The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-10 00:00:00

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EDWARD S'S PATENT PRESERVED
POTATO.
A paragraph having recently appeared in the daily journals, al-
luding to the Importation of an article from abroad, similar to our
PATENT PRESERVED POTATO, in which is quoted OUR ANA-
LYSIS, by the celebrated Dr. Ure. We, the Patentees, hereby sire
notice, that any party who shall " make, use, Tend, or in anywise
counterfeit, imitate, or resemble the same," will be liable to the pe-
nalties involved by an infringement of our Patent.
All particulars respecting our PATENT PRESERVED POTATO
may be obtained at our Offices, 1, Bishorsgate-street, London.
D. and H. EDWARDS and Co., Patentees.

DIAMOND 011. LAMP.-NEW LIGHT.
The Diamond Lamp is the best light in the wend—is used la
all the palaces in Europe—is free (rem all the imperfections of ordi-
nary oil lamps—so simple it cal net be mismanaged—no cleaning re.
quired for years —costs less in burning than any common oil lamp—
glves double the light of candle lamps, at one-half the expense—We
is beyond doubt. Designs suited 1* every taste—the Diamond Lamp
is 'perfection In light—the public will have none other—it can be
fitted to any person's lamp pillar.
To be had only at the Establishment of the Metropolitan Light
Company, RICHARD CLARK, Resident Manager, 447, West Strand.

THE AMERICAN METALIC TABLET
STROP, of G. SAUNDERS, is used and recommended by
the first cutlers in Europe, and they are convinced that the Tablet
makes the razor shave with more ease than by any other methbd.
Gentlemen are requested to bring in a dull razor and try them before
they purchase. For sale at the Depot, 278, Strand.

RAISING WATER discovered by the FOUN-
TAIN PUMPS, which roll the water upward;, without
either friction or faltering, thetefore can never be surpassed ; conse-
quently this is the most important discovery ever made for the pre-
servation of life and property either at Sea or on Land.
AT SEA

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 Landoll, states that the Fountain
rump being fitted in the Caroline, its great power was the means of
saving the ship and 230 souls on hoard, two seams in the bottom
being partly lett without calking."
" The Argue brig, from Cadiz, sprung a leak when three days out
at sea, and soon after her common pump choaked and became use-
less. Captain llytherford states all then depended upon her Foun-
tain Fump',. which for nineteen daysitnct eighteen nights was in ac-
tion without a mihute's respite, whoa. 11 arrived safely in London,
with a thank Gad for the Fountain FUtnp."

. - ON LAND
the New Portable .Fire-engines are of infinitely better service than a
fire brigade. They act instantaneously at the outbreak of a Are.'
" We are delighted with the Invention—it is a great boon to so-
ciety."—Editors LiverpOol Mall.
The New Portable Fire-engine; have preserved a large portion of
Norwich from destruction, for out of eighteen different properties on
Are 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. Norton's dyery, and 12,0001. worth of consigned pro-
perty; Stoke 'mu-staid, starch, a•lct flour mills, and Messrs. Butcher's
grocery warehonsea, just in tirn• to prevent a large quantity of gun-
powder therein from exploding, which must have spread around de-
struction and death. -
" North Walshain.—,-At this fire thn,Portable Engine was of great
service, and by having one of them ready, there is no doubt but half
the property now Oestroyed might have been saved."—Norfolk Chro-
nicle, August 22, 1846.'
At a Norwich lire June 2, r 847, 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 four large engines present
proved useless.
Portable Engines speedily prove steam-boilers to a dozen atmo-
spheres.
Now the Let is this,' all former 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-fitths of the
power used, and progressively falter by leakage, which Drs. Young
and Hatton. with many other eminent experimenters. lamented
thus : —The quantity of water actually raised by any machine seldom
exceek's half the rower consumed, after overcoming friction and
leakage ; and notWithstandiog the Lest engineers in the world had
trird 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 t-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 mendrop at minute time. With a best new heavy working Fric-
tion Pump an active sound-winded young man of 140 lbs. weight can
raise 10,000 lbs. of water one loot high in a minute, and with a Foun-
tain Pump 9,000 lbs. in half a minute. Thus a continual and most
extraordinary lucrative advantage is gained over perpetual and uni-
versal ignorance, clearly proving that Knowledge is Power.
John Clenton Roberts, Ess., in his popular work, No. 1,110, did
well in placing, Gosset's French. rump Abortion (that slaps the water
upward) side by side with the Fountain Pump, which upset a good
deal of Folly.. Because. Mr. Mullett, Duldin, a thorough-bred pump-
maker, Mr. iSaddley, London, an everlasting pump-writer, and Mr.
Ewbank, America, an ignorant pump bookmaker, asserted that the
two pumps were -identical. But the Yankee out-fooled John Bull
and Paddy in No. 1,183, and in No. 496, Book-maker
remarks are preposterous. However, en 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 sustan-
able character:—Tbe 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 feet 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.'

