Star.
London, England, 1825-07-04 00:00:00

CAUTION.

TAYLOR and Co. (successors to M'Adam and Co.)
beg to Caution the. Public against the use of any Paints pur-
porting to be MI NERA i PAI NTS which are not supplied from
their Manufactory, or furnished by their appointed Agents, as many
persons are imposing upon.the Public the refuse of the Gas Works
(which has been proved by the highest authorities to be most inju-
rious, particularly as a covering for wood work) by pirating the
name of their Paints, which have for upwards of twenty years (not-
withstanding the great and open competition) received such extended
patronage from Government, who still continue to use it, and the
following Certificates, granted by the highly distinguished Officers
in his Majesty's service, will fully prove its durability and economy,
notwithstanding the apparent cheapness of these spurious and ineffi-
cient imitations. The ingredients these Paints are composed of are
Manufactured at the Works erected and conducted under the late
Earl of Dundonald's Patent, to which no other house has access.
The Mineral Paints are a cheap and durable coating for all out-
door work, sush as Wooden, Iron, and Canvas Roofs, Sheds, Barn,
Out-houses, Fences, Palings, Gates, Boat and Barge bottoms, Ships'
sides and upper works, Wood and Iron Bridges, Docks, Chain
Cables, and all Wood and Iron Work under water, or exposed to the
weather; for Tiles on Roofs, to prevent them imbibing water and
being injured by frost ; anti for coating Brick walls to prevent damps.
No wood coated with these Paints will be worm-eaten, .nor will
insects or vermin of any kind inhabit hot-bed frames, or other
places, coated with them, and they will be found an effectual cure
for the dry rot; being composed entirely nt Mineral substances they
are insoluble in water, and thereby resist moisture in a manner su-
perior to all other preparations.
PRICE, READY FOR usg.
Mineral Green Paint . . 3d. per lb.
Mineral Brown Paint . . 20. per lb. •
Mineral lilack Paint . . 2fd. per lb.
Manufactured and Sold by Taylor and Co. (successors toM' Adam
and Company), Mineral and Chemical Colour Manufacturers,
Willow Wharf, 87, Bankside, London, and of their Agents in most
Provincial Towns.

Government Certificates of the cheapness and durability of
Messri. Taylor and Co.'s Mineral Brown Paint, granted to Messrs.
M'Adam and Co.

" Barrack Office, March 14, 1814.

" We hatreby certify, that the Wooden Barracks in Great Britain
have beea, for several years past, covered with Messrs. M' Adam
and Co.'s Mineral Brown Paint, for the preservation of the wea-
ther boarding, anti it has fully answered the purpose for which it
was applied.
(Signed) " JOHN SANDERS, Architect. .
" THOMAS JEANS, Architect."
" The above Certificate made by order of the Commissioners for
the Affairs of Barracks. " JOHN STAPLETON, Sec."

" Plymouth Lines, May 26, 1607.
" This is to certify, that by order of General Mercer, at the
desire of Messrs. M'Adam and Co. we made experiments with
their preparations of Mineral Brown Paint in April and Sep-
tember, 1806. The situation of the wood and iron work made use
of in this experiment is very high, and entirely exposed to the
wind from the Chaanel, where it is difficult to find any coating
able to resist the weather. The paint, after having withstood the
winter in the above situation, has formed a very hard and cons-
pact body on both wood and iron work ; the wood whey cut is
hard and very dry t the iron free from every appearance of rust.—
Front the present appearance of the Mineral Brown Paint, its
hard, solid, and impenetrable state, there is every reason to believe
that it will defend the wood and iron work for years against the
effect of weather and the moisture of the atmosphere ; and we give
it a.: our opinion, that it is a useful coating for wood and iron
work expo,ed to the weather or to damp, and consider it to be
cheaper thin any other that can be procured.
Certified by HENRY of the\Yorks.
SIMMONS' Oversee
" JOHN PHILLIPS,
" ROBERT WAKE NI AN, Serj. Maj. Master Carpenter.
"JAMES MOIR, Serj. Master Smith, R. Artificers."
" Plymouth Lines, May 26, 1807.
" I confirm the above certificate or statement.
" ALEXANDER MERCER,
" Lientenant.General Commanding Royal Engineers.
" Royal Engineers Office. Plymouth Dock, May 9, 1815.
" We hereby certify, that Messrs. M'Adam and Co.'s Mineral
and Brown Paint has continued in general use in this Department,
for all kinds of fences, since the date of the above certificate of
May 26, 1807, that it has also latterly been used on sentry boles,
travelling magazines, side arm racks, carts, and other wood work
exposed to the weather, with every probability of success; we,
therefore, after nearly eight years' additional experience, have no
hesitation in confirming that certificate, as to the general good qua-
lities of the Paint in question, for the preservation of wood and
iron work. " BEN. JONES. Clerk of Works,

"II A M ES SH I RRA H, Overseer."
• .11 oyal Engineers' Office, Portsmouth, May 15, 1815.
.1 We hereby certify, that the Mineral Brown Paint, prepared
and sold by Messrs. M'Adana and Co. has been used in the Ord-
nance Department at this station for three years, for purposes,
similar to those beforementionecl; and we are of opinion that ti
has fully answered the purposes for which it was applied.
" JOHN H A SSA RD, Lieut.. Col. R. Engineers, Commanding.
" G. BUCHANAN, Captain Royal Engineers.
"JACOB OWEN, Clerk of Works.
" JOHN OWEN, Assistant Clerk of Wafts.
• Messrs. M'Adain and Co."

Innumerable certificates may be seen upon application.
Patent Bright Greens, genuine White Lead, Oils, Varnishes,
and Colours, dry and ground, of every description.