The Sun.
London, England, 1837-11-02 00:00:00

THAMES OFFICE.

Yesterday James Demean, a man about thirty years of
age, of good address, was brought before Mr. GREEN-
N'OL) D on a charge of mutiny on board the Duke of Rox-
burgh East Indiamau, while on a voyage from Madras to
London. The prisoner, who had been in confinement
nearly two months, was taken out of the ship by Mr.
Evans, the principal surveyor of Thames Police.
After evidence had been heard the prisoner was dis-
charged, both parties threatening ulterior proceedings.

Duke Bernhard of Saxu-Weimer and his son, an:l
General Arbuthnot, of the British service, embarked at.
Odessa on the 2d of October, for Constantinople.

FM NDSHlP.—Friendship's a very good thing in
its way ; we arc all very friendly and comfortable at the
Stump, for instance, over our grog, where every man pays
for himself, but damn hurting yourself for anybody else, you
know ! No man should have more than two attachments,
the first to number one, and the second to the ladies ;
that's what I say.—Pickwick Pape: s.

GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN DOMES-

TIC ECONOMY.

DISPENSING WITH COALS AS FUEL.
(From the Paisley Advertiser).
We have this week to notice a discovery which will
produce a greater change in the arrangements of domestic
life, than any discovery that has been made for a hundred
years past ; we allude to the substitution of gas for coals
in the warming of houses, cooking operations, &c. The
principle on which this is done is so very simple, and its ap-
plication so very easy, as to ensure the speedy and exten-
sive adoption of the improvement in every place where a
supply of gas can be obtained. The principle is as easy to
describe as it is to apply, and is simply this he mix-
ture of gas with five or six times its bulk of atmospheric
air, and the burning of the mixture through wire gauze.
The modes of doing this may be varied, according to
the taste and fancy of the consumer, and great room for
the display of taste is afforded ; but we shall describe one
of the simplest modes of application as being best suited
for general purposes. Supposing then the fire is wanted
near the ordinary position of the grate, a gas pipe is laid to
the spot, and the jet is fixed pointing upwards, so as to be
about four inches from the floor or hearth-stone. This jet
is surroisaded with a sheet iron pipe, or cylinder, of a dia-
meter from 31 to 7 inches, according to the quantity of
fire wanted, and of the height required, say from one to
three feet, and the top of the cylinder is covered with a
piece of fine wire gauze, kept in place by a small iron hoop,
circumscribing the cylinder in the same way as the hair
cloth is secured on a common sieve.
We have spoken of the mixture of gas with 5 or G times
i:s quantity of atmospheric air, and the question may arise,
how are we to mix substances which are neither visible nor
tangible ? It fortunately happens that no care on this
point is necessary. The bottom of the cylinder which cir-
cumscribes the jet, and in which the mixture of gas and
air takes place, has supporters fastened on it to raise it an
inch or two from the floor, or openings are cut out of the
cylinder itself, so as to admit the air freely to enter at the
bottom. These openings can be easily varied by dampers
to admit such a quantity
.of air as may on trial be found
most advantageous. The top of the cylinder may pass
through an iron plate, which may be kept on a level with
the wire gauze, and which plate will serve to hold cooking
utensils in the kitchen, or mantel-piece ornaments in draw-
irg-rooma, dining-rooms, and bed-rooms. If this top plate,
as it may be called, which may be of any size or shape re-
quired, be exactly on a level with the wire gauze, then it.
will be necessary to place on it a small stand, so as to keep
the bottom of a pan, or kettle, three or four inches from
the wire gauze. A perforated piece of cast iron may be
laid an the top of the wire gauze for the purpose of raising
the flame a little above it, and of thus rendering it more
durable.
e need scarcely add that any number of these fire
places can be fitted up in a kitchen range so that if room
permit, a dozen or a score of pots may be boiling, each on
its own fire, while to make oile boil fiercely, and another
to simmer slowly, no labour with poker and tongas is re-
quired ; all that is necessary is a small touch of the- stop
cock, by which every fire in the range may be made to
burn with different degrees of intensity.
With respect to price ; it is found that one jet will be
quite sufficient for the cooking and warming purposes of an
ordinary small family, occupying a room and kitchen, and
who are in the habit of keeping only one fire burning. In
the lighting of fires, no chips, no pests, no pulling and
blowing, with mouth or bellows is necessary; and chat in
many cases is highly important no time is lost. A person
in kindling a fire has only to turn the stop-cock, apply a,
Incilar or other m itch, and his fire in a second is In
readiness for boiling a kettle or f:ying a beef-steak,
( either of which it will do in a very few minutes. Here,
then, are coals wholly dispensed with—here is a total es-
, cape from the nuisance of cinders, ashes, dust, and what is
still more annoying—smoke.
'l'L' discovery which we have been attempting to de-
scribe, we fear rather imperfectly, was made by Mr.
James Cook, Manager of the Gas Works here, a gentle-
man of taste and scientific skill, who has done more, per-
haps, than any other man in Scotland, in improving gas
illumination. As he has no intention of taking out a
patent for his discovery, he has permitted us to describe
it as fully as we please, that all who choose may reap the
advantages.
We may state, in conclusion, that our office was yes-
terday fitted up in a plain way with this new variety of
• Proinothean beneficence, so that those of our local readers
who may not understand our description fully, may call and
have that description illustrated by ocular demonstration.
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ULVERSTONE, OCT. 28.—Yesterday afternoon the
Windermere, Ulverstone, and Liverpool steamer, which
left here at 10 a,m., fell in at the mouth of the Bay with
the Union steamer of Workington, on her passage from
Liverpool, waterlogged, and in a sinking state ; the water
had risen so high as to put the fires out, Lnd the passengers
and hands were in a pitiable plight, as she had been out
all Thursday night, and it had blown hard during that
time. The potato crop in this part seems, as elsewhere,
most abundant ; the work-house union have contracted
for 83. the bushel. The grain in this part was stored in
good order—it is most pleasant to see the carts of straw
passing in different directions, the bright colour of which
bespeaks the good quality of the grain, greatly superior to
that of last year. It seems probable that the grand line
of railway will pass through this part to Scotland, which
will bring the Londoners to within six miles from the
Lakes, besides passing along a district abounding in iron
ore, copper, and slate, and afertile section ; besides, if the
line comes over the sands, and embanked for that purpose,
800 farms, of upwards of 100 acres each, will be found—
yes, found—for nothing but water and sand is now to be
seen.

