The Sun.
London, England, 1821-10-13 00:00:00

EGYPTIAN MUMMY.

•
We have seen the mummy brought by- T. Coates, Esq. of
Flaydon-bridge, from the neighbourhood of Thebes, in Upper
Egypt] and presented by him to the Literary and Philosophi-
cal &ciety of this town. Mr. C. himself saw it raised out of
the.royal tombs at Gouruon. The Committee of the Society
have instructed the Secretaries to attend every day this week,
between the hours of twelve and two, to gratify the curiosity of
such of the Members with their families or friends as may wish
to see it ; but as soon as instrr ctions are received from Loudon
respecting its removal into a proper case, it will probably
exposed to public inspection. The mummy is that of a female,
and is about five feet five inches in length. It was contained in
a case two inches in thickness made of a hard wood, the pre-
cise species of which it is difficult to determine. The mummy
yet lies: in the lower part of the case. It is doubtful whether
the body is Merely wrapped in clothes, or whether a cloth leas
been drawn over a thin case or inner coffin, in which it has been
deposited. It appears eyident, however, that the face', at least,
is covered with a mask; and if in • the covering, in -which Ale
body is enveloped, there is no-solidcase' • the indistinctness 'and
very general outline which the spectator has of the form within,
spew that there must be a great quantity of waxed or rosined
cloth wrapped, round it. The mask of the face is covered with
yellow varnish—the shape of this mask is that of the face of
a person in a high state of civilization. Oa each• side Of this
mask there are two rolls like a rude. imitation: of hair, similar
to those which we understand contained the hair of the rmirmily
Ist ly opened in London. On the crown of the head. is punted
a large black .scarabmus,or beetle, which appears from Belioni'a
travels to -have: been a-sacred emblem among the Egyptians.'
The bodkpart of the exter•nal covering is.., .Ixtinted in Moak.
with various figures of the sacred' bull, the Ibis,'the god Anubis
and the hawk, a symbol of high rank Sand probably, as the'
mummy came from the.iOal tombs, it-is even of the rank of
royalty). There are also from about' the middle nearly to the
feet of the body a vast number of hierOglyphics,-athongst which
we recognized an eye, doubtless signifying Piovideare—'a
lance—several flowers, apparently of- the, lotus species mod.
a variettof human figures sitting in different pastures. The co-
lours are very bright; eonidering the great length 'of time
during -which the, body,•must- have lain. entombed.' s The
ground work of the covering is .white. The outside of the pp'r
per part of the thick wood case we have already mentioned, is,
carved in imitation of the inkier envelope, which is edverell. 'lns
deed, the face of theauter case is .a finer specimen of -AA Wan
the mask. There are also on the outside of this case a series of
hieroglyphics like 'those on the minniy. . The whole of the
-case TS " pitched within and without" with a light cols:Stied
substance, Which appears to have been afterwards •done: over
with a thin coat Of black paint or varnish. 'We are informed
that the heart and all the internal parts were found preSeryed
in the mummy lately opened in London, so that it is prohable
that that will be. the case with the present relic. A multimy
affords a curious example of the triumph . of art over the
power of cf the perseverance bt the artist in
_perk-
tually making in-:penetrability, as it were, More and 'more
impenetrable, till the
,conviction of the period to which hisla-
hours .would endure would astonish even himself. A man in-
, clined to presetve-any-anirnal body for a long period naturally
embalms it. To the embalming. process the Egyptians have
added the wrapping round of waxed cloths, the laying of bodies
in case above case, the coating even the cases with a cement
which itself seems as if it would, endure for, ever, and lastly,
the placing them where neither light, nor air, nor moisture, nor
any decaying principle could collie near them, as if they had
not only resolved to keep Mex predecessors as ?Ong as their
empire lasted, nay, as long as there was a trace of tneir exis.
tence to be seen in the remaining of one stone upon anothars,
but as as if they had predetermined , that nations three or four
thousand years later than themselves shOuld rdmii-e their skill,
and confess, even in those dead monuments oran extinct people,
that they knew arts which baffle all the,ingenuity of their. sue.•
cessUrs.—Olewcastle Paper.) ' . , .

