The Sun.
London, England, 1829-02-03 00:00:00

BY 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 Ein;nent of the Metropolitan
Faculty, 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. James Jonxsox and Dr.
_KERRISON, in their exa-
mination in the House of Commons.

Dr. JAMES JOHNSON, the author of the "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 de`icate citizens of Westmin-
ster, who fill their tanks and trotnachs with water from
the Thames, at that very spot info which a hundred thou-
sand cloacm, containing xvzitr SPECIES OF TIME AND
ALL UNUTTERABLE THINGS, are d,tily disgorging their
hideous and abominable contents. It is absolutely asto-
nishing, that in these days of refinement, and in a Metro-
polis whose inhabitants pride themselves. on delicacy and
cleanliness, a practice should obtain, at which posterity
will shudder, if they can credit it."
Dr. KEARISON 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-
specting the Thames near the landing at Chelsea Hospital,
he says he 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 nitwits ;" from which he con-
cludes, that " a considerable quantity of human excre-
ment, in a subdivided and wndecomposed 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 u heretofore, and
ensures an effectual preventive against the possibility of
employing any other Water thin that which b's passed the
Filter, ,ither for Culinary operations, or in fact for any
domestic purpose.. The rapidity of the process of Fi'tra.
tion, stands conspicuous amongst its rdvantages. The Pro-
prietor does not state the precise num' er of Gallons capable of
being produced ; but is enabled con'dently to assert that so
fast as the Water is supplied at the top of the Filter, so fast
Rill it discharge itself from the bottom in a highly purified
state.—lts moderate Price, (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
cause of a multitude •f Diseases, which are justly attri-
hatable to the noxious particles 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 d;mensions at the Office hi the Strand, and
are forwarded to all parts of England.

EORTABLE FILTERS IN EARTHENWARE.

6 Gallon Size, purifying 40 Gallons in 24 hours...3sß.
9 Ditto ditto 65 Ditto soi.

12 Ditto ditto 90 Ditto
The Royal Filter, upon this plan, will chry;tallize and
purify as much water in the course of the day as the largest
consumption of a family can desire.
The Prospectus may be had, and Filters, in full opera-

lion, rear he inspected, at the Office. of the Patentee,
George Robins, N.. 69, Strand, oppostte the Adelphi
Theatre, where Orders are requested to be addressed.

There is at Tula, in Russia, a manufactory
for the fabric of arms, hardly to be excelled by the most
celebrated manufactories of'England. From this mann-
factory there issue, yearly, 700,000 stand of fire-arms,
and 25,000 side-artos. More than 8,000 workmen are
employed in their fabric.
IRELAND.—I have received information from

the most undoubted authority, that the Duke it to bring
in n Bill of Emancipation. The frequent meetings of the
Cabinet fur the last three weeks have been um the subject,
and the plan has met the approbation of the Archbishop of
Canterbury and the Bishop of London, the latter of whom,
with Dr. Philputt, are the authors of it. This it no fly-
ing rumour: from the source whence it hat emanated,
there ran he no doubt of its correctness. A particular
friend of the Chancellor's, and a gentleman holding a high
station, told Mr. that he haul it from the Duke hiin-
self. The only barrier to its being completed is the in-
fluence of Peel and a great personage : however, it it con-
sidered that Peel mast strike, as every member of the Ca-
binet, except him, have agreed to it. There it to be no
veto I sun delighted to be able to communicate this most
pleating information to you. I think it would be, under
the circumstance', as good for O'Connell to defer his visit
here nntil the time stated, namely, the MI of February.
--Dahlias Morning Register.

The on lar-meoroned half-pay Officera hare been al-
lowed to retire from the Service, arid their half-p,,y hay
been cancelled from the 215t1r Jan. 1829, inclusive, on re-
ceiving a commuted i..rowsnce for their consini::sions ;-
Lieutenant .lal,ai ;)ny!a Carrell. half-pay pat Foot
Lieutenant Wiltna Teeling, half-pay 97th Font
Lieutenant David Da was. half-pay sth West India Regiment
Ensign Edward Gcor!io. L. Buhver, half-pay unattached
Ensign IlAert b.lf-pay '26th Foot
Ensign Richard .flartue Priillipson, half-pay 75th Foot
Ensign James Crawford, halt-pay 101st Foot
Ensign Arthtir Algernon Capel, half-pay 26th Foot
Ensign Robert Sedlev Bagenall. half-pay 87th Foot ,
Lieutenant Edward t. H. Dobbin, half-pay 69th Foot
Lieutenant George Despard, half-pay b3d Foot
Lienienant William Pritchard Lloyd, half-pay £3d Foot
Ensign ictlitt Piercy, half-pay Sth Foot
Ensign Joseph Wiliniett, half-pay 97th half-pay unattached
Ensign John Schneider, half-pay 97th Foot
Ensign WilliaM James Fraser, half.psy 56th Foot
Ensign John Payne Elwes, half-pay Royal 'Yoik 'Rangers
Ensign Alexander Foxcroft Ridgway, half-pay -unattached
Eroiign John Pursaord, half-pay 10Sr1 Foot
Ensign John Cnhlin, half-pay unattached
Ensign Edward Williamson, half-pay Mat Foot
Ensign Richard Michaux Moggeridge, calf-pay 84th Foot
Lieutenant Patrick Lynch, half-pay 70th Eeot
Lieutenant Alexander Steele, half-pay 29th Foot
Ensigh Montagu Harvey Grant, half-pay 22d Foot
Cornet Philip Wilson, halt-pay 20th Light Dragoons
Ensign Robert Norie, half-pay 72d Foot
Ensign George John Rnsh, half-pay unattached
Ensign klenry George Carey, half-pay unattaoked
Ensign Mark Sprot, half-pay 90th Foot
Ensign Wm. J. Percival, half-pay 60th Foot
Ensign Wm. O'Dell, half-pay 100th Foot
Ensign James Hatch, .half-pay 834 Foot
Ensign George Peacock, half-pay 58th Foot
Ensign Robert Lindsay, half-pay 7Stli Foot
Ensign George W. Tireman, half-pay unattached
Ensign Alexander Boetefeur, lialf-ilay York Chasseurs '
Ensign Robert W. Carden, half-pay s:2d Foot
Ensign Robert Byers, half-pay 26th Foot

DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVEN"-
Bobert Ball, Stockton-upon-Tees, Durham, ih,:en draper.
Robert Hughes, Liverpool, draper.
Samuel Briggs, Grantham, Lincoln, tailor.

BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
William Fullwood, Birminham, victualler.
Robert Turner Cotton, Great St. Helen's, London, suit;
veyer.