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about a quarter of a mile from the Roman 
road, which is described in the Iter of 
Richard of Cirencester; and which lies 
nearly in a direct line from the summit 
of Bignor hill, to Cinchester. The por¬ 
tion of the bath which is discovered, is a 
beautiful tessellated pavement of Mosaic 
work, in a high state of preservation, 
Jn the centre of a circle, fourteen feet in 
tiiameter, bordered with two concentric 
lines, and a twisted scroll between them, 
formed of black, white, grey, and red, 
cubes, is an hexagonal vapour bath, with 
Steps down to it, four feet wide from 
each angle to its opposite. In the centre 
of which is a leaden pipe, or caliduct. 
The bath is formed of free-stonC) and the 
surrounding pavement of cubes of pot- 
fery, and a semidiaphanous glass. This 
large circle is divided round the hexa¬ 
gonal bath, with six hexagonal compart¬ 
ments of a similar sixe, bounded with a 
ecroll border, and having within that an¬ 
other of rectangular fretwork. In the 
centre of each of these is a Bacchante 
with floating drapery, executed in a bold 
style, and the dravvingextremely correct; 
tlie colours are fresh, and the figures 
have elegance, grace, and variety. The 
large circle is bounded by a square of 
black lines, and the spandrels are filled 
with the vase, or amphora of Bacchus, 
decorated with vine leaves; and to the 
east are the remains of what evidently 
went all round it, a large external border 
of rectangular frets. At the north end 
is a smaller circle, of eight feet diameter, 
bounded with three rich borderings of a 
fret, and intertwined scroll and radii of 
black and white cubes. In the centre 
is a well-executed eagle, flying off with 
Ganymede, a most graceful floating form, 
with his Phrygian cap, crook, andGrecian 
sandals. At about fifty yards from this 
is a smaller fragment of beautiful fret 
work, a well-executed dolphin, and the 
iiiitials of T. II.’^ 
These discoveries are not much above 
fifteen or sixteen inches below the earth, 
the whole of which abounds in fragments 
of Roman pottery,stone, and plaister: and, 
from the remains of a capital, probable 
of one of the columns of the superstruc¬ 
ture, I conjecture it to have been exe¬ 
cuted in the declining times of the Ra¬ 
man empire, being a compound debase¬ 
ment of the Roman doric, of cirnte re¬ 
verse in the abacus, and a colarino 
nearly 2-3ds of a diameter below it. 
The Rev, PTr. Douglas, an antiquary of 
deserved celebrity, conjectures it to have 
been the remains of a villa of a Roman 
prgetor, who had the care of the sea- 
coasts about the time of Theodosius. 
AjP. 397." 
W 7‘^iero of the Roman Bath and teneJIated Pave-^ 
ment dlsco’vered in 1811, in a Field at 
Bignovy near Petivorthy Sussex. Drawtiy 
engranted, and Fublishcdf by T. Kingy East^ 
street, Chichester, 
This is a tolerably faithful represen¬ 
tation of the above described pavement, 
and, though not capitally engraved, has 
the merit of cheapness and fidelity of 
general representation. It will serve to 
gratify the curious, till a more elaborate 
detail shall make its appearance. 
INTELLIGENCE, 
Mr. King, drawing-master of Chiches¬ 
ter, has issued proposals for publishing 
by subscription, under the patronage of 
the bishop of that diocese, a print from a 
large painting of the Bishops of Selsey 
and Chichester, from St. Wilfred, the 
first prelate, A.D. 681, down to the re¬ 
formation. 
This picture, containing fifty-eight 
portraits, with long inscriptions, is in the 
south transept of Chichester cathe¬ 
dral, and was painted by Beinardi, in 
1519. 
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Including Notices of ITo/’As in Hand, Domestic and Foreign. 
Authentic Communications for this Article will alzcays be thankfully receixe'etj, 
letter from Capel Lofft, Eso. to Sir Rickard Pkilltps, relative to the Comet, 
dated Troston, September 17, 1811. 
SIR, 
I N hopes that they may be of some gratification to the lovers of astronomy, I shall 
offer some (emarks on the present beautiful comeL 
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