The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-06-03 00:00:00

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UNROLLING OF AN EGYPTIAN MUMMY..
• Oa Friday evening Mr. Pettigrew undertook the task
of
5 b?inging. attain into the light, after ;be lapse of perhaps thirty
' centuries or more, one of the inhabitams of ancient
before one of the most crowded assemn,i„,„ tviti,Etrthe
wails
oP
the Royal Institution.- The theatre wzis fiVed fit every corner,
and the attendance of so great a canctarrae. Of noblemen and
gentlemen, eminent in all -branches of sele6ee a,ast have been
very flattering to the lecturer. All the itidriduals in this Cow,-
try celebrated for their knowledge of hter,e-Iyhical literature
were present, and seemed deepl\viintr;:•=z llr.
I'...iith
lei:
ii.tßr
)onc
irrire
discourse.' 'We observed Mt. vik
.
Prudhoe, Mr. Rogers, Dr. Leemans, Mr. Cullimore, 'tee. Mr..
Pattern, Mr. Renouard, Dr. Lee. &c. The discourse cammencad
by remarking on. the' impossibility of treating a subject the
branches of which are so diversified in the shwa, space .1 oted
to the meeting; but the lecturer endeavoured. to bring under
the notice of the auditory all the leading. points conueded with
it, and though with great difficulty, from the endiatrass des rich-
cries, this could not be accomplished in less than. two bouts.
Mr. P. alluded to the accounts of embalming by the Egyptians,
as handed down to us by Ilerodotus Diodorus Siculus, and com-
mented upon the several proceSses which appear to haYe beets
adopted in various instances. lie enumerated many very cu-
rious and interesting circumstances illustrative of the funeral,
ceremonies of this ancient people, ..and showed that the reasons
for their extraordinary preservation of the bodies of their. dead
were only to be sought for in their theology., Believing in the
immortality of the soul, the ancient Egyptians conceived that
they were retaining the soul withiu the body as long as the fom
of the body ,could be preserved entire,
,or were facilitating the
reunion of it with the body at the day of resurrection, by pre-
serving the body from corruption. Herodotus tells us that. the
Egyptians were the first people to lay down the principle of the
immortality. of the soul, and that when the body is dissaived the.
soul enters into some other animal which
..ita at the sante
dine; and that after going the round of all the animals that in-
habit the land, the water, and the air, it again enters the Iny
of a man which is then born. This circuit, they d
say, is performed
by the soul in 3000 yea rs. Mr. Pettigrew exhioited three curious
drawings of the sacred boat conveying theloolV across the camd-
to the place of the 'entombment, and described-the various cha-
racters an board the vessel, and the. purposes to which they were
assi-oed. He frlibwedahis up by exhibitiog the scene of judg-
ment before the 42 assessors, apd *the record made by Thoth, the.
Egyptian Mercury, so the'preSmiCe of Osiri"s; attended by the
four.genii'of the'ircreuti.; orate rogiwi triu dead. Ourlitnil9
will not permit us to follow the-question through all the.points to
which he gave such ample illustration, and we therefore pass on
to speak of the mummy itself, subt-nitted to exammatlon this
evening. It is one brought:by the.late Mr. Salt from Thebes,
and purchased by Mr. P. at a sale of Egyptian antiquities a few
months since. It had three cases; a painted. wooden. one in
contact with the body,- an outer .coffin, and a sarcophagus of
sycamore wood. ,This, which wait one of an Oblong shape, is of
exceeeding interest, for it is covered with hieroglyphics and pie-.
torial representatious in various -colours. One of these repre-
sented the deceased conducting the boat, of the sun (the em-
blem of this deity. Phra, being seated in the centre, under a
canopy formed by the snake Ureus, ornainented with the mitre,
typical of the upper regions), and steered, byllorus, the son of
Osiris. Mr. I'. remarked that Horus, or }for, is the origin of
the Greek Haren or Charon, and perhaps Har-hue, the
living Horus. Another singular representation on the sarco-
phagus was illustrative of the deceased throwing off this ‘• mortal
coil." and standing established—this,being represented by the,
corporeal man painted red, falling to the mother earth; and the
spiritual part, painted blue, with the hands extended to the
heavens. The whole case was entirely covered with hierogly-
phics, many passages of which Mr. P. read off from which it
was apparent that the -embalmed individual was a priest con-
cerned in the libations—that this name ass Osiri, that he was
the son of a priest of Amnion Ouonofri, who was the son of a
priest; Oukkouso, who was the son of.a priest Miami that
k
his mother's name was Mas-se. The Lecturer pointed out
some curious variations as to the manner is which the name of '

