The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-13 00:00:00

EXAMPLES

Perms- Sum the
A.,,. -C .4 Annual Tolley Bonus 1121 Rent Re- Assured
'"" Li Pro- , taken addition ' Bonus in duction of may bor-
. e intim. out in Assured. ; Cash. Annual row en
1m
.........1 Premiums. Polley.
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X s. il.; £ s d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
r 1837 243 9 3.112 8 5 13 4 8 494 8 19
..x £s i. 11438 2184 899 818 IS 13 6 445 0 0
60 11000 74 3 4 1839 192 1 10; 86 9 3 13 4 9 395 11 1
1840 143 5 10 66 8 4 8 19 1 346 2 3
1 1841 138 14 2. 61 17 6 9 9 2 296 13 4
....—__ , 1842 111 6 5: 4, 10 0 710 4 ;247 4 6

The Annual Report, with tables of rates, &c., may be tad at we
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be lerwarded post free

F. FERGUSON CAMROUT, Secretary.

PROVIDENT CLERKS' AND GENERAL
BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY.
The FIRST PUBLIC MEETING will he held at the London
Tavern, Bishopayate•streel, On WEDNESDAY EveNING, the 96th
January instant, at Half-past Six o'clock for Seven precisely, to ex-
Plain tits objects of the Society and its system of operations, and to
enrol" Members.
Prospectuses and Copies of Rules may be obtained at the Office of
the Society, moo. 11, Old Broad-street.
JOAN WHITEHEAD, jun., Secretary.

'RAISING WATER discovered by the FOUN-
TAIN PUMPS, 'which roll the water upwavie, without
either friction or faltering, therefore can never be surpassed ; conse-
tuntly this is the mast important discovery ever made for the pre-
eervatien of life and property either at Sea or on Land.

AT SEA.
numerous ships it has already saved, and the captains gratefally ac-
knowledge the glerioas results. Two testimonial extracts shall
litlffiee
" Captain Greig, from Quebec to Londe', states that the Fountain
pump being fitted in the Caroline, its great power was tke means •t
saving the ship and 230 mule 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 555, and goon after her common pump cheaked and became use-
less. Captain Rutherford states all tken depended upon her Foun-
taM Pump, which for nineteen days and eighteen nights was ie ac-
tien without a minute's respite, when all arrived safely in Lindell,
With a thanit God for the Fountain Pump."
011 t LAND
_the IC ew 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—it is a great Wei to 50-
oiety."--Editors Liverpool hail.
The New Portable Fire-engines have preserved a large portion of
Norwich from destruction, for out of eighteen different properties on
lire in and near the city, they saved eleven :-olely 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 mils, aid Messrs. Butcher's
grocery warehouses, just infante to prevent a large quantity of gen-
powder therein from exploding, which must have spread around de-
struction and death.
" North Walsham.—At this fire the Portable Bngine was of great
service, and by having one of them ready, there is no doubt but half
the property now destroyed might have been saved."—Norfolk Clue-
niche, August 22, 1846.
At a Norwich fire June 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 four large engines present
proved useless.
Portable Engines speedily prove steam-boilers to a dozen atmo-
spheres.

Now the fact is this, all former Force ramps, Lift-force Pumps,
Lift Pumps, and Chain Pumps are bad machines: they rub, grub, and
scrape the water apwards by friction, which wastes two-fifths of the
power used, and progressively falter by leakage, which Drs. Young
and Mittel, with many other eminent experimenters, lamented
thus. :—The quantity of water actually raised by any machine seldom
exceeCs 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 Eaan of 140 lbs. weight can
raise 141,600 lbs. of water ono foot high in a minute, and with a Foun-
tain Pump 9,0011 lbs. in half a minute. Thus a continual and most
extraordinary lucrative advantage is gained over perpetual and uni-
versai ignorance, clearly proving that Knowledge is Power.
John Clentou Roberts, Bei., in his popular work, No. 1,110, did
well in placing Gosnet's French Pump Abortion (that slaps the water
inward) side by side with the Fountain Pump, which upset a good
deal of Folly. Because Mr. Mallett, Dublin, a thorough-bred pueap-
maker, Mr. Raddley, London, an everlasting pump-writer, and Mr.
Ewbank, America, an ignorant pump book-maker, 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 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 invoation 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 aeeful arta in
modern times.
The Consummation Fountain Pumps are successfully carried out
for private and public ages, at lifts helve and above 100 het altitude,
for man, horse, and steam power; delivering from half a pint per
choke 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.,

W. SrULDERIB.
Fountain Pump Works, Norwich, NOY. ae,
See Mechanic's If 1847.
agaalno, Nos 231*, 364, 323, 429, 430, 433,
482, 486, 487, 489, 492, 495, 496..808, 809, 510. 624, 533, 458*,
727, 804, 1,040, 1,1164, 1,183. 245. illustrated are marked thus*

ENGLAND to INDIA. and AUSTRALIA.
The INDIA and AUSTRALIA NAIL STEAM-PACKET
COMPANY. incorporated by itnyal Charter, which limits the re-
sponsibility of tke shareholders to the amount for which they indivi-
dually subscribe, and authorises the Company to establish commu-
nications to and and from the United Kingdom, the East Indies,
Australasia, wad New Zealand.

Capital One Million sterliag.
Divided lute series of short% of 201. each.