The Sun.
London, England, 1829-04-08 00:00:00

EXTRACT FROM, AND BALSAM OF, ROSES.
THESE esteemed and elegant Articles are
most respectfully offered to the Nobility and Gentry, by
RIGGE, BROCKBANK, and RIGGE, of No. 35, New
!land-street, as the most delicate and effectual preservatives
of the Hair, and as contributing to it a gloss and brightness
whieh compositions prepared from ardent spirits destroy.
The'lktmet is a liquid distilled from Flowers grown by
the Proprietors, and when applied in washing the Hair
renders it soft, and of the most delicate texture ; the
lALSAM is a Pomade, and will be successfully applied in
promoting its growth and luxuriance.

GEORGE ROBINS'S ROYAL FILTER FOR
CISTERNS,
Pertable Cisterns and Portable Filters of all Dimensions.
BY HIS MAJESTY'S LETTERS PATENT.
THE prevailing opinion of the impurity of the
Water supplied to the Inhabitants of this City, is
ea
well founded, and so amply borne out by the numerous
Testiauouials of the most Eminent of the Metropolitan
PacuitY, that any comment in this place would appear
like questioning the national common sense. We will
therefore confine our observations to the evidence given by
Dr. JASIES JOHNSON and Dr. KERRISON, in their exa-
mination in the House of Commons.
f.tr• James JOHNSON, the author of the " Treatise on
lurgestion," prormances the water to be disgusting to the
slflhts and the effluvia to affect the senses.
And he thus concludes—., We sneer," says the doctor,
"at the delicacy of the Hindoo, who slakes his thirst at
th , °lame tank niters his neighbour is sacrificing to Cloacina ;
ut What shall we say to the delicate citizens of Weatmin-
Iller, who fill their tanks and stomachs with water from
the Thames, at that very spot into which a hundred thou-
sand cloaca, containing EVERY SPECIES OF FILTH AND
ALL UNUTTERABLE THINGS, are daily di-gorging their
hideous and abominable contents. It is absolutely asto-
nishing, that in these days of refinement, and in a Metro-
'Pelis whose inhabitants pride themselves on delicacy and
cleanliness, a practice should obtain, at which posterity
will shudder, if they can credit it."
Dr. KERRISON makes us acquainted with a fact, the
Perusal of which will excite the same disgust in the mind
of the reader, as we ourselves feel in narrating it. On in-
*Pitting the Thames near the landing at Chelsea Hospital,
he says he saw " the foul and black stream from the Rene-
high sewer, passing between the Company's steam-engine
and the Dolphin, loaded with no small portion of UNDIVIDED
IPLOATING FILTH FROM PRIVIES;" from which he Con-
cludes, that "a considerable quantity of human excre-
Melo, in a subdivided and undecomposed state, actually
Passes into our cisterns."
This mode of Filtration not only clarifies, but purifies,
the meet turh*l, fetid, stagnant water, rendering it of a
crystalline brilliancy, and at the same time most effectually
destroying both SMELL and TASTE. Its adaptation to
Cisterns enhances its valuable qualities, by obviating the
trouble of repeatedly charging it as heretofore, and
, ensures an effectual preventive against the possibility of
enlploying any other Water than that which has passed the
Filter, either for Culinary operations, or in fact for any
domestic purposes. The rapidity of the process of Filtra•
lion, stands conspicuous amongst its advantages. The Pro-
prietordoes notstate the precise number of Gallons capable of
6'4 produced ; but is enabled confidently to assert that so
fast as the Water is supplied at the top of the Filter, so fast
will it discharge itself from the bottom in a highly purified
state---Its moderate Price, (from Three Guineas upwards,
but rarely exceeding Six, in proportion to the dimensions
ef Cisterns) by rendering it attainalde to all Housekeepers,
. loafers a real blessing on Society, by at once removing the
cause of a multitude of Diseases, which are justly attri-
atable to the noxious particle contained in the Water.
To accommodate Private Families who desire to have
Portable Filters, it is respectfully suggested that they are
to be had of all dimensions at the Office is the Strand, and
are forwarded to all parts of England.
PORTABLE FILTERS IN EARTHENWARE.

2 Gallon Size, purifying 12 Gallons per day ...... ..255.
'8 Ditto ditto 16 Ditto . 80s.
Ditto...bandsomely ornamented, 40 Ditto 428.
9.Ditto 65 Ditto. sss.
19 Ditto 90 Ditto. 7ss.
The Royal Filter, upon thiw plan, will chrystallize and
Pittify as much water in the course of the day as the largest
consumption of a family can desire.
• There are also Portable Cisterns, capable of filtering
• 'front 900, to 500 gallons, every 24 hours. These can be
. !Out to 'any part of the country.
• Tih Prospectus may be had, and Filters, in full opera-
- tan; cuaz be inspected, at the Office of the Patentee,
rge Robins, N«. 69, Strand, opposite the Adelphi
Thea!re, where Orders are requested to be addressed.