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numerous ships it has already saved, and the captains gratefully ac-
knowledge the glorious results. Two testimonial extracts shall
suffice :
" Captain Greig, from Quebec to London, states that the Fountain
Pump being fitted in the Caroline, its great power was tke means of
saving the ship and 230 souls on board, two seams in the bottom
being partly left without calking."
" The Argus brig, from Cadiz, sprung a leak when three days out
at sea, and soon after her common pump choaked and became use-
less. Captain Rutherford states all then depended upon her Foun-
tain Pump, which for nineteen days and eighteen nights was in ac-
tion without a minute's respite, when all arrived safely in London,
with a thank God for the Fountain Pump."
ON LAND

the New Portable Fire-engines are of infinitely better service than a
fire brigade. They act instantaneously at the outbreak of a fire.
" We are delighted with the invention—lt is a great boon to so-
clety."—Editors Liverpool Mail.
Tho New Portable Fire-engines have preserved a large portion of
Norwich from destruction, for out of eighteen different properties on
fire in and near the city, they saved eleven solely and seven mainly,
including in the seven the Queen's Cavalry Barracks ; and in the
eleven, Messrs. Horton's dyery, and 12,0001. worth of consigned pro-
perty ; Stoke mustard, starch, and flour mills, and Messrs. Butcher's
grocery warehouses, just in time to prevent a large quantity of gun-
powder therein from exploding, which must have spread around de-
struction and death.

North Walsharn.—At this fire the Portable Engine was of great
service, and by having one of them ready, there Is no doubt but half
the property now destroyed might have been sayed."—Norfolk Chro-
nicle, August 22,_1846.

At a Norwich 'fire Juno 2, 1847, the two Portable Engines were
the pets of the public. The cry was, feed the little engines and they
will do the work, which proved true. The tour large engines present
proved useless.

Portable Engines speedily prows steam-bollers to a dozen atmo-
spheres.

Now the fact is this, all itormer Force Pumps, Lift-force Pumps,
Lift Pumps, and Chain Pumps are bad machines : they rub, grub, and
scrape the water upwards by friction, which wastes two-fifths of the
power used, and preg,ressively falter by leakage, which Drs. Young
and Hatton, with many other eminent experimenters, lamented
thus :—The quantity or water actually raised by any machine seldom
exceeis half the power consumed, after overcoming friction and
leakage ; and notwithstanding the best engineers in the world had
tried in vain for two thousand years to abate these palpable defects
in hydraulic machines, nevertheless, at last the victory is won, and
won for ever ; for friction and leakage are now both annihilated by
the new rolling principle In pumps, and their effect augmented from
twelve to twenty (or about seventy per cent.), and frequently with-
out more outlay.

Most men can sustain heavy rapid pump trials for 40 seconds, but
some men drop at minute time. With a best new heavy working Fric-
tion Pump an active sound-winded young man of 140 lbs. weight can
raise 10,100 lbs. of water one foot high In a minute, and with a Foun-
tain Pump 9,000 lbs. in half a minute. Thus a continual and moat
extraordinary lucrative advantage is gained over perpetual and uni-
versal ignorance, clearly proving that Knowledge is Power.
John Clenton Roberts, Esq., in his popular work, No. 1,110, did
well in placing Gosset's French Pump Abortion (that slaps the water
upward) side by side with the Fountain Panm, which upset a good
deal of Folly. Because Mr. Hallett, Dublin, a thorough-bred pump-
maker, Mr. liaddley, London, an everlasting pump-writer, and Mr.
Ewbank, America, an ignorant pump book-maker, asserted that the
two pumps were identical. But the Tankee out-fooled John Bull
and Paddy in No. 1,153, and in No. 496, nook-maker Millington's
remarks are preposterous. however, on the other hand, Dr. Birk-
beck, Aberdour, Hay, Parkington, with many other discerning men,
after witnessing the perfect effect and the beautiful simplicity of the
rolling principle, gave the invention the following true and sustain-
able character:—The Fountain Pump is the most important improve-
ment in the art of raising water that has appeared within the last two
thousand years—the greatest advancement in the useful arts in
modern times.

The Consummation Fountain Pumps are successfully carried out
for private and public uses, at lifts below and above 100 fbet altitude,
for man, horse, and steam power; delivering from half a pint per
stroke to 100 barrels of water per minute, and rendering every fair
trial at competition ridiculous, whilst their durability is guaranteed
at less cost than common pumps.

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W. SHALDERS.
Fmtntain Pump Works, Norwich, NOT. 30, 1847.

Sea Mechanic's Magazine, Nos. 231., 364, 383, 489, 430, 433,
482, 486, 487, 489, 498, 495, 496, 408, 509, 510. 526, 533, 658.,
727, 804, 1,040, 1,110., 1,163. Nos. illustrated are marked thus.