On Sunday afternoon, between one and two o'clock,
the inhabitants of Lower East Smithfield were greatly
alarmed, in consequence of a mad bullock proceeding along
the streets at a furious rate, in the direction of the Tower.
When the infuriated animal reached St. Katharine's Dock,
the bridge happened to be open to permit the Mediator,
American line-of-packet ship, into dock. Being thus stop-
ped in his career, be attacked the iron railing of the bridge,
which he slightly damaged ; but, finding it to be strong a
barrier for him, he discontinued the siege, and bounded on
to the pier-head ; but there again he was frustrated in his
journey westward, the leap across the entrance being too
great for him. He being now sole master of the pier-
head, every person there on. duty being glad to flee for
safety, he continued to run about foaming wildly, until at
length a hawser, which was made fast to the pier-head
from a vessel entering the docks, tripped him up, and he
plunged headlong into the river, and disappeared for two
or three minutes. When he rose to the surface ropes
were with difficulty and some danger placed around his
neck, and in this manner he was towed towards Irongate-
stairs, at the Tower, where, before regaining terra firma,
be stove a waterman's boat. He was then overpowered
and properly secured, and subsequently conveyed to a
slaughter-house, without doinc, any further injury. Al-
though there was a great numberp of persons in the streets
at the time, fortunately the infuriated animal did not attack
any one.

The skill with which the lower Irish elude inquiries
has been more frequently spoken 'of than the remarkably
cautious.and delicate manner in which they convey a par-
tial disclosure. " But what became of that uncle you
speak of, Donnelly—is he alive ?" " Sorrow the know I
know ov he's alive now. The thrgh is, lie went away, for
a raison he had, in the time of the hurry." " The hurry"
means the Rebellion ; and it was afterwards explained,
that Donnelly's uncle took so active a part in it, that a re-
ward had been offered for his apprehension, on the charge
of setting fire to a building in which were 30 sick and
wounded soldiers of the King's troops. He preferred the
United States on that account.—From Fraser's Magazine
for November.

