The Sun.
London, England, 1828-10-21 00:00:00

HIEROGLYPHICS.

At a late meeting of the Society of Aix, M.
Sather read a report. of some important dis-
ceveries, made in his collection of Egyptian pa-
pyrus, by M. Champollion, jun. The follow•
ing is the substance'of M. Sallier's statement:--
" M. Champollion, who is so celebrated for
his wonderful discoveries in the science of hiero-
glyphics, is commissioned by the Government
to explore the monuments of Egypt, of which
descriptions alone, rather than explanations, have
hitherto been given. He has associated with
himself in this task M. Rossellini, a man of
great archaiological leaining, and his own pupil
the ,hieroglyphic science. As they were
hastening to Toulon, to be there in time, for the
sailing of the vessel; which was to carry them to
their destination, they were prevented from en-

tering into a minute examination of my Egyptian ,
collection. Only two hours could be spared to j
examine and make sketches,Of objects. yet un-
known, and the papyri, the subject of this report, ,
were only submitted to their inspection on the
eve of their departure. They had had, therefore,
barely time to look the MS. over, and to make
a few notes.
" These , papyri, to the number of ten or
twelve, were brought a few years ago, with a col-
lection of antiquities, from Egypt,. by a native
merchant. of that. country, and they contain, for
the most part, prayers or rituals, more or less
extended, which had been deposited in the cases
of mummies. There is among them the contract
For the sale of a hduse, entered in to. under the
reign of one of the Ptolemies ; and three-rolls
joined together, written in superb" demotic cha;.:
racters—characters which, as is well-known,
were appropriated. to . civil purposes. .
Champollion could not express his., joy
and astonishment, when, upon looking at, the
first of these rolls, which is pretty thick, 'he dis-
covered that it contains the history of theicam-'
paigns of Sesostris Rhamsis, called also Settles,
or ,Sethosis and Sesowis, and, that it gave most
circumstantial details respecting the conquests
of that hero, the countries. he traversed, and the
force and composition of his army.
" The manuscript concludes with a declaration
of the historian, who, after stating his dames and
titles, certifies his having written the work in
t
the 9th year of the reign of Sesostris Rhamses,
King of Kings a lion in ba
t'deLdthoethearrinpe
to
ri-
phrases in the oriental which God hath given strength,
• ntal style.
,
" It is worthy of remark, that the ninth year
.the, historian, is that which
mDeiondtioruonesd b
Siyculus states to be the period of
the return of Sesostris to Egypt. nine
after he ascended the throne, he never
ceased traversing the world as a conqueror, leav•
ing in every country he visited the singular
monumerts 91 his victories, some
.of which years
ex-
isted eves in the time of Herodotus,---that is,
about a thousand .years after their foundation.
However, notwithstanding all the •se monuments,
notwithstanding those numerous hieroglyphic
tablets;; Which line the bankS of the Nile, and
wr,l-.-ich seem to hact been consecrated, in a great
measure to his glory, we knew little of Sesostris,
excepting his name. His genius, his virtues, his

