The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-25 00:00:00

BANKERS,

London—Messrs. Giynn, Mica, and Co. ; Messrs. Cock-
burn and Co.
Edinburgh—Sir W. Forbes and Co. Glasgow—The Union
Bank of Scotland.
The object of the British American Association is to pro-
mote the colouisatipn of our North American possessions, by a
transfer of the surplus population of the United .Kingdom upon
a national scale ; and by such an infusion of capital into them
as o,all lead to an immediate and wide development of their
int xbaustihle• resources. _ _

The Lffairs of the AsOociation will biadministered by a Board
'of Commissioners, under the supervision of a Consulting Council,
comprising his Grace the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Down-
shire, the Alarquis of Bute, the Earl of Gosfoid, and upwards
of fifty Peers, Baronets, and others, including the Lord Pro-
vosts of Edinburgh and Gla gory.
The undertaking, coa.bining the great elements of wealth,
rand, population, and induitry, sustained by capital, obviously
secures an ample pecuniary return ; and, as an investment for
41,,ney, presents inducements of the highest description.
Applications for Shares and Prospectuses to be made to the
'Secretaries, at the House of the Association, 211, New Bridge.
strect, Blackfriars, London'.

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THE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE for SILVEIL
CATALOGUE, With ENGRAVINGS ( Gratis),
?POSTAGE FREE.—The celirbrity of the rich and silvery
'appearance and extrswie durability of the material made ex-
•elusively by ourselves, has induced many attempts to foist,
upon the public the notoriously deleterious German Silver
under the guises of " /Mita Plate," " Berlin Silver," &c.
&c., against which we especially warn them. Aided by an
eminent chemist, we have succeeded in purifying our material
so that acids do not aficct it ; it is now so well known and
appreciated that it is universally superseding silver in all its
lilacs. The genuine metal, which is more durable than silver,
ran only be had at our warehouses. It is the same through-
(out, and can be engraved and made in all the various articles
*tat are in silver, from which it can only be told by refer( nee
to the stamp. Fiddle Threaded King's
Pattern. Pattern. Pattern.
Table Spoons and Forks, full
Size, per d0zen........ ..... . l2s. Od. 28s. Od. 30s. Od.
Desert ditto and ditto, ditto los. Od. 21s. Od. 25E. Od.
Tea ditto and ditto ditto ss. Od. I ls. Od. 12s. Od.
Gravy ditto ... 4s. Od. 65. Od. 7s. Od.
RIPPON and BURTON, 12, Wells.street, Oxford-street.
Established IP3o.—Catalogues gratis.
EIGHT FIRES AT NORWICH

Have recently been extinguished b
SIT ALDERS' 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 band, and
'the delivery pipe pointed at a window 10 feet distance with
the other band, it will show how furiously, steadily, and irre-
sistibly the little fire destructor combats and conquers the
terrific foe.
Er.gines elegant, durable, and complete in Brass 61. 16s.
eaci,,„
N.B. There is not yet in existence a good fire-engine
%Pon a large scale. At Alderman Butcher's fire the Patent
`Parish Pump filled Pi large pails with water per minute, deli-
vering at the rate of 50 and the two Engines 30 barrels per
noun But with the former Parish Pump (which was one of
the best brass lift-force pumps of the London made trash) not
Lb, barrels an hour could have been raised, and probably the
717 n . Would have gained the ascendancy. London is a century
seed 1 ich in Hydraulic Machines.
!!Mercury ”Sur. Sox" paper, July 10, 1841. and "Norwich
are alarmy'ed suarch 5, 1842, where all my inveterate opponents
e-opfallen and laughed at, for they dare not even
try to obtain the 100/. reward offered. " Because dame Nature
. has entered her erative caveat thus !" SHALDERS'
PUMP SHALE. NEVER BE SURPASSED, which is now
practically proved to be the only effective, invariable water-
'elevator in existence, and when well carried out the most
'durable pump in the world. It stands work as well for lifts
-above as below 100 feet, and it would be strange indeed if it
lid not, as a good Connector (of a Fountain Pump) will sustain
a pressure of 50 atmospheric whilst less than a quarter of that
pressure would deliver water rapidly 365 feet high, or over St.
Paul's-cross, London. W. SHALDERS.
Hydraulic-street, Norwich, June 18, 1842.

BEII ARKS BY EMINENT *MEN UPON THE IN-
VENTION—SEPARATELY AND JOINTLY.
SEPAILATELY..--" The Fountain Pump is free from the de-
flects and liabilities of the Friction Pump, and approaches a
Terfect hydraulic machine."-1)r. Birkbeck.--" Shalders
has copied Nature, and arrived at perfection."—Ebedour.-
" This pump is free from friction and leakage, and is not liable
to choke."— :lay, Civil Engineer.--" This is THE Pump."
JOINTLY.—" The Fountain Pump is the most important
improvement 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 times, and cannot fail to act in the
Tpreservation of life and property from fire and water to an ex-
tent beyond calculation."

