The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-20 00:00:00

,11 the
1-streef

No. 19.519.]

S :WITH TESTIMONIAL FUND
37, GB EA T G EORGE-STREET, WESTMINSTER.

r,- The superior advantages of senlw propu;sion being full, de-
monstrated by its ecneral ade,.tion for the public service and for the
cernmerel,,l operations of Amost all maritime nations, a favourable
time apnea-s to have arrived for including a public recognition of
the merit of its intreiiucron.

Convinced th=t screw navigation—whoever may be regarded as
its o iginal inventor—must date As real comnn,,cement from the
successful teals and voya_ e + o:" the" Archimedes" in 1839 and 1840 ;
and•fe, ling that all nr..val hat', ns are init. bled to the performancea
of that ship, for the' flr-t practical development 9t this great Imp ove-
m2nt IYI the means of maritime enterprise ; tf'e foNiwina" gentl-zden,
pe:sonslly co;nisant of the facts comiected stith the pi Nr. se of the
system, are strongly imp. ess d NV ill 'IV_ justic, of the chini. of 'll r.
riancis Pettit ~mith, to ho,e tal it's aal untiriog t nergy it is well
known the "Archimedes" owed tddlt h r origin and success.
They can al-o bear reco,d ti the steady pors.ve• e with whin
that g.mtleman has 'contMeed to coyote thy hest years of Ii s life to
the-purpose fe.ta listing the tnei-Psot the screw. And they know
that the national -benefit thus coiVerred by his labours—wr.ich wa-
brat so clearly co firmed by the per.oriiiroces of the It-Atter .n 1845,
hen so strilt•nelyltuqrat d at the nay tl review of 1853, and win .11
,s now so tOtfid. nil), re ied on for success in actud war--has not
hitht rto proct•red.fix hint ti!herpablic a,kuowletiginent o, pecuniary
reward.

They, have ihereore formed thents.:lves in' o a Provisional Commit.
tee, and have rt questtd n.t most respect fully to solicit the hosour of
your nsme,, anti the sdv t,tage of t our influetie:, and exain p'e, in sup-
port of an an•eal t all el,is s Hll./ lute, ed, Mr a genera suttscrip'ion
to tresent a suitiPle 'estimodal to Mr. Fttnels Pettit Sit,ith, for his
prominent services in brnging int, practice the system of scrim
navigation.—We have th, honour to be your ob-tit. servants,

EDWARD Pia.LLEW HALST&D uon. Sec*.
JOHN scar RUSSELL,

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

.Tames Allan, Esq., Managing Director of t..e Pen.nsnlar and Oriental
Cot, piny
Charles Atherton, Esq., Chief Engineer H.M. Dockyard, Woolwich
Joseph r'esrlimre, E•ei Manager of the Gdueral steam Navigation
Compan Engme Works
H. Wollaston Blake, Esq., F.R.S., Engineer, London
Isatnbard K.B. unel, Eeq., C.E.
Edward Chappell, Esq., Capt. R.N., Secretary to the Royal West
India Mail ompany
Wiliam t!r7spin, Capt. R.N.. the Royal Yacht
John Utlay Ellis, Esq., Chairman of the General Screw-steam
slnpp]tig Company
Joshua El Id, Esq , E.R.S , Engineer, London
John vimham, Esq., late Master Shipwright, H.M. Dockyard,
Portsmouth
-ir 1. hard rant, Kt , Capt. R.N. •
William FL Ei nderson, Capt R.N., C. 8., Comptroller-Genera! of
he Coast ,:Hard
Edward Ilumphr3 s, Esq., late Chief Engineer U.M. Dockyard,
Woolwich
Met ireger Laird, Esq., Managing Director of the African Mail Com-
poly
Thomas Lloyd, Foe., Chief Engineer of H.M. Navy
Char es .1. Mere, Eq , -hitibugder, London
Joseph Miller. Esq , F. Ks., Engineer, London
flobk rt a.fer, Esq., Engineer, 4114sgow
tames Na myth, Esq., EmcM,,er, Maitch_ster
John Penn, Esq., Eug neer, Gr• ens tch
th.orge Rennie, Esq , Enginee^, London
Joseph d'a Samuda, Esq., Engineer, London
Ito ert Stephenson, Esq , M.P., F. C.E.
:Sane Wets, Esq., ant- -urverl ti.M. Yavy
Money Wig ram, Esq., -hiobuild,r, London
.loseph 'Whitworth, Esq., Eo eineer, Manchester