r. nquests, were buta problem., ,The hero him- • •
self would ahno.A have appeared to our eve:; a
fabulous personage, if, after 3,000 years-had passed
away, these emblematic filvures had not been con-
verted into an intelligible 11migniage, bythe 'll3lpy'.
Linde nt:da
lhaobloiout4rsr.of,
.oTlee, whom we are proud to call• our •
countryman,-while.leamed-Ehrope envies us:that
expected' to.
,filrtri;su,d.ay-voafi.o
dniutsiocritir4to: iltiaiyc.,rl;e: •
suit of hiseinvestigations in • Egypt.... ,Upon• his
return homeJlt,
• • •
intends to fix my manuscript,:
upon Canvass toveserve it:frond` oecay,:aml!,tor•
back tor: light upon
make a complete 'iratislatiOit of h' -Worlettvlridr"
much tupon import
That
toet
pfaoiclhto,g;so.
ant period of ancient history to Ikihich belongs'..
Moses, and it is probable that the great SesostriS.-:
was the son of that King whn Pursued .the ,
brews to the extremity of the Red, Sea,. PeTr,
haps he is_ also the same personage as -Edptu4,
who forcet his brother. Damns or .Arinaia-to fly
to Greece; for.having itt his absence attempted to
occupy the throne. • :
blank margin; commences another coiripositior„,
" Upon :the same • manuscript, .and 'after : •
entitled The praises of the great King Aineei..- •
Hengo. A few leaves only, separated by inter-
vals and numeral marks, complete this roll, and
form the commencement of the history, which
continued in the second of my papyri. It ap-
pears to me that conjecture might fix the date of
Amemnengo's reign before that of Sesostris, as
the author wrote in the 9th year 'of the latter
King's reign. Tkis conclusion might also be
drawn from the well-known custom of the Egyp-
tians to represent in their monuments, after the '
•principal person, the portrait of his father, and
sometimes of his uncle.' Lastly, the successor
of Sesostris bears the name of Phero in Hero-
(lotus ;in Diodorus, that of Sesostris ; and
in Manetho, that of Itapsaces or Rapses ; while
his father its called Amenophis, or Amenopb,—
a name which resembles the one deciphered in
the manuscript.
" A more attentive examination may be
pedal to remove all doubt on this point. But
I am only. acquainted with my papyri by the
rapid inspection which M.Champolhou gave them
during die few moments which were at his
disposal. •
" The third roll consists of a Treatise un
Astronomy, or Astrology, or, what is more
likely, on both these sciences conjoined.
.phis
manuscript has not yet been unrolled, but we
May easily imagine that it contains matter.of
great interest: It is likely that it will make us
acqUainted With the celestial observations" of those
remote times, and with the system of the heaverw,
adopted by the
.EgYptians and chaldeatis, pro-
bably the first people who Occupied theinsave:,
with the science of astronomy.

" I must add to the precediq details some
account of a little. basaltic figure which was it
eluded in the -articles which the Egyptian sold
appearS'to•have been found to •
getlier with Cue three Y011s:
" It represents a.;lnan upon his knees, Mime
length; if ekteilded; would be eleven'inches, the
head being fifteen lines: The figure leans upon
a sort of table, the top of which is in the
form of a desk; upon it 'are plaCed' bib hands;
which, though broken, apncar to be in the act of
writing. On the front of the desk is cuk.,,ravt;4l
the device of Sesostris, and on the back.of the
figure within a border is placed, in hieroglyphic
characters, the name of the figure, with the title
of • the Bard and Friend of Sesostris.' A
drawing of this figure was made by M. Cham-
pollion before he saw the papyri. I neglected
to take ,down in writing its name, and none of
the persons who were present at the enrolling of
the papyrus thought of inquiring n hether.nny -
conformity existed between the names sculptured
on the figure and those mentioned in the ma-
nuscript. Every thing, however, leads to the
belief
.that the figure is a representation of the
historian of the papyri, in whose tomb were de--
posited his portrait 'and his works. Of wile
great importance, then, must these writings be,
as their author, a contemporary
.61 Sesostris,
cannot be presumed to have exercised the fin!c-
lions with which fie was clothed without fol-
lowing the hero in his victorious course."
At the conclusion of the report, Which was
listened to with great attention, M. Sillier re-
ceived the thanks of' the Society, and was re-
quested to give a copy of his statement to he
deposited in the archives of the Institution ;
and an abstract of it was directed to be sent
to
,he different French and foreign academics.

Proceedings at law either have been or will be
commence by the Proprietors of the Winter Theatres
against Mr. ELLISTON, for the performance of the regular
drama at the Surrey. The Managers conceive they have
just cause for alarm ; since on Monday evening nearly 2001.
were taken at the doors of his theatre;to witness the play
of Pizarro.

