The Sun.
London, England, 1821-08-15 00:00:00

WE have pleasure in calling the attention of
di v 81111) OWNERS to Messrs. BROWELL and Co.'s
foi the prevention of 3IILDEW in CANVAS, at a
when the imnaense property vested in Shipping is suffering
proveklY from the ruinous diminution of freightage. Their
.
)7' 'e3s prevents mildew in flaxen and hempen' Canvas of
17.7 t aeaeription ; not only in those kinds of Canvas which are
by by by bleaching, but the browner kinds are also secured
4117 Process.from mildew, whether in use or laid up in store.
hro Portunity is thus given of using with safety those kinds of
1,0: canvas, which, when made of good materials and evenly
41' are stronger than the Coker Canvas, and have been ex-
4°, use on board the superior class of Ships solely
eir
11
crvth liability to mildew. Messrs. AIKIN, BABING-
Of and AIARCET, certify in regard to the just principles
Preparations ; while experiments made in the Rnyal
for several years, conducted by; the.orders of the Navy
A yido,4 care their own officers On the coast of
of America and Newfoundland, amply prove the efficacy
Th 311' BROWELL'S Discovery.
Pry is effected for Five Shillings per Bolt, and re-
,tlrtim the sante length and breadth as received. The benefit of this
retition
has been proved, by order of .the Navy Board; in se.:
4f.6:°1 his Majesty's Ships of War, in Europe, the Coast of
spec Anlerlea, and Newfounaland, as well as by highly re-
table
p Owners, which may be seen in the printed copies
1; Teghmonials to be had at BROWELL and Co.'s Warei
Pre.);l)* 231 ALDERMANBURY, where various kinds o
aredanvas
may be seen.
t° l 4 This discovery will be found of great benefit if applied
4tia7a-3 of Canvas taken out as Sea Stores or for Exportation;
.44 7'4Y always be known by a Crown and the letter B marked
lit v.,4 •
nous places-
following
7444 i Testimonials, among many others, are in their.
on

11°x0 Deptford Yard, March 21, 1810.
till; - -Aint Sins--Sinef.! I reported to you the state. of
j‘. r7nger transport's fore-sail, on the 17th inst., part of which
-of Messrs. Browell and Co.'s canvas to prevent mildew,
t4e t-I‘:'l'43 the master, has applied to have nine inches taken off
"ad of the said sail, to make it stand better, and on cutting
'4l)4"e' 611 we found fourteen cloths of thecommon canvas to
be
84 rotten .
as to be obliged to shift them from the bead to the
4,1 e while the prepared canvas appears to be good and service_
am, honourable Birs,
Your most obedient Servant;
C. ROBB.

Col
11111' -112c1. of Stores.
,act
. - of a Letter from J. FII.MORE' Esq. Acting Captain
on board his Majesty's shipCroccidile.
Nov. 12, MIL
.PrOce received your letter requesting. my opinion. cloth
„ *hior, rpade use of byf you for preventibie mildew in sad,
411 tle 4" tried last year onboard hikillajesty's ship Crocodile,
cro Le boast of Africa. ..As I had chiefly the command of the
itiLiTdile.during her continuance on that coast, I made part.-
; above observations on those sails, Which had in them canvas
?Llit ,luded to, and therefore I can speak decidedly on the re-
,lq Na,”lcli took place. I have, then, not the smallest hesitation
• taitic.-N that flour canvts during a most severe trial in the
succeeded admirably. I did not observe any
ute out materially affected it ; as for the King's, that is
G'; whale,. tile question, for it soon got so rotten as to be of not.
if,er• Prom, What have seen of your canvas, lam o
b" great ~! Were it made Use of in the Navy, it would prove
88„-.`"gt, to Government; and therefore, knowing it to
nlav",,,ell-ierits, I cannot but sincerely wish that its adop-
' 4'o lf "4"o.place.—l am, Sir, your's, &c. &c.
- r. „ .
JOHN FILNIORE.

