The Table book; . tion, the onlyreturn I ask, is, that thou wilt be a friendto the Roman people. The young prince in a transport of de-light, and scarcely able to believe what hesaw and heard, pressed the hand of Scipioto his heart, and implored ten thousandblessings on his head. The parents of thehappy bridegroom had brought a large sumof money, as the price of her redemption ;Scipio ordered it to be placed on theground, and telling Allucius that he insistedon his accepting it as a nuptial gif* directedit to be carried to his tent. The happy pair returned home, repeatingthe praises of Scipio
The Table book; . tion, the onlyreturn I ask, is, that thou wilt be a friendto the Roman people. The young prince in a transport of de-light, and scarcely able to believe what hesaw and heard, pressed the hand of Scipioto his heart, and implored ten thousandblessings on his head. The parents of thehappy bridegroom had brought a large sumof money, as the price of her redemption ;Scipio ordered it to be placed on theground, and telling Allucius that he insistedon his accepting it as a nuptial gif* directedit to be carried to his tent. The happy pair returned home, repeatingthe praises of Scipio to every one, callinghim a godlike youth, as matchless in thesuccess of his arms, as he was unrivalledin the beneficent use he made of his victo-ries. Though the story is known to most read-ers, its relation, in connection with rhediscoveiy of the valuable present from theconquered city to its illustrious victor,seemed almost indispensable, and perhapsthe incident can scarcely be too lami-liar. 133 THE TABLE A BRONZE AXTigUi:. FOUXI) IN THE THAMES,. IlT DIGGING FOR THE FOUNDATION OF NEW LONDON BRIDGE, JANUARY, 1827. It is presumed that this article, from itspeculiar curiosity, will be •welcomed byevery lover and preserver of antiquities. To the Editor. Sir,—The remarkable vessel from whichthis drawing is taken, was discovered a fewdays since, by a labourer employed insinking one of the coffer-dams for the newLondon bridge, embedded in clay, at adepth of about thirty feet from the bed ofthe river. It isofbroiize, notcast, but sculp-tured, and is in so perfect a state, that theedges of the different parts are as sharp asif the chisel had done its office but yes-terday. The only portion which has suf-fered decay is the pin that attached the lidto the other part, which crumbled away assoon as exposed to the air. At first, it was conjectured that this vesselwas used for a lamp; but the idea wassoon abandoned, as there was no part cal-culated to receive the wick ; and the
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