The Sun.
London, England, 1823-09-05 00:00:00

MR. BELZONI.

into): THE CAMBRIi)CIE CIIIIIO*ICLE.]
I
Our readers may probably recollect, that about
three walks ago we inserted an extract with which awe had been
favoured, of a letter from Mr. BELZONr, giving an account of
the failure of his projected enterprise in regard to passing Prom
Fez acrosi the Atlaritian range of hills to Tafilet, and from
thence by the caravan to Timbuctoo. As our readers, we
doubt not, arc equally interested with ourselves in the welfarw
of this intrepid and persevering traveller, we have great plea.
*Mein communicating the latest intelligence which has been
received from Mr. Belzoni. Upon leaving Gibraltar he pro-
ceeded irrot to Madeira, anti by letters which were received from
him, dated 15th July, it was then his intention to embark for
Santa Cruz, a Moorish seaport, a little to the southward of
Morocco, and from thence to cross the Great Desert in his way
to Timbuctoo ; and if he did not succeed in dull quarter, he
should try another and another till he did succeed. Letters
have since arrived from him, dated at Tenerifib on the 25th of
July, of which the following are extracts
I hays to lament my misfortune in meeting with such a
reverse, after my hopes had been so highly raised, and the seri.
ous expence I had incurred, as well as the loss of so much
precious time. My life is certainly a good deal endangered ; as
I told you in my former letter, that now the Moors see that I

have no protection, they will act towards me as they please.
But armed with the perseverance which has always conducted
'ine to the accomplishment of my wishes, I shall hope to arrive
at a happy end of this journey ; and the more obstacles which
istsay be put in my way, the more shall I exult in my final sue-
gess. Happen what may, I shall not turn' my face towards
Europe till :I reach the intended point ; and as none of the other
expeditions into Africa mention either the Niger or Timbuctuo',•
tQ bo their point of destination, I shall, make bold to aim at those
plaees, in the hope of not intruding upon the ground of other'
,travellers. I trust, indecd, that the true Englishman, whose
*motor :I have sp.:long studied, will be- the judge of my
conduct;; and, should iI prove successful, he will, I am conft4
dent, impartially bestow on me thO reward of my labours
hint I havelong dedicated, and shall continue to dedicate, my
efforts, well assured that my endeavours to gain his good
wishes, in spite of calumny and misrepresentation. will finally
be successful. I thank God I never was in a Vetter state'
of health than at the prcsept moment. I beg to be kindly
rernembereit I shall write to him as soon as I

have any thing of importance to communicate. The people
am going among, I am told, are chiefly . savages ; so much
the better—for if I meet with the worst in the beginning I shall
have better fortune to encounter afterwards."

The reason of Mr. Belzoni's failure, when he was just at the
point of setting out from Fez, and the sudden change in the
Emperor's determination concerning him, have not yet been
explained': various causes have been assigned—among which
are, the utiseiteled state of the Soudan territory, and the com-
mercial jeitlousy of the Moorish and Jewish merchants. But
one thing is quite clear, that Mr. Belzoni was not remanded to
Tangier from Fez, for any fault committed by hint—of this we
have ample and decisive proof in the following letter, which has
been submitted to our perusal: it was written in Arabic, by
Sidi Bengelul, the chief Minister to the Emperor of Morocco,
to the Moorish Consul at Gibraltar, and kindly translated into
English by Mr. Salame.

" Know-ye, that we had written other tette* to you respecting
he Great ChristiOn,
who came to us, desiring to proceed to the
Negro country ; and that we had asked permissiim of our Laird,
the Ever Victorious, for him ; and obtained his Majesty's
leave to see him ; upon which he went, 'and met his exalted
Majesty with a present after his circumstances; and requested
of him to be permitted to proceed .to the Regro country ; for
whiel bur Lord gave hirri permissions and we then began
to prepare for him the necessary things for- his journey, against
the end of Ramadan, that he might proceed with a friend of us
here to Talfilet, and were attentive to. his *train more than to
our own:; -but while we were thus engaged, a letter from his
Majesty our Lord came to us from the Palace in which he or-
dered us to convey • back The said Christian to Tangiers
ditectly. We then became quite
.drnazed and ashamed at the
mystery of the fact, and its reversed 'state. Of course we
'Could not to otherwise than obey the order; and we could
net. learn from what part this. misfortunebefel hini in
consequence of which wo remained ashamed both-'of you
and of him; because this thing happened .quite the re,
verse of what, we wrote to you . about. But God is great
and with regard to the said Christian, there was nothing
that fell frOm him to cause this displeasure; nay, I never
saw a wiser Mon than him.t. and fromshlsperfect wisdom and
steadlneas, he never went out of the place in which he was from
the day he entered, but only,on that vCry day of his Meeting our
Lord the 'En-instal.. But I shalt, if God please, investigate
the matter till I learn from whence this accident carne upon
I
him, and will inform you of it,"
We 'shell look with great anxiety for the next cornmunica.
don with which we may be fiVoured, in regard to the move-
ments of this enterprising traveller. Although,Mr. Belzoni is
not an Englishman, we cannot but consider -him as possessing
very stropg claims, both to the gratitude and to the protection
'of thhs country., He is married to an English lady; resi-
dence since his return from abroad, In 1111 R, has been princi.
pally in England ; to, his exertions, and in part to his indivi.
dual generosity, the 'British Museum is indebted for the va-
Noble Egyptian antiquities which it contains; and hie interest-
ing Travels' (and a more interesting work has not for many
years been issued from the press), are written in English, and
evince the uncommon pains which the writer has taken to make
himself thoroughly acquainted with our language.
We have been induced to offer the above remarks,
in conse-
quence of a requeet which has been made to us by a Gentleman
of this University, an intimate friend 'of Mr. Belzoni's, who.
is desirous, tlirciugh the medium of our Paper, to inform the
public, that a subscription will be immediately entered into for
the purpose of defraying die entire expense of Mr. Belzoni's
journey to Fez, where his further progress to the south was so-
unaccountably stopped, after the fairest prospects of success.
—We shall heartily promote, to the utmost of our ability, the
above benevolent intention; and we feel confident that the
public mind will sympathise most strongly with the private
friends of-Mr. Belzoni on this occasion.

