Star.
London, England, 1828-05-30 00:00:00

EDINBURGH. MAY V.

A Mummr.—About thirty Gentlemen were present,
yesterday afternoon, at the unwrapping of a mummy,
io Smart's Booms, Thistle-street, under the superin-
tendence of that collector of curiosities, John Howell.
It had lain, for some time past, in his shop in Howe-
street. for the purpose of wooing subscribers, who were
to have a vote in the disposal of it, after witnessing the
tonapping. As far as we could learn, from the conver-
:von among the bystanders, the history of the mummy
vas—That it had been originally sent, along with
another, from Alexandria, to be presented to the Uiii•
vanity of Gottingen. The vessel which carried
them was, however, wrecked on the coast of Holland;
and the materials and cargo that were saved being sold
at Bremen, the present male mummy was purchased by

a Jewish merchant of liamburgh. The other, a female,
had been almost wholly destroyed. The former was
subsequently sold to a Gentleman of this country.
who, atter having kept it for some time, thought
proper to dispose of it by subscription. The case which
contained the mummy is in a state of excellent preser-
vation, with the exception of one side. A good deal
Cl disappointment was experienced, when, on proceed-
ing to unwrap the body, it was discovered that this
must have been done before, and that the cunning
Jew bad re-clothed it with the ancient habiliments.
The proofs of this were evident in the modern silk,
pins, and strings, used in attempting to restore its
turn. When the outer covering was removed, the trunk
was found to be nearly in its originril state, but the legs
were a good deal Mutilated, probably by those who had
formerly taken off the wrappings, or from the immersion
of the mummy in the salt water for eight or nine days be-
fore
it was recoverrd from the wreck. The hole which is
commonly observed in mummies was pierced on the left
side, and was large enough to admit a small hand. The
covering from the chest being cut away, the inside was
found filled with small pieces of the same cloth with
which the whole had been wrapped. It was thought
that the good people of Hamburgh had, however,
put these there in place of what had been used by
the embalmer. A bone of one of the legs resembled
one that had been in the grave for a few years. The
nails on the feet were in good preservation, and the
teeth of the upper jaw were merely discoloured. The
beard, whiskers, and hair", retained their natur.l
unength, but seemed to have had their colour changed
by the process of embalming. Some little remains
al the gold which is used in adorning the mummy
sere visible. A quantity of fine gray sand was found
about the thighs and over great part of the body. This
aas attributed by one Gentleman to the exposure in the
*leek, but it seemed impossible to account in that way
fc the quantity and the manner in which it had pene-
►ated into the body. From the difficulty of explaining
Its appearance, however, it is worthy of attention. It
Wai wonderful how few of the learned of the cit♦ at-
Itnded so uncommon and interesting ad operation.

The letters from Bucharest, May 8, state, that there
scarcely forty thousand Turks on the Danube.
Tuesday night the house of Mr. G. Coombs, Church-
Pfeet, Bethnal Grsen, was broken open, and 18 bobbins
silk and various o:her articles stolen. The same
"'Flit the house of Mr. Pearson, a brewer, at Rother-
Ole, was feloniously entered from the waterside, and
Lady's chessing•table and some silver spoons 'yen.
Tuesday, about the middle of the day, a man, dressed
'o• blue coat and drab trowsers, feloniously entered
the York Chambers, in St. James's-street, and carried
of a large leather portmanteau, containing a quantity
v.aluable property.
Itsterday morning a Gentleman of the name of
PuGN, feeling himself rather indisposed, went into a
eruggist's in Throgmorton-street, and asked for some
sliphurite of magnesia: a lad in the shop, it is sup-
Netts gave him by mistake sulphorite of zinc, or some
'her poisonous drug; 'the comequence was, that in
bout a quarter of an hour he was taken so dangerously
medical assistance was obliged to be called in,
d he was taken home in a very precarious state.
fortunately, the quantity was so great that it would
tut remain on his stomach, or demb would have =-
lately ensued.

OLL BAILEY SESSIONS—This DAY.

BANK OF ENGLAND PROSECUTION.

John Montgomery, aged 33, formerly a Captain in
the. Army, and described in the Calender as 4. a mili•
tary Officer," was put to the bar, and charged with
uttering forged Baia of England notes. The prisoner
is a man of elegant and gentlemanly appearance.
He was first arraigned for having, in the month 01
March, uttered to John Simmonds, as true, well know-
ing it to be forged, a 101. note, purporting to be of the
Governor and Company of the Bank of England.
He was again arraigned for uttering a forged 101.
note to Edward Cooke Bourne; again, upon a third
indictment, for uttering a forged 101. note to Joseph
Hibbard ; upon a fourth indictment, for uttering a
forged 51. note to Richard Free; upon a fifth, for ut-
tering to William Coleman a forged 10/. note; upon a
sixth, for uttering a forged 101. note to Phoebe Broad-
hurst ; and upon a seventh, for uttering a forged 101.
note to Robert Woolf.