EGYPTIAN OBELISK.—The obelisk of-red ..gra-
nite, brought home in the Dispach, .for Mr.
BANKES, jun. which had previously been re-
tnoved.down the Nile from tn! isianaof Philoe,
on the borders of Nubia, was safely unshipped
last week at Deptford, and is now lsing on tho
deck of the sheer. hulk there,till it is ready to be
removed to Mr. BANxEs's-seat, in Dorsetshire.
It is particularly interesting, being tire first ever
brought to England. Artists have already been;
making drawings from it, for the purpose:of en-
graving ; it being supposed that it may'very pro-
bably furnish a key to the interpretation of the
bieroglyphicalcharacter; since 'the Greek upon
the pedestal,..which records its first erection,
under PrroLEsty and CLEOPATRA, near two thou-
sand years ago, is very probably a trans:ation of
the hieroglyphics with which all the four sides of
the obelisk itself are richly covered.

When TUE TIMES, a few days since, threw out
the insinuation, and something more than the in-
sinuation, that his MAJESTY'S Ministers were not
only negligent in the execution of the Quarantine
regulations, from downright incapacity, but even
wilfully negligent, in order to avail themselves of
the Plague, or Yellow fever, for the purpose of
thinning an overgrown population, the charge,
though malignant, was so preposterous that
we left it to rot in its own venom ! But
when they repeat that charge as -to negligence,
and:, unfortunately for themselves, attempt to
specify vessels and dates, with-the additional in-
sinuation that Ministers, or the heads of Offices,
will be tempted 4y bribery, for that the plain
English of it, to break through the Quarantine
laws, we have felt it necessary to make some in-
quiries into the subject, and now—" mark how
a plain tale will put them down 1" In the first
place, as to their assertion that two Privy Coun-
cils have sat, on Wednesday and Thursday, to
consider of the extreme danger, and to take the
advice of the :cell informed, we answer at once
that no such Councils have taken place! ! ! They
say it is beyond. doubt that many. English
ships have received the infection on board ; and
they assert the fact to be notorious, that none of
the Eastern ports of Spain can be visited without
danger. To this general charge we can only re-
ply as generally, by defying them to produce a
single instance-of any English ships having got
the yellow fever or the'" infection" on 'board,
and being, either on their way to, or now on the
coast of Britain,- -with the exception of the Su-
perb in the Clyde, and there the fact is very
doubtful. AS. for Malaga, on which they lay
such stress, we can only say, that if the TIMES
rank it amongst their infected " Eastern Ports,"
a phrase often applied.to it as East of Gibraltar,
though in the South of Spain, we can assert, from
the most indubitable authority, that up to the
18th. of September, the /rat account, it was per•
fectly healthy, as were all the.vesSels there, they
being under daily medical inspection.
But the TIMES_ blunder on through- what they
consider as specitic Casesthe first .of which,
and therefore most . kern. inent on their list, is
the Eclipse, of which all the crew, with the
exception of one man and a
.boy, died ". of
the fever" whilst undergoing purification. But
Ivhere- did this happen ?-11 England
_l. 'No !
truly—but at MahOn ;-, where, as they them-
selves acknowledge,' she2i:as sent from Malaga !
now she may certainly be adduced" as an instance
.of danger -in the- Mediterranean; but why her
case should be introduced- :in- speaking of /hive
Regulations., the TINik:S best-know.