We have received Paris Paper% ; but, con-
trary to expectation, they contain nothing of im-
portance, except the lollowing intelligence from
the Duke of ANGOU.LEME'S head-quarters, which
s the only article worth translation. It is ad-
mitted that the Spaniirds
.have been violently
contesting, night and day, the approaches of the
Frenclt..to the Trocadero. It is acknowledged
that theassailants have' halt 4,‘ sOme men wounded!"
This annunciation is perhaps preparatory toa con.
fession that theOttemPt.ott the Trocatlero has_been
Ibiled by the obstinate valour and incessant re-
sistance of the Constitutionalists !—The conjec,
turn is strengthened by the acknowledgment
that the grand attack on the Isle of Leon is put
of till the .28th, after having been fixed for the
25th, St. Lours's day ! Indeed, we indulge.a
hope that the threat of a combined attack. :by sea
and hind might be nothing more than an ex-
periment on the liminess of the Constitu-
tionalists, and on the fears .of the population of
Cadiz, and that the Duke of Alsoour.rs,E, finding
the -resolution of the besieged infleicible, will
shrink froni'exposing his troops to the TurdenAti
consequences, of assaulting the fortifications !
The present account affects to throw suspicion on
the Queen's Itegitneritias forming part of the gar-
rison of Cadiz. It is some tittle since the Freneh
assured us that this very Regiment of the
Queen had joined them in Estretnadura, after
submitting to the Regency!!. Here we find it,
however, still under the banners of the Con-
stitutional Government ! If it be true that it
was sent froM
'Trocadero, but
Cadiz to the
was subsequently recalled, that fact would only
strengthen the suspicion that the operations of the
French against theTrocadero had lieen frustrated,
and that the Queen's regiment, after having contri-
buted to its successful defence, were withdrawn

to some other place where their services were more
necessary. Every thing was to be accomplished
as soon as the Duke of ANGOVLEME reached Port
St. Mary !—He arrived there on the 16th. From
that date to the Nth, is twcive days; and what
has he done in the interval ?—Nuthing!

GRAND HEAD-QUARTERS.
(BY AX EXTRAORDINARY COURIER.)

44 PORT ST. MARY AUG. 24.—There is no-
thing new to-day. They have been trying night
and day, at Trocadero, to arrest the progress of
our engineers ; we have, accordingly, had some
men wounded.; but the works themselves have
not been interrupted. Both the batteries, now
called d'A ngouleme and de Carrignan, are finished.
It appears that the general attack will be de-
layed till the :?Bth.
44 The Queen's Regiment has caused some un-
easiness to the Court Officers at Cadiz. They
were embarked for Trocadero, and then recalled.
They were afterwaids sent to the Isle of Leon,
and compelled to return to Cadiz.

44 A vessel from Cadiz came hither in search
of some fruit for the King, but as those vessels
had been'seiZed which were trying to get into
Cadiz with fruit, it was easily seen that this re-
quest was merely a pretence for espionage. All
communications of this description have ceased."

CITYI Half-past Twelve o'Clack.—Coneo is
opened this morning at 821, and got up to 82171,
with a steady Market. I understand that a pri.

vate Express has arrived from Paris, bringing
the French Rentes nt 9f. 75c. ; Spanish 432 to
44 ; but I do not hear any news of consequence
from Spain by the above arrival. Owing to the
improvement of the Rentes and the Spanish Bonds
at Paris, our Foreign Market has also risen.

Charleston Papers arrived to the 3d of August,
but do not. contain any information.