the deceased and of his mother was spelt, occurring in the for-
mer case in no less than five different ways, and the latter in
three several modes. The inside of the painted coffin contained
various figures, connected
,with the Egyptian mythology, and
prayers offered up to various deities,. for the deceased Osiri.
They ran in this manner—" Open the gate of Heaven, open
the World, open the gate of ti.;: region of the Stars, open the
gate of ..9.tneuti, the good region, to Ositi.” At the foot
of the case, Isis was painted. embracing the feet, and a line or
hieroglyphics, expressing—" This is of Isis, who esubraces thy
feet.' At the buttons of the case seas a very spirited ri pre-
sentation of the deceased, as a mummy, on the back of the.,
Osirian or Sacred Bull, who was galloping off with the body.
Mr. P. gave various interpretations of the characters, and then.'
proceeded to unfold the mummy. The bandages were exceed-
nq.tly numerous, very clean, applied
,in the neatest manner.
possible, and extended to, perhaps, not less than 2000 yards..
SeVeral inscriptions were found upon the bandages. The pitchy
matteroccasioned the_bandages to etc very firmly fixed to the body,
and the time allotted to the meeting being quite exhausted, MI%
P: was 'able only to make out one side of the Lead, Which Hp,
peered in perfect preservation, and clearly exhibited the fea-
tures of the ancient Egyptian's countenance. The viscera had
been removed from the body by an incision in the left
as clecribed by fleredottis, and the various ,parts were found
upon the body and between the legs, separately bandaged, and
in a complete state of preservation. The limbs were also sepb-
rately bandaged. The remainder of the mummy will be de-
' veloped at the Lecturer's leisure, and it is, probable that some
ornaments May be found upon the surface, or within the body,
from the great care exhibited in the manner in which the whole
process appears in this. instance to have been conducted. The
variety of topics embraced by. the Lecturer, and the intetest.
excited by their consideration, to whieh it was evident Mr. I'. had
not time to do justice either to his subject sir to his own'acquaint-
ance with it, will, we trust, induce the managers of this, most
useful Institution to consider of the propriety of arranging a
complete course of lectures connected with Eoptian antiquities,
which could not poSsibly fail of giving much information, and
exciting the taste of the public for such researchz:s.

The -Bishop of- Chester- has been - pleased to license the
Rev. Robert Thompson, M.A. to the' Perpetual Curacy- of
Ellel, on the nomination of the Rev. John Dobson, M.A.,
Vicar of Cockerham.
CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—On Monday evening the
anniversary of this society was held at the Music Hall, in Bold-
street. In the absence of the Rev. Chancellor Parkes, the
Rev. G. D. C. Driffield, vicar of Prescot, took the chair. The
room was excessively crowded, end upwards of thirty ministers
of the Church of England occupied the platform. The Rev.
T. Tattershall, the secretary to the society, read the report of
the. committee for the past year. The report spoke very
favourably of the advancement of and benefits resulting from
the society. The Rev. P. Buddicum triovod the adoption of the
report, and dwelt in glowing terms on the ben4its which had
resulted from- this society as connected with the Church of
England. The Rev. C..Thurlow, vicar of Scaleby, in loll:-
shire, gave a variety of interesting details of the progress am ,1
operations cf the society abroad. The R. v. C. Ilodgson moved
the next resolution, recognising and inculcating the-solemn
duty of propagating the word of God, and gave an appalling
description of the atrocities and barbarities committed in those -;
countries where idolatry prevailed and• where the humanising
influence of the scriptures had not extended itself. Captain • •
Gardner, R.N. seconded the resolution, aid gave an account
of the efforts which had been made in Africa to establish a •••.
missionary station there. Several donations were announced,
after which the Rev. Andrew Knox, the Rev. Hugh M'Neile,
and the Rev. Jno. Ilawtrey addressed the meeting, which sepa- •
rated at a little before ten o'clock. A liberal collection wise •
made.

IMPORTANT. VROJECT.—That we live in an age of daring
adventure, the accomplishment of many great undertakings
can attest to the fact; and wonderful most wonderful, as many
of them were at their first projection considered, perhaps few,
if any, might have occasioned more incredulity in theft coo-
plet ion. than the one which we see is now seriousiyhtco)sne.ptriT6jrpeleatt.eodf,
which is the formation of a railway over Morecambe Bay arid
Duddon Sands. Fur this purpose.a meeting has been held iu.
Ulierston, when the practicabdity of the measure was readily
conceded by all present, and a communication was ordered to
be opened with Messrs. Clarke and Julian, u
the grand Caledonian Junction railway was approved of and
whose assistance in maturing the plans for the great under-
taking to which we have alluded was to be procured.---pre,,,,,,
Pilot. .