The nest case is the Schomer Harriett, from
Malaga to Liverpool;--of which the mate arid
one seaman died a few days after leaving Ma-
laga. She is now at Milford, and the TIMES, who
knOvv every thing, are y.-et ignOrant, as they-say,
het-her ,she. was ordered- there or not. Now,
the fact is, that the master-put:into Milford, of
his own accord, in .cciniequence of the dr.lith of
these two- men—but not because he considered
lihnself as having_ the" infect;orri':on board. Re
did it prudently to avoid. blame, or subsequent
official difficulties. In short, after the most care-
ful medical examination into the two;eases, it.
appears that both the men diced-of _the low ner-
vous fever: but the surviving part of the crew
are all in perfect health. -She, hoWever, is, and
has been, -under strict quarantine, and is to-re-
main so for a proper period.
Then comes the'PrinCe gewelli, which, they.
state to have been coudernnel by.the Board of
Health at Malaga,-. arid- though arriving at Dirt
mouth under very inspi-Cions.circumstances, to
have been liberated :in . two
,days. Now the real
matter of fact is, -that the-master certainly di_ed-
before she left Malaga ; he was au old man,-
and died of a complaint- in his stoniach, under
which he had labdured for Many'Years; W., this
took place before any alarm had been excited at
Malaga, for she sailed. from that port on the26th
of August, bringing all the, fair certificates, with
a crew of five men, and in hallast. Then for the
charge or liberation in troO days. She was driven.'
into Dartmouth by stress of weather on the 27th
of September, was put under the customary qua-
rantine, and was not•released until the 3d ofOcv.:
tober—a space of six days—quite long enough -
for any infection to have shewn Yet the
Tnats pledge themselves forThelaccuracy of their
statement " to the letter." -

But then there is the Auspicious. Now she
was in ballast, and 'released as a matter, of
course. There was indeed a boy died on board
of her; but he had long been ill of a worm com-
plaint, of which he died ; and, before he died, a
worm was taken out of his mouth, longer than we
even wish that to be which must gnaw the con-
science of the TrstEs---it was nearly twelve inches
long!

As for the Superb she is still under quaran-
tine ; not at the regular quarantine station of
Milford, indeed, but in the Clyde, because her
crew being originally small, and she having lost
two out of it, it would have been unsafe to send
ber down Channel during the heavy equinoxial
gales.

In short, not a single vessel has been released
from quarantine, and there are but eight or ten
in the whole, but- what has-brought.the most sa-
tisfactory certificates from Malaga ; -both as to
the city and the shipping. Nor has 9ne.Ofthem
had a contagious cargo; but all valuable.-not.
withstanding, and of a perishable nature ; of
course their owners having the most pow:€4fut
claims upon the proper authorities : which
claims, had they been :neglected"; would,'„ no
doubt, have afforded the TIMES another-sUbject
of complaint against Ministers for neglecting, the
Mercantile Interests!!!

INCOME and CHARGE on the CO_VSOLIDA

INCOME. ' ..
Customs . . r - - - - - £1,951,781
Excise - - - - - 7,039,8911
Stamps - ,.. ,.. - . - '--' •: 1,625,220
Post Office - - - - - - 342,000
Asseed Taxes 793,532
- - -
Land Taxes - - - 207,481
Miscellaneous - - - - - 61,222
Unappropriated War Duties-- - - 17,881

X 11,339,007
Brought from Supplies being the amount issued 1
311,115
in Ireland puruant to Stat. ,7, Ow- II I. c. 48.

• ..----42---- 1 .
Total Income - X11,61;0422 I
- Exchequer. BillS. issued for the Deficiency- of the Con-
solidated Fund, sth July, M2l, made good out of-
, the 'Crewing produce of that Fund in the Quarter . .
ended 10th Oct. 182 l - - - . - - - £9,8.18,C *5
Deduct Surplus, as above - - • - - 1,00,122
. .
Deficiency to'e provided for by an iSsue;of Exchequer
Bills chargeable on the Growilig Produce of the Con-
solidated r und, sth Jan. 1822

FRENCH PAPERS.

PARIS, OCT. 10.—Yesterday the Marquis
Alfieri de Sostegno, the Sardinian Ambassador,
presented to the King, at a private audience, his
fresh credentials, investing him with that chA-

racter. at our Court. His Excellency, at the
same time, presented to the King the letters of
his Sovereign, putting an end to the mission of

the Count de Pralorme as Envoy- Extraordinary
and Minister "Plenipotentiary of:Sardinia, during

to absence and ._until the return of his Excel-

lency.— It is, said that the budget of 1822 is
already finished, and that the accounts relative

to the different directions of Finance are quite
ready, the printing of which, according to every
appearance, will be completed by the opening of
the Session, and copies immediately distributed.
31, Jules Gamba, a Lieutenant of Dragoons, is
returned from Petersburg, after having accom-
panied his father it the journey he performed in
1820 and 1821, through the Provinces of Cau-
casus and Georgia, by order of the French Go- ,
vernment. The variety of information collected
by M. Gamba respecting these countries is no less
valuable and interesting to the sciences than to
trade and manufactures.

