The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-07 00:00:00

ON LAND
the New Portable Fire-engines are of infinitely better service thai
ire brigade. They act instantaneously at the outbreak if a fire.
" We are delighted with the invention—lt is a great hoist te e•-
eiety."—Editors Liverpool Mail.
The New Portable Fire-engines have preserved a large portion •f
Norwich from destruction, for eat ef eighteen different properties on
fire in aid near the city, they saved eleven solely and seven mainly,
including in the seven the Queen's Cavalry Barracks ; and in the
eleven, Messrs. Borten's dyery, and 12,1001. worth of consigned pre-
perty; Stoke mustard, starch, and lour mills. and Messrs. Butcher's
grocery warehouses, just is time te prevent a large quantity ef gun-
powder therein from exploding, which mist have spread ariuid de-
stractien and death.
" North Walsham.—At this ire the Portable Engine was •f great
service, and by having one of them ready, there Is no doubt but half
the preperty new destroyed might have been saved."—Norfolk Chro-
aide, ♦ugust 22, 1846.
At a Norwich lire June 2, 1847, the two Portable Engines were
the pets of the Witte. The cry was, feed the little engines and they
will de the work, which proved true. The fear large engines present
proved useless.
Pertahle Engines speedily prove steam-boilers to a dozen atmo-
spheres.
Now the fast is this, all former Force Pumps, Lift-force Pimps,
Lift Pumps, andChaln rumps are bad machines: they rub, grub, and
scrape the water upwards by friction. which wastes two-fifths ef the
power used, and progressively falter by leakage, which Drs. "Young
and Molten, with many ether ensir.ent experimenters, lamented
thus :—The quantity •f water actually raised by any machine seldom
exceeds half the Tower 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 bycfraulie machines, nevertheless, at last the ♦ictery is won, and
won for ever ; fir friction and leakage are now both annihilated by
the new rellieg principle in pumps, and their effect augmented from
twelve to twenty (sr about seventy per cent.), and frequently with-
out more outlay.
Most urea can sustain heavy rapid pump trials for 40 seconds, but
seine men drop at minute time. With a best new heavy working Fric-
tiea Pump an naive s•ard-winded young man of 140 LA. weight can
raise 11,000 lbs. of water ono feel high in a minute, and with a Foun-
tain Pump 9,000 lbs. in half a minute. Than a continual end mist
extraordinary lucrative advantage is gained over perpetual and aid-
versal ignorance, clearly previm; that linewlccl,ge is l'ewer.
Jobe Clenton Roberts, Esq., in his popular wort, No. 1,110, did
well in placing Goss'A's French Pump Abortion (that slaps the water
upward) side by side with the Fountain Pump, which upset a good
deal of Folly. Because hip. Mullett, Dnblin, a theroagh-bred pump-
maker, Mr. Baddley, Landon, an everlasting pump-writer, and Mr.
Ewbank, America, an Iguerant pump book-maker, asserted that the
two pumps were identical. But the Yankee out-fooled John Bull
aid Paddy in No. 1.153, and in No. 496, Book-maker
remarks are preposterous. However, *a the other hand, Dr. Birk-
beck, Abcrdeur, Hay, Parkington, with many ether discerning men,
after witnessing the perfect effect and the beautiful simplicity if the
relling principle, gave the invention the following true and sustain-
able character:—The Fountain rump is the most Important improve-
ment In the art •f rasing water that has appeared within the last twe
thousand years—the greatest advaacement is the useful arts in
modern times.
The Ceasammatien Fountain Pumps are successfully carried oat
for privete and public uses, at lifts below and above IP() feet altitude,
for man, hnrsc, and steam power; delivering from half a pint per
stroke to 108 barrels of water per minute, And rendering every fair
trial at competition ridiculous, whilst their durability is guaranteed
at less cost than common pumps.

W. SPIALDERS.
Fountain rump Works, Norwich, Nov. 30, 1847.
See Mechanic's Magazine, Nips. 231*, 364, 353, 429, 43', 433,
482, 486, 487, 489, 492, 495, 494, 501, 509, 510, 525, 533, 654*,
727, 804, 1,040, I,llo*, 1,163. Nos. illustrated are marked tins*

