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that eminent antiquary is well known. These notes are the result 

 of an antiquarian excursion in France, made during the month of 

 August. At Champlieu, on the edge of the forest of Compiegne, 

 are found the very remarkable remains of a town, the name of 

 which is not known, with a theatre and temple, which have been 

 entirely laid open, and have presented a very large collection of 

 sculptures, and monuments of various descriptions, the more inter- 

 esting of which are deposited in the great museum formed by the 

 present Emperor, in the palace of Compiegne. Among these Mr. 

 Smith points out agricultural implements in iron, utensils for 

 cooking and other domestic purposes, personal ornaments in vast 

 numbers, and especially the gilt leaden tickets for the theatre, at 

 Champlieu just mentioned, which are circular in form, with figures 

 of deities, and one or two inscribed with the word MEDIO and 

 numerals, referring, as he supposes, to a central position in the 

 grades of seats. At Mont Berny, near Pierrefonds, on the road 

 from Champlieu to Soissons, another Roman town has been un- 

 covered, and the ruins are again of a most interesting character. 

 Mr. Smith calculates that the excavations already extend over about 

 twenty acres, and this is only a part of the extent of the town. The 

 rooms laid open, he says, may be reckoned by hundreds, some of 

 large dimensions, many of middling size, but the far greater number 

 small. The Roman name of this town is also entirely unknown. 

 The objects found in the course of the excavations are deposited 

 with those of Champlieu. in the museum of Compiegne. Mr. Roach 

 Smith's excursion extended to Soissons, the Augusta Suessionum 

 of the Romans, and to Laon, the Lugdmium of the Remi of Gallia 

 Belgica. 



It is perhaps worth our recording that early sepulchral inter- 

 ments, consisting of cinerary urns of rather rude construction, 

 sunburnt, and not made on the potter's wheel, have recently 

 been found at Wavertree, near Liverpool. They are described 

 as discoloured by smoke, as though burning matter had been put 

 into them. 



Sepulchral deposits, undoubtedly of the Roman period, have 

 also been discovered in digging for brick-work in a valley between 

 Dover and Eolkstone. They consisted of three urns, of rather 

 unusual form, a skull, round which was a circlet of bronze, two 

 tazzas, or cups, and a few brass coins of Severus, Constantine, and 

 Posthumus. In one of the urns, which had been broken and 

 mended with rivets before it was used for this interment, a bronze 

 fibula was found. Another was ornamented with bands alternating 

 with rows of knobs. 



T. W. 