NEWP9RT, OCT 18.--We regret to notice
that another 'advance has taken place here this week on
bread and flour, which is now selling by some of the bakers
at I s. 10d. and Is. 1 Id. per gallon.—The Magistrates have
in consequence, issued hand-bills, stating, -that on Sato,
day, if the average of corn does not warrant, such a pt its
s
for bawd, they shall set the Assize—eve
have a good effect.—llants ,Advertiser.
with
Pti°r's'clg:yatit':ight, between nine and ten
offerede
a
thr
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thenitlf: :eft'
el:neaYlB the 111-::d(it tariol; °:,:rstl neteecadSdnesifirrdiniirinngtigtilibt::rdmilad'leill'ie:als:ekt:lucdineae:l°.arei:ilYt.vfisdhtceh:inia.iteelvlnt.eth:\atillis):' ecettsid:'ti at:
isr'yi.es'li'o':lus°tuti":llht)oatillYgnt;‘.
o
wen were in company with her.—Nottinyham Mercury..
LOCEILEVEN.--- A new cut is to be made, ter
rather is making, for the Leven, nine feet and a halt deeper
than the old one, by which a marsh will, to the extent Of
1000 acres, become fruitful fields of cx)rn land ; and by
means of a sluice at the junction of the cut with the loch,
the mills on the Leven will always have a cotninand of
water. —Perth Courier. •

T u esTdha ey
laSstta,toS of the island of Jersey met Ott
to take into consideration the best means to
he adopted under existing circumstances in rekrence to
the excessive rise on bread' and flour in that island ; and,
after having fully investigated the bubjeet, they came to
the resolution of prohibiting, provisionally, the exporta-
tion of all kinds of grain and flour, under a penalty Lit I_oo
lirres d'Or on each quarter of grain, or sack or ballet
of flour, with the confiscation of the article attempted to be
exported, together with the ves.sel, boat, and apparel. The
tine to be applied to the benefit of his MAJESTY ; and the
confiscated goods to the benefit of the poor.—Hants

vertiser.
A few days ago, a woman at New &claw)
had her husband's shirt stolen whilst it was hanging out
to site poste l
to dry.
thets►ro celebratedaals.ltirisoch°lvet'rr,inogldtiC'eutAheßirf: awayErli.
, who,
after having- hail his band evosied with almost as much
money as Would have bought a new 'shirt, showed the
woman a sketch of the thief, and also mentioned the initials
ofhis name. : Old CHARLEY declared it the shirt was not
brought back he would let the rogue have no rest. It is
bardly'necessary to say that the shirt has never been ro_
turned, and the pour woman is forced to make a shift with,
out it, —Notting/Iqm Mercury.

NEWS FROM THE THEATRE OF WAR

(Supplement to the Prussian State Gazette of 'Oct. 14.)
Five o'Clock, P.M.
The following accounts have just been received
from the theatre of war :
I. Extract from the Report of the operations in
Asia Minor to 20th- August* (Ist September)
AKHAtz/K.—Lieutenant-General Prince Wod-
bolski was detached to besiege thefortress of Azkpur,
which is situated on the road to Georgia. The
General sent some of the inhabitants of Aklialzik
with a summons to the garrison to surrender. Terri-
fied by his rapid advance, it retreated to the moun-
tains, and the inhabitants opened their gates to him.
Fourteen cannon, six standards, and a considerable
quantity of ammunition and provisions were taken
in Azkpur."
11. Extract from the Report of the operations
before Silistria to the 11th September :
" Redoubts have been erected, and furnished with
heavy artillery, on the heights taken on the 28th of
August, and the fortress is vigorously cannonaded.
" On the 11th September, a corps of 5;000 of
the enemy appeared at the village of Totorycy, and
and attacked our out-posts with a superior force, on
which the latter retreated towards the road from
Tourtoukay. The enemy took the way to the for-
tress, and joined the troops sent out to meet him.
He then attacked our two nearest redoubts, but waft
repulsed. The enemy's cavalry then attacked the
corps of Lieutenant-General Krutz, but was put to
flight with loss. The • enemy, during his retreat,
suffered severely from our grape shot, and left 200
dead on the field. We have GO killed 'and 90
wounded : among the latter are eight officers."
111. Extract from the report of the operations
before Shumla, from the 21st to the 27th September:
" On the 21st a detachment of the enemy's in-
fantry approached one of our redoubts, but was put
to flight.
" The troops before Shumla will soon be joined
by the Gth corps, under the command of General
Roth, as Silistria is besieged by the 2d corps, tinder
the command of Prince Scherbatoff. Before _the
General left his position before Silistria, be.-was at-
tacked on the 15th of September by an enemy's
corps of 4,000 men, which was repulsed with great
loss. The enemy left 300 dead on the field, among
whom, according to the declarations of the prisoners
themselves, is the Commander-in-Chiefofthe cavalry.
" A squadron of the Charkow Hulan: particularly
distinguished itself in the action."