On Monday night, between seven and eight o'clock,
a poor hard-working married woman, named Eliza Snais,
was crossing London-bridge, when she was suddenly seized
hold of by a respectably dressed middle-aged man, who
hurled her with all his force off the footway into the car-
riage road. A heavily laden waggon was passing at the
instant, and the poor woman fell immediately in front of
the fore wheel, and before the horse could be stopped the
wheel passed over her thighs in a transverse direction, frac-
turing the bones in a shocking manner. She was conveyed
in a state of dreadful suffering to St. Thomas's Hospital,
and remains in most imminent danger. The perpetrator of
this wanton outrage was taken into custody by the bridge
constable.

TEE-TOTALLERS.—A certain knight of the razor
in Wakefield, who had been prevailed upon by the all-sub-
cluing oratory of a tee-total lecture to sign the pledge for
three months, which expired on Saturday night week, was
determined to treat his good resolution to a glass of some-
thing, which, by the bye, proVed stronger than Sampson.
His customers attended his shop as usual on the aforesaid
night, but the barber was minus. Ten o'clock, eleven
o'clock, twelve struck, and suds was not to be found. Some
apprehensions were now entertained for his safety, and a
search was immediately commenced. Our hero in a short
time was found " all alone in his glory," at an hotel, drink-
ing from the cop:vhich " cheers and inebriates." His con-
dition was such that it is supposed he will loose caste.

An individual residing in the canton of Harcourt,
in the Calvados, recently swallowed three sf. pieces for a
wager, and in consequence of this rash act was soon re-
duced to the last extremity. He has been since attended
by several medical men, who have in vain endeavoured to
extract the pieces from his stomach. For twelve days he
v..as unable to swallow any solid nourishment and lived
solely upon milk.—French Paper.