" it: trouble" its
.
'! 1 Was going
rtehresusfoil‘7loEwAiNn..7drle°Peocsiuitiounaswca':ctenade against hint
JON(A,
aT,D.AnNd
Ameri
through Valley "'
and another before a magistrate:—Complainant:
Death, (a street so called.) ?cause there aint
no direeter line to my store, when I was sudden Wick and (trio
hack considerable. lam not quite capable to say which done
that. I falls glick down, for it was'ever slithery, as it mew con-
siderable/ Then this Torment, (Edmund,) speaking to I, says,
'Get up,or 111 lick you
~ant, .to which I was no ways given,
but when Jack Adams and another come, I riZ. 'I hen this
Torment fetches me an .aledighty blew on the nose, and Julie
Adams had t'ether's stick pokes, in his eye." On this evidence
Kean and his friend were duty amerced.
A GASCON AND HIS PASSPOHT.—" Speaking of passports,
which are a necessary evil, invariably accompanying all foreigtt
excursions, brings to my recollection the following; anecdotes:— ,
A poor Gascen, who had committed himself at Marseilles by
some imprudent bravadoes fur Napoleon, wished to get nut of
the town before any danger happened. He got apassport, by
means of two francs and the signatures of two friends. Having
shaved himself that morning, they described him—'t.eard, none;'
complexion, none.' Perhaps he was not very Warming. On
the second evening a gendarme inspected his passport.- Hie
beard had grown. ' Beard, none!' said the gendarme;' why,
you have a black beard!' ''Complexion, cone;' 'and you are
perfectly yellow. The passrrt is false—von most writ here for
another.' In vain the GaSeors protested : he was obliged to send
the paper back to Marseilles, where they added, 'eoroptexi„n.
pale ;" heard, black.' He was on foot. The third day he fell
down, and several contusions dreadfolly inflamed his face : 'Coin-
!'i
pleXion, pale said the inspector n the evening, ; '3 on have the
reddest face I eversaw !' 'Nese, twiddling !" and your nose is
enormous! You have also a Scar on your chin.' This passport
is false; you must send for another!' Again the paper was sent
back to Marseilles; and the pour man was two mouths on his
journey, instead of twenty dare. At another time, an old pen-
sioner retailed rather late to Paris, alter dining in the country.
At the barrier he was asked for his admisiion-ticket ; he pulled
out of his pocket the bill of fare be had just pitid, and present-
ed it. The insector put on his -spectacles, and began to read--
'Calf's head !' hem!! that is good; they have amused them-
selves in describing him." " Pigs'. tel ! ' ha, hat net cry
polite.' Sheep's ears'!' duc'k's breast!' 'that is odd. Fars, on
citizen; with Such a description you cannot be ver;-, auher-
oils.' "—Letters from 281 us•se.l.,:.
1 Isly last the inhabitants
Rostisn Tuf:gliATlMC—On Wcf.nes,... .
r :is wallloll its It was of Tynriland were excited by an net
the,
Nev: „„ c .
„,.
1 n Inas I into-
lerantyr-
on the part of the parish pl.iests'eachecl, us front the* ilk-
tell. The particulars, as .bey
•c..._
havelt appears'that, atter Lou!
gtieved parties, are as felhdie,i.,
were of land rcpt free. to the
Betesford had kindly o.a:lntewhich,
.t'oriland
•Cnapel stands—.
parishioners—the struiv.e.
~sirtsugtii,,ii.,,g
i his flea liceS, converte4
the priest, with h t..e yie t
„ burial ground:and fur which each la-
Et part Or this land into. s ,
, °mon to the extent of the plot required
wily were taxed in pis p. ,
(lied last week, ant,`
c - " j A Mrs. 'Nolan .
..
,after the usual
,or build •
chad,„ islidan, proceeded to ira'•e •
time her son. . h ,
... . , _
,_, . • .. at 'ran
. . ._...icut OI S (Lett ase,l IDOI tier, and as tIN .f h
for the nue, a imili,,, (I • -, , •,.:i to 0 her sons
-had been 'inter',
~.,,
„.
),,•, , • a I,(i :Lat. pato
to
priest osse
pound fee, I, judge 'I-': ,! !!ce !11, mist suitable to depoiit the '
of his ninth
remains (9. fht, inie,t,'liiNVie.t:, objected to this, •
an•,ii on Tuesday last, although the grO.Te-tiax
and the fu-
neral on the vuy to the churebv•lrd, I i io. open,
sr cl ' ..
to the spot,
arid ordered the grace to be clos(;,i he ,21-4:: ca
up, occ aLing tit none of •
the Nolani; should be inten.etthere, and citj.e, di upon some of
the'people to assist 11411 1U closing it. up.
;WI,
iti • Ike exception, .
of publican nutned.Farrell,
men of sacerdinal ix
Intel:Less. te't{:d, 't:tt 81
"illeilut IC" (1 assistl 1 this
t
the o'll, the friends of the 'rieceastd turned4lsoal c‘titelli.".huntit.•
yap and proeeeded io Kilierig wh..re ilw's deyosited tht half'.
in the family !Atrial wound of bnote reLoi,fl* of the deteas"i•
The cause of so glu-a an insult to the I1i,;'411 fatbilr, 'may is*
explained bri,tlN. Charles Nolan iss drives ts. Cot iiil Bruen and stood I y hiss landlord fearTes,,ty is every Ceebeet its eiefidoces -
of Kiestly malize and spiritual ihttiertidutontatd Cr ea gloirg
was assailer} by everssa tificesehi‘h,iznootwaper Nista' bigvuos
could. Quakavik lime the late diectign.—Covilieresiilikel‘• •

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