The Sun.
London, England, 1839-12-13 00:00:00

NEW GAs LIGHT.

The Count Val Marino, LT gentleman from the South
of France, has been eagag,,ecl for some time in making
gas by a new and economical process, and having ob-
tained a patent for the invention, as well as for a new
species of gas burner, he exhibited both last evening at a
temporary gas factory, in the neighbourhood of Fetter-
lane. The gas is made from pitch, or oil, or any
fat or bituminous substance, mixed with a considerable
proportion of water, and is said to have these peculiar
advantages—it has no offensive smell--is entirely free
from smoke—the light is fully more brilliant than the
coal-gas light—it is not liable to explode, and can be
produced at 25 per cent. less cost. The principal agent
in its production is water. These are statements for
which we cannot vouch farther than that the light is very
beautiful and brilliant, and accompanied by considerable
heat,more powerful even than that of the common gas, and,
as far as we could judge, it does not soil any thing exposed
immediately above the flame. The great. merit of the
invention appears to be in the exact proportions in which
the ingredients are combined, which have the effect of
,:onsuming every particle of smoke. A great improve-
nent in that respect has been made in coal gas, and the
nventor proposes to carry this still further by means of
.he new gas burners. If he succeeds, he will confer a
,teat benefit on the public, and, we hope, a still greater
enefit on himself.'

XTENSION OF THE METROPO

LITAN POLICE.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
It is understood that the Commissioners of Police
lye been recently actively engaged in making arrange
:ents with the Secretary of State for carrying out, as
,eedily as possible, the clause in the Police Act autho-
sing the extension of the present limits of the Metro-
)litan Police District to a distance of fifteen miles from
'haring-cross. At present the districts which are not
:eluded, but which are within the district, are placed in
very awkward position, as in many of them a police is
!ready established, and they are not aware what steps
!le Commissioners will take with regard to them, whe-
ther they will be broken up altogether or merely incorpo-
.-ated with the metropolitan district, and placed under the
jont rol of the Commissioners. Some of the places where
regular police has been established have memorialized
the Commissioners not to be placed within the metropoli
tan district, on the ground that they have already an effi-
cient police, and do not require any change. It is not
likely, however, that these memorials will be successful,
because it is well known that a great objection exists
to having separate jurisdictions of police within the
metropolitan districts, and that this was the main argu-
ment of the supporters of the measure to incorporate
the polite of the City of London with that under the
control of the Commissioners. The superintendents of
the different police divisions of the outskirts of the me-
tropolis have been actively engaged for several weeks in
surveying their extended line of district ; and it is be-
lieved that an Order in Council will very shortly be
promulgated, placing the whole circuit of 15 miles from
Charing-cross under the Commissioners.