DISCOVERY OF HUMAN BoNLs

Moss
-lane,
Prleamil'emrebscidrientfo.
at
to
Lr toys tyoecakr'-sgar agloa ma ,fa Cheshire,rmer gamed
i s
have disappeared somewhat extraordinarily. Though s
picion was attached to the event at the tune, it was. s°a
veiled in mystery as to elude the ends of justice ;
discovery has been lately made that goes far to strengthen
the •suspicion that a crime of the deepest dye was PerPe
trated. 'flue Platt
a.
connected with this mysterious occurrence :
was a man of middle age, and about five feet five or.sea
inches in stature ; he was married and had a small family._
Within a short distance of his abode dwelt the brother of
his wife, who was frequently at Platt's house ; but with
this individual, as also with his wife, Platt being a ma.n
intemperate habits and hasty temperament is said to ha':
had frequent altercations. The day on which Platt wa
out
last seen, one autumn or winter's morning, he set from
home, on horseback, to a neighbouring town, to receive.
payment of some money, the proceeds of his dairy.tiotv,
cheese, recently disposed of. On the evening of the d,
ro
not reaehing home at his customary hour, the wife and ti
ther-in-law awaited his return, the servant girl with the r.e;
!minder of the family retiring to rest. About midnight V.l
girl was awakened by the sound of footsteps below ; she
went down stairs, hut finding the parties in waiting, re;
turned again to her bed. Whilst down stairs, it is
said ths
the girl observed that the floor of the apartment in whisk
the wife and le.ether sate had every appearance of beil
recently washed •; and that a coat, boots, and spurs, whie,,a_
were laying aside, she had a confident belief were those
master had on when he started on his journey. The gir
or-
however, is said to have given such contradictions to Pcl
i
tions of a statement she had previously made, that irnu„
impor!ance does not appear to have attached to them. ut
the following morning the horse upon which Platt had pro-
secuted his journey was found in the stable ; but as rr
garded Platt himself, he was sought in vain. During
day, however, information was feigned to have arrived, that
the missing man, in a freak of jollity, had leagued himself
with a company of cattle-drovers, supposing to be jouroq.
ing upwards ; and, in all probability, the party would the!!
niebt rest at Stone, in the adjoining County of Stafrord
The brother-in-law set out in quest of him, but the tirlifigea
he brought home to a supposed disconsolate family were 7
an unfavourable nature. A report was set abroad that, wit
the price of his dairy of cheese, Platt had left the coon try,
possibly for America, and this sufficed to lull all suspicliloea
l;
of guilt raised by the story of the servant girl. Years ro.
on, during which time Plates wife took op her abode in
Middiewich, and her children having grown up became Vs'
the
sessors of the farm. Her brother continued to reside in
same house he had formerly done. They have both long
since descended to the grave ; but a suspicion that they
had been privy to Platt's mysterious disappearance never
preSS
ceased to exist, and individuals have been heard to eX
?tne
themselves strongly to the brother on the subject.
weeks ago, on the banks of the Eye, a stream which yawls
fen
its course through the township above-mentioned, a, og
observed protruding on the bank at the opposite side of the
water an object of no great size, but of peculiar whiteness'
On crossing the stream, and proceedineato the spot, he dis-
covered the object of attraction to be the skull of a hum°
being. The bank where he discovered it, being subject et°
the occasional action of the stream at high water, bad son'
what given way. On digging down to the level from above,
other remains of a human'bedy, lying in a transverse posi-
tion, were found, and about them a few ohl buttons. The
bones being collected, and afterwards placed together,
formed those of a complete human skeleton, and that of a
person, as nearly as could be ascertained, of about 5 feel 5
or 6 inches height. The skull, on one side, presenteo
fracture of moderate dimensions, otherwise the whole
skeleton was perfect. There are no means whereby the
remains of a human body thus brought to light can be poi"
tiyely identified as those of the unfortunate Platt, but a va•
riely of circumstances conspire to strengthen the presump-
tion ; and the field, now a pasturage, is remembered to bey:
been at that time broken up for culture. Thought no Iles!.
tive fact can be ascertained as to the actual murder, it It
surmised in the neighbourhood that Platt, on the night
his return, was cruelly murdered, and that the instrument
of this deadly purpose was a bill-hook ; that, with this
weapon, a blow was struck him on the side of the head,
which, from the appearance the fracture in the skull Pre"
sents, must have had the immediate effect, of felling the
victim ; and that the body was afterwards conveyed, eitfiher)
to some place of temporary concealment, or to its nal
resting place, by the banks of the river, where, after a lapse
of many years, its fleshless skeleton has now been found.--
Chester Gazelle.

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HORRID MURDER.—A most foul and atrocious
murder was committed on Wednesday evening last, in the
perish of Tewin, in Hertfordshire, on the person of Williatu
Bennett, a pensioner of the 49th Regiment of Foot. The
facts of the case, so far as they have yet become public (the
evidence taken at the inquest on the body has not been Yet
allowed to be published), are these :—The deceased left 1115
home in the morning for Hertford, for the purpose of re-
ceiving his quarterly pension, which amounted, it is stir
posed, to 'about ten or twelve pounds. He was seen, 139
his return, within a short distance of the place where the
body was found, about half-past five o'clock in the evening'
He appeared perfectly sober at the time. The body w;',9
found early next morning by a person going to his %or'
It lay lengthwise in a shallow rut of a bye road, leading
through a field from Tewing-green, towards Burnham-
green. It had several bruises about the head and face'
which were proved by the surgeons who examined it i;
terwards to have been caused by a bludgeon, or sonic sue
instrument. There was half a sovereign, with eighteen;
pence in silver, and a few halfpence, found in his waister n
pocket. His watch, together with the rest of his pens'eh-
money, were not found on him. His clothes were not unite.,
disordered, nor were they at all torn, except one 01.1).4
breeches pockets. The road on which the body lay cc`.-
quite a bye one, a considerable distance from any hose'
and close to a wood. There did not appear to have be
much struggle on the spot. The coroner, Philip 1-40egf.
more, Esq., held an inquest on the body on Thursday
ternoon, which was adjourned to the following day, to giv,
time for a post mortem examination. The body was
as
amined by Messrs. Davies and Dickens. The body is
that of a person about fifty-five years old, remarkably strong
made, and healthy and robust appearance. A coniderablee
quantity of blood was found on the brain, caused bY
rupture of blood-vessels in consequence of the blows. The 'h
was no doubt on the minds of the medical men that dent I.
was produced by this cause. It appears that four men :a
very suspicious character were found to follow the deeens
near the spot where the body was found, and were v,evirlo
soon afterwards seen to return towards Hertford.
individuals have been already taken into custody on sus-e
picion. The atrocious deed has created a most into a
sensation in the neighbourhood, and several magistrates; nd
other gentlemen attended at the inquest. The verdic rs"..
the Jury was, 44 Wilful Murder against some person or Pe
sons unknown."
nab'.
An advertisement of lodgings to be let, in a a
lin Paper, winds up as follows :—" N.B. A solicitor nee
not apply."
The Glasgow Courier of the 2Sth ult. states, thanon the preceding day Inverary had been visited with Ihl t-
most violent thun ler-storm ever remembered. The lig Id
ning struck the steeple and shattered it to atoms. S°7: of
the stones were hurled through the windows and rlpries
the adjoining houses. Some of the seats in the gni_ -and
were torn from their position, and flung into the area' ited
the lead of the roof was seen flowing down in a mewitja
stream. No lives were lost. During the day the
cross
blew a perfect hurricane, and no vessels ventured to down
to St. Catherine's. The Rothsay boats, in going
channel, could not touch at Dunoon