LIDIA.—We have received a series of Calcutta
Papers from the llth to the 21ith of March. A shock of an
earthquake was felt at Madras on the 2d of March extending
through the Nilgherry and the country in that direction, as well
as generally along the coast. The shock was also perceived in
Travancore, but twenty minutes later than at Madras, and
also in the Island of Ceylon. The sum subscribed for
erecting an equestrian statue in honour of the Marquis of
Hastings amounted at Calcutta on the 11th of March, to
13,450 rupees, above 1,3001. sterling. The new rule of the
late Governor-General for regulating the press in India was
pdblithed at Calcutta on the 15th of March. It ordains,
that after fourteen days from the registry of the rule; no news-
paper, or book containing intelligence or strictures on the Go-
vernment shall be publiOted without a license from the Gover-
nor-General. Those licenses may be resumed or recalled im.
mediately after notice given by the Governor-General or
the Chief Secretary, which notice will be deemed sufficient on
its publication in the Government Gazette. All persons con.
cerned in publishing the works before described, if carried on
without licenses, or continuing to do so after their vocation, to
forfeit 400 rupees. . The fines to be determined in a summary
manner before justices of peace, With' power, on failure of pay.
'meat, to seize the goods of the offending parties.

. .
A private letter, dated Perpignan; Augus-t43,
: states, that the persons °bilged to leave 13arcelona, who are said
to have disembarked at Miter°, are still there, on board the
. Junon frigate. They wish to be allowed to proceed to France,
but the Governor of Mataro demands them, and a rtspute on
this subject has arisen between him and the Captain of the
frignte. Their fate will be decided by Marshal Moncey and
the Baron d'Eroles, who have been informed of the business._
The troops who set out lately for Mont Louis and Arles to
guard our frontier from violation, are to return. The enemy
has retired to Melia and the neighbourhood, which lie oc-
cupies.—Three Officers of the 60th Regiment have arrived at
Perpignan, having resigned their commissions.
FRANKFORT, Au o. 3il.—(Private Correspondence.?—" It
is said that the project of having a grand European Congress
in this town towards the end of the year, does not meet the ap-
probation of one of the great Powers. Its .Minister has insisted
strongly on the impropriety of admitting the smaller Powers,
or the Sovereigns of the second rank, to deliberate on the gene-
ral affairs of Europe. It would be of no use,
. and would make
the negociations tedious. The same Power has proposed Paris
as the centre of future negociations, and for this purpose it will
be sufficient to give the Ambassadors of the great Powers at
present resident there some new instructions, and more extended
powers.—ln our diplomatic circles, much is said of important
negotiations opened between the English Cabinet and the Courts
of Stockholm and Copenhagen. An intimate alliance between
the three Scandinavian kingdoms and Great Britain is talked
I of, in order to be able to oppose the menacing preponderance of
another Northern Power. The negociation is nearly concluded
with Denmark; but the Swedish Government still hesitates,
and dreads to give umbrage to a neighbour whom it has the
greatest reason to fear." _ _

Letters were received yesterday from Lima to
the 21st of March. A plot, or a pretended plot, to deliver up
the castle of Callao to the Royalist Spaniards had-been disco.
vered, in consequence of which fifty persons had been appre-
hended and sent to prison. Most of them were old resident
Spaniards. A report prevailed at Lima of a revoletion having
broken out at Cuzco against the Royal cause, but was not gene-
rally believed ; the -troops of that party occupied Pisco, Ica,
Jauja, and Pasco. The transports had sailed for Guayaquil to
bring u_p the troops sent by Bolivar, who was expected in per.
son: The' detachments under Colonel Miller had returned to
Lima.---Lady.Cochrane arrived at Rio tie Janeiro on the 13th
of June last, to join her husband. .fie the wife of the Brazilian
Admiral, she was treated with great distinction; a salute from
the forts announced her landing, and one of the best houses in
the city was prepared for her reception. ' '
The AmeriCan expedition under Gen. Agit LEY,
employed to ascend the Missouri for the purpose of exploring
the western districts -of North America, was attacked on the
2d of June by a 'party of Ricaree Indians, in number about
600, who maintained a very obstinate contest. before they were
repulsed. The Americans had 12 men killed and-11 wounded.
About three-fourths of the Indians are said to have been pro.
tided with Lcindtin fusils, carrying a.ball with great force anti
exttethesk, and which they handfed with peculiar dexterity.
-The Ricaree Indiana are described as a very formidable enemy
to traders ascending the river, and contest with the Americans,
will It atibrded them an experiment- of their strength,-was not
likely to create an mineable disposition. -
Mr. Secretary CANNING arrived, on Monday
lastl at Lowther Castle,
,Westmoreland, Ofi a
visit to the Earl of LoNsDALE.

Ilis Royal Highness the COMMANDER.M.
CHIEF arrived, in town yesterday from Brighton,
and transacted business at his office in the Horse
Guards.

The Duke of Baur/swim and suite arrived at
Dover from Calais on Wednesday last.
Highness remained at Wright's Hotel that night,
and set out for London yesterday.
Thii forenoon Viscount MELVILLE and the
Board of Admiralty embark in their • yacht at
Deptford, and, proceed to Sheerness, to attend
the opening of the new docks at that place. The
Earl and Countess of,LivEaPoor. also leave town
to be present at the ceremony. And the Com-
missioners of the Navy and Victualling Boards
proceed at the same time in the several vessels.—
(Morning Paper).