The Sun.
London, England, 1829-09-03 00:00:00

MR. GEORGE ROBINS'S ROYAL FILTER FOR

CISTERNS.

PORTABLE CISTERNS AND PORTABLE FILTERS OF
ALL DIMENSIONS,
EY HIS MAJESTY'S LETTERS PATENT.

THE prevailing opinion of the Impurity
of the 'Water supplied to the Inhabitants of this
City, is so well founded, and so amply borne out by the
numerous testimonials of the most eminent of the Metro-
politan Faculty, that any comment in this place would
appear like questioning the national common sense. We
will therefore confine oar observations to the evidence
given by Dr. Jamks JOHNSON', and Dr. KxaalsoN, in
their examination in the House of Commons.

Dr. JAMES JOHNSON, the author of tile " Treatise on
Indigestion," pronounces the water to be disgusting to the
sight, 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
the same tank where his neighbour is sacrificing to Cloacina ;
but what shall we say to the delicate citizens of Westmin-
ster, who fill their tanks and stomachs with water from
the Thames, at that very spot into which a hundred thou-
sand cloacae, containing EVERY SPECIES OF FILTH AND
ALL UNUTTERABLE THINGS, are daily diQgorging their
hideous and abominable contents. It is absolutely asto-
nishing, that in these days of refinement, and in a Aletro-
polis whose inhabitants pride themselves on delicacy and
cleanliness, a practice should obtain, at which posterity
will shudder, if they can credit it."

Dr. K EAMSON 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 ;n narrating it. On in-
specting the Thames near the landing at Chelsea Hospital,
he says be saw " the foul and black stream from the Rene-
lagh sewer, passing between the Company's steam-engine
and the Dolphin, loaded with no small portion of UNDIVIDED
FLOATING FILTH FROM PRIVIES ;" from which he con-
cludes, that "a considerable quantity of human excre-
ment, in a subdivided and undecomposed state, actually
passes into our cisterns."

This mode of Filtration not only clarifies, but purifies,
the most turbid, 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 insures
an effectual preventive against the possibility of employing
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 Filtration stands
conspicuous amongst its advantages. The Proprietor does
not state the precise nu►nber of Gallons capable of being
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 front the bottom in a highly raj-
fled state.

Its moderate Priee (from Three Guineas upwards, but
rarely exceeding Six, in proportion to the dimensions of
Cisterns), by rendering it attainable to all Housekeepers,
confers a real blessing on Society, by at once removing the
causes of a multitude of diseases, which are justly attri-
butable to the noxious particles contained in the water.
To accommodate Private Families who desire to have
Portable Filters, it is respectfully suggested that they aro
to be had of all dimensions, at the Office, in the Strand,
and are forwarded to all parts of England.
THE PORTABLE FILTERS IN EARTHENWARE.
2 Gallon Size, purifying 12 Gallons per day
3 Ditto ditto IS Ditto 3os.
6 Ditto...handsomely ornamented, 40 Ditto 425.
9 Ditto 65 Ditto. .555.
12 Ditto 90 Ditto. 7ss.
The Royal Filter, upon this plan, will ehrystallize and
purify 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
from 200 to 500 gallons, every 21 hours. These can be
sent to any part of the country.

The Prospectus may be had, and Filters, in foll opera-
tion, may be inspected, at the Office of the Patentee,
George Robins, Ne. 69, Strand, opposite the Adelphi
Theatre, where Orders are requested to be addressed.