The Sun.
London, England, 1825-03-19 00:00:00

MR. BUZONI.

The following article appeared In the Cam.-
bridge Chronicle, after the letter from the late Mr.
BELzoNr, addressed to his friend Mr. ilarcias,
which was inserted in TnE SUN of Saturday ins-t,
and as the widow of that enlightened traveller
and excellent man is left in but indifferent cir-
cumstances, we feel it to be our duty to present.
it to our Readers :
This interesting document of Belzoni's excellent hear'. and
frame of mind, is now in the possession of Mrs. Belzoni, to
whom it was kindly given by Mr. Briggs, as it must always
afford her a source of consolation. We are happy to state that
the renewed exhibition of the tomb will be opened in Leicester-
square during the course of this month : it will contain, in
addition to the " room of beauties" and " the hall of pillars,"
which were exhibited in Piccadilly, the grand saloon in which
the celebrated alabaster Sarcophagus was found. The whole of
the tomb has been finished with scrupulous exactness, under
the superintendence of Mrs. Belzoni and Mr. James Courtin,
who was the late Mr. Belzoni's assistant. Several Egptiart
antiquities and drawings will be placed in the room leading to
the entrance of the tomb ; and, from a correspondence inserted
in the Courier of Monday last, and which will be found in another.
part of our paper, we cannot help expressing a hope that the
matchless Sarcophagus itself will find a place in the centre of
the saloon. We are led to expect so much from the well-known
kindness anti liberality of its present possessOr : and here we
must take leave to express our regret that so precious and in-
teresting a relic of the early ages of Egyptian splendour shoUld
not have found a resting-place in that Museum for which it was
designed by the discoverer of the tomb itself; nor can we help
lamenting we ought indeed to use a stronger term) that neither
Mr. Belzoni in his lifetime, nor his widow and family since his
decease, have ever been benefitted one sixpence by the sale of
the Sarcophat,eits.• We understand, from the best authority,
that the expences incurred by Mrs. Belzoni in forwarding ant
completing the intended exhibition, have been great indeed,
and we sincerely hope that a generous public will not disappoint
her labours,—we trust that every one will feel an interest in
softening down the expression in poor Belzoni's letter—" that."
after all, he died a beggar !" and we will venture to hope that
his wife and his mother's family, who were dependant upon
Belzoni's exertions, will derive, from the success attendant on
the coming exhibition, that assistance which was denied to
'Belzoni whilst he was alive. It is to the public alone that Mrs.
Belzoni can now look : she is a native of England, and site has
strong claims upon the gratitude of this country ' • and we con.
elude with repeating our hope that she will not look to it in
vain.-(Cambridge Chronicle, March 11, 1825.
' We are surprised at. this statement, as it is well known
that the present Proprietor of the Sarcophagus, Mr. SOANE,
paid for it immediately 2,000/. in Exchequer Bills, and was be-
sides at a great expence in opening the back part of his house
for its admission. This gentleman, we understand, means to illu-
minate his house a few days hence, for the purpose of gra-
tifying his numerous friends, and other enlightened characters,.
with a view of this Sarcophagus, and his other treasures of
Antiquity.