On the Gth, a telegraphic dispatch transmit-
ted to the 32d regiment of the line, in garrison
at Lyons, an order to march to Narbonne.
It is positively stated, that the King Charles
Felix made his entry into Turin on the 4th of
this month.

FRgNCit FUNDS.

Oct. 9, Fi-e? per Cents:
Bar.k

00 f. 23 c.
1592 f. 50 c.

PEIIPIC NAN, 29.-7-The .yellow fever con-

tinuei to ravage Barcelona and Tortosa, but has
not infected the- country 'around. . A few only
have fallen Victirh to it at Mequinenza. News
of the 25th bring also the certainty that the
state of health of A.rragon is very satisfactory.,
The cordon is vigilantly observed the, whole
length of the frOntiers.

MARSEILLES, Oc.r. 3,There are no- longer
any sick in -the' Lazaretto: One of the men be-
longing- to the sanitary establishment, named
Riviere, Who had been removed from. the Danish
.ship which brought the infection, died-on Tues-
day of the same disorder to which several others
had fallen victims. The sailor, Lampraye, who
had been taken ill in the town and removed to
the Lazaretto, is convalescent. His wife,* who
never left him, and the person appointed to at-
tend him, are in perfect health, notwithstanding
th-ey have constantly slept in the same room with
him at the Laiaretto.. Reviere and Lampraye
were our last two patients in the Lazaretto.

- X 8,198,533

every person on board the ships under qua-
rantine at Pomegue; Ftiotfi and Endoume is quite
well ; the cool weather for the last.feW days has
been very beneficial. The state of health in the
town continues to be excellent. ' •

The cruel epidemic, rill& has terrified us,
as .attacked twenty-two including

•
TIIE REVENUE.
QUAitANTINE.
--ono"-
..._......„,_
• • - P-, • .
An ACCOUNT cf the PRODUCE of the EXCISE DUTIES of GREAi BRITAIN, tex-
rimrs, a few days since, threw out elusive of any Arrears received of the War Duty on Malt), in the .I'-ears and Quarters ended
, and something more than the in- 10th October, 1.820 and 1821, sheaving the Increase or. Decrease on each- Head thereof.
M
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his AJESTY'S Ministers were not
Years ended 10th Oct. 7
.QuarteftendedlOth Oct.
•. .....,.. -___;. Increase. Decrease. ;,...; , ----k - Increase. Decrease.
in the execution of the Quarantine r -
182 D. - 1821. lB2O. , 1810. _
mdownright incapacity, but even Auctions
iL - - £242,338 £220,224 X 22,114 - £70,911 £47,813 £13,099
:nit) in order to avail themselves of Beer - - • 2,599.155 2,662,142 £62,987 715,038 . 784,752 £69,714
Bricks and Tiles - 353,883 ' 328,839 35,044 109,339 • 125,811 • 16,472 .
Yellow fever, for the purpose of Candles - - . 313123 333,063 19,940 . 38,347 45,019 6,672
Coffee and Cocoa - 380,
599., - 365013 .15,586 90,492 90,619 127 - • '
ergrown population, the charge, Cyder, Perry, and Verjuice 61,514 . 37,781 . 23,733 20,206 12,591 , 7,615
ant, was so preposterous that 449,738 448,457 1,281 ' 88,788 132,727 43,939
•
Glasses and Skins - 604,020 570,574 33,446. . 165,917
.- 154,981 - , 10,836
rot in its own venom ! . But Hops - - 322,223 254,939 ' - 67;284 79,450 35,558 -43,892
to ne licence
Licences 704,817 696,047 . 8,770 80,420- 82,483 2,063
at that charge as -g, Malt - - 4,647,392 4,910,462 263,070 ~ . 2,389,097 2,777,171 488,074
tely for themselves, attempt to papPaer - - 478,211 486,744 8;533 146,170 152,787 6,615 -
Pepper - - 119,595 ' 142,183 22,588 " 40,467 39,074 ^ 1,393
and dates, with the additional in-
Printed Gocds - 589,793 766,977 177,176 188,252 151,247 37,004
Salt - - ' 1,597,607 1,548,413 49,194 333,143 429,043 45,900
linisters, or the heads of Offices, sap- - 947,540 1,025,949 78,409 238,076 281,751 43,675
spirits, British - 3,071,468 - -2,976,818 '-- 95,680 547,775 - 545,340 . 2,435
i 4 bribery, for that is the plain 1 Foreign - 2,383,690 2,177,273 • , 206,402 .565,433 57-2,773 7,340
Starch - - 50,933 52,716 1,783 -. 14,044
.' 16,420 2,376 •
o break through the Quarantine Stonelßottles . ' .1,847 . 2,705 .808- 779 853 . 79
• - Sweets •• - - 6,428. .. 4,496 . .1,932 i. . 1,993 2,786 788
elt it necessary to make 'some in- p„ -3,067,274 3,147,683 80,40 ' . 761,892 • 775,9,94 14,102
-
IT,ionbeaecacro and Snuff uff ". - 2,473,995 2;365,654 • ' 110,341 ,.. 645,880 . . 634,635 • 11,795
subject, and now-" mark how
.. 39,993 • 44,445 • 4;452 • • 12,941 15,450 2,509
put them down !" In the first /Tirene --
• -.. ''• 959,17 a 892,635 - C 6,540 ; 253,574 229,059 • - 24,513 -
r - . 10,084 - 10,126 42 ' : 3,590 3,034 558
assertion that two Privy Coun- ----1
• ' 26,489,510 1 26,471,363 720,200 737,347 ' 7,552,021 8,149,226 750,445 153,240
n Wednesday and Thursday, to _ ' Deduct Inctc:!se - - - 720,200 •
. -
extreme danger, and to take the. .. - 151240
. Decrease on the Y;ar - - 17,147
ell informed, we answer at-once
- Increase" on the . Quarter 597,295
, .... ...... .......
.
ncils have taken place! ! ! Thev _