The prisoner being called upon to plead to these in-
dictments, said, " 1 plead Guilty."
Mr. Sergeant ARABIN recommended him to with-
draw his plea, but he declined, and still persisted in it.
Mr. Sergeant ARABIN having consulted Mr. Vickery,
the prisoner's Solicitor, again addressed him-4. Mr.
Montgomery, I understand from your legal adviser
that you have deliberately made up your mind to per-
sist in the plea of guilty. But let us have no misun-
derstanding about it. It any promise has been !mid out
to you (but I trust that none has) do not rely upon it;
it's quite right that. the public should know that you
had a caution held out. I sincerely hope you have con-
sidered the consequences of your plea."
The prisoner bowed, and I think, my Lord, I
perfectly understand you, and I repeat that I have made'
up my mind."
The plea was then recorded, and the prisoner will be
brought up at the end of the Sessions to have sentence
passed upon him.
Mr. Sergeant BOSANQUICT, Mr. LAW, and Mr. BRO-
DERICK, appeared to conduct the prosecution for the
Bank of England.
The young Prince GEORGE, about half past ten
o'clock, accompanied by some attendants, took his seat
upon the Bench, between the Lord Chief Justice BEST
and the LORD MAYOR. He appeared to take consi-
derable interest in the trials of the prisoners; and a man
being indicted for a burglary, the PRINCE called out for
some skeleton keys and a phosphorus boa, which were
produced in evidence, which he examined with minute
curiosity. He remained on the Bench during the entire
forenoon.

The Echo du Midi gives the following, under date of
the frontiers irif Spain, May 19: 44 We this moment
learn that the French Ambassador has set off in great
haste far Saragosa to have an interview with the King.
It is said his mission is of the highest political im-
portance."
FREEMEN or IPswicit.—Yesterday morning, while
the officer was impanelling the Jury, at the Old Bailey,
one of the parties summoned claimed to be exempted,
on ate ground. that he was a freeman of Ipswich, and
that by the charter of that borough, he and his brother
freemen were exempt from serving as jurors out of its
boundary. The Court, however, having examined an
extract from the charter which was produced by the
applicant, found that it applied to resident freemen
only, and thatlit was intended to prevent freemen from
being called out of their own precincts to serve on any
jury in the county wherein Ipswich is situated. The
applicant thereupon entered the jury-box, and per-
formed his duty.
A FISHING CAT--There is now at the battery on
the Devil's Point a cat which is an expert catcher of
the finny tribe, being in the constant habit of diving
into the sea and bringing up the fish alive in her mouth,
and depositing them in the Guard-room for the use of
the soldiers. She is now seven years old, and has long
been a useful caterer. It is supposed that her pursuit
of the water rats first taught her to venture into• the
water, to which it is well known puss has a natural
aversion. She is as fond of the water as a Newfound-
land dog, and she takes her regular peregrinations
along the rocks at its edge, looking out for her prely,
ready to dive for them at a moment's nutice.-1-I.y.
mouth Journal.

It is a curious circumstance that among the large
body of Irish emigrants, who lately went over to Bra-
zil, where, it now turns out, they were intended for
soldiers, sixteen women were discovered on the passage,
wLo had enlisted, and received bounty money, having
disguised themselves in men's clothes: Some of them,
it is understood, had reverted to this expedient in order
to follow their husbands ; two or three of whom had
actually an increase of family before they landed.
Advices from Semlin, 4,f the Bth of May, state that
the Pacha of BOSNIA had received orders from the
Porte to march with his corps of 8,000 men to join the
GRAND VIZIER. It was reported that the Commandants
of the various districts of Servia, not having received
any firman from Constantinople, had proposed to as-
semble for the purpose of debating what measures ought
to be taken under existing circumstances, but that
Prince Mmosca had protested against this proceeding.
The navigation of the West Indian Seas seems to be
so insecure, and so much infested by pirates, that regu-
lar convoys are appointed at Jamaica to see merchant
ships safely into the ports of the opposite coast of Co-
lombia. Thus his Majesty's ship Espiegle was announced,
by the Jamaica Courant,of the Bth of April, to be ready
to afford protection to the trade, as in the midst of war.
THE WEATHER.—Monday forenoon this city was
visited with one of the most severe and heavy thunder
storms (considering the length of its duration) that has
been experienced for years. The rain descended in
torrents, and continued to do so during the day, and in
some parts of the suburbs large hailstones fell. Pre-
cisely at twelve o'clock, a most vivid flash was instan-
taneously followed by a tremendous clap. which shook
every house to the centre. The ele:tric fluid struck the
house of the Rev. Mr.Woonnousz, Dissenting Minis-
ter, in Bold-place, utterly demolishing the wooden
spout that descended from the roof beside the kitchen
window, broke a few panes of glass, and providen-
tially did no further injury. The window consists of
a large lead light, with a casement in it, which was
open at the time. Several of the children were in the
kitchen, and Mrs. W. herself at the table immediately
inside the window, in the aet of cleaning some highly.
polished tins! She declares that she saw " the ball,"
and that the " sparks" flew all over the kitchen among
the children! This must, however, be a mistake, for a
boy engaged at Mr. Kelly's marble works, about three
hundred yards off, protests that " he must have swal-
lowed the ball, from the taste of brimstone in his
mouth ;" and as soon as he recovered from the astound.
ing effects of the shock, he ran off home as fast as his
legs could carry him, and would insist upon having a
dose of salts to work off the thunder ball!! All the
neighbours agree in saying that there was a smoke and
a strong sulphureous smell like that which accompanies
the discharge of cannon.—(',hatter Commit.

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