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IZE CUP S.—New and Second-h a
PRIZE CUPS are offered at very REDUCED PRIG,Tzes and
selection may be made from a great variety, both !),fitniaicer,
patrns, at COX SAV ORYS, Gldsmith and W• "l
wi ll be
47,te Cornbill, London.—A sheet' of Drawings of Cups
forwarded, in answer to a post-paid application. the site
" 4,4` It is desirable Letters should mention either
about the price of the Cup or Cups may be

On the 30th ult., at Cambridge-terrace, ~,,.. c.
Wood, of a son. I le; °f
On the 30th ult., at Bruce-grove, Tottenham, Mrs. "• Beale,
a daughter. - of
-`
Airs 1,-..-•
On the Ist inst ,in Great Russell-street, Mrs. J. Parry, Jun''
a (laughter. .
On the 28th ult., at the Vicarage,Barking, the II"' llfts. n.
Liddell, of a son.

On the 31st 't ,at WailltioAn Wil-
!mil.
i_t/lEle_DH.iii,
It ti, daughter of It. Farran, Esq., of Old llSo:rseret-YP to An°
Ham, son of th
•
—a,. _ Humphrey Hall, Esq., of the Hormita
ge'Claphauiv
road.
On the
On the 31st ult., at. Carslialton, Surrey, John
.. 31st ult. at All Souls' Church, Mi. Walter Faitho.
Miss Matilda '
Smith.
wadi"
hAeme,brose e
cots,Lincoln's Inn, eldest son of IL E. fleatlicosu,rvilg
of Longton llall, Staffordshire, to Mary Anna, the "I)t Salop
sin
of the late Rev. I'. Sandford, of Sandford Hall, cantaftt
On the 31st ult. at St. Mary Abbots, KensingtoTt titi late
George Tupinan, 11.'N., to Elizabeth eldest daughsteeri hire.
A. L. Emerson, M.D., of UR eseroft,Pr=ify,Leicej,-----
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On the 30th ult , at WahnDerlFSD.
Governor of ' . the Royal Naval Hos ital at that place, age,. h.riacep
On the 9
-9th ult., Thomas HaPrtle E of Eliza'ct
Y, Sq. '
Brixton -road, d
-roa , aged 75. ' "'-0 Priseillso
At FrankfJrt-on-the-Maine, on the '4ith ult., age" --.' Ore-
, Kent, Captain Dower, dli•to'":
vife of 11. L. Browne, E,ti , Of Hinde-street, Manhesterizsilion•-
_ On the 30th ult., i.ged .&:(i 'William Todd, Esq" of,initgl;ler.
uFon-Hull ; and, on the •)7th 'nit , 'Anna, his youngest --
On the 29th ult., the infant son of 11. Palk, Esq.

Loti,!on: Printed Publis';ed tie
211—i;
112, Stra:id, at The Sun oflice, No. lit: Strand°
of ISliddlesex.—Thursday, November 2, ice.