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Before Mr. Sergant ADAMS, Assistant-Judge, and a
Bench of Magistrates )
Yesterday Ann Harvey, alias Ann Hunt, pleaded guilty
to three indictments, and was convicted on two others,
each of which she was pharged with having committed
robberies at the different furnished lodgings which she
had occupied of a variety of property, of the value of
10/. 4s.
The Learned JUDGE sentenced her to be transported
for seven years for each offence, each term to commence
and to terminate at the same period.
John Warren and Frederick Gazely were indicted for
having stolen a gold watch of the value of 631., the pro-
perty of George Henry Turnbull, from his person.
Mr. Prendergast defended the prisoners. Warren is
a member of the prime-ring.
Tho prosecutor stated that, on the morning of the
23d ult., having previously dined out, he went up to the
Sheridan Knowles' public-house, opposite Drury-lane
Theatre, and at about six o'clock in the morning, when
he was in the room behind the bar, the door was sud-
denly pushed open, when in rushed a number of persons,
amongst whom were the prisoners. Warren presently
laid hold of him and threw him down, and then fell upon
him. Whilst on him, the prosecutor felt the prisoner
pull his watch out of the pocket. The other prisoner
assisted Warren. A policeman was called in, and
eventually both prisoners were given into custody.
Cross-examined by Mr. PRENDERGAST—HO had since
had his watch returned, but it was not handed to him by
either of the prisoners. He did not know who it was
that had returned the watch to him, but it had been
handed to him by a man in Cannon-street—in Salter's-
hall court, in fact. Prior to the restoration of his watch,
he had been twice at the Bow-street Police-court, and
appeared to support his charge against the prisoners.
At the moment when the watch was returned to him he
did not see any policeman near, so that he could at once
have given the man who had brought the watch to him
into custody. He lived in Suffolk-lane, Cannon-street,
and, having received a message that his watch would be
returned if he went into Cannon-street, he had gone
there and received it. At the time when the disturb
ance had taken place at the Sheridan Knowles, and
when he had been robbed, it was about six o'clock in
the morning. He had been dining at Hackney on the
previous evening, and had walked up afterwards to
Bishopsgate-street, where he bad gone into a public-
house. Whilst there, he met an acquaintance of the
name of White, who was in the law, and they took a
cab and drove up to the West-end. They went to the
Sheridan Knowles, where they met with a fighting man
of the name, as it was understood, of Chaffey, with
whom they went to Boswell-court, where they had
something to drink at a place kept by a man of the
name of Smith. From Smith's they returned to the
Sheridan Knowles, where the robbery subsequently took
place. He did not deny that he hail been drinking, but
he did deny that he had been dancing, or at a masque-
rade. It had not been his intention to go home on that
particular night. On his return from Boswell-court he
had walked with his acquaintance the lawyer and his
fighting friend to the Sheridan Knowles. When he first
arrived at the Sheridan Knowles it might have been
about three o'clock, and it was after that hour that he, in
company with the lawyer and the fighting man, had
gone down to Boswell-court. Both of these individuals
were with him at the moment that the prisoner had at
tacked him.

The Learned JUDGE, interrupting, said that many of
the questions which the Learned Counsel had been put-
ting were altogether beside the question which the jury
had to determine, and that, had he been aware that the
case would have lasted so long, or that the Learned
Counsel would have continued such a series of questions,
which were not relevant, he should have put the case
lower down in the list, and taken a number of others,
and thereby have released a great many persons who
now would be compelled to come again to-morrow (this
day).
The Foreman of the jury said that he was of the
same opinion with the Learned Judge. He thought
that a vast many questions had been put by the Learned
Counsel which had nothing to do with the points they
had to deal with. It was, he thought, a most unneces-
sary waste of time.
Mr. PRENDERGAsT was quite astonished at these re.
marks. How could either the Judge or that member of
the jury, who had offered some remarks, possibly know
what his instructions were ? He must of necessity be
aware of the course of cross-examination which it was
the best to take, and, being in possession of that know-
ledge, he should, despite the observations from the
Bench and the foreman of the jury, pursue the exami-
nation he bad embarked in.

The Learned JUDQE said, that he would repeat that
he considered there had been a great waste of time in

this case, and that, had he known it would have last©d
ao long, he should have taken many others before it,
and so have released a large number of persons from

their attendance.
Cross-examination resumed—The witness had enough
to do to take care of himself, and therefore he did net
see whether his friend the fighting man attempted to
render him any assistance. Ho had been a patron of
the ring, and had attended fights, but had never gone

into the ring.
The policeman said, that when he was called in he
found the prisoner Gazely upon the prosecutor, and the
prisoner Warren lying by his side. Both mon he ulti-
mately took into custody.
Mr. PRENDERGAST addressed the jury at considerable
length on behalf of the prisoners.
The Learned JUDGE summed up the case.
The jury found both the prisoners Guilty.
They were sentenced to nine months' imprisonment
and hard labour.

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