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 Cy> NOTICES OF REMAINS OF A KOMAN CHARIOT, as the Hiberno-Saxon. The borders of the '' Durham Book," date about 700, may suffice as an example. The hke orna- ment occurs in early Irish sculpture, as also probably in metal-work. The relics of Roman occupation in South Wales, thus brief!}" noticed in the foregoing remarks, may suffice to show how varied is the character of the vestiges of that remarkable people in this part of Britain, and how desirable an object has been contemplated, in supplying a permanent place of deposit for all antiquities which may be brought to hght in a district rich in Historical and Archaeological recollections. The two plates accompanying the foregoing notices have been ver}" kindly prepared by Mr. Lee, and jDresented to the Institute, for the gratification of the readers of the Journal. They have been etched by himself, and faithfull}^ pourtray some of the curious relics which have repaid his recent explorations at Isca. The Central Committee desire to express their thanks, in acknowledgment of this kindness on the part of an archaeologist who has achieved so much for the illustration of the antiquities of his country, and to whose laudable exertions is mainly due the establishment in that place of a very interesting local ]Iuseum. NOTICES OF REMAINS OF A ROMAN CHARIOT, PRESERVED IN THE MUSEUM AT TOULOUSE. BY THE LATE WILLIAM BROMET, M.D., F.S.A. I DO not know that any detailed account has as yet been published of the remains of an ancient car, stated to have been discovered by Sir W. Lawson, in a tumulus upon his property in Yorkshire. The restored bronze car in the Vatican, the dissevered portions of another found by Lucien Bonaparte, at Canino (now in possession of Ms widow, and for sale), and a few fragments of one found in 1813, at Peruccia, of which some ai-e in the museum there, and some were in the collection of Mr. Dodwell, are the only real monu- ments of this kind now extant (unless, indeed, there be some frao;mcnts in the British ^Museum, and a wheel stated to exist