p ATENT RAMONEUR ASSOCTITION-
L (Provisionally Registered.)
COUNTIES of SURREY and KENT.
Capital, 20,0001. Ia 10,000 Shares of 21. each. Deposit, 11. per Share
on complete registration.
No farther call will be made without three months' previous
rvitice. The liabilities of each shareholder limit to the amount
sohscribedfor.
The PATENT RAMONEUR MACHINE is exclusively used in
th cortices of the Right Hon. the Lords of the Treasury, the Royal
Agricultural Society, the Royal Horticultural Society ; the Royal
't:xchange-buildings, &c. Tho objects of the promoters are ap-
reved by
The Moat Noble the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, President of the
Royal Society.
Tho Right Hon. Earl DE GREY, K.* , President of the Royal In-
stitute of British Architects.
Sir RODERICK I. MURCIIISON, President of the British Asseeia-
tion forthe Advancement et Science.
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop
of Norwich I of Liehtleid
The Right Hen. the Earl of Lei-,The Most Noble the Marquis of
caster I Bristol
Th eLord Rendlesham, M.P. The Hon. and Rev. Themes R.
The Right Itev. the Lord Bishop Kelpel
of Gloucester and Bristol ,The Hen. Fred. Bing
I • Bon. and Rev. Edward 15.1 The Rev. Sir Thomas Gray Cal-
Keppel • - I mum. Bart.
The Very Fey. the Dean of Rest-'Sir William Foster, tart.
minster, Dr. Buckland .;Sir Robert Harland, Bart.
The Venerable Archdeacon Shir- S'r I ancis Darwin
ley :The N.. wish Union Fire Office
I;ir John P: Boileau, Bart. rite Saffolk Fire Office
air Richard Paul Jeddren, Bart. IThe District Fire Office of Dir-
-1)r. Outran', F.R.S., F.G.S., Jr- mingham
specter of Naval Hospitals The Norwich Equitable Insurance
Right Hon. Earl Fitzhardinge , office
His Grace the Bake o: Beaufort The Nottinghamshire and Derby-
romp W. S. Mi'es, Esq., M.P, shire Fire Ogee
Right Hon. F. IL F. Berkeley, The West of England Fire Office,
I &c.
W. Miler, Esq., M.P.
The oh.ect of this Association Is totally to abolish the use of
climbing boys, who, reLwithstrtrding the penal: ice to which those
empitying them are suh.;eeted by the 3d and 4th 'Victoria, cap. 85,
arc continually rescued to. This breach of the law is acqrlesced in
by a large portion of the public, from a conviction of the utter im-
possibility in innumerable cases of cleansing a chimney e." flue with
the old machine. For the laudable purpose of futthering the objects
of the law by avoiding all necessity for its infiingeceent, the inge-
nious and effective Rarreneur machine has been invented. This
Inventie.l ccnsists of lour brushes forming a square head, which
by weans of elastic springs contracts or expands, accord ng to
the small or extended space in watch the machine moves, thereby
sreatmg an even pressure en all four s!des of a chimney. The
rads attalied to this head or brush are surylied at intervals with
eniversal spring joints, caeah'e e` turning even a right angle
and the whole is su"moanted w.th a doable revolv'ng ball, having
also a universal spring joint, which leads the brush with certainty
past every angle, and into every corner, cleansing its rialto most
perfectly. The capabilities of V. 15 machine are belt: demonstrated
by the fact, that it is exclusively use,: a the Government and
nurre-sus public offices, while the patioaage bestowed by a large
nureber of the robility and gentry in continuing their anneal con-
tracts to the patentees evidences their sense of its superiority, as well
as of the philanthropic views of the projectors. Detailed respectuses
may be obtained, aid a wyking model of the machine seen, at the
offices of the solicitor, I', Dolman, Esq., 33, Jermyn-street, Gt.
James's; at Messrs. Barry and Co.'s, brokers, 7, Birchin-lane ; at
W. Heath, Esq.'s, Nag's Head-court,Gracechurch-street; and at the
principal office, 1, Wellington-street, London-bridge, Borough, where
applications for shares may be addressed.

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Letters were received at Lloyd's on Saturday,
dated Sydney, August 17, communicating the total
less of the barque British Sovereign, a whaling. ship,
Captain W. 11. Jones master, on the eastern side of
the Sandwich Islands, and the reported horrible mas-
sacre by the natives of nearly the whole of the ship's
crew. The vessel left Sydney on the 9th day of
January last, for New Zealand, and thence to the
South Sea Islands. In the course of the passage she
called at the island of Thanna, where she shipped
about twenty of the natives, to assist in procuring
sandal wood. The captain then determined to make
for Sandwich, first sending back the natives to
Thanna in the ship's boat, in charge of the chief
mate and several of the men. The ship left Erro-
manga on the evening of the 23d of April, and at
daybreak the next morning, the 24th, she was found
to be close in upon the eastern coast of Sandwich.
She was immediately hauled on a wind, and two
boats were lowered for the purpose of keeping her
off the land, but being within the influence of
the ground swell the boats had no effect upon
her, and she soon struck upon a rock, within a
cable's length of the shore. She then fell on he"
broaiside, and though her masts were cut, and every
means adopted to save the vessel, she in a few hours
broke up and became a total wreck. For three days
the crew remained near the wreck, in the hope of
saving some of the stores, the natives behaving in the
kindest manner. The captain and the crew, it should
be observed, were rescued from the rock by the
natives, who threw ropes to them from the shore.
They wished them to remain, but it was considered
necessary by the captain to make to the leeward
harbour, to which vessels resort in visiting the island.
After about four days' travelling, they came to a bay
on the south aide of the island, where the natives
appeared on the same friendly terms. They gave
them sugar-canes and cocoa-nuts to eat, and the chief
to whom they were introduced took great liking to a
child, a fine little boy, who was along with the captain.
Amidst this apparent good feeling a tumult broke out
among the natives, who fell upon the unfortunate
crew, who were off their guard, and most of them
were brutally slaughtered. The captain endeavoured
to escape, and retreated into the water. They were,
however, too close upon him, and his skull was
smashed in. The man Welt and three others suc-
ceeded in getting clear by springing forward into the
sea, and swimming to a canoe, with which they
reached an adjacent island. The natives pursued
them, and Weir's companions were overtaken, but
their fates were unknown ; Weir contriving to con-
ceal himself in the bush, where he remained for
several days. Fortunately, the first day he ventured
out to the beach the Isabella Anna hove in sight,
when he swam off, and was picked up. The number
supposed to have been massacred is twenty-nine.