TED FUND in the Quarter ended 10th a
CHARGE.

Exchequer Annuities - - - -
South Sea Company - - - -
-
Bank on their Capital - - -
Dividends - - - -
. .
National Debt - - - . - _
Civil List . - - - -
Pensions - , - - - -
linperial Annuities . - . -
Other-
ehargeS - - - -

- Total Charge - -
Surplus -

rt. 1132

£23,749
153,456
179,125
5,986,521

3,1VX,590
212,500
105,122

9,173
143,764

10,000,000
1,650,122

£11030,12:

the man taliet4 ill in the town. Twelve have died,
and ten are cared ; in truth, among the latter,
some had only slight attack,. This is the real
state of the case, which has. been perverted by
some of the Journals.
VIENNA, SEPT. 29.—Metallics were quoted
yesterday at 73,1.
The Austrian Observer gives to-day news from
Moldavia and Walachia of the 11th inst., which
confirm the reports respecting the evacuation of
these two principalities by the Ottoman troops.
N ell EMBERG, OCT. Danish Journals

assert, that the Austrian GOvernment has given
orders for the purchase of 6000 horses in Den-
mark. There are in the road of Copenhagen
some Russian ships, which, it is said, are waiting
for orders, from Petersbur6h to put to sea, and
are destined for the Mediterranean. Several
Officers belonging to these ships were presented
to his Majesty on the 17th of last month.
A t; GS LIC-RG, 0 CT. 4.—[Extract of a Private Let-

ter.]—" We learn in a positive manner that the Em-
peror of Russia is net at all satisfied with the an-
swer of the Porte to the Russian Uitimatum. It is
added, but this news.wants confirmation, that the
RussianlVonarch has proposed to the other Powers
the assembling of*a Congress, to regulate in a de-
finitive manner the affairs of Greece, and that
Turkish plenipotentiaries shall be admitted to
this Congress.

The report of the two Princes Callimachi ha*
ing been. beheaded at Constantinople is forto
nately not confirmed.

