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Lowther. This altar is inscribed, 

 " Genio loci, Forfume rccluci, lionue 

 Mtcrnoe, tt Fato boiiu," &c. It is 

 said to be the most curious Roman 

 altar that ever Mas discovered in 

 Britain, and it is particularly de- 

 scribed both by Camden and Hors- 

 ley, who go into a long train of 

 conjectures respecting the instru- 

 ments sculptured on its sides, which 

 are the pnefcriiulum, the patera, the 

 axe, and the knife. — The metal 

 which the vases in question are 

 formed of, seems to be a composi- 

 tion of refined brass, capable of re- 

 ceiving a very high polish, and so 

 flexible that it allowed the artificer 

 to form them excessively thin. At 

 the top and bottom of the vases it 

 is evident that they have been turned 

 and finished in a lathe. From tlierc 

 being no accompanying altar or in- 

 scription, we regret that we cannot 

 I suppose exactly the time of the cm- 

 1 pire when these sacred vessels have 

 been used. Thc^ only guide is the 

 I elegant sculpture of the handles, 

 i which consists of four tiers of 

 ; groupes of figures, in excellent 

 I workmanship, and all apparently il- 

 I lustrative of sacrifice. The uppcr- 

 1 most seems to be two persons hold* 

 i ing, or preparing, a cow or bullock 

 for sacrifice ; the next, a person 

 ' taking hold of a hog for the same 

 ! purpose; the third, a priest clothed 

 in his robes, standing at an altar, 

 I holding something on it ; the lower 

 ! one, which is the most beautiful, is, 

 , on the one side, a man clothed in 

 I complete armour, holding a knife, 

 ' as if going to sacrifice a sheep or a 

 ; lamb, which another person below 

 holds for that purpose ; on the 

 other side the priest stands, with 

 I another knife or sword, attending 

 the ceremony. These vases are, 

 from their extreme rarity, and from 



other causes, unquestionably of 

 much greater value than was at 

 first set upon them. 



Pied.' — 2d. At Wallace town, 

 Ayr, Jane George, aged 110 years 

 and 10 months. This woman was 

 born at Edinburgh, never had any 

 illness, retained her faculties to the 

 last, and died without a struggle. 



She attended the late Earl of Eg- 

 linton in his infancy, and has en- 

 joyed a pension from that noble fa- 

 mily ever since. In her 47th year 

 she had a son, who is now in his 

 64th year. 



nth. Mr. .John Miller, of Lane- 

 End, Staffordshire, aged 106. He 

 was attended by thirty friends to 

 the grave, whose united ages amount- 

 ed to 12i)6 ! 



I3th. At Kingston, at the ad- 

 vanced age of 109 years, George 

 Gregory, supposed to be the last of 

 the crew of the Centurion, which 

 ship bore Lord Anson in his cir- 

 cum-navigation. He never knew a 

 day's illness since he went to sea in 

 1714. 



MARCH. 



1st. This morning, between one 

 and two o'clock, a fire wa« disco- 

 vered in the large factory at Garrat- 

 mill, in jNlanchester, belonging to 

 Messrs. Wood and Foster, and in 

 the occupation of several persons. 

 It was soon one immense blaze, and 

 in less than two hours the building 

 was reduced to a mere shell. The 

 damage is estimated at 20,0001. 



This morning a fire broke out at 

 the house of Mr. Laperte, No. 21, 

 Winchester-Row, Paddington, and 

 though the damage done to the pre.» 

 niises has been comparatively tri- 

 fling, it has been attended by dread- 



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