SIIALDERS.
Fountain Pump Works, Norwich, Nov. 30, 1847.
See Mechanic's Magazine, _Nos. 231*, 364, 383, 429, 430, 433
482, 486, 487, 489, 492, 495, 496, 508, 509, 510. 526, 533, 658*
727, 804, 1,040, I,llo*, 1,183. Nos. illustrated are marked thus*

PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.--We have reason to be-
lieve that the navy estimates for the ensuing financial
term will be considerably increased:
The Admiralty inquired yesterday how soon the
Winchester, 50, could be got ready for commission,
and whether she had a poop on ? from whichit is ar-
gued that a ship.of that class is wanted for a flag or
pendant. The Winchester has a poop, and was last
employed as the flag-ship of Rear-Admiral the Hon.
J. Percy, on the Cape of Good Hope station, but is
not in an advanced, state for commission.
The Actaeon, 26, Captain Mansel, having been re-
lieved on the coast of Africa station by the Amphi-
trite, 25, Captain Eden, is shortly expected home.
She is ordered to be paid off at this port.
The Birkenhead steam-frigate, Commander Ingram,
will be paid off on Thursday. She has only been
fourteen months in commission. It is, however, ex-
pected she will. be immediately recommissioned, and
alilher present officers re-appointed, except one.
The Prince Regent, 92, Captain W. F. Martin,
has topmasts pointed, and is getting on well with her
rigging, considering the few men she has at present
to work, Her rendezvous at Liverpool, Bristol,
Yarmouth, and other places, have yielded many good
men; 'few have entered for her. here. Commander
Fead, ofthe Howe, 120, relieved Commander Caldwell
yesterday. Lieutenant' Rodd, late of the Fisgard, is
appointed to her as first lieutenant; he has, like Com-
mander Fead, the reputation of being a very smart
and efficient officer.
A letter from the Ask, 84, Captain -Stop ford, flag
of Rear-Admiral 'Phipps 'Hornby, C.B , the Com-
mander-in- Chief in the Pacific, dated Plymouth
Sound, January 6, 7 a.m., says :—" We are now
getting ready for sailing ; we start directly ; we carry
out the following officers :—Lieutenants J. B. Bal-
lard, H. A. Hollingsworth, and F. D'Aguilar ; W.
Harvey, naval cadet ; first lieutenant, Fox ; 1 ser-
geant, 1 corporal, I.fifer, and 19 privates of the Royal
larines ; all to join the Raleigh, 50; Commodore
Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.8., in the River Plate;
also C. H. Johnstone, midshipman, to join the Con-
stance, 50, in the Pacific ; W. Gilland, master's as-
sistant, to join the Kestrel brigantine, at Rio. We
are all at Madeira, taking out 25 sheep for the Queen
Dowager."
An accident of a very serious nature, and which
nearly cost the lives of three individuals, happened on
board the Portsmouth (Admiral Superintendent's)
yacht, on Friday, whilst proceeding to Spithead for
the purpose of paying advance to the newly entered
men and supernumeraries of the Terrible steam-
Jrigate, Captain Ramsay. When the yacht was
Iwithin a short distance of the Terrible, the wind
blowing half a gale at the time, the mainsail suddenly
" jibbed," and the main sheet struck two of the crew
so violently as to knock them overboard. The poor
fellows floated astern, and one of the crew of Captain
Ramsay's cutter, which was towing astern (the cap-
tain having. taken a passage off to the Terrible in the
yacht), in his endeavour to save one of them fell over-
board himself. Not a moment was lost in rendering
assistance to the three unfortunate men. The pay-
barge and cutter were quickly cast adrift, and a boat
very promptly put off from the Terrible. By their
united efforts the poor fellows were rescued from a
watery grave, after being immersed full 15 minutes.
The men are all doing well.
The Inconstant, 36, Captain Sheppard, at Devon-
port, is ordered to the Brazil station to augment the
squadron under Sir Thomas Herbert.
The establishment of convicts at this port is to be
increased in the number of felons to the full extent
the York and Stirling Castle hulks are capable of
accommodating. This does not look like an intended
abolition of the convict establishment at this port, as
reported for some time past.
The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander Lord Ame-
lius W. Beauclerk, arrived here to-day from Wool-
wich, and came into harbour. She is ordered to Malta.
The Polyphemus steam-sloop, Commander M'Cle-
verty, left Gibraltar on the 28th ult. for Malaga.
The Porcupine steam-sloop, Lieutenant Comman-
der Roberts, left Gibraltar on the 29th for Malta.

The Sampson steam-frigate, Captain Henderson,
arrived at Callao, from Valparaiso, and intermediate
places, on the 23d of October, and sailed on the 9th of
November for Central America.