SH ALDERS' PATENT PUMP.
At a Vestry Meeting held at St. Michael's at Plea, Nor-
aich, April 28th, 1842, the Parishioners unanimously con-
gratulated Mr. Shalders upon having, last May, fitted the
parish up with an efficient, permanent, economical, and in-
variable Pump (60 feet in length). It was rightly remarked,
that althouglt the water delivered by the former Pump was corn.
utoniy cloudy, that delivered by the present one has been uni-
formly clear, and raised with half the labour.
(Signed) GEORGE IVES,
WM. WOODROW,
H. J. STEEL.
Churchwardens in 1841, 1842.
Norwich, Saturday, May 23, 1842.

11/JTCHER and SON be.; to return their most grateful
thanks to those friends and neighbours who so kindly and
promptly rendered them their assistance to extinguish the Fire
utheir Premises on Wednesday last.
And the 3 ►ikewise take this oppo tunity particularly to re-
commend Mr. Shalders' Portable Fountain Engine, which was
su efficient in preserving their premises from total de-
struction.
Queeu .strect, May 26.

.REMARKS OF, THE EDITOR OF THE "NORFOLK
Ci-IRONICLE," ON VIEWING THE PREMISES
'AFTER THE FIRE:—
" About hilf-past one o'clock on Wednesday morning the
'premises of Mr. Butcher, grocer, Bank-plain, were discovered
L. be on fire by the night watch, who gave the alarm and called
Mr. Butcher up. It was at first difficult to discover in the
'dark what part of the premises was on Ere. Mr. Butcher
thought that it originated at his neighbour's house, hut going
' up to the top of his premises he perceived where it was ; when
he came down and opened the door of his store-room over the
tack part of his shop, the fire and smoke burst forth $3 violently
that he could scarcely stand on his feet. It appears that the
ire had originated in this store-room directly over a paper loft,
but how, it is impossible to tell. Mr. Shalders, from over the
may, immediately brought two of his engines, by means of
lehich Mr. Butcher attributes his house being saved • and per-
baps the whole street, for there being a good deal of gun-
_ powder en the premises, had this ignited the consequences
Would have peen awful. Notwithstanding the natural agita-
lion occasioned by the near prosPect of danger from fire, Air.
Butcher himself removed the gunpowder from the premises,
And most of the goods from the vvarehous. and shop were
ihrought out and deposited for safety in St. Michael's at Plea
Church. The engine from the Guildhall was on the spot
within a few minutes of the first alarm being given, but it
was impossible to bring this into play for some time, as
the water uas not turned on ; but in the meauohile
Shalders' engines (Mr. S. working one and his brother
' • tie other) were supplied with buckets full of water from
the pump near at hand. Mr. M. Yarington and his men acted
-*with much energy and promptitude. Mr. Steel, Mr. Plummer,
Shalders, and others of Mr. Butcher's neighbours, were
lenost zealous in their services. In about an hour and a half all
-danger was removed. Mr. Butcher is, we understand, insured
,ist the Norwich Equitable Office.
I The delay which appears to have occurred in furnishing the
amines with water on the above alarming occasion, impera-
vely the immediate attention of the proper authori-
'.". If the New hills Company's works are the main public
Pace of supply, some arrangements should be made for the
Mere sure and speedy turning on the water into the pipes ; or
pity will sooner or later rue the consequences.

1/.7 THE EDITOR OF THE " NORWICH MERCURY."
On Wednesday morning, about half-past one o'clock, a fire
1,14, discovered in the house of Mr. Butcher, grocer, Bank-
a 'tin, by the watchman
Item duty. Mr. B. immediately rose.
:a after examining hi' ises found it, had taken placa in a
store-room situated over the warehouse. On the alarm being
ZITno Mr. Shalders attended with his patent fountain engines,
•.,et7 after great exertions the fire was extinguished before any
xibus consequerces had taken place. There is not the
411 test doubt that this fire would have been attended with a
;treat loss had it not been for the fountain pump, and it. was
• tr9ly by that and the exertions of Mr. Shalders that the fire
'so promptly extinguished, it being an houi and ten minutes
the engines could be got into play ; and at the time the
Itr••e_,,Tas .discovered the whole store-room was in flames,a for on
Butcher opening the door he was twice knocked ,wn by
‘,7e, smoke and flannel. but fortunately received no injury.

I)III3PERTIES SAVED RY THE PORTABLE FIRE

_
ENGINE.
Dvrelling House on Elm-hill, the roof on fire, but coon
4tinguished by the Portable Engine.
:,;-Nieliri.a sallorton'sicerite,Dyery, twice on fire, the second time, the pie-
with 12,000/. worth of consigned property, must all have
had not the Poetable E,gine, after a long
;'nrhat, got the fire under, which was completely ffected just
ne,,nore the first common engine made its appearance.
Alesrs. Dixon's Foundry, the roof on the • these premises
°l-11(1 Soon have been destroyed, but for the new property
protector.
-r- R atts' Foundry on fire, anti saved by the new fire de-
""tt tor.
Plummer's Ironmongery warehouse, slightly on fire,
""n got under by Portable Engine ; and
tables, &c., Waggon and Horse-lane. The Superintend-
° on duty that night considers this fire had a most alartninu
appearance, as different extensive premises adjoining, being of
a very cemtmslible character, must all have very soon been in
name; hail not the ti re been i mediately arrested by
,Shalders's
rertable Fire Engine