. .
-A person worthy of credit, who has recently
arrived from the interior of Russia, says that the
army on the banksof the Pruth has lately- re-
ceived reinforcements, and that lege supplies of
munitions of war and, of provisions are constantly
passing through the -Ukraine and the other pro-
vinces of the empire.
FitANKFOitT, OCT.. 4.—A traveller who left
Belgrade the lstof Sept. has cotninunica.ted,the
following details respecting the affairs of the East :
—" The Greeks who have fled into Hungary
have been well received by the people,..and but
feebly opposed by the Government in carrying
into execution their plan of proceeding to the
Morea. Most of them-have obtained the means
of going to Trieste for embarkation. The Turks
.occupy Belgrade and-the whole of-Servia, Wa-
lachia, and Moldavia; where they are only an-
noyed by a few scattered bands, who have es-
caped from the treachery of the Aruauts. The
Austriati army of Ob.servation on the frontiers
amounts to 50,000 men, -and receives daily rein-
forcements.. The fifth regiment of artillery is
marching, as well as those of Mazuchelli and of
Greth, to take up cantonments on the extreme
frontier." •

OCT. new competitor has started up for
the empire of the East ! Many persons in France
will recollect a ColOtiel Zenowitsch, who was
implicated in the affair of the Nairt-tricolore,
and sentenced to transportation, which punish-
ment was, by the clethency of Louis XVIII,
commuted to a mere banishment from .France.
Well; such is the new
_Byzantine Cwsar, who
presents himself. We must, howeyOr,. give a just
idea of his origin. This French ExtColimel is
really the brother of the Marihal_ of the Nobility
of the Government of Minsk,. Mi-Zenowitsch.
When
.the Emperor Ale7cander, in 1807, ordered
the registration of all the noblelamilies,-this fa-
mily proved its descent from the Emperor Zeno,
who reigned:about the close of the fifth century.
—(Gtmetto. de France.)

IMPOiITANT DOCUIVIgigT:

MADRAS.

IORT WILLIAM. •
DEPARTMENT, MAY 1, 18211

Notice is hereby given, that of the Promissory ~lotes of this
Ooverninv, b ring date the 30th JunelBll, And Standingim
the eteneral.frbAsr of the Registered debt'of this Presidency,
Nos. 1 to 10,000 inclusil'e will be discharged at the General
Treasury, on Tuesday the 31st of July next, on which day the
interest thereon will cease.—Any of the Notes, however, hereby
advertised for payment, will, until further orders, be received in
transfer to the Loan this day opened.—Published by order of
the Most .Noble the Governal General in 'Council.
BOLT MACKENZIE, Sec. to the Govt.

FORT WILLIAM,
TERRITORIAL DEPARTMENT, MAY 1, 1821.

Ist. The Public are hereby informed, that • the Sub-Trea-
surers at Fort William, Fort St. George, and Bombay are seve-
rally authorized to grant certificates or acknowledgments en-
titling the Proprietors of them, or their Representatives, to re-
ceive Promissory Note of this Government 'on the terms speci-
fied in the five following articles
2d. The acknowledgments in question will, until further
orders, be issued in exchange at par for the principal, or the
principal and interest of any of the 6 per cent. Promissory
Notes of this Government, bearing date the 30th ofJune, 1811,
which may be tendered for that purpose.
3d. In all cases wherein the promissory notes shall be ten-
dered in transfer to this loan before the 30th of June next, the
interest which would have become due on that date shall be
paid at the time of transfer, if required, in Bills on the Hon.
Court of Directors, bearing date the said 30th of June, and
payable 12 months after date at the rate of 2s. 6d. per rupee.
4th. In cases in which the proprietors of the promissory notes
transferred to this loan may be resident in Europe, the interest I
on their notes up to the 31st of I) comber, 1821, shall, if requir--
ed, be paid on their behalf in Bills on the Hon. the Court of
Directors, payable 12 mouths after date, at the rate of 2s. 6d.
the rupee.

sth. A certificate or, acknowledgment will be granted in the
following form, for transfers which may be made to this loan of
promissory notes, the proprietors of which may be satisfactorily
shown to be resident in Europe :