The Grampus, 50, Captain Martin, left Callao Lin
the 14th of October for .‘lazatlan.
The Calliope, 26, Captain Stanley, arrived at Port
Nicholson, New Zealand, on the 6th of August,
from Wanganui.
The Dido, 20, Captain Maxwell; the Racehorse,
18, Commander Sotheby ; and the Inflexible steam-
sloop, Commander Hoseason, were at Auckland on
the 3d of Seeember ; the latter was ordered to Bom-
bay t o be docked.
The Vixen steam-sloop, Commander Ryder, ar-
arrived at Vera Cruz on tEe 30th fo November, with
the British Minister, Mr. Percy Doyle, and left on

the following day for Jamaica.
The Imaum, 72, Commodore Lambert, and the
Pantaloon, 10, Commander H. J. Douglas, were at
Port Royal, Jamaica, on the Bth ult.
The Alarm, 26, Captain Loch, sailed from Port
Royal on the 30th of November to Bluefields with
the King of the Mosquito shore.
The Electra, 18, Commander Darley, arrived at
Port-au-Prince, from Jamaica, on the '2sth of No-
vember.
The Vesuvius steam sloop, Commander H. G.
Austen, arrived at Trinidad from Barbadoes on the
10th ult.
The Trincomalee, 25, Captain Warren, arrived at
Antigua from Barbadoes on the 7th ult.
The Daring, 12, Commander Peel, was at Sacrifi-
cios on the 12th ult.
The Vindictive, 50, flag of Vice-Admiral Sir
Francis Austen, K C. 8., and the Persian, 16, Com-
mander Coryton (on her way home), were at Ber-
; muda on the 20th ult.

The Herald, 26, Captain Kellet, K.H., and her
tender, the Pandora, 6, Lieutenant Wood, on survey-
ing service, are ordered (say letters dated November
17) immediately to suspend their surveying operations
by Sir George Seymour, the Commander-in-Chief in
the Pacific, and proceed to Behring's Straits in search
of the expedition under Sir J. Franklin, in pursuance
of orders sent to the Admiral from -England. The
Plover, just started, will join the Herald and Pandora
in the above straits.
The captain's good service pension, which reverted
to the Admiralty on the promotion of Captain Dixon
to the rank of Rear-Admiral, haS been conferred on
Captain James Scott, C.B. (1828), an officer of con-
siderably meritorious service.
The terrible steam-frigate, Captain Ramsay, sailed
yesterday for Cork and Lisbon.
The General Palmer freight ship arrived here this
morning to embark detachments of regiments from
Parkhurst barracks, Isle of Wight.
Wind, N.E. by E. ; strong breezes ; weather hazy,
cold, and frosty.-5
Rear-Admiral Prescott, C. 8., superintendent of.
this dockyard, returned from towa on Saturday,
morning and resumed his duties, re-hoisting his flag
on board the Excellent, gunnery-ship, Captain
Chads, C.B.
DEATH OF REAR-ADMIRAL SIR THOMAS USSIIER.
-_-The Cork Reporter announces the demise of this
distinguished officer, which event took place at the
Admiralty-house, Cove, on Thursday morning, at
three o'clock. He had attained to the age of nearly
seventy, and was universally esteemed for his esti-
mable qualities.
The following are the promotions and appointments
of the fast week :

PROMOTIONS.
Commander—George Anthony Halsted, from the
Coast Guard, to the rank of Captain.
Lieutenants—W. G. Mansfield (1845, late of the
Water witch) ; John R. Woodriff (1811), Charles
Henry Baker (1827), and Henry beworthy (1816),
all of the Coast Guard, to the rank of Commander.

APPOINTMENTS.
Vice-Admiral—The Right Hon. Thomas, Earl of
Dundonald, G.C.8., to the Command-in-Chief of the
squadron on the Wrest India and North American
station, vice Sir F. Austen, whose term of service
has expired ; and to hoist bis flag (red at the fore) in
the Wellesley, 72, at D, evonport.
Captains--George Goldsmith, to the Wellesley;
W. A. Herringham, to the Havannah.
Commander—Charles P. Schomberg, to the Wel-
lesley.
Lieutenants—Hon. to be
Arthur A. Cochrane,
Flag-Lieutenant to Vice-Admiral the Earl of Dun-
donald ; J. B. Cato,r, to command the Avon ; John
H. Rood, to the rince Regent ; 'W. D. Lyster, to
the Inconstant ;
W. Cashman, to the Sealark.
Paymaster and Purser—J. M. Hope, to the Ocean.
Surgeon and Agent—Thomas Massey, for Car-
lingford.
Second Masters—lleiiry Boxer, to the Avon ; J.
,
Hammond, acting, to the Ocean.
Assistant Surgeons—Thomas Littleton, to the San
Josef ; John E. APCrystal, and D. W. Stephen, to
the Victory; A. Watsonto the Caledonia.
Smallpage, to the Sealark ;
ihipmen—e ames P.
J. C. Purvis, to the Asia.
Clerks—ll. W. Warrington, to the Blenheim ;W.
11. Ozzard, to the Terrible.
Naval Cadets—F. W. Richards, to the Bellerophon ;
T. B. Hollinvrorth, to the Prince Regent.
Clerk's Assistant—Bernard Trant Colley, to the
VictQTY.