The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-19 00:00:00

OYA.I .Itll.ll, STEKNr-PA.CII' CO
13 NY; No. :15, MO Olt A Tr: T IrE LONDON ,
A.rousx 26, 1842. •
The COURT of DIRECTORS of the 410YAL MAIL
STEAM-PACKET COMP A NY, hereby givt Notice that the
FIRST GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS
will be held on WEDNESDAY, the 21st September, at One
')'Clock precisely, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, to
receive a Report of the proceedings of the Corporation.
None but registered Proprietors are entitled to vote or take
part in the proceedings at this Meeting, and the holders of the
Company's Scrip receipts are therefore requested to leave them
orthwith for registration at the Office, No. 55, Moorgate•street.
E. CHAPPELL, Secretary.

THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION
COMPANY'S splendid and powerful firrt-class STEAM
SHIPS are appointed to LEAVE for—
HAMBURG and ROTTERDAM, carrying her Majesty's
llails—Every Wednesday and Saturday morning.
HAVRE—EverT Thursday, at Eight Morning.
ANTWERP—From Brunswick-warf, Blackwall—Every
Sunday, at Eleven Morning; Wednesday, at Twelve Noon;
'Thursday, at One Afternoon.
EDINBURGH—From Brown's Wharf, Poplar—Every ti;a-
tirday,' and alternate Wednesday Evening, at Ten. Sept. 21,
Oct. I, 5, and S.
From Down's Wharf for
SLINDERLANDEver• Tuesday, at Seven Evening.
.iNEWCASTLE—Every Wednesday and Saturday Evening
alright.

From London Bridge Wharf :
OSTEND—Tuesday, V. ednesday, Saturday, and Sunday.
BOULOGNE—Every Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
CALAIS—Es ery Tuesday, Thursda,,, Saturday, and Sunday
HULL—Every Tuesday and Friday at Eight Morning.
YARMOUTH—Every Saturday, at Six Evening.
A AMSGATE—DaiIy, at Nine Morning.
teen BRIGHTON and DlEPPE—Wednesday and
Punte'aY•
Itetw,een BRIGHTON and HAVllE—Tuesday and Friday.
To sec tre Berths, and for the Company's Monthly Bills,
apply at thN. Offices, 69, Lombard-street ; 37, Repent-circus ;
and 35, Leacienhall. street.

TO PERSONS VISITING BOULOGNE.
LOURY' S COMMERCIAL HOTEL, 15,
.4.. RUE NEUVE-CHAUSSEE, BOULOGNE-SUR-
NUR.
11,e HOTEL FLOURY is situated in one of the best streets
agreeable Watering-place, and is near the Theatre,
east-a/fine, the Paris Coach-offices, and the Pier. There is
-an excellent Table d'Hote every day at a Quarter-past Five.
A great var:ety of Wines at moderate prices ; and the Bed-
looms and Sitting-rooms are uncommonly clean and convenient.
Persons wishing to -pass a few weeks at the Sea-side will
i'l4 everyconvenience at this Hotel ; the expenses are even
• un—ler than in private apartments, and only about one-half the
amount charged at many fashionable watering-places.
Good Stabling.
.41,,* No Cotnmissioner being employed on board the packets,
tro, -.Hers will find prices the more moderate. The recommen-
datiovs of Commissioners en board the steamers should be par-
ticulart:v guarded against.

GOO.D NEWS for the LADIES.-11ECIII,
No,, 4, Leadenhall-street, London, sell his Needles at
4d. per paper; 4s. per pound; Scissors and Penknives,
Is.; Thimbles, Is. ; Toothbrushes, 6d. and 9d. ; Hair-
brushes, Is. to. 2s. 6d. : Combs, 6d. and upwards ; Netting
Boxes, 2s. 6d. and upwards; Japan Dressing-eases, 39. to
I2s. 6d, ; Side Co rubs, Is. per pair ; Work-boxes, Bs. and
upwards; Tea-caddie,. Desks, Watch-stands, Card-racks,
_Hand-screens, &c., &c.

MECHI'S SHILLING PEN-KNIVES.—These ind the
Vixpenny Tooth-brushes will prove, that whilst he has the
tmost elegant shop in London, he is determined to do business
Nun the most reasonable terms. He ,manufactures Desks, Work-
-hazes, Dressing-cases, Bagatelle-tables, Table and Small Cut-
lery, Razors, Razor-strops, Brushes, Combs, and everything
for the Work-table and Dressing Toilet.

EIGHT FIRES AT NORWICH
Have recently been extinguished by
SHALDERS' PATENT PORTABLE FIRE-
ENGINE.
(ThE NEW PROPERTY PROTECTOR).
These Engines are carried by hand and placed immediately
where they can assail the main source of the fire at close
quarters, to the greatest advantages ; when they deliver their
whole uniform streams of water directly into the flames with
Unerring certainty and such surprising impetuosity, that the
fires are banged out before the common engines can be brought
.into action.

If the engine lever be worked briskly with one hand, and
Iflie delivery pipe pointed at a window 10 feet distance with
en' other hand, it will show how furiously, steadily, and irre-
'34l4ibly the little fire destructor combats and conquers the
-terrific foe.
Engines elegant, durable, and complete in Brass el. 16s.
%act.
There is not yet in existence a good fire-engine
:Ilion a large scale. At Alderman Butcher's fire the Patent
Parish Pump filled 12 large pails with water per minute, deli-
ruing at the rate of 50 and the two Engines 30 barrels per
tour. But with the former Parish Pump (which was one of
the best brass lift-force pumps of the London made trash) not
15 barrels an hour could have :seen raised, and probably the
flames would have gained the ascendancy. London is a century
Behind Norwich in Hydraulic Machines.
-See " TUE Sete paper, July 10, 1841, and "Norwich
. Mercury,"* March 5, 1842, where all my inveterate opponents
alarmed, chopfallen, and laughed at, for they dare not even
tr 4 to obtain the 1001. reward offered. "Because dame Nature
hi;; entered her imperative caveat thus !" SHALDERS'
P.UNIP SHALL NEVER BE SURPASSED, which is now
pramtically preyed to be the only effective, invariable water-
elevator in existence, and when well carried out the most
dot able pump in the world. It stands work as well for lifts
sboNie as below 100 feet, and it would be strange indeed if it
lid tat, as a good Connector (of a Fountain Pump) will sustain
a pressure of 50 atmospheric whilst less than a quarter of that
twesstme would deliver water rapidly 365 feet high, or over St.
?aul'E-crrss, London. W. SHALDERS.
Hydraulic.-street, Norwich, June 18, 1842.

REMARKS BY EMINENT MEN UPON THE IN.
VENTIOn-SEPARATELY AND JOINTLY.

•
'SEPARATELY._.." The Fountain Pump is free from the de-
eets and liabilities of the Friction Pump, and approaches a
perfect hydraulic machine."—Dr. Birkbeck.---" Shalders
has copied Nature, turd arrived at rerfection."—Ebedour._
" Thii pump is free from friction and leakage, and is not liable
to choke."—Hay, Civil Engineer.----" This is TIIE Pump."
--Partington.
JOINTLY.—" The Fou,itain Pump is the most important
ItnpioVement in the art of raising water, that has appeared
within the last 2,000 years. It is the greatest advancement in
the useful arts in modern tiam, and cannot fail to act in the
preservation of life and property from fire and water to an ex-
4.ent beyond calculation."