IV. Accounts of the operations before Varna,
from the 22d to the 26th of September:-- .

" The %yolks of the besiegers are near their ter-
mination. Two breaches are nearly practicable, and
by means of gabions entrances continue to be gained
into the ditches. On the south side of the fortress,
opposite to the corps which occupies the Peninsula
of Galata, an enemy's corps is now advancing from
the liver Kamczyk (Karntchi).
" In the night of the 25th, one of the enemy's re-
doubts, which is opposite the centre of the fortress,
was taken by storm. Without firing a gun, Colonel
Prince Prokorowski, at.ike head of the regiment of
Nizowsk, attacked it at the point •f the bayonet,
and drove out the enemy, who had above one hundred
killed. In this action we took one cannon, three
standards, and the part of the camp adjoining the
back of the redoubt. We had two officers and forty
privates killed and wounded."

V. Accounts of the operations before Varna from
26th September/to Ist October:—
" We had received, some days ago, information
that a strong corps of the enemy was approaching
for the purpose of raising the siege of Varna. It
was said to be detached by the Grand Vizier from
the other side of the Kamtczyk, to join Omer Vrione,
who had left Shutila-at the head of %detachment of
Albanians. Soon after our-outposts announced, the,
approach of the enemy. A strong.division. wasrim-,
mediately sent to reconnoitre; load,ditliculties, how-
ever, prevented us from acquiring accurate informa-
tmn respecting the advance, as well as the strength
of the enemy. During this reconnoissance the
Yager regiment of the foot guards suffered consi-
derable loss. Among the killed are, Major-General
Hartung, Commander of the regiment; Colonel
Sarger, Aide-de-Camp to his Majesty the Emperor;
Colonel Busse, and ten officers. •

" The next day the enemy appeared before our
position, on the south side of the straits of Varna,
but our corps was already reinforced, and placed un-
der the command of General Bistrona. . .

