The Sun.
London, England, 1824-04-23 00:00:00

MR. 13ELZONI.

We have just been informed of the arrival in
London of Capt. FILMORE from Sierra Leone. This officer,
it will be remembered, in consequence of the death of Sir

ROBERT .Elms, became senior in command upon the African
station ; and during that period Mr. BELZONI arrived at Caps
Coast Castle from Teneriffe, after his unsuccessful attempt to
cross the desert by way of Fez and Tafilet. To this distin-
guished officer's kindness Mr. Belzoni considered him-
self as highly indebted ; and if Mr. Belzoni should prove
eventually successful, it will be owing in a great mea-
sure to Captain Filmore's exertions in his behalf, and
to the facilities he afforded to. Belzoni in his hazardous ex-
pedition to Timbuctoo, by permitting a native of Houssa, who
was then serving on board Captain Filmore's ship, to receive
his discharge on condition of his accompanying the intrepid
traveller. Too much praise cannot be given to Captain
more on this occasion; and every friend of humanity, and
every lover of science, must feel and acknowledge the debt
which he thus owes to a British officer. It was indeed pecu-
liarly grateful to Mr. Belzoni to receive this patronage from
Captain Filmore, since unfortunately he had experienced, on
the outset of his attempts to cross the desert, considerable
annoyance and disappointment in quarters ,where he might
have naturally • looked for every assistance and sup-
port. We are sorry to be informed that the ex.
hibition of the Egyptian Tomb, which was removed from Lon-
don to Paris by Mr. Belzoni, has not met with the encourage-
ment
it deserved, or with the success it experienced in Lon-
don. During the last year, the rent paid for the -building
occupied by the exhibition has exceeded very considerably
the amount of the profits. It is now the intention of Mrs.
Belzoni, who is still at Paris, if she is unable to dispose of the.
models, paintings; and bas-reliefs, `&c. in France, to transport
the whole of the concern to Edinburgh or Dublin, and from
thence to St. Petersburgh.—lt is to be hoped that the ingeni-
ous and accurate resemblance, which Belzoni's persever-
ance enabled him to execute, of the far-famed tomb which
he discovered in the valley of Behan El Idelech, in Upper
Egypt, will meet with more attention from the inhabitants of
one or other of the above-named capitals, and recompence Mrs.
Belzoni for the expence which a removal of so much magnitude
must necessarily occasion. It is, we find, the intention of Mrs.
Belzoni, as soon as the exhibition of the tomb is opened at St.
Petersburgh, to proceed to Alexandria, and from thence pur-
sue her course up the Nile to Chandi in Nubia, where she will
await the arrival of the different caravans, in order to gain the
much-wished-for intelligence of Mr. Belzoni's movements.—
( Cambridge Chronicle.)

CAUTION TO OWNERS OF DOGS.-Yesterday
morning between 5 and 6 o'clock, as an hostler
was exercising a couple of horses in the neigh.
bourhood of Charles-square, City-road, a large
bull-dog, that was' following a bricklayer's
labourer, ferociously, sprang upon one of the
horses, and tore his side in a most shocking man-
ner. The' horse broke from his hold, and ran
down Brunswick-place towards the City-road.—
The dog pursued him, and seized his throat, and
did not quit his hold till the horse dropped down
exhausted by the loss of blood. He then attack-
ed the other horse, upon which the hostler
was mounted, ha the same manner, which caused
him to take fright, and throw his rider, who
pitched head-foremost upon a curb-stone. The
first horse that was attacked cannot possibly live,
and the other, though likely to recover, is so
much mangled as to render it certain that he will
not be fit even for a common hack. But for the
poor hostler, he is in a very hopeless condition,
for unfortunately it was the crown part of his
head which struck the stone. From this accurate
statement, it is clear that the owner of the dog
ought, as an example to others, to be severely
punished for suffering such a dangerous animal to
be at liberty ; for it is manifest, by such extreme
negligence, both property and life are likely to
be destroyed.