence of an
.ad.vertisement which recently apwared, offering
loans to any amount, and addressed to that class where such a
• bait, in -these tubes,. was likely to be most eagerly seind, wean!
not surprised to hear that some gudgeons, in swallowing the
bait, have suffered by the harb.-41: lantl.:o wile: of -this county.
accompanied by iris legal adviser.upon the - o'..casiort, mounted
the...coach to take a gaze: at the wealth of the. metropolis—by aP-
•pointment they met. the advertiser at the.. Vine in ilishopsguie7
street* Who, with.great profusion.of respect and. friendship, ex..
pressed his perfect readiness to provide him with £6OO, ionlrre..
:..
gretting. that he did not want .1:6000.-1-16wever, oneirreluni4 '..
nary was necessary to. observe.—. The advertsCr state& heLfaacl
sustamed extensive losses from preparing deeds and spoiling
stamps, in consequence of some of his clients t:aviug changed
their nunds without Completing their contracts, therefore ho
and his partnerhad come to• a resolution to insist upon five
/
per cent. being paid down as an earnest of the negotiation.--
This created some dismay •to our credulous Cantal,s ; not
that -their-repose in the high .honour of the Londoner wos
disturbed—but how to mist. 41.4-,,Tvri., 4..04- rre—qut.,-,-.1.
Our travellers, like one related by Gay, who went to see the' . •
world, now-Set, nail for Car,nbridgc; and having borrowed of
their Egyptian brethren the smn.of-301. again set out in quest
of Canaan._ Punctual .at the.apivinteci.. Vine was the wealth. -
money..lender,-and- with courtly smilcs.teceivcd•the SOI. gliing
a receipt " for Self and partner." - A subseunent day was nam-
ed for payment of' ..the 6001. and 'executing the •deed S—but lilx
the IGNIS Faruus' the gold. dence&before.their eyes, but was
not sensible to feeling as to sight. Delay .beeame.the fat,licr of
doubt,:-doubt generated suspicion,—suspicion .begat fears=fear
sprang the hue and eri, and thie -money:tenaer was apprehend-
ed.--The triumvirate -seized tipon. the po::.kets of this son ii
Manyoion, when all that could be found was the duplicate of a
pawn-waistcoat for 45...--(Cambridge t:lironicla,.May .18.) .

Thne are now growing in the garden belonging to 3.1 r.
Tatchell,:at Ludwell, four Polyanthusus with-. the' extraordi-
nary number of 3,soblossums, and many.with 50.
Pine: ripe cherries and raspherrieS, in small • potties, yesterday'
decorated the fruiterers' shups.in-Covent-garden