BELZONI'S WILL.-The will ...
The Times, 1824-12-08T00:00:00

BELZONI'S WILL.-The will of Giovanni Belzoni was provedin the Prergative Court in Doctors';-rommons, on the 1st inst. It in dated at Fez, in tie kingdom of Morocce, lAlay 20, 1823 ; and after setting apart 2061. for his wife exclusively, directs the remainder of his property to be divided into thirds; one of whicl he bequeaths his mother. resdng at Padu, bis native cdty; another to his wife; and the remaining one to his brother Dominico, also of Padus. As part of it, be reckons the produce of, the sale of the E;gyptian tonmb 3t Pars and the various articles of antiquity there; the receipts of the exhibition there; and his claim upon the trustees of the British Museum for the alabaster sarcophagus discovered by him at Thebes: also two granite Sphinxes, left at Bullock's Mu- seum; a ring of twelve diamonds and a topaz, presented to him by the Emperor of RussiaD; a picture of a Silenus; and a marble gasc chante. The sums produced from these are directed -to be deposited In the hands of A essra. Briggs Brothers and Co., 15, America- square, who are mnentioned by the testator in terms Ao confidence anid respect; as is al5o the Rev. A. 0. Browne, of Trinity-college, Cambridge. The former are created executr by the tenoLr of the will, but renoanced the trast, which consequently devolved uipon Mrs. Belzoni. The effets were sworn under 8001. The will was folded like a letter, and superscribed for Messrs. Briggs Brothers and Co., with a direction to be opened at the end of five years after the 2dth of 1lay, 2, if no intelligence sbould be received from him or otbers that he is living, " which I hope I -lzhfl be." Some months ago, a respectable stationer, who resides nemr one of the Inns of Coart, was robbed of stanips to a vervy e amaount, and of the halves of Bank.notes for the suni of l,100). lie has a shop detachied fronilis dwellrmg;-and, i deedv-uotuta c cm- - municating with it. in an iron safe in his shiop, he kept stdmps, nmounting in Yvalue to between 2,0001.eand 3,%O0007andin other'plscee of securit in the sbohe kegt the halves of eleren 1001. 7kOteC of the: Bank of ngland. ae ot ,er halves he kept at bis he fiir the- greater secunty. The locks of the shopeocr and: thie We W& drwers were al of the best description. but they ,roved iio ava11 against the ingenuity of the thieves. The stamps andiba hilves of' the notes disappeared one night-at least they were missed one mornitg. The safe and drawers were found ioched, bnt the door of theshop wasopen. Skeleton keyshad been u&edfoatherewas nomark of violence whatever upont1helocke; end thiesmitli whoDcxmined the premises declared that the thieves must have made several visits to the shop before they could have succeeded in ransacking it. so effectu%iy.; The usugl measures were resorted-to to accomplish the recovery of thte progerey by information to the polic, and Offier of reCwad. No onc; owever, asemed ;o be temepted by; tle re- ward. Az length !ie stntioner reaeived information thatt was ps- sible for hhn to get back his stampr, if Le-would ezerciw cetain der*ee ofliberality towards those into whosebands they hiiddnancg to fall., He expresssd his readinens to give 1901. for the restoration of his proeryt; but this ofFer -was laughed at. The felliws whs were in posseson oftse property.-w ere not to be satisfied without th- other halves of the notes for 1,1001., na a remuneration 'for thceir trouble in taking care of the stamps. This inonstrms propositioes startled the statoner, who, however, gave- no pCsltlVe refusal, butappointedan tegotlor. The negotlitionocupWtd a considerable length of time, and of course without one of thesoldcitors reguarly employed on occealoas of this kjnd nothing could be done. Th*e thieveawere besought to bemereifaL. They rouli nottbitqatittle t of their dennd - ad determined, lit he hatves of sth note3 were noet : , fortcoang itii a catain time, thestmsp should bedizposea o for 1,800L: This threat hadthe desired effict. It- was atcertained thatthestsnp were, along tl umnseqnl; oftlheraiampa. in& sbrtoft 'hel"- or rectiver's den, near Houndsditch, ~but ths -fact waes not known until the halves waer givenu by theatiener, vhwnoin deiredtO take nollOtice ofany ihngt tvmikhtOcc =the - next evening, but to attend to his business as usuaL Tbestatonee accordingly waited patiently in bis shop the whole-vof the day, but - ijobidy appeared. On going over tohisdealk however, ho stumbled overa;large bundle of someurgontb ryana d andoiexamininsg it, he found} tht}le had in his posesas every stamp he had losi.' The thieves saprcned themnselves satisfied at the esulEt ofa:enegon tlatiah,as, aslthough they were Iotzid tltheusualter:oentsge torn t1eir trouMle, thtygot the WL.wlt9ontbeing obliged to iregdae, . themselves by emrploying po1cice-oneuw obettosaic ,