" On the 27th, Lieutenant-General Suchozonet,
with the Ist. brigade of the light caValry of thi
Guards, the 2d brigade of the 19th division of the
infantry, and two batteries, was detached to the left
side of the straits of Varna, to threaten the right wing
of Omer Vrione. By the rapid and complete ex-
ecution of this movement, the TUrkish camp, in the
village of Hadji Hassan, fell into our hands. The
enemy lost one standard, and about 500 men. Mean-
time, Prince Eugene, of Wurtemburg, arrived from
the camp before Shurela, with the Ist brigade of the
19th division ; and having been joined by the 20th
regiment of Yagers, he joined General Suchozonet
en the 2Sth of September, according to the orders
lie had received. On this day General Bistiona re-
pulsed a serious attack. The enemy, who, since his
arrival, had begun to entrench himself, left his camp
in great force, and attacked our redoubts. The
action continued with great impetuosity for four
hours. The fire of our battery, as well as a vigorous
charge with the bayonet, executed by - the Ist bat-
talion of the Yagets of :the Foot Guards, as well as
by the Ist battalion of the Greadiers of the Body-
Guard, decided the victory. •
" Each of these battalions took a standard, and
the Turks retreated, leaving behintrl,ooo trifled. In
d this engagement the enemy brought fora 15,000
infantry and cavalry, and had an equal numberin the
entrenchments. We lament the loss of the braVe
General Freitag, commander of the Regiole„,
or
Grenadiers of the body guard ; and of Colotiel•Zay_
cow, of the same regiment: both fell at the head of
the battalion. The next day the enemy remained
quiet, and was employed in fortifying his camp.
" We resolved, therefore, to interrupt his tran-
quillity, and to attack him on the following day (the
30th). The attack, conducted by General Bistrona,
was only a feint. Prince Eugene, of Wurtemburg,
led the second attack. Alter arranging his force
opposite the enemy's left wing, our troops were
obliged to manoeuvre on ground broken by innu-
merable hollows and thick bushes,—a circum-
stance peculiarly faVourable to the enemy's in-
fantry, us they conceal themselves in the bushes
and tight singly. In spite of these difficul-
ties, the 20th regiment of Yagers succeeded in
taking the first redoubt and one cannon. Our
troops were animated with such courage,' that, can-
trary to the orders of Prince Eugene, of Wurtem-
bum, the Ist brigade-of .the 19th • division, corn-
man'ded by General Jurriow* attacked the enemy's
camp. This officer fella victim •to hisaroble-spirit,
while his brigade succeeded in. reaching the parapet
of the enemy's entrenchments ; but as it %vas here
exposed to the fire of the enemy's musketry, attacked •
in front by a superior force, and -threatened on the
flanks by the enemy's cavalry, it was obliged, as it
was toe far from the columns which should have
supported it, to retreat, after having sustained
considerable loss. It therefore retreated in the best
order, under the protection of our batteries, and of
an attack made by the Hulans of the Guaid.
The action was then put an end to, and the
corps of Prince Eugene of Wurtemburg resumed its
position at Hadji Hassan. The boldness with which
our troops attacked the enemy's entrenchments made
so great an impression on the enemy, that notwith-
standing- our loss, he
,not only did not hinder the
retreat of the corps of Prince Eugene, btit'has still
remained to day behind his entrenchments.
" The works before Varna , are so far advanced,
that the mines reach in two, places to the main
rampart of the fortress."

We give all the dates in the following Official Bulk-
tins according to the new style.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.

(From the Gazette de France, dated Sunday;. Oct.- 19.)1
VIENNA, OCT. 9.--We -have learned with great,
surprise in the foreign Journals,:that, Austria was
going to make .a loan of one hundred millions of
florins, the half to be in Metaniques at par. %Ve
have not heard the slightest mention of it here.
For some days past we have been without news
from the theatre of war. Letters from Bucharest
say, that since the-last sally from Silistria, on 15th.
Sept., the Turks have attempted nothing against the
corps blockading that place.
Those who. -had 'passed at Simmilza to the left
bank of the Danube, have returned to the right
bank, after committing .great ravages in Wallachia.
Nletalliques, 91-; Bank Shares, 1,077.
CORFU, SEPT. 14.--,We learn from Navarin,-that
many Turks, born in the Morea, are preparing to
leave the country, and that others intend to remain
there, provided they are allowed the free exercise of
their .religion, and that their persons and ,property
are respected.
Accounts from Prevesa say that General Church
had left Mitika, and arrived before the Castles of
Plaja and Teck. Veli Bey was preparing to defend
himself against the Greeks.
Travellers from Janina say, that on the Bth a
Firman of the Sultan was•published in that city, en-
joining the Seraskier, Redschid Pacha, to proceed
immediately, with his troops, to join the grand
Turkish army, and that during his absence the Se-
lictar Pods, one of the principal Albanian Chiefs,
would be charged with the defence of the provinces
under his command. 1 hese travellers affirm, that a
similar order had been published at Delvino, the re-
sidence of Selictar Poda.

ANCONA, SEPT. 29.—Letters from Zante say,
that the French have not yet quitted the environs of
Calamata. They have experienced no hostility
from the Egyptians and Turks, except picking up
some single soldiers, who had straggled too far from
the camp. Hopes are still entertained that the
Morea will be evacuated without employing force,
and the Grand Signior withdraw his. troops. Red-
schid Pacha has already received orders to join the
army in RoFnelia, but it is thought that it is only to
give sat sfaction to the Albanians, and that it must
not be hence inferred that the country will be eva-
cuated by the Turkish troops.

(From the Constitutionnel.)

. PARIS, OCT. 17.—The destinies of Etirope are
settled. The complaints of the enemies of modem
society attest this. True liberty is seated on a
foundation as strong as that of civilization itself,
from which it is inseparable. Nothing can again
bring it into question; neither the precarious state
of Ireland, of Portugal, or Greece, nor the intrigues
of persons who are always intriguing; because, while
they carry their jokes so far as to style themselves
persecuted, they require impunity as their privilege.
Who will deliver us from legal order ? they inquire.
They will- not be delivered from it. All the en-
lightened part of Europe is now occupied with prin-
ciples of organization, and understands them better
every day. The liberty of nations and public repose
will very soon find in public opinion a certain guarantee.
Our future progress will depend in future less on
the spirit of party than on thought; and it will be
peaceable, like the march of the sciences, since men
have schight real knowledge in place of quarrelling
about words. Once engaged in this route, the
human mind uses even the vicissitudes of society to
promo•e its perfection. Ireland is agitated—it has
suffered much. To drench it with blood, such
causes, in days of ignorance, would have been more
than sufficient. At present the English do not fear
that a Nuncio will lay Great Britain under an inter-
dict, and sell the Crown to some neighbouring
Prince. The Irish accordingly. take care that the
blame of civil war shall not lay at their door;, and,
as Europe watches them, they must embrace a wise'
,part. There are-'discontented people who cannot be
restored to reason, and rebels, always greedy of do-
minion.; but these are the Apostolical rebels.

AUSTRIA, OUT. 9.--The Turks have been dis-
comfited in Little Wallachia, and our Funds have,

in consequence, fallen. Our last letters from Bu-
charest, 'on the 30th September, and those from
Semlin, of the Ist-and.2d of this month, inform us
that the Osma.nlis, beaten_ at Brosba and Tcheret,
have filler) back on the Danube. The Sultan,. who
has induced his invincible. soldiers_ neither to give
nor take quarter, probably did not _add that thcy•
were t.) kill themselves on the spot, fOr they have
fled for it pretty nimbly. Winter, we expect, will
show us many such scenes.
In spite of the pains the RusSians take to conceal
their operations, that they may not be taken-cogni-
zance of by our army of diplomatists, it appears
certain that they intend commencing a very active
campaign as soon as the Danube shall be frozen.
Already they have begun to put the formidable
Ibrail in a state of defence, and as Varna cannot
much longer hold out, if she-has not already fallen,
they will establish themselves in Tartary Dobroudje,
so as to be able to commence suddenly offensive
operations, the effects of which are incalculable.
We may use this expression, for the Emperor
Nicholas, deceived in his first hopes, will never re-
turn the sword to the scabbard till he has dictated
such a peace to the Grand Seigneur as will secure
him every thing.
FRENCH FuNns.—PARIS, Ocr. 18.—Five per Cents.
104 f. 90e. ; Three per Cents. 731. 95e. ; Bank Stock,
1,840 f.

FOREIGN FUN DS. —Neapolitan Rentes, 79f. 5c.; Royal
Spanish Loan, 79k ; Interminable Spanish Annuities,
50.1 ; Haytian Loan, 655.

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