His Majesty's Sliip Antelope, St. John's Harbour,
jr,?E • Newfoundland, Oct. 24, 1812.
ing to your letter of the 18th of Dec.
Areve --Ative to Messrs.Growell and Co."s prepared canvas to
4144, we•the Undersigned, Captain, First Lieute-
. qatl'huld -Master, are of opinion, after a due- course of trial,
Ftsit ve•Prepired canvas cloths in the mOnsail and foretopsail
ell' well, and keep
.quite free of mddew.
. . •We are, Gentlemen, •
• • Your most obedient -humble Servants,
• •(Signed) JAMES -CARPENTER, Captain.
ROBERT RUSSELL, Lieutenant.
.40 the Commissioners
•HILBROOK, Master.
• e Commissioners of His Majesty's
• Navy, London. • • •-• • - •

•
„ • • His Majesty's Prison Ship Crown
• Portsmouth Harbour, Dec. 17, 180
/LimEN—l take the liherty of transmitting
.herewth
41'1: ef canvai, N 0.2, preiaared by Messrs. 13towelf and Co.
h_6ecal•11(1„ °II, on the principle of resisting the'destructive effects
t it'aed by 'mildew. , And in order to ascertain whether or
''"'el'sessed this desirable property, I thought proper to wet
6, al th rain-water, and immediately after bent and furled
4itt %nail yard, fixing irsome distance above-.the poop, in a
' J'art,P,‘Perfectly exposed to all weather during November and
• tellim''','4ecernber. The result of this severe trial is highly fa-
i_Cit,47','Le-to it, for on opening the said canvas, afterbeing furled
manner abovedescribed, at a season of the year
finest trying toca 'there appeared,not the smallest
4erve,?f Thenouts'ide skin, yoli will please to oh-
titel-ya in a slight degree tinged with black, proceeding en 7
Nini,oin smoke-and dust. It possessing such essentialfgood
wog, S 1 induces mo to send it for your inspection, resuming
4clallt„•bc.,.hivslily advantageous to his Majeity's Service, if
.4 cue
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your most obedient, humble servant,
. , JAMES ROSE,
and-00 ° the offalPrin Officers Lieut. and Commander.
Ilurtissioners is Majesty' Navy.
Were e040e.. are to certify to those whom it may concern, thianteas
• reweil canvas that had. undergone a process by Mr. .James
cross .)vas wet with fresh water,. and rolled up, and tied to
tnber•Jack yard arm of his Majesty's ship Roebuck, in 0,c-t
tied-'°9 ;at the same time a piece of King's canvas was e t 11,),
recto the cross jack yard opposite, in like manner, where
till Auust,lBlo. When taken down, the canvas
fectly'!4 undergone ad process by_ Mr. Jathei •Browell was per-
thel3und, and free from mildew, and fit for any purpose ;
414delvt'atne time, the King's canvas was rotten, completely
Giveed,.ana for no use except paper stuff.
04,,,,under my hand, on board the Roebuck, in Yarmouth
4"5 tbiS 15th day of September, 1810. • • ,
R. CURRY,
N,
Captain of his Majesty's Ship Roebuck.
to then
above pi'eces of canvas, with tir certificates. signed
° thew "IrrY and several of the. Roebuck s Officers attached
5 are now in Browell and Co.'s possession.

' 7, Great Marlborough-street,
1812.
Patti, , March
Tro As I understand
or art interested in the success of a
dew -14arcess y
, by which h.: ill effects of weather and mil-
hag to canvas are pievented '.l. do myself the pleasure of stetant-t
Which Ylou MY opinion of its utility from its effects on was a Purchased from Messrs. Browell and Co. Thisa tent.n
whiehellt or board the Matiner, Captain Weatherhead, i
the Red i erbarked in January 1809.' After a long voyage. to
e:47 Sea I found it, on comparison with three others which
13:tt;reiTjed fr'om the Ordnance Stores at Woolwich, in mune
I 144_
,condition though they had been kept in the. same pla .
jotirl;:o! the
Parteg it On Some of the islands of the Red Sea, in the early
year 1810, during some heavy rains, and on my
11,,'Y tor some months into the interior of Abyssinia.
tver gh it be probable that no method of preparing canvas can
htla_tenable it entirely to resist a tropical ram of any contni-._
1/q, aat Yet I found that it kept out the wet longer than any f
vitay
of iirt tent, I afterwards had it with me, on
.my return by
44d. it ,Qt.4baY, where from the ship's labourin in hea eas, being the rainy se